NYCkayaker Blacklisted

[Erik Baard]

Oy. Bad move if this is what unfolded for those motivations. I re-read your
comments and find nothing in them to warrant banishment from the MIMS.

I am registered with a single, but will happily take you on in a tandem. You
have until the morning of the event to inform me if you'd like to take that
chance. I know my service to MIMS would only be augmented by having you as a
partner. If they want to turn us both away, then that's their decision and
they'll lose a supporter who has taken a few verbal beatings from fellow
kayakers for holding fast.

This is all so insane when these events are celebrations and calls to renew
our bonds to the harbor community.

I truly hope we can patch things up for the moment, and work things out at a
deeper level by next year. I want us to be on the same side so badly -- our
shared goals and challenges are so enormous.

Erik

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On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Peter Riley <priley at amnh.org> wrote:

> Fellow kayakers
> any one who is on this list is probably aware of a thread concerning one
> of the swim organizations who sponsors the annual Manhattan Island
> Marathon Swim around Manhattan. This thread has addressed certain
> shortcomings by the organizers and has engendered a healthy back and
> forth; a candid exchange of views. Apparently these views have been too
> much for the organizers. This afternoon I received a call from the
> organizer informing me my services will not be needed for the race. When
> I told him I was committed to a particular relay group; I was told they
> had lots of kayakers.
> I too am on that not so short list of former kayak coordinators for this
> organization and have heard all the promises and decided in spite of
> this to do  one more race but criticism is apparently not welcome. I
> agree getting people out on or in the waters surrounding this city are a
> worthy goal and I applaud MIF for their efforts in this regard; but
> ignoring the legitimate requests of those who provide safety related
> support to the swimmers and taking us for granted (we have lots of
> kayakers) is beyond the pale.
> see you out there
> Peter Riley
>
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Erik Baard

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