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You missed the point John:

Truman compared the number of AERC members vs. the number of
International members. Then he reverted to using starters as a
comparison. This is not oranges to oranges but oranges to tangerines.

While the number of starters may be larger in the 100 mile rides, these
International starters are an underwhelming number of the over all
starters. And every starter affords the same amount of revenue to the
Conference. In fact the mileage of the ride does not enter into the
entry fees or dues. All riders are on an equal footing there.

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Teeter [mailto:johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:30 AM
To: bobmorris@xxxxxxxx; 'Truman Prevatt'
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] 2004 Endurance Team


.>.... Remember we are dealing with individuals here not starters.
Actually, we were dealing with truman's assumption that international 
riders didn't (financially) support AERC (the 90% carrying 100% of the
load 
issue). In that case, b/c AERC $s come from entry fees + dues and the 
entrie fees are at issue, then starts is more relevant than individuals.

why not do two sets of numbers:

Bob's View:
1) how many individuals started 1 day 100s.
2) how many of 1) were international riders

and then (Trumans view)
a) how many 100 mile starts for the year
b) how many of those starts were international riders.

get all sides of the quest.

But really, I was interested in how many MILES, on average, an 
international rider does.vs.the average across all of AERC.

I think, re: the last question, that you will find something like:

  the average international rider does 600 AERC miles every year.
  the average AERC rider does 150 miles every year.

I'm not thinking anything fancy, just arithmetic average of miles/member

stuff. I would not be surprised by a 4x multiplier as exemplified
above:)

jt.


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