Re: Awards Ceremony

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/98 11:59:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
LSimoni197@aol.com writes:

<< The other is the basic
 belief that a woman should not be participating in such an activity, perhaps
 not even seen out in public in shorts.  This definitely does need to be
 discussed with the membership as a whole.  When there are women competing on
 the Arab teams may be a better time to go back to that desert for another
 race. >>

There were no men on our squad or on the Australian squad.  Considering the
fact that I saw women in the UAE in such posts as customs officials and
airport security guards, and the fact that there were plenty of women on the
UAE support crew, working for the organizing committee in responsible
positions, etc., I don't find the all-male makeup of their squad any more
strange than the all-female makeup of ours.

Heidi