The last year we did the Gardnerville ride, our SAR group voted not to
continue to do the ride because it was not profitable. A mistake was
made
in the sanctioning of another ride (the Mt. Lassen ride) on the same
date,
and caused us to lose enough entries to make the ride not
profitable. (both
rides attendance were down) If not for that
mistake, they may have voted
to continue to do the ride. Those two
rides (Gardnerville and Mt. Lassen)
are a considerable distance.
Carol's new ride and Potato's are _much much_
closer together and if
somebody is going to go thru all the effort and work
of doing a new ride
they should have every opportunity to succeed. Carol
is new to RM
and may not understand that the difference in only 20 entries
can make or
break a ride.
>is good. And besides, if you have a solution to
the problem, let's hear it.
Why not sanction it the same weekend as
Tevis or Swanton? Then she
wouldn't be competing for all the 50 mile
riders.
Carol knows I am not trying to be discouraging and knows I
support her and
Steve's efforts. I thought it was a great idea for
them to do a ride. I
just don't want to have them get discouraged if they
don't get very many
entries. I want them to be
successful.
Next summer several riders (in fact, a large portion of the
people who were
in last years point standings) are going to be gone on the
2001 XP, which
will reduce attendance to the rides anyway. Isn't it
better for people to
know what they are up
against?
Karen
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