Quote Originally Posted by Britta View Post
With just a few days left on the FRA committee, I hope the following comments are seen as they are meant - a defense of people who do a lot of work and take on a lot of responsibility for little Thanks - rather than a pat on my own back!

It irks me when these debates talk of the runners and the race organisers 'against' the FRA - the FRA committee consists of nothing but fellrunners and race organisers - many very very experienced.

These runners and race organisers have to make some very difficult decisions on behalf of the FRA membership and I can assure everyone that we don't sit round the table at meetings and think up means to make the sport more complicated with ever increasing rules, just for the sake of it. All decisions are made with the best interest of the sport of fellracing in mind and are usually a direct response to something we've been forced to deal with!

Luckily there are some very capable people on the committee to take on some of these issues - it could be very scary and overwhelming otherwise!

Britta
Sorry your irked Britta. But there's plenty of fell runners and race organisers on the forum here. Perhaps with something to add, perhaps with lots of experience as well and maybe with wider experience than just fell running.
Also who do a lot of work and take a lot of responsibility for little thanks.
So it's not exclusive to the committee Britta.
We are all in it together and whilst I agree we have to be mindful and respectful of the committee members that accept this responsibility on behalf of the sport, they have to reciprocate.
I'm sure that you'll appreciate that anyone who puts themselves in to such position whether committee, selector, RO - they always will get some criticism and a thick skin is needed a lot of the time. The measure of them is often how they handle that.