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I began competing in endurance riding for the first time late last year. Both my brothers and I continue to train for endurance and plan on beginning our endurance season with Home on the Range in March. During the ride at the Elbe Hills Challenge last August, we were encouraged to attend the PNER conference, I was told it would be a great learning experience, and it proved to be an incredibly enjoyable and enlightening experience. I could use a few more of those conferences! I can't say enough great things about the experience and the people who we met at the conference. However, it immediately became apparent that there are some problems with slightly decreasing PNER membership and somewhat insufficient support. Coming from a perspective of a new endurance rider and some of the challenges I've had to face with the learning curve of the sport, as well as learning about the AERC and PNER organization, I spoke with some of the PNER members at the conference last weekend (January 20-21, 2012) and several felt that my input may be helpful to PNER. Many felt like they don't realize what it's like to be new to endurance and PNER since many have been around for so long. I'm hoping that my perspective will help shed some light on those areas and hopefully assist the organization in improving and growing.


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