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Re: [RC] Abuse - rjkopp-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> As a DAL, I am curious to hear what suggestions our members have regarding new measures that can help educate and prevent inadvertant abuse. Bruce Weary Well, since you asked.... One thought that comes to mind would be to only allow " day-members" to ride for completion only, regardless of distance entered. This allows those new to our sport and just trying it out to experience the ride atmosphere but takes away the competitive aspect. Now I know some people who have experience will say they don't join AERC because they only do a few rides a year and it is not cost effective. And you are penalizing them for a few ' yahoo's'. But, I would rather see AERC err on the side of horse protection. As far as not penalizing abusive riders because they are not AERC members, well I'm not sure I agree. If a protest were to be filed against an abusive rider, even if said rider was not a member, wouldn't the AERC be able to still publish facts and names and impose say a year ban on said rider? At least it would have the effect of putting the information out and alerting ride managers. Does AERC keep a list of sanctioned riders as a database that ride managers can access? I'm sure the list would be short but a central 'blacklist' can help track riders. Going forward - has AERC contacted the rider in question? While not a member, he did attend an AERC santioned ride and have a horse treated. Isn't this something the Welfare of the Horse Committee follows up on anyway? I think this would be an opportunity to 1) get more information on the health of that horse post ride and 2) educate said rider regarding conditioning, pacing, etc. Doing nothing just hurts the horse. Attempting to communicate and educate at least has a chance of changing future behavior. Just my thoughts, Roxanne Kopp/Kentucky =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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