Steve Brown

Nick,

Sorry your version of Outlook is not working with the early arrival
of daylight savings time. April first is not until Sunday.

Steve Brown
On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:05 PM, nick wrote:

>
> 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
> ranking
>
> system 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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