"...If you think that the latter approach is going to change
USEF, you might as well be sniffing glue. They only care about their members and
who pays them their dues...."
I'm sorry, but I do not think that I ever said
that I want to change the USEF or the FEI.
My point was, and still remains: The USEF
and the FEI have goals and approaches to goals that are not my goals or my
way to achieve my goals. As a result I do not want to support, or be
associated with them in any way. Similarly I feel that a vast majority of
the members of the AERC feel at best indifferent to the USEF. Last I
heard only about 10% of the AERC members feel that AERC-I is worth
$10/year of their money.
By the way, the list of organizations that I (and
I would bet you) do not wish to be associated with far exceeds my list of
supported organizations. This includes many organizations that have very
worthy goals, and others that need reform. I acknowledge that I can not
reform organizations to which I do not belong, but do not loose sleep over it,
nor do I feel that this is sticking my head in the sand.
Some examples of organizations I will never join
may perhaps clarify my point: Four of the world's five major
religions, and almost all of the sub-organizations in the fifth. One of
the major American political parties. All but one of the
organizations that promote conservation of the
American wilderness. The list could go on for many pages, and I have
not even gotten to organizations whose tenants are abhorrent to
me.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
