I’m trying to sign up, just me, I did this two years ago and really want to do it again. But it keeps asking me about a minor waiver and it won’t let me uncheck (what I’m pretty sure I never checked) that there is a minor in my group. I’m just me, and I’m freaking 47. WTF???
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It is because a minor has to be signed up by a parent or guardian.
Check your account profile to make sure you didn’t typo your birth year so it qualifies you as a minor. It doesn’t have to be accurate, just >= 18 years old.
mootsman may well be right. There is also a question very early in the process that asks if this is for a minor. It defaults to no but you may have clicked it to yes by accident. Did you go through the process once and now want to modify something? If so once you are registered you have only three options: pay up, register a minor, or delete your registration.
I just went through the process myself, not because I wanted to register this early but to see if I could confirm the trouble you are having. I had no trouble with being nagged about a minor waiver. Of course I had re-registered in the system last year due to the system update so I did not have to do that again just now. It could be that there are more steps in the initial registration where you could accidentally flag yourself as a minor, I would not remember those after a year!
I would do this:
* check your age as mootsman suggested, hopefully that is all it is
* if you feel brave, just complete your registration, then delete it and try again. This might work, it might create more problems than it solves….
* contact the RAGBRAI info/help email address. They have always been very helpful in the past and reasonably prompt
* relax, you have plenty of time to get this straightened out and there is no advantage to registering early
I have spoken to Rod since this post was made, but wanted to comment in case anybody else runs/is running into this problem.
The registration system allows only one adult to register per user account. After an adult has been registered, the only option left is to register a minor. If you complete the registration process as an adult and go back to registration, the Minor box will be checked by default and will not allow you to deselect.
If you find yourself in this situation, you just need to submit your payment if you have not done so yet. To submit payment: login to your user account>go to MY RAGBRAI (located in the upper right hand corner)>select Pay Now>submit payment information.
As always, if you have any questions, you can email info@ragbrai.com and I will be happy to assist.
Thanks!
Mariah
RAGBRAI Office Specialist