New PCHRandos RBA

The Los Angeles chapter of RUSA has a new RBA, Kerin Huber, who took over from Greg this year. The most important change is that we are severing all links with CIBC so we can regain control of our finances. It has become clear that we were charging more for rides than we needed to, so Kerin has decided to introduce a flat $5 annual membership fee and reduce the cost of each ride commensurate with the amount of support being offered. In effect offering a frequent rider discount.

The $5 fee will help offset the costs of our new website which is currently under construction. It will include fully integrated online registration and payment via PayPal, rider and club stats, automatic emailed confirmations, and many other features. Once it is ready we will hook it up to our domain.

Here's a screen print of the home page. Your's truly took the photo at Avila Beach while supporting the California Coasting ride. A modified 400k version of this ride will return in 2021 which will route down this very stretch of road.

Because of insurance issues with RUSA, we will require all riders to be current RUSA members and all riders must be at least 18 on the day of the event. I doubt this will affect many of us. There will be no day-of-the-event registrations. In order to simplify paperwork and avoid chaos at the start of the ride, registration and payment must be completed at least 48 hours prior to the start of the ride, at which time registration will automatically close. We hope these changes will not inconvenience you too much, but in Kerin's first year as RBA we need to keep things simple for the ride hosts.

We have submitted an ambitious ride calendar to RUSA for 2020.
We have a 110k populaire, nine stand alone 200k events, two 300k, a 400/600, and a 200/400/600 event. Thanks to everyone who stepped up. That gives us a full SR series and 11 of the 12 monthly events needed to get you your R12.

I hope we all enjoy hosting our respective events and come back to host more in coming years.