Has anyone been successful with an electronic submission?
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Just to make a record of it, my recent application was routed to the Premier verification team December 1st. I submitted it electronically and got the email confirmation that they received it moments later. It was a simple SS1000 with Spotwalla for route verification, start and finish witnesses, and a Googlemaps map of the route with all of the stops added as waypoints. My ending witness is a local cop who was patrolling the hotel parking lot when I arrived, so I don't think that's going to be questioned. I also included an overview of the trip that talked about how the ride progressed and the stops along the way.
I'll report back when I get the certification in the mail or hear more about it. I suspect a quick processing time since it's not riding season anymore so there probably won't be too many applications to go through. It is the holidays though, so that might slow things down.
I'll report back when I get the certification in the mail or hear more about it. I suspect a quick processing time since it's not riding season anymore so there probably won't be too many applications to go through. It is the holidays though, so that might slow things down.
CB650F
It might not be riding season in your neck of the woods but half the rest of the world which does not all involve the USA are out riding...perhaps even as I type.
Im looking forward to reading your ride report. I would rather read about rides than the documentation hassles.
If your rides reps posted can you pop in a link to the storey?
Plenty of pics are good too.
Cheers
It might not be riding season in your neck of the woods but half the rest of the world which does not all involve the USA are out riding...perhaps even as I type.
Im looking forward to reading your ride report. I would rather read about rides than the documentation hassles.
If your rides reps posted can you pop in a link to the storey?
Plenty of pics are good too.
Cheers
This is a link to my ride report as requested. Sadly, I don't have any pics other than the receipts.
Great mate. Boy now that is a fast response.
And on your first bike. I get that I really get that.
My first long ride was on my first bike too. Maybe a few weeks after getting the "kelpie" (Kelpies are breed of Aussie work dog sort of fitted the bike)
Im reading on but Im hooked on your storey.
Cheers
And on your first bike. I get that I really get that.
My first long ride was on my first bike too. Maybe a few weeks after getting the "kelpie" (Kelpies are breed of Aussie work dog sort of fitted the bike)
Im reading on but Im hooked on your storey.
Cheers
I don't think you messed anything up. I was just curious if the procedure had been changed. I'm sure your ride will soon be approved and the ride report was a great read. Thanks for taking the time to write it up. As a side note, even with premier membership the time to get a certification back varies. Sometimes it is just a couple of weeks. Right now I've got a 48/10 that's been in for a little over 7 weeks, although that is a lot more complex ride to verify.
When I submitted, I think that due to the ongoing months of the summer riding season, that someone had mentioned the backlog at that time of the year was probably near the peak and to expect at least three months...so I have been expecting at least a three month wait. To hear you took four means I won't get too much on edge about it...plus we are now hitting the holiday season. I used a Garmin Explorer+ on my trip, but had not established a Spotwalla account prior to that, something I will do before the next ride come spring time. Hope to have my initial ride certified by then and register for the Premier membership at that point.
Bernie
Bernie
As promised, I'm reporting back. I'm a full time RVer and use a mail forwarding service to get all my mail. On January 5th, I got a notification that I received mail from The Iron Butt Association with a sticker denoting "Certificate of Accomplishment Enclosed, Do Not Fold" on it. Postage shows that it was mailed on January 2nd.
Since I emailed everything in on December 1st, it looks like current processing time is right at one month. That's actually pretty good IMO since this is all done on by volunteers and it's the holidays. Everything happens slowly this time of year. If you've been waiting significantly longer than that, I'd recommend contacting Ira just to make sure your submission was received and is in line. Ira knows everything, right?
Since I emailed everything in on December 1st, it looks like current processing time is right at one month. That's actually pretty good IMO since this is all done on by volunteers and it's the holidays. Everything happens slowly this time of year. If you've been waiting significantly longer than that, I'd recommend contacting Ira just to make sure your submission was received and is in line. Ira knows everything, right?
My first e-submission worked a treat, not a premier member at the time, reply came back a bit over a week later confirming the ride certification, I recently became a premier member and I submitted my e-submission and this time it is taking a bit longer, it is in the que I am told, just have to wait it out, I just figure that we are told it can take up to 3 months, so anything sooner is a bit of a bonus for me.