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Re: [RC] [RC] Kids, ponies and distance riding... Get a grip people - heidiThe question gets right back to how would such an incident be viewed by a "jury of peers" as to the risk to the AERC and the responsibility of the BOD to deal with the risk. And as others with more legal smarts than I possess have explained in the past, by putting a minimum age limit in place, we may actually INCREASE our risk of being successfully sued, since we would in essence be stating that the sport is "safe" for children over a certain age. By not having such a limit, we make no such implied statement. That said--EVERYTHING in life is risky. Heck, getting out of bed in the morning is risky. NO rule written could possibly guarantee that AERC will be free of the risk of suit. Nonetheless, we keep holding rides because we think it is a good thing to do, and we simply try to minimize the risk as much as reasonably possible. Personally, I think the above advice makes a lot of sense, and in the interests of fiduciary responsibility, I don't think our BoD should touch an age limit with a 10-foot pole... Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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