[pct-l] Nike - The great conspiracy

[calliger@infolane.com (R.J.Calliger)]

I wholeheartdley "endorse" Ron's comments.

Without feedback, TNF, SD, even GL, would not redesign products
we want.

I see no  particular endorsement of Nike BY the PCTA, tacit or
otherwise.  A statement explicitly rendering that endorsement
has to be seen before you can whine about it :-) <g>...

And if the PCTA did, and got some money? So what!! A **lot** of
groups endorse products for cash. Hike your own hike! Capitalism
still beats what any  dictator is got going somewhere else. And I
bet they would use it to stash water, fund a trail repair party,
etc etc. (oh party = work party in this case; not party party!)

<g>

Rich


At 1:12 PM -0800 4/3/01, Ronald Moak wrote:
>Brett write >> With all due respect, I'm not. And I'm not impressed to see
>PCTA tacitly
>endorsing that particular corporate entity. As with the equestrian
>allowances on the trail, this sort of thing likely alienates a fair number
>of would-be association members. <<
>
>To my limited knowledge, the PCTA neither tacitly nor formally endorses Nike
>or any other company.
>
>The choice to place the request for testers was solely up to my digression.
>So if you feel the need to charge someone, at least charge the right person.
>
>I chose to place the announcement totally as a public service to the readers
>of the PCTA website, interested members of this and the Backpacking Light
>mailing list.
>
>The PCTA was not paid by Nike to post the article. And since the hundreds of
>hours spent in both developing and maintaining the PCTA website are
>voluntary, I did not receive any money either.
>
>As a member (hopefully in good standing) of the Long Distance Hiking
>community, I don't necessarily feel that hikers and equipment manufactures
>should have a standoff relationship. Without good feedback from us, we are
>doomed to the equipment dumped on us. Given your apparently close
>relationship with GoLite, I expect at some level you feel the same. If other
>manufactures were to approach me with a similar request, I'd have the same
>response as with Nike.
>
>On a personal level I don't condemn or praise Nike products, in spite of the
>fact that I only live a couple of miles from the corporate headquarters and
>know a number of people who work there. If I were in the process of choosing
>sides, I'd probably pick New Balance since in my experience their fit and
>durability far exceeds the Nike products. However, Nike contacted us not New
>Balance.
>
>If you feel that running the announcement is grounds for disassociating
>yourself from the PCTA, I can only say I'm sorry. It is my only intention to
>provide a site that informative, interesting and balanced.
>
>Ron
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>Ron Moak
>Pacific Crest Trail Association Web Master
>http://www.pcta.org/
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