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Or maybe he's a cleverly planted mole working undercover for the dark
forces of the USCF in an insidious attempt to undermine our resolve as
part of a larger plot to corrupt our dearly held American values of
free choice and self determination (and low cost for that matter).
Then again, maybe not.
Rick
Glen Gann wrote:
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My few is that Nick is probably rolling over in his chair on how he got all
of you so work up over a joke. At least I hope he was joking?Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "nick" <nicholasobrian@excite.com>
To: <obra@list.obra.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:05 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] OBRA's Future...
I am writing this in hopes that it will spur some conversation on the
issue of OBRA races becoming USCF certified. There is a "HUGE" missed
opportunity that races in Oregon and South West Washington have because of
the lack of certification. USCF is "thee" organization that governs racing
in the US, NRC and amateur, from state to state every members points are
collected and recorded for national ranking as well as for upgrading
purposes (I do not wish to patronize anyone here so please understand that
I have only explained this for reasons of those who are unfamiliar). My
point here is that OBRA races are missing out on several levels; the most
obvious in this case is the lack of national recognition (no one wants to
travel to a race that they wont receive points for). Because of this OBRA
races miss out on increased funds as well as more competitive fields. On a
similar note for those of you that race mostly in Oregon and South West
Washington you miss out on the rankingsystem as well as points if you were to compete in a USCF race (this is a
tragedy seeing as there is a lot of great races in our neighboring states
as well as Seattle). We all know that Portland has established itself as a
cycling rich community, but just like the cities progressive nature we
also should be following that example and become leaders in the
progression of our sport instead of living in the past. USCF certification
would be a phenomenal asset to racing in Oregon and South West Washington;
increasing awareness, funding, competitiveness, and as a result more
racing! I encourage everyone to comment on this topic and to start the
conversations, good or bad, for or against, please speak up._______________________________________________
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