Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Director at Large

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:47:02 -0700 (PDT), Susan Young Casey
<glenn218@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...
>I, on the other hand, am acustomed to paying
>non-member fees whenever I show or participate in an
>event to which I don't subscribe to the sanctioning
>body.  

That the practice is common at horse shows is one of the bad things
about horse shows.  (I don't do horse shows.)

I once went to a Contra dance in Denver.  I'd checked out the website
of the sponsoring club and was expecting to join the club.  When I got
to the dance, they charged a dollar extra for non-members.  I not only
didn't join that club, I didn't go back to their dances.  Because of a
lousy dollar?  No -- because of the principle.

>Why should the non-members get a free ride when
>others must pay their membership fee?  

They DON'T get a free ride!!!!!  They pay the same per-rider sanction
fee as every other rider.  What is wrong, very wrong, is making them
pay extra.

>What would be the benefit of membership then?

You're kidding, right?  There are a great many benefits to membership
in the AERC, none of which a non-member gets.  I believe the AERC is
well worth the membership dues, and can stand on its own merits
without using coercive fees to pressure people to join.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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