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Re: [RC] AERC Survey question on age requirements to ride - Joe Long

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:57:56 EST, Merryben@xxxxxxx wrote:

You  can talk about how the BOD and the Junior Committee ignore the wishes of 
the  membership all you want, but here are the correct numbers.  570 members 
out  of a membership of about 6,000 said they wanted an age restriction.  Out 
of  that number 188 said at least 8 years old and 165 said over 8 years old.   
The rest said anywhere from 5 to 8.  Only about 18% of the entire  membership 
even answered the question.  And that is why the board and the  junior 
committee decided to leave it alone.  There is no majority of  the AERC 
membership 
that wants to change the way things  are.

When you are personally opposed to something, you can always twist the numbers
like that, and you will never have a majority favoring anything.  No President
ever really got elected because he never got a majority of the eligible voters,
and no Governor or Congressman either.

A survey is just that -- a survey.  It is a representative sample.  And in that
sample, a majority DID favor change, DID favor a minimum age for riders.  No
amount of "cooking the numbers" alters that simple fact.

There have been a few powerful people on the Junior Committee and the Board
opposed to this, and that is what has prevented action.  Don't try to claim that
the Board was acting on the membership wishes, when it is clear that they did
not.  Why even have a survey if you are just going to ignore findings you don't
like, because "not every member answered?"

Mike Maul's figures show that there are five, six, seven-year-olds riding
endurance rides every year.  How long are you going to continue to claim that it
is not a problem?

-- 

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

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Re: [RC] AERC Survey question on age requirements to ride, Merryben