Re: AERC completion time rule - feedback wanted

["katie ruckel" <ruck@internetwis.com>]

	I realize I'm fairly new  (started in 1990) so I should be quiet since I
don't know all the "history" behind this rule. However, I feel that the
ONLY TIME a ride manager should allow extended time would be for that
person who stops to help someone in trouble. One of the great things about
this sport is the support we get from one another even in the heat of
competition. If one is going to be penalized for not helping a fellow
rider, we will be putting our sport in jepordy of  becoming a less "user
friendly" sport and turning it into a much more cutthroat activity. IMO,
weather and other acts of God are part of the game. Those things happen
unfairly, but to risk someone's getting aid because the person who could
help would be overtime is ludicrous!