Re: RC: Endurance News - for or by members?

[Nancy DuPont <Htrails@Earthlink.net>]

Angie, I think you are right about putting trail news in the Trailblazer, I
have always been welcome to submit articles to them.  I also think Endurance
NEws should be specific to Endurance Ride interests. However, can someone
tell me what is the perception and value that Endurance Riders and Endurance
Management puts on keeping trails open?? Just a thought.  I have to give
Connie Berto credit for keeping the flames burning for trail advocacy in
your organization. Thanks for your comments.
Nancy


At 07:18 PM 12/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>This is what I am paying for...NOT a lot of hype and ads...  I say 
>>drop some of the
>>saddle fit, etc stories and get down to ENDURANCE NEWS!!!!  
>
>I think we're just suffering growing pains...which is much better than
>dying pains!  When I first started getting EN and Trailblazer, they were
>both printed on newsprint, and often had the exact same articles printed
>in both, which were basically letters, often just telling about someone's
>ride.  Often the articles were simply descriptions of rides, and then the
>placements...much like what you see here on Ridecamp now.
>
>In the last couple of weeks I had my  Art class designing T-Shirts for a
>contest that a bike store was having.  For research I got a stack of
>Mountain Biking magazines and gotta admit, I really enjoyed reading
>through them, and envied them for the professional quality. It's always
>seemed that the interviews in Endurance Publications lacked that
>"distance" needed to seem professional. 
>
>It's wonderful to have an Endurance News that I can lay on my desk and
>other people will pick it up and actually spend some time thumbing
>through it.  The color photo section is great, and there were some very
>well reported articles. It's finally gotten to the stage that I can
>actually imagine somebody purchasing a copy just to read.
>
> Now, when it gets to this level, some changes have to be made.  For one
>thing, when I write for TB, I have to  write my article about Christmas
>as early as July.  There's a lot of lead time involved.  If you offer to
>write an article about an event, like a march on Washington, consider the
>timing.  Will it still be relevant by the time it hits the press?  
>
>Trail Blazer has an entire section (right up front) devoted to saving
>trails.  Perhaps you should consider submitting your information to them.
> Perhaps the information could be condensed and put more in the form of a
>press release...small items like that can be inserted closer to press
>time.  
>
>Once more, I caution everybody, don't be so quick to complain.  LOOK at
>your last EN.  Are you being charged more for it now that it's in color? 
>(That's when TB had to go bi-monthly) Compare it to one from 3 years ago
>(if you bothered to keep them)...which one looks better, reads better? 
>Now, why are you so upset?  Yes, saving our trails is important, but EN
>isn't the only place to hear what's going on with trails, but it is one
>of the only places to find out what's going on in endurance.  
>
>Angie
>
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Nancy DuPont, Executive Director
Heritage Trails
1350 Castle Rock Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

Our Mission: To preserve and protect trails and answer the question, "Where
are you going to ride your horses, and where are you going to keep them."
Telephone (925)937-7661 FAX (925) 943-7431


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