Re: who is AERC

["Nancy Mitts" <mitts_n@hotmail.com>]

I usually avoid "me too" posts, but I am also concerned by the us/them
attitude. I am even more concerned that more thought & effort is going 
into finding ways to circumvent the rules (and undermine AERC) than in 
looking for ways to make it work. I am looking forward to the ride 
season & hope to encourage new riders to join AERC instead of 
instructing them how to avoid it. A larger membership base would make it 
feasible to consider lowering the individual membership to get more in 
line with other organizations, but the non-member fee should stay.
NAncy Mitts 

>I must be having a brain glitch but I keep reading about AERC as 
"them."  AERC
>is us, its' members.  It does not have a life of it's own!  And like 
any
>democracy the final vote by the members makes the rules.  The members 
are
>AERC.  If the vote didn't go your way - hang around.  It may next time.  
In
>fact, if more members had voted, it might have gone differently.
>
>I didn't vote for the present President of the USA but I still feel 
like it's
>my country.  I don't refer to my government as "them" like it's an 
alien being
>I have to contend with.  The votes told the story and I have another 
chance>next year.  We  can't always win or have things go our way every 
time.  That's
>life.
>It would be nice to not see so much negative (which is probably scaring 
off
>our new riders) and start writing about the incredible ride season soon 
to
>start.  I would love to hear about some rides in other regions.  We 
>Margie Burton
>Central




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