Re: Maggie's article

["Mike Sofen" <miksof7@gte.net>]

I believe that Maggie's message, "Let's hear some knowledge and stories from
folks that have really done it" was unnecessarily mixed with a negative
message about Ridecamp and riding.  The two have nothing in common, and I
think it's umfortunate that they were combined.

I am one of the 'newbies' that doesn't want to change to the AERC, doesn't
want a free ride, doesn't want a guaranteed completion, doesn't even want a
weight handicap.  I work for a living so that I can train and ride endurance
and my whole life revovles around that.    And I use Ridecamp to enhance the
factual parts of my equine world as needed.

Since there are over 1000 subscribers to Ridecamp and about 4000 members of
the AERC, it would seem that MOST of us waste far too much reading.

Mike Sofen


-----Original Message-----
From: Merryben@aol.com <Merryben@aol.com>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: Maggie's article


In a message dated 6/2/98 7:27:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
rides2far@juno.com
writes:

>>  Is all of this whining about Maggie's
article another example of this list.  A lot of people on this list take
everything so personally.  Maggie does get a little strong in her opinions
sometimes but that is just Maggie.  I think we should pay more attention to
what she said about those "who want to change the rules to fit individual
levels, who want loopholes so that everybody has a chance to finish....."
The
most important thing about her article was that there are no guarantees that
everyone will finish.  Don't take everything so personally that you all get
insulted if you haven't ridden a lot.....Maryben
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