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Shared with RBAs on [May] 15th - Events on hold for June; Stay tuned as Permanents will be coming back:
Brevets and other events
Our hold on sanctioning events will extend at least through the end of June.
Most states are still experiencing community spread. Testing and tracing are not up to the standards promulgated by our national health organizations. Social distancing is still encouraged nationwide. While we can come up with ways to help keep our riders safe, running events can have an impact on communities whether that's through virus transmission or the risk of accidents. As a result, our Pandemic Response Committee has recommended that we extend the hold through the end of June.
The RUSA board has voted and accepted that recommendation.
From our website: Randonneuring is long-distance unsupported endurance cycling. This style of riding is non-competitive in nature, and self-sufficiency is paramount. When riders participate in randonneuring events, they are part of a long tradition that goes back to the beginning of the sport of cycling in France and Italy. Friendly camaraderie, not competition, is the hallmark of randonneuring.
As a riding community, we have shared goals and awards recognizing our achievements. It's the camaraderie that makes us a club. When we open, it should be nationwide. That doesn't mean that every RBA will be forced to run events but they should have the ability to do so, working with their local riders. Opening now, on a geographical piecemeal basis, with a heavy emphasis on solo riding, would be abandoning much of what makes up our sport.
Permanents and insurance
We have some good news to share! Effective May 1, we have a new insurance program that includes permanents. However, it's not a simple matter of flipping a switch. We have work ahead of us - Deb Banks, John Lee Ellis and Crista Borras are working as a committee on the details of the revised program. We have major system changes to make and organizational work to do. Crista, John Lee and Deb will be reaching out to existing route owners to get the organizational work underway in parallel with our web team work.
A restart of permanents will be incorporated into the recommendations from our pandemic response committee.
More details on insurance and any required changes will be shared before we reopen any RUSA riding. Stay tuned!
July and forward
By mid June at the latest, we expect to provide an update for July. The pandemic committee has also started to think about the guidance and support that we might provide to RBAs as we build our reopen plan.
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