 |
Re: [RC] [RC] Gold Country Awards - terry banisterYes. It is all in the interpretation and perception of the recipient!The ride manager IS conforming to the "AERC rule" and giving a completion award to those who completed. - She is also giving a crewing award, a consolation prize, a ride memento, a participation award and an advertising display if she chooses to sell the leftovers. It MAY or may not BE the SAME ITEM for each/all! I know I have received one or more in each category from different rides, and in retrospect, I enjoy seeing/using them because I still paid, worked and partipated, but frequently, don't remember which was which. So I don't really seem to care WHY I got it. However, what DOES seem to MATTER to me is whether we got AERC credit for those MILES. If I participated in any way, and did not get any mileage for it, then my gut reacts. Terry "May the Horse be with you" <html><P><IMG height=12 src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmiled.gif"; width=12> Happy Trails!</P> <P>Terry</P> <DIV></DIV></html> >From: Merryben@xxxxxxx >To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [RC] Gold Country Awards >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:51:16 EDT > >Why don't we all maul this to death and maybe Cheryl will stop putting on a >perfectly good ride. And if we make a big enough deal out of it, maybe some >other RM will just give up too. Then we won't have any rides....She does give >completion awards to everyone who finishes. She just gives them out before >they actually complete the ride and then does not take them back if you don't >complete the ride. It is a matter of interpretation. Last year we gave awards >to everyone who finished and about 25 of them were overtime. They did not get >their AERC completion but they got the award. Actually, we gave the same >award to one rider who got heat stroke and actually came in with the RM in a truck >the last couple of miles. You guys get so carried away that most RM's hate >to do anything nice because it will be misconstrued. I am for anything that >makes it easier for management and for the poor sucker who didn't make it. I >always give ALL the money back to people who don't pass the vet check. They >spent a fortune to get there, burned vacation time and bought food they don't >usually buy. Besides, most of the time they will do P/R's or some other work at >the ride...Can we just worry about Real infractions of the rules. How many >can honestly say that they have ever been to a ride that followed ALL of the >rules. I don't think I have..................mb _________________________________________________________________ MSN Life Events gives you the tips and tools to handle the turning points in your life. http://lifeevents.msn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|
![http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmiled.gif"](http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmiled.gif"){kind=link}