Re: RC: American River ride

[BMcCrary27@aol.com]

In a message dated 05/02/2000 8:11:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Dbeverly4@aol.com writes:

<< Excuse 
 me,but why didn't Ride Management include these minor details in their entry 
 for THIS year?  I don't think we can heap blame on the Park System.  I'm 
sure 
 they were royally pissed off at being completely ignored and having their 
 rules flouted.  If anything, Ride Managers who do follow the rules and try 
to 
 abide by the regulations should be angry that a fellow RM allowed this type 
 of thing to happen.  >>

As West region sanctioning director, it is my responsibility to monitor this 
sort of thing.  Had I known this had been a problem last year -- or even 
before? -- It would have been my responsibility to deny re-sanctioning. This 
is a dubious honor, but the issue must be reconciled before next year or 
there will be no American River ride held in the same place, nor on park 
property. Sad, but true. This sort of thing can go a long way to killing 
other ride managers' chances of using public land. I'd like to hear American 
River ride management's side of the story. 

Barbara