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"
To:
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 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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