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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