... I can only offer my personal event organising experience which is not representative of audax as a whole.
My experience as an organiser...
I had 'Covid Secure' versions of long-running events scheduled for January and February (this was pre-Jan lockdown) as x-events with limited fields and validation by GPS, all of which was made clear on the event calendar listing.
When the Jan lockdown hit I arranged for them to be suspended rather than canceled, to run as allowable so as to facilitate a smooth pickup of events.
I had also - in November - contacted the eBrevet team with a view to using that as an alternative solution to raw GPS tracks, as reports to date had been very positive. This struck me as being an ideal time to trial the eBrevet outside of Perms (small field, backup to the primary method of validation, tech aware riders, etc.)
The eBrevet team had the events set up on EBrevet within 24 hours or so of first contact but said that permission would be needed from AUK.
I contacted AUK then and have since subsequently. I have had zero response from those responsible for such matters.
What has been put to me is that I am 'bending the rules' by offering validation by GPS in the first place.
NB1: for those that don't know, I am the DIY Regional Organiser for the SE and process 1000+ DIY Brevets with validation by GPS a year, so I have some experience in these matters
NB2: I've posted similar to this through the delegates section of the AUK Forum, which, again, for those that don't know, I personally implemented the AUK Forum whilst AUK General Secretary to provide a communications channel between Board, Delegates and Members, something which was deeply opposed by some other Board members at the time, and again have had no response from anybody with executive responsibility
My feeling is that that the Board's have done a reasonable job in managing the COVID situation overall, however, it has all been in the context of an application for AUK to be recognised as a 'National Governing Body'.
Whilst NGB status would be 'nice to have', I doubt anybody outside the Board cares. What I do feel is that any sense of the Board representing AUK as a 'club' run for its members and supporting Organisers in a progressive sense has rather been lost in a blizzard of unimaginative jobsworthness. There are plenty of examples to support this view.
Anyway, the current situation is that the listed events have now been canceled, and it's unlikely any of my other events will run this year.