Highlights of May, 2006 RUSA Board Meeting

Administration
-- Rules
-- RBAs
-- Records

ATTENDEES: Bill Bryant, John Lee Ellis, Don Hamilton, Lois Springsteen, Tim Sullivan, Mark Thomas, Mark Vickers, Tracey Ingle, Jennifer Wise, Terry Zmrhal, Robert Fry

1. Additional Events for New Jersey and Portland, OR - have been approved.
2. Larry Larson ratified as RBA - for new Omaha NE region.
3. RUSA 12100km Events - RUSA is planning to offer more support and coordination for 1200k organizers and their events, including:
   • An application for RUSA approval of 1200k events - giving enough detail to get a good idea of the event.s potentials and challenges
   • a 1200k guide to garner the combined wisdom of US 1200k organizers.
4. New 2006 RBAs - We congratulate the new RBAs on their good start:
   • John Ceceri (Saratoga NY)
   • Laurent Chambard (NY/NJ)
   • Bethany Davison (SC)
   • Susan France (Portland, OR)
   • Nick Gerlich (Amarillo TX)
   • Tim Rangitsch (South Dakota)
   • Bob Riggs (Houston TX)
   • Tom Rosenbauer (Eastern PA)
   • Jeff Sammons (Nashville TN)
5. RUSA Souvenirs
   1. Wool Jerseys (long-sleeve) will be offered a new item at the RUSA Store.
   2. Reflective Tape Program - 50% of RBAs and 100 members have requested strips. Our safety program will continue to be promoted and emphasized
6. Revised Route Submission Procedure - Here is the revised procedure for RBAs to submit a route to the Route Coordinator: "Route submissions must include (1) a cue sheet indicating segment distance,elapsed distance, and checkpoints (all checkpoint info, including checkpoint opening and closing times, found on a brevet card), and (2) a route map, highlighting the route, checkpoints, and candidates for secret checkpoint locations where needed for route integrity. The route map may be a highlighted paper map (or scan thereof) from a commercial county or state map, or a printed or electronic image of a map produced by mapping software. Provisional RBAs must also include (3) front and back images of the brevet card for the proposed route."

Submitted by John L. Ellis, RUSA Secretary