Re: RC: Concern

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

David,
I never sent in my $10 either. I didn't want to see International waste time 
& money sending me information that I wasn't going to use.
But, I think it would be really shortsighted for AERC to withdraw from 
participating in FEI & the International scene. Thay are going to define (or 
redefine) the public perception of endurance because of greater exposure. 
AERC can try to influence those changes, or just stick it's head under the 
sand & then whine about the good ol' days.
The way I read the last president's message, unless we all start sending in 
that $10 the AERC BOD ( maybe one, maybe many) will withdraw support from 
international. I'm not sure how this would affect the International 
Committee. If they split off into a seperate organization would  they have 
to forfeit donated funds supposed to be "their's?" According to the 
financial report, they have their own funds. According to the president's 
message, they are receiving support from AERC. What AERC support? If the 
membership has to decide, complete & specific information needs to be 
provided. The sudden interest in "full disclosure" can't be directed at just 
certain individuals or activities. I know people from the different time 
zone teams for the Pan Am had to raise money to pay their own expenses. What 
they get from USET is that donated to USET AND stipulated for endurance. 
And, I think maybe they only help for off-continent competition.
There seems to be an atmosphere of divisiveness going on somewhere in AERC. 
Rather than seeking cooperation between people with different goals, and 
trying to include them all, there is a contest to see who has the biggest 
stick.
Nancy Mitts

>From: David LeBlanc <dleblanc@mindspring.com>
>To: renegade12@juno.com, ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:   Concern
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 10:32:55 -0700
>
>At 11:37 AM 5/22/00 -0600, renegade12@juno.com wrote:
>
> >ie, the AERC membership either
> >does not understand or does not see the importance of belonging to AERC
> >International and how that decision can impact opinions.
>
>OK, I'll bite.  Why is it important?  Even if I support having an
>international group as part of AERC and sharing the Endurance News with
>them, why should I pay the extra $10 fee?
>
>These are honest questions - it seems to me that participating in
>international decisions, etc. is a good thing, but I don't plan on doing
>FEI rides myself, so why should I, as an ordinary rider pay the extra $10?
>
>I think your guess that people don't understand is probably correct, but
>what's the answer here?
>
>
>David LeBlanc
>dleblanc@mindspring.com
>
>
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