| Subject: | Beating a dead horse |
| Date: | 02/18/2000 12:03 AM |
| From: | Scott Goldstein |
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Hello All: At the risk of beating a dead horse, I have an anecdote to share that is relevent to the Bonnie Martin/OBRA bashing issue. Last year, when planning an Oregon race, my partner and I were telephoned by a certain Bonnie Martin and asked why we didn't have a junior field for our race. We explained that we insist on full support for each field (lead and follow vehicles) and thus, it simply was prohibitably expensive to have a seperate (and small) Junior field. We offered to include (and fund a prize list for) a junior race if Bonnie would provide two support vehicles and drivers for the day. We were willing to take a financial loss (sure bet) to "do our part" and help develop junior cycling in Oregon. Bonnie agreed and away we went. Well....the day of the race arrived and guess who DIDN'T SHOW UP to the race. If you guessed Bonnie, you guessed correctly. We were scrambling around at the last minute to find two extra support vehicles for the Junior field. (thanks to J. Benenate for pitching in) What is the point? It doesn't really do much good to whine, point fingers and complain about how things don't work. What really matters are actions. There are many people involved with the Oregon racing scene that are DOING things to make it as good as it can be. The Murrays certainly top the list of these people. OBRA isn't perfect, there is always room for improvement. But, before you attack the efforts of others, ask yourself this question: "Am I going to SAY something about improving Oregon Cycling or am I going to DO something about improving Oregon Cycling? We need more "Doers" and fewer "Sayers" Scott *************************************************** USC: 24 - Notre Dame: 25 Luck of the Irish! *************************************************** |
