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Re: [RC] Well said, Heidi - Joe Long

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:25:43 -0400, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

...

I think what we are seeing in most of the past couple days is many of 
the old timers showing resistance to change. Change will come - trying 
to stop it is like trying to hold back the tides. Change is normally 
good and the best of all worlds is when change can be built on what has 
gone before. Personally I think the AERC has done a wonderful job in 
doing that. There has been tremendous change in the last 15 years. Most 
of it for the good - as witnessed by the growth in the sport, and the 
current thrust to insure the welfare of our equine partners that join us 
on the trail.


Oh, no, Truman, not THAT old chestnut again:  "If you are resisting this change
that I want to make, you are an old curmudgeon who resists any change."  T'ain't
so, and you know it.

Change will come, that is a given.  The issue is what KIND of change we will
have, and whether it will be for good or ill.

Increasing the AERC membership by diluting its purpose and focus, by including
ever-shorter rides and moving the focus more to shorter rides, is a very BAD
change, IMO.  It won't make the AERC better, it will diminish it.  We need to
change in ways that make us better.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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