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Thank you John Teeter for this informing message! Is it lack of communication between the Membership and the BOD. Do they really care or do they have an agenda to fill come high water and be dammed with the Membership???? I would hope not. Hope Lundquist/west

>From: John Teeter <johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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>Subject: [AERCMembersForum] Fwd: AERC Issues with USEF

>Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:12:58 +0400

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> >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:10:22 +0400

>There are two issues which are bouncing around the net which the AERC Board of Directors have, I'm sure, discussed on the  private email list. But you have not chosen to inform the members of any of thoughts on these issues. It is another case of the management team of the AERC keeping their deliberations private when they should be open to the membership.

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>But in these two issues, it would serve the members well to have an open discussion.

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>What is the status of the AERC National Championship? Is the name to be changed to AERC Championship or is AERC in discussions with USEF to negotiate an arrangement which would allow AERC to use the name (and associated sponsorship/marketing rights) for the AERC event. (It should be noted that this is an AERC-USEF issue, not an AERC/FEI issue as the FEI does not define National Championships, only World, Continental, and Regional Championships. USEF has taken it upon itself to define its exclusive usage of the term.)

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>The second question relates to the process by which riders (and horses) are selected and managed to compete at international events. This includes the high profile team events such as World, Continental, and Regional Championships as well as normal "out-of-country" CEI (***/**/*) events. What role does AERC believe it should play in the selection, management, funding, and support of these activities? What role does AERC believe it should play in the promotional and sponsorship of these activities?

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>An open discussion on these two issues would be welcome. The Championship issue is very immediate as the upcoming Ft. Howes event is currently being marketed in violation of the USEF rule??

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>The second question may seem more long term. But we are just starting another WEC cycle. New staffing (Chef d' Equipe, Team vets, selectors, etc) are being appointed and new criteria for nomination will be established. The immediate question is what direction for the next 24 months does the AERC wish the international competitive process to take. That direction will be established with the positions and processes are put in place at convention.

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>The AERC board should discuss and publish position statements on (at least) these two issues prior to attempting to make informed decisions on behalf of the AERC membership at convention. Uninformed (or misinformed) decisions will not serve the membership well.

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>Thank you,

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>John Teeter

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