I TOTALLY agree with you. I've thought this way all year - I chose to ride LD's all year to try and get the mileage award, so I ended up riding in 4 regions and saw all the the different attitudes toward BC for LD.
It DOES need to be standardized, however they choose to do it - but it MUST happen.
We all need to write to the LD committe and get them to act on this now and get this mess sorted out. The awards program should be open to ALL members of the AERC, not just those who happen to attend rides that award AERC BC for LD's.