Kind of quoted out of context. Here's my first paragraph: >>Yep, and they don't seem to notice that ride mgmt has other things >>to do than hand out awards. When I have enough volunteers, we >>don't have trouble accomodating them, and keep a list of those who >>have received their completion award. We don't even have time to >>cross-reference to see if they really DID receive completion! >>We're calculating BC, checking number checker sheets to make sure >>riders did the whole trail, preparing awards, paying bills, >>reassigning volunteers, arranging evacs--other needful things.<<
What that means is that I would have gratefully accepted your help in handing out completion awards. OTOTH, no way would I support a separate awards meeting/whatever for the LDs, Julie and I are just way too busy still running the "rest" of the ride, never even get to eat the dinner until after the regular awards. They have until 1 pm to complete, As you know, NRR offers a "no dinner" $10 deduction, both to make it economically possible for some people to attend at all, and so that people can leave early without losing money. That way though, I've given an accurate number to my caterer so I don't lose my shirt financially. But I digress. So Hog Wild is a commuter-event, too. Location difference maybe, some rides are 5-8 hrs away, but I suppose/hope that those riders are not gonna just haul home afterwards? Lynne At 1:53 PM -0700 4/22/02, Alison Farrin wrote: >Yes, but on the other hand, the 73 riders who finished the 25 at Hog >Wild last weekend - most of them by 11:45 AM, had to hang around for >almost 8 hours to eat and pick up their ride awards. >Most of them didn't stay. > >I know that the ride manager has lots to do while we are lazing around, >but I'd have happily counted scores, placed riders or whatever to help >them get done. > >We were debating the idea of two awards meetings - one for the 25s at >3:00 BEFORE dinner; dinner from 4 to 6 and the 50 mile award meeting >right after dinner. > > >Alison A. Farrin >Innovative Pension >Innovative Retirement Services >858-748-6500 x 107 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sullivan >> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:10 PM >> To: Lynne Glazer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [RC] Re: Re: [RC] Awards >> >> >> > Lynn writes: >> > I lament so many peoples' choice lately to haul home right after a >> > ride, from a number of standpoints. Depending on the ride location, >> > it's hard on the horse >> >> I totally agree; have seen too many horses run hard on 50's, >> thrown in a >> trailer an hour later for a 5-8 hour drive home; abusive to me. >> >> Karen >> >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. >> Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
