Riders are allowed to join or renew their RUSA membership at the start of an event by handing a RUSA official (you or one of your event staff) a membership form with payment.  They are considered to be members once that transaction has been completed.

For those riders, and those who have sent in their membership or renewal prior to the event, you’ll need to wait a reasonable time until the memberships have been processed, so that you can enter their RUSA numbers in your results.  Results without RUSA number are not visible on the RUSA website to you or to the rider, even after that person’s membership becomes active, and in that state will not count towards RUSA or RUSA-administered awards.  While numbers can be patched in later (see below), this is extra work for the Brevet Coordinator and to be avoided.  So make sure new/renewing RUSA members have their RUSA numbers.

Joining/Renewing Online – Riders who would like to join or need to renew just prior to your event can do so online, with the benefit that they will have a receipt to print off and show you at the ride start.  That way you don’t have to send in their paperwork yourself, and can verify that the rider has indeed joined or renewed.

[11/2013]

Also, there is an option on the Search for Members webpage to display pending members. [12/2017]