[RC] [RC] rude riders and ride managers rights - Erica DeVoti
It is reprehensible that a rider
would be able to act in this manner (as what happened at the Colfax Coal Rush
ride) with the RM not having any recourse to DQ or at least deny placement of
the rider. Please consider:
RM need to be able to
protect their volunteers, their vets, and themselves with some type of
sanction against a rider if the rider is verbally abusive in any
way.
In many other sports,
"unsportsmanlike conduct" has repercussions. I would ask that AERC
seriously consider a way to protect the Ride Manager's in our sport with
repercussions for the rider for "unsportsmanlike conduct".
If a rider has received a
penalty and wishes to protest this penalty, the rider can file the fee
and protest. If the protest happens to have merit, then there
should be no repercussion against the RM (of course!).
RM's should be able to deny future
entries to any rider that has been given an "unsportsmanlike conduct" penalty
at their ride.
RM should be able to document
incidents such as this (with witnesses) and send it to AERC.
If a rider receives more than one documented incident, AERC should take
some kind of action, such as putting the rider on probation, or banning
her/him from entering in AERC rides for a period of time.
It is up to our organization
to protect our RM's.
Sue, I attended your ride this past
weekend and found it to be a great ride, with very well marked
trails, plenty of water, incredibly scenic trails and awesome
volunteers and vets. It is clear you are an experienced RM, and I
am so disgusted by the behavior of this rider at your
ride. If this person acted like this at your ride, I am sure she has
done it before at other rides in some way or another. I admire the way you
have handled this incident--with grace, class and tenacity. And
congratulations on riding your ride for the first time!
Woohoo!
