When you look at the numbers affected out of OBRA's total membership the
list becomes short as far as those who should be worried about national
ranking. For those fortunate enough to race at that level travel is part of
the game anyway. OBRA provides the best all levels racing situation
possible, And I don't remember OBRA having any shortage of national cqaliber
talent, in fields from juniors to masters in all disciplines. Bottom line is
USCF costs would eliminate a great portion of Oregon racers to satisfy a
percentage who should seek out the big events as any PRO would. My question
would be why even think about it.

>From: "Charlie Warner"
>To: nicholasobrian@excite.com, obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OBRA's Future...
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:24:09 -0700
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>I think that once the USCF/USA Cycling decides to raise the level of
>service
>they can provided to the athletes and race directors in Oregon to match
>what
>OBRA is already providing, then it might be worthwhile to discuss.
>However,
>I do believe that is a long way off from happening.
>
>With regard to "more racing" in Oregon, have you seen the calendar the past
>few years, it's quite full with great races? There aren't any real gaps in
>opportunities to race.
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>When you say our little corner of the world will experience an increase
>funding, you're really saying that the fees will go up for individual
>licenses, race permits and officials fees if we went to the USCF structure.
>Not to mention that since permitting and officials fees will go up, so too
>will the cost to the individual racer because I suspect our the race
>promoters who are barely breaking even as is, will want to eat the extra
>costs.
>
>I think I can live with racing in Oregon and not being nationally ranked.
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>On 3/29/07, 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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