Following the post BMB meeting of August 17, 1998, a mailing with a letter of commitment was sent to all Regional Brevet Administrators (RBAs) (2), as well as, a few well known US randonneurs.
They were asked to sign and return the letter of commitment supporting RUSA, ie. promising to register their brevet calendar and have their brevet results validated via RUSA.
The table below summarizes the written responses, as of November 14, 1998.
| National Organizers and Well Known Randonneurs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Dickson | PBP Champion | RUSA | ||
| Lon Haldeman | PBP, former RAAM Champion, etc. | RUSA | ||
| Charlie Lamb | BMB Founder | RUSA | ||
| Susan Notorangelo | former PBP Champion, RAAM, etc. | RUSA | ||
| John Wagner | PBP, Randonneur 5000 | RUSA | ||
| Jennifer Wise | Boston-Montreal-Boston Organizer | RUSA | ||
| Total | 6 | |||
| Regional Brevet Administrators | ||||
| Nom | State | RUSA | IR | No Response (1) |
| Steve Bauman | NY | - | X | - |
| Johnny Bertrand | KY | X | - | - |
| Chip Bole | IL | X | - | - |
| Louis Branz | MO | - | X | - |
| Steve Britt | NYC | X | - | - |
| John Bryan | SC | X | - | - |
| Bob Burns | MO | X | - | - |
| Michael Carson | MN | X | - | - |
| Jerry Davis | NM | - | X | - |
| Daryn Dodge | CA | X | - | - |
| John Lee Ellis | CO | X | - | - |
| Russell Hahn | TX | X | - | - |
| Lon Haldeman | WI | X | - | - |
| Robert Holliday | KS | X | - | - |
| David Holmes | IA | X | - | - |
| John Hughes | UT | X | - | - |
| Alan Johnson | NC | X | - | - |
| Dave Jordan | MA | X | - | - |
| James Konski | NY | - | X | - |
| Jim Kuehn | DC | X | - | - |
| Larry Larson | NE | - | - | X |
| Richard Lawrence | NC | X | - | - |
| Kevin Main | CA | X | - | - |
| Hugh Murphy | CA | X | - | - |
| Don Podolski | MA | X | - | - |
| Marvin Rambo | OR | X | - | - |
| Sherry Reed | OH | X | - | - |
| Larry Ricker | WA | X | - | - |
| Michael Rohacek | AK | X | - | - |
| Darryl Skrabak | CA | X | - | - |
| Gary Smith | TX | X | - | - |
| Jim Solanick | FL | X | - | - |
| Steven Teal | GA | X | - | - |
| Mark Tharp | MO | - | X | - |
| Total | 34 Organizers / 25 States | RUSA | IR | No Response |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | ||
(1): No response means that either we have received no response or that the RBA has responded but not yet made a decision.
(2): The following changes have occurred in the RBA list since the December 1997 list: Sherry Reed replaced Steve Overstreet; Bob Burns replaced David Neff who has resigned; John Lee Ellis has replaced Charlie Henderson who was temporarily replacing Gary Koenig who resigned. New RBAs (at least relative to 1998) include Russell Hahn, Kevin Main, Darryl Skrabak, John Hughes, Lon Haldeman, and Steven Teal. Also on the list sent to RBAs a few weeks back, Robert Holliday was mistakenly listed as having resigned.
(**): Verbal commitment.