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Re: [RC] managment and completion awards - Joe LongOn Fri, 30 May 2003 10:31:16 -0400, "oddfarm" <jsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On completion awards, I don't remember if I gave out shirts before or after but I did give them to everyone. ... The reason I gave everyone a shirt was because it takes a lot to get to a ride. The hours of training, money spent on supplies and entry fees, gas and time off work for most people makes it hard for me to let them leave empty handed. Sometimes a did-not-complete is out of the riders control anyway like a lost shoe, tripping, rider can't finish,etc,. Just because you didn't finish, doesn't mean you didn't try really hard to finish. It isn't called a "try really hard" award -- it is called a completion award. Now, there's nothing wrong with giving everyone who enters a tee-shirt. Some rides give out "goody bags" of stuff to every entry at check-in, often stuff local merchants donated. Just don't consider that your completion award. It is IMO very important (as well as an AERC rule) that there be a specific award that you can *only* earn by successfully completing the ride, that you don't get just for showing up or even for "trying really hard" (and IMO it should also be something you can't buy from ride management). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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