Steph, Exactly. As AERC
grows the things that worked well when we were small and spread thinly over the
regions, simply do not work now. Rides, spaced fairly, and
competition of rides ( I don't mean close on the same days) is a good
thing for the members. It consistently improves the quality of the overall ride
experience. On trail and in camp. Thus better guaranteeing that the
riders are getting what they want and what the rules call for. Along with the
RM's making a little money and the ride fees not going out of site. All of which
is plenty of reason to have a board appointed SD that is NOT an RM or
RD. I am sure that any BOD/RM/RD/SD person, that has the best
interest of the sport ahead of their personal gains would be strongly in favor
of these changes. Anne George
Anne
- I generally agree with you. As a previous sanctioning director, and as a
ride manager, I have always felt that the person who 1) has the authority to
grant a ride manager the permission to hold a ride and 2) should be
diligent in judging the merits of a ride -i.e. does it meet AERC
standards? and 3) has the very difficult task of scheduling rides fairly -
should not be an elected individual. This should
be primarily an administrative task, not a political one.
The
USEF (was AHSA/USAEq/USET) while it also has it's problems and issues - is a
reasonable model . It has an elected Board of Directors to govern the
organization, but no elected member of the Board has complete power and
authority over deciding which events will take place. There is an
administrative contact that you send your application to, and the final ride
request is reviewed and approved by a committee. Admittedly there are problems
with this system too, but I believe it is ultimately more fair.
AERC
is more regionally oriented than USEF, and has more Endurance events, and
therefore geography/demography is very critical when scheduling rides. Each
region is different and the process needs regional input, but not total
regional control. There are too many other (National/AERC) sanctioning issues
to be considered.
I
think the current sanctioning system that AERC uses is becoming less
appropriate as the sport grows.
Steph
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Annie
George Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:15 AM To:
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] SW Sanctioning
conflict
As a SW
member, I think a reasonable solution to the problem of conflict of
interest in sanctioning, among other things, would be that the
sanctioning director NOT be a regional director OR a ride
manager. I think there would be plennty of perfectly capable, qualified
and knowing willing people that would do the sanctioning job that did
not want to be either a regional director or ride manager. Thus an end to
the conflict. And an effective end to anyone person having even the
appearance of to much influence or power. I see no reason why
this could not be quickly and effectively instituted if the majority of
the BOD is indeed interested in fairness. I have long be concerned
with some of the direction of AERC and this is one problem that could
easily be solved. Anne
George
