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Re: [RC] FITS - Kathy MayedaI dunno - I never come home with a ride card even when I complete. They definitely take them at the time of a pull. The management always keeps them out here in the West, and I haven't bothered asking for them afterwards. I find that there are so many variables with vet scores that I never bothered to keep track of them. There's a little bit of variation between vets, there can be a lot of variation with terrain, difficulty of ride, weather, horse having a good or bad day, etc. I'm not much for record-keeping anyway, but I imagine that keeping notes on your pace, weather, terrain, where your horse was vetting lower than other parameters, etc. and note those kind of issues are just as valuable as keeping the vet scores. It would be interesting to find out how many high mileage people actually spend time recording these kind of details and actually keeps their vet cards. Someone speak up here! K. On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Florida Endurance <floridaendurance@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: What does it say when you put on a ride and the local riders dont attend? ?Its not the trails as Goethe and Gator Run utilize the same trails. ?It is ride management, volunteers, not in the right click or a combination of all? Volunteers are appreciated at any ride, however, at FITS, some are outright RUDE and tell all kinds of well lets just say it LIES. ?Case in point was FITS 2007. ?An away vet check was held at the Tidewater trail head in the Goethe State Forrest. ?When pit crew arrived, a volunteer yelled and got down right nasty with anyone that parked on the left side of the road stating "the Forrestry Department said you cant park there". ?This is untrue, three weeks prior not only did we park there, we camped there. ?Additionally, when I personally arrived, I was speaking with the ranger,who I ironically parked next to on the left hand side of the road and had a conversation with in regard to the differences in the two rides. ?Once he left, the volunteer jumped me about parking. ?Get it straight... if its a ride management request, say so, dont blame it on the Forrestry Department. Additionally, AERC is always telling riders to keep good records, ride cards etc. ?However if you have ever attended FITS and pulled regardless of the reason (RO, L, M etc) you can not get your ride card back NOT EVEN AT THE END OF THE RIDE. ? The first year, FITS management stated that they were doing a research project and they would mail the forms back to the rider. ?Several years later, riders are still awaiting their cards. This year, when the ride was complete, riders who were pulled were once again told they could not get their ride cards back. ?If this is for a research study, where is the release acknowledging the riders participation in the study (it has always been required before - even at the Biltmore for the study for the 96 Olympics). Does it take formal protests thru AERC for riders to receive their cards? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ?Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. ?Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp ?Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp ?Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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