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RE: [RC] Endurance rides and rising costs - Jannelle Wilde & Adam FalkWe were talking about this at Grizzly this last weekend. Here are some ideas that we either came up with or heard of others doing: 1) In the NW, we don't pre-register much but some of us RMs are starting to get into it. So if you pre-register, you get a nice completion award. If you don't, you get a certificate unless there are extras. 2) You could discount the ride fee the amount of the award and give a certificate however, it will only buy you a gallon or two of gas but a t-shirt lasts forever:). But SOME folks liked the idea. 3) Some pre-registrations give you up to a $35 discount for pre-registering. It appeared that for some, that was the key, the bigger discount seemed to be an incentive. It is hard to cut costs as an RM w/o the riders' assistance such as pre-registering, being willing to just ride for a piece of paper or a rock or??? In the NW, I personally have not seen division awards. The standard awards here are completion, top ten, first place, BC, junior 1st place and BC and then maybe some fun ones like tail-end, middle of the pack, etc etc. I usually make my top ten, BC and 1st place nicer awards but maybe we cut back to just completions. Here's the thing, you have to have porta potties ($55/each for the weekend), you have to have vets ($300-$500+/vet and we use 3-4 at most of our rides), there are the AERC fees, the Forest Service or other land fees, cost of glow sticks, ribbon, fuel, etc. And don't forget there's the infrastructure costs of water troughs, water tanks, ATVs, trailers, etc that you need to actually put the ride on. Over time, these things must be replaced and maintained. So, riders, where to cut back? Not everyone rides for the awards so maybe everyone gets the completion only??? Having a chuck wagon is nice but is it financially viable for the chuck wagon to come to the ride if management is not providing a guarantee on meals? Yeah, these are pressing questions for a lot of ride managers... Jannelle Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk 584 Romie Howard Rd. Yoncalla OR 97499 541-849-2460 866-241-1531 (toll-free) www.mfarm.org & www.wildeivey.com -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp- owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rides2far@xxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:41 PM To: lynndeepoo@xxxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Endurance rides and rising costs Another area where I could really save some money would be if I was conservative ordering T-shirts and actually *risked* running out! It crossed my mind that some people who've done this ride over and over might be happy to get an $8 rebate as a completion award if I happened to come up short. I bet if I offered that option enough would jump at it that everyone who wanted their shirt would be sure to get one. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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