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SandyDSA@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 7/26/2008 7:46:19 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
> mmaul@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>     37% want them equalized so that there are
>     about the same number in each division.
>
> wow - wouldn't this result in a constantly changing division system? I 
> for one would not want to be in charge of THIS. Can anyone explain to me 
> the overall benefit of having the same number of riders in each group? 
> In all of the organizations I have been a part of in my life, this was 
> never a criteria or goal of having divisions. I really am curious as to 
> why this would be desirable.

Well, the key word is "about."  I don't think anyone wants to see the 
boundaries "fine-tuned" every year.  But our present boundaries are 
quite lopsided, with our smallest division having fewer than half as 
many riders as our biggest division.  Many AERC rides have only one or 
two riders in our smallest division -- it's easy to be First Place if 
you're the only one.

The results of the survey were not what I expected.  I had hoped that we 
would have at least had support for having fewer divisions, but that is 
not the case.  At least now we have more than just feelings and 
speculation to go on.

A big Thank You to Mike for putting this together.


--
Joe Long aka ChipRider
Somewhere on the Range


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