Re: RC: Why two close rides on the same weekend?

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

Dianna,
It's up to the sanctioning director for that region. In our region the 
"older" ride usually gets priority. A lot depends on how many riders there 
are to draw from.  In many cases it's only the riders in between the 2 who 
have a dilemma, while riders at each opposite side of the "ride area" are 
tickled to not have to drive so far.
Nancy Mitts


>From: "guest@endurance.net" <guest@endurance.net>
>To: "ridecamp@endurance.net" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  Why two close rides on the same weekend?
>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:12:52 -0700
>
>Dianna Chapek dmchapek@hotmail.com
>How is it happening that two rides are held on the same weekend that would 
>potentially draw the same competitors?  I had to choose between a ride that 
>was about an hour closer to me, and one of my all time favorites, Lassen 
>Challenge, this past weekend.  Without question I chose Lassen (this was my 
>11th).  What a great ride.  Unfortuately, this wonderful ride is being lost 
>after 19 years.  Why?  I'm told partly because of lack of help putting the 
>ride on (I've offered to work it next year if RM reconsiders), but mostly 
>because it has become hard to get the ride scheduled every year.  The ride 
>date ends up changing around other, newer, rides' schedules every year.  
>And this year, once a date was chosen another ride was sanctioned for the 
>same date.  The logistics of putting on a ride are tough enough without 
>having to compete with another ride on the same date.  Isn't there someway 
>to prevent this problem?  I thought AERC had a rule the prevents rides held 
>in close proximity fr!
>om being held on the same date.  Seems to me it would be better for all RMs 
>if their rides didn't have to compete with others.  Just my thoughts on the 
>loss of a great ride.  Thanks Sandi Hess, for all the wonderful years and 
>memories.
>Dianna
>   &
>In loving memory, Farwraff
>
>
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