Ridecamp: RE: [RC] AERC Ride Sanctioning

Dublin:

You know better that to make statements like "Currently AERC
rules state that a regional sanctioning director may deny
sanctioning to a ride in his/her region without cause or
peer review."

Please cite the Rule(s) that afford the so stated
privileges.

I believe that you have a bit of confusion between the AERC
By-laws and the AERC Rules and Regulations. If in fact you
are referring the Article IX section 12 of the By-laws ,
please note that the said privilege is one of the
authorities of the Board of Directors. In delegating this
task to certain Directors, the BoD has the option of over
ruling the said director at any time.

Also please note Rule 11.9 which states the only authority
for with holding of sanctioning by a director. If you are in
fact alluding to the ROC matter the AERC in that case had
past experience that came under the purview of that exact
rule wording.

As to the statement <<<<This is a significant amount of
power and control over the business of AERC and RMs for
individuals or a small group.>>>>

The AERC has many positions available on the Board of
Directors, Committees and other volunteer positions. The
only reasons that incumbents stay in place is 1.
satisfaction of the membership with what is happening
2. complete lack of interest in the operation of the
Conference

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

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Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:17 PM
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Subject: [RC] AERC Ride Sanctioning


Dublin Hart, D.C. runthndr@xxxxxxxxxx
I am writing to express my concern with the potentially
damaging
sanctioning precedents being set in the Southwest Region. In
particular,those pertaining to the Race of Champions (ROC).

Currently AERC rules state that a regional sanctioning
director may deny sanctioning to a ride in his/her region
without cause or peer review.

If, in an attempt to avoid an adversarial relationship with
a
sanctioning director, a ride manager (RM) chooses to add
entry
qualifications and send the sanctioning request to the
Special
Sanctioning Director, the current rule states the the
regional
sanctioning director still retains the right to deny
sanctioning. The special sanctioning of the ride may be
denied without discussion or action of the Special
Sanctioning Director. The RM is then left with no
avenue for appeal.

Adversarial relationships between RMs and sanctioning
directors have no current forum for resolution, arbitration
or adjudication. The Protest & Grievance Committee (PGC) is
not currently an avenue for appeal in these matters. The
Committee only hears rule violations. The PGC can not rule
on matters of prejudicial sanctioning or non-sanctioning of
rides, conflicts of interest, or conduct by an individual
(including Board members) that is detrimental to the
integrity of the Board of  Directors
(BOD) and/or AERC in general.

I feel the ability of a regional sanctioning director to
deny
sanctioning without also having an adequate and impartial
appeal
procedure is dangerous for special interest rides such as
FEI, multiday and special events. Currently if an
sanctioning director is also on the Executive Committee,
he/she is able to control the ride schedule and type of
events in their home region, and participate in decisions
about similar events in other regions. Again, these
decisions can be made without RMs and riders having an
opportunity to seek review or appeals.

This is a significant amount of power and control over the
business of AERC and RMs for individuals or a small group.

I respectfully request the Board repeal the rule giving the
regional sanctioning director and the Executive Committee
the ability to rule on matters of special ride sanctioning.
Additionally, I request a full review of current sanctioning
rules, particularly those pertaining to special sanctioning.
We must eliminate the sanctioning 'catch 22' where regional
sanctioning directors can deny special sanctioning requests
without any possible appeal process. Lastly, we should amend
the role of the PGC to allow the Committee to hear and rule
on sanctioning appeals, conflicts of interest and conduct
detrimental to AERC.

  Tinker Hart
  West region  #2107


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