Re: RC: Re: AERC National Championships

["otdumas" <otdumas@color-country.net>]

Heidi..... you say you "disagree".... but your comments support what I
said...... FEI and World Championships ARE very consistent and clearly
follow a consistent pattern of organization, rules, regulations and
promotion.  Anyone who even thinks about entry to those rides know EXACTLY
what they must do and know exactly what to expect........

With AERC NC ..... especially the previous qualifying attempt so called
"Championship" a person never had a chance to know what was going on due to
all the "Chiefs" making decisions and no "Indians" to follow up.

I think we agree...... Thanks for your comments and I hope that we can set
an example to be positive with our comments and keep individual "rambling
discussions" between ourselves and not take up all of ridecamps time and
space!  Thanks again, Sharon
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: RC: Re: AERC National Championships


> In a message dated 8/3/00 1:02:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> otdumas@color-country.net writes:
>
> << The lack of success with the AERC National Ride, not "champion" per se,
but
>  a true one time great ride that CAN BE equal to the Tevis... is lack of
>  consistency. >>
>
> I respectfully disagree.  The FEI continental and world championships do
not
> lack for nominees, and those who get nominated GO.  And these are
"one-time"
> events that move all over the place.
>
> The bottom line is that the sort of "championship" that we have now only
> appeals to a very small and vocal segment of our membership.  A great many
of
> the people who "qualified" did so at rides that they were going to anyway,
in
> order to earn points toward year-end awards that have more meaning to
them.
>
> Heidi
>