Wow,
I didn't know I was living a tragedy.

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of nick
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:06 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
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
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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