11/2023

• Added intro paragraph with details on RBA appointment terms and remaining in good standing.
• Communication - RBAs must maintain membership on the RBA email list-serve.

12/2019

• Removed some key permanents references and "unpublished" the Excess Medical Insurance section.
• Removed not giving credit for events ridden "whose scheduled date and time conflicts with the scheduled date and time of another event" the rider has ridden.

6/2019

• Add incident reporting guidelines and links.

10/2018

• Remove prohibition of multiple events of similar distance on the same day.
• Add Waiver Guidance section, supplied by Waiver Committee.

2/2018

• Pre-Rides – Allow pre-rider to ride Permanents during the course of the actual event. Other aspects clarified.

12/2017

• Six-Day advance notice for scheduling RUSA brevet or perm w/ approved route.
• Associating Routes with an Event, and "Within or Through" Search for Rides
• Scheduling Grand Randonnées – application note
• Event Listings in American Randonneur
• RUSA Liability Insurance, Liability Release Waiver, Excess Medical Insurance
• Obtaining ACP Brevet Medals – RBA purchases for events
• Member Search - displaying pending members
• Using the new Result Submission Form
• ACP Brevet Sticker Options – physical labels, PDF, CSV file

12/2015

• Updated waiver download link. Updated instructions for “spreadsheet” (csv) result submissions.

11/2015

• Audax Club Parisien and Randonneurs Mondiaux removed as third-party insured from insurance section.

1/2015

• “Official vs. Actual Distance of Events” section added.

3/2014

• RUSA insurance rates updated and details about added insured added.

11/2013

• Start and finish controls must be timed.
• Secret controls – not timed in the manner of timed controls.
• Intermediate control cutoffs – relaxed after 600km.
• Sign-in sheets for multiple events per day – revised.
• Material delays along the route – added note.
• Online mapping software – updated note.
• Can add a RUSA event two weeks prior to the event date if using an approved route, and two weekd in advance for new 1200k+ routes.

3/2012

• Terminating an event in progress.  Credit for pre-riders of a cancelled event.

1/2012

• Clarified that policies in this document have the force of rules.
• Added that the RBA needs to make pre-ride volunteers aware that they cannot get credit for the pre-ride if its scheduled date conflicts with another ride the rider did.
• Added address to use for RUSA third-party insured.

2/24/2011

• Staffed controls issue clarified for pre-rides.
• When to use an Event-Staffed control.
• Changing Sponsoring Club section added.
• Results and Pending Memberships.
• Effective date for pre-rides and rescheduled rides.
• RUSA vs. Club Insurance.
• Traversing Public Lands.
• Submitting Flèche Results.

4/23/2010

• RBA Reactivation
• When RUSA brevet vs. ACP brevet?

3/19/2010

• Volunteers’ pre-ride tips.
• Rescheduling an ACP event as a RUSA event.

1/1/2010 – 2/5/2010

• Option for RBAs to sell ACP brevet medals discontinued.
• Reversing brevet route directions – policy added.
• Brevet Route Application Form link added.

10/8/2009 - 11/23/2009

• Step-by-Step instructions for creating your own brevet stickers – section added.
• RBA Volunteer Staff and the RBA Procedures – section added.
• Transfers and Forced Time off the Bike – section added.
• Alternate Route Segments – section added.
• Rescheduling ACP Events for safety/passability reasons – note added.
• What Route Certification does not cover – note added.