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

  1. New RBA: William Medina has been approved as RBA for the new Puerto Rico region.
  2. New Events: new events approved for Houston, DC, Missouri, San Luis Obiso, and NW Florida.
  3. Free-Route Permanents - Rules Clarification - The mileage credit is the official distance and time limit is based upon official distance. See website for details.
  4. Upcoming Election will cover two open board positions plus as always the RBA Liaison:
    1. August newsletter will invite nominations (for general Board positions, and for RBA Liaison from the RBAs) postmarked by September 15th;
    2. November newsletter will contain the ballot - e-mail voting continues to be offered as an option.
  5. PBP 2007 Planning
    1. ACP Sanctioning - RBAs might consider running some brevets that aren't eligible for qualifying for PBP as RUSA domestic brevets.
    2. Results Submission Errors - RBAs are reminded they need to double check results submissions since fixing errors after the fact will take longer next year with PBP.

      Submitted by John L. Ellis, RUSA Secretary