The approved BoD Conf call minutes with committee reports from June 07 are online now at the AERC homepage http://www.aerc.org/ In addition the vet fatality...
TO AERC MEMBERS - COMMENTS WANTED: (I sent a similar message to the AERC BOD for comments) The following post from Kim Fuess (found below) was one of several...
Randy, I do not believe AERC should accept any money from the UAE. Just as we shouldn't accept it from the French Endurance Riders, or Australia...or whoever....
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Aug 4, 2004 4:00 pm
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Randy, At one point several years ago, the UAE through Jim Baldwin made an offer to assist in the financing of the AERC National Championship. During the ...
Jerry Fruth
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Aug 4, 2004 4:01 pm
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I am opposed to sponsorship from the International Emirates Endurance Village, not because the people are of different race or religion, but because I am...
Barbara McCrary
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Aug 4, 2004 4:03 pm
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... Hi Randy, My concern is that the AERC should never "sell out". Money isn't everything (as those of us who live here in NM know all too well :) When the...
At a similar time, also through Jim Baldwin, the UAE offered to sponsor Swanton Pacific. I felt it was not something I wanted to accept. It just had a bad...
Barbara McCrary
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Aug 4, 2004 5:00 pm
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In a message dated 8/4/2004 9:40:18 AM Mountain Daylight Time, renegade12@... writes: Purely from a business perspective, I think this could be very...
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Aug 4, 2004 5:32 pm
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In a message dated 8/4/2004 11:28:47 AM Mountain Daylight Time, bigcreekranch@... writes: I get instinctive reactions to some things that are so strong,...
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Aug 4, 2004 5:38 pm
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<snip> By making Sundowner Trailers the official trailer of AERC we provide them with a valuable endorsement from the riders </snip> This, I think, represents...
John Teeter
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Aug 4, 2004 6:05 pm
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I've read all the responses so far, and people have expressed legitimate concerns over accepting a sponsorship from the UAE. However, there is another aspect...
angie, between you and me, look at who the board of the tevis is and tell me who has connections.....and you can't tell me they don't! Louise Louise Burton ...
oops..not that that means anything one way or the other...many of them are just more global that the rest of us...could be a good thing or a bad thing. Louise ...
The previous "Subject" ie, Sponsorship Thin Ice referred to the TEVIS Sponsorship discussion - the AERC Sponsorship Program is in excellent shape. As to...
Don't have quick access...but who is it? Angie -- "firedancefarms" <firedancefarms@...> wrote: angie, between you and me, look at who the board of the...
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The first question is: does the AERC need the money? The second questions is: what does any sponsorship agreement say? If the AERC can identify programs that...
1) AERC always can use Sponsorship income, which goes into the General Fund unless a specific target is mutually agreed to, such as Trails, Education, etc.-...
This is bureaucratic babble - it doesn't answer either question. If this as good as the BOD can do - I suggest the membership vote against it until more...
My question is what is their product or service? All of our sponsors either sell something deliverable or provide a service like artist Susan N.R. Lynne...
They provide a training center for endurance horses in the UAE. I would assume that if you wanted to go over there and compete, they hope you would use their...
In a message dated 8/4/2004 10:40:13 AM Central Daylight Time, renegade12@... writes: "how would it be accepted by the AERC Membership?" Some would like...
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Aug 5, 2004 1:51 am
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I am beginning to see how some within the decision making process of AERC are very easily impressed by big names and cash. It is sad when grownups can not...
oddfarm
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Aug 5, 2004 11:21 am
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I have a deep feeling about any country who hides their daughters and only allows their sons to ride their wonderful horses. When their daughters start...
The Question I put out a couple of days ago was related to the International Emirates Endurance Village or some other similar type organization becoming an...
Good points Nancy! chris ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/87drlB/TM ... ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star ...
Chris Paus
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Aug 5, 2004 5:43 pm
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You have a very valid point there, Kathleen, but, isn't there more to it than that? Isn't there a vast cultural difference between your world and theirs?...
Howard Bramhall
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Aug 5, 2004 7:17 pm
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First let's set the story straight. UAE did not ask to assist in our AERC national Championship Ride a few years back and have never ever asked to assist in...