The following e-mail was sent to
American Road Cycling, apparently due to the fact the Taliban
running the
local club
newsletter refuses to print such complaints. Nobody we know even
reads the newsletter, nor gives any of the goings on in that local
club the slightest credence, so we can only guess what this all
about.
Gee.. I seem to notice there are A LOT of
articles/references in June's [local club newsletter] about
MEMBERSHIPS. It seems that MEMBERSHIPS are a hot topic... I don't
have the time to count, but would be curious to know just how many
times the word MEMBERSHIP is used in June's newsletter! I'D RATHER
PULL MY HAMSTRINGS OUT THROUGH MY NOSTRILS THAN TO HAVE TO HEAR
ANY MORE ABOUT MEMBERSHIPS & THEIR BENEFITS!
sigh.... Seth is such a wanker.
...and furthermore, what's up with this "ID badge
for your seat bag if you've paid your dues" crap? Next you'll have
to submit to a retina scan to ride!
Editor's Comment: It appears
there has been an attempt by the local club to counter: 1) the
easy availability of the American
Road Cycling ID's, 2) our extremely
competitive fee structure
tied to our greater
benefits, 3)
our much larger
membership list, 4) not to mention our
FREE Ridgebury Prime
Jersey's. Also the local club is probably annoyed by seeing what
a Google search for "American Road Cycling" returns...and how fast
that happened!
As the letter above alludes to,
nobody in the real world has a clue what their local club fees are
being used for, nor what those expenditures may be doing for them.
That is probably why the local club is making such a big deal about
"memberships" with their last gasp on their way out of existence.
American Road Cycling would
like to mention the simple answer to this person's problem.
Just stop paying dues, and they will stop sending you
that annoying newsletter—eventually. Since you have already
submitted your American Road
Cycling membership form, have tendered your
fee, and have received
your
lifetime membership in
American Road Cycling, you will never miss your local club's
newsletter. You can always attend American Road Cycling
sponsored events, some of
which overlap the local club's own events.
Note: The local club's name has been censored above
in accordance with American Road Cycling's policy of never
mentioning that club by name, which matches that club's own black
out regarding information about American Road Cycling. The
author of the letter's name has been withheld pending a request to publish it. The
author's name is also withheld in order to further exasperate the
ire of the local club authorities, who are feverishly holding on to the mistaken
belief that American Road Cycling is all just a joke.
Seth's
name has been allowed to remain, because nothing new or remarkable
is being said about him. |