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Re: [RC] Completion Awards - Joe Long

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:19:36 -0500, April Johnson
<ridecamp_mail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Well, if you wanna talk *rules*, here are the rules on completion 
awards:

"6.3 All riders who successfully complete the ride must receive a 
completion award."

and

"L6.3 All riders who successfully complete the ride must receive 
a  completion award." (Referring to LD rides).

That's it about completion awards. Some other stuff about BC and 
top ten, but no more about completion. Nothing at all about what 
that should be (how did T-shirts become such a prevalent award?).
RMs could give a scrap of paper with the ride name scrawled on it 
and signed with chicken feet dipped in mud. (Personally, I'm glad 
they don't do THAT!)

Also, nothing that says, "nobody else should receive an identical 
piece of paper with chicken-feet-shaped mud spots if they didn't 
complete the ride."

So where does that leave us? RM discretion.


"Please don't eat the daisies?"

One problem with rules is that as soon as you make something a rule
requiring THAT, somebody says "well, you didn't actually say you can't
do THIS."

IMO the meaning of "completion award" is clear, it is an award for
completion -- and if you give to to non-completers, how can it be an
award for completion?

RM's that give the same "award" to completers and non-completers alike
are not only IMO doing a Bad Thing, they are violating the rules you
quoted.

Now, the RM could give out pieces of paper, with the word "completed"
on one and "participant" on the other -- giving those that say
"completed" to those who, amazingly, actually completed the ride --
and be OK.

As for me, I want the motto of our sport to remain "To Finish is to
Win," not "To sign up and pay your entry fee is to win" (or even "To
Try Real Hard is to Win").





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