Re: Reno forever?

["Carolyn Loedeman" <tawasentha@ohiohills.com>]

I agree and I would love to go to everyone of those that you listed!
Carolyn Loedeman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Flemmer" <bluewolfranch@yahoo.com>
To: "C Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>; "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 9:56 AM
Subject: RC: Reno forever?


> Cindy,
>
> I agree with you!
>
> One poster mentioned that the site should have
> activities for the rest of the family in case they
> came but weren't horse oriented.  Personally, I don't
> see a gambling town as family poriented.  Then again
> it's been a few years since I was there last.
>
> You guys want family oriented locations, easy to fly
> into, convention facilities, and horse oriented sight
> seeing as well?
>
> Kentucky Horse Park area
>
> Orlando FL - definitely easy to get to, NO SNOW,
> direct flights, more convention facilities than almost
> anywhere else in the world, and there is DEFINITELY
> family-oriented activities there!  Drive 30-45 inutes
> and come to the heart of Florida race horse country,
> University of Florida vet school (very in tune to
> horse specialties), and a number of endurance rides in
> the early spring (combine your trip).
>
> Washington DC/Northern VA/Baltimore area.  Again, lots
> of convention facilities, direct flights to one of 3
> LARGE international airports, within a short drive of
> horse racing, the Virginia & Maryland hunt fields, Old
> Dominion trails...  For the family?  King's Dominion
> amusement park is 45 minutes away.  Smithsonian
> Museum.  The nation's Capital, the White House,
> Lincoln Memorial, etc.
>
> Regarding cost to the office - the membership is
> paying for it!!!  A convention in the same location
> gets stale.  Lack of advertising for outside interest
> doesn't exist outside of EN.  (If it does, I haven't
> seen it in any of my 4 hourse journal subscriptions.)
>
>
> A chunk of your membership IS BACK EAST!  Since AERC
> activities should serve the membership, you're
> ignoring a large part of us.  We aren't "wanna-be"
> riders here in the east, either...  The NE & SE have
> produced international riders of the caliber of Rita
> and Cass, Valerie & Danielle with Jedi & Cash, Steve
> Rojek and Hawk, any many more than I've mentioned.
>
> Cost to ship stuff?  Try what the <real> conventions
> due.  Truck ship ahead of tie except for critical
> information thatyou HAVE to keep with.  Of course, it
> takes organization - maybe even professionals that
> help with the entire convention.  If they did help
> with advertising & set up, perhaps the convention
> would break even or even show a profit.
>
> The EAST is the AERC too!
>
> Linda Flemmer
> Blue Wolf Ranch
> Brucedton Mills, WV
>
> --- C Eyler <eyler@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > It seems to me that the purpose of that treasury is
> > to serve the interests
> > of AERC's members.  IMO, holding the convention in
> > Reno each year does not
> > constitute good member service.
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