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General message to the AERC
membership:
Anyone who wants to be a director....."be my
guest"....and be prepared for marathon meetings that last from 7 AM to 1 AM the
next day. I was a part of the procedure for 20+ years, and believe me,
it's no walk in the park. Directors work hard (if sitting for 18 hours is
work), analyze, try VERY hard to vote on issues in a way that will be best for
the sport and the riders. If you don't believe this, try it
yourself. And be prepared for criticism for all your efforts. How
can anyone believe that the directors just sit there voting for things that
benefit themselves? As for the next to last sentence, the criticism
comes no matter how the directors conduct themselves and how they vote.
You simply cannot please everyone, and a few can be very vocal.....enough so
that you believe EVERYONE thinks the same way.
Barbara McCrary
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 7:44
AM
Subject: [RC] Rules
My concern is that any
rule that we already have, or that we may have in the future, is not set up in
a way that can leave a door open for abuse by a sanctioning
director, or anyone in position of decision making authority, for their own
personal gain. That we the riders and paying members, are the
ultimate decision maker as to what rides we want to do, and that we have the
opportunity to freely make that decision. With which rides, Ride Managers, or
Vets we ride. Preferably with out veiled threats or pitiful attempts of
intimidation, which will never work. At least not with me. In an
earlier post I suggested that sanctioning directors should not be RM's.
I do understand that may not be very practical, given the size of the BOD now.
And that most RM's and RD's are people of integrity. However, it is the
appearance of so much impropriority and conflict of interest, and infighting,
that has led not only myself but others, to feel that certain
things need to be questioned. And question we should! Anyone that
takes issue with routing out the facts of an issue, or being questioned about
their motives and possible conflicts of interest is highly suspect in my
book. So my message to everyone on the current BOD is that if you think
you may not like the questions that will come later, think about how you
conduct yourself now. I appreciate all the hard work, and can only
imagine the difficulty of your job. Good Luck next week.
Annie G.
Anne George Saddlery www.vtc.net/~ageorge
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