[Cdt-l] Fwd: CDTA
ks1007 at aol.com
ks1007 at aol.com
Tue Jan 17 18:53:36 CST 2012
some great points jim - there are office's in albuquerque and las cruces NM - I have never been a real big supporter of CDTA as I'm not on the "real" route and got no support from them - would love to hear their reasoning too
Keith and Mary
Deming, NM
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From: jimniedbalski <jimniedbalski at aol.com>
To: cdt-l <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 2:24 pm
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] CDTA
I can't be the only one to be thinking this, so I have to pose the question, and I'll admit up front I wasn't currently a CDTA member: Do others think it odd that, if financial difficulties caused the disbanding of the CDTA, that downsizing wasn't an option? The CDTA web site listed eight presumably paid staff, 3,000 members, and an office in Golden, CO, and wasn't there another field office? Was completely closing doors really the only option? Would someone from the CDTA be willing to address this? Downsizing obviously is not ideal, but many trail organizations do their work with fewer paid staff and resources, although not at the scale of the CDT. Was it really all or nothing?
It just doesn't seem plausible that abruptly closing was the only answer, and that there weren't signs of financial concerns months or years ago that could have been addressed then by the CDTA board and then to its members and supporters. It just seems like there's some extenuating circumstance.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Ellis <tomteresa89 at gmail.com>
To: lynne whelden <lwgear at juno.com>; cdt-l <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sun, Jan 15, 2012 5:59 pm
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] CDTA
What about the CDTS?
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rom: "lynne whelden" <lwgear at juno.com>
o: <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
ent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:44 AM
ubject: [Cdt-l] CDTA
The CDTA's closing its doors sent a shock wave through the hiking
community. Just when it seemed like there was some momentum building, what
with the new data books and the well-organized summer work trips and the
ever-increasing volumes of hikers each summer. It personally affected me
because I had just released my "Overexposed" CDT documentary and was
hoping the CDTA would add it to their store. I was hoping the video would
inspire and educate and mobilize.
So now what? Will government agencies keep building trail only to have it
lie fallow from then on (as is already the case in places)? Will someone
step forward with a new vision for how to organize and marshall the forces
of long-distance/long-time hikers who by their very nature are fiercely
independent and are suspicious from anything smacking of boards and rules,
business-mindedness and corporate donations?
Will the CDT(_) always be a 3rd cousin to the grand ATC and the PCTA? Will
the trail ultimately become a fuzzy corridor concept that never quite made
it off the ground due to lack of funds and clubs?
lynne whelden
lwgear.com
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