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A Different Type Of Van Club BoogieVans was established in England in 1975 by the founding members of the UK National Street Van Association as part of the NSVA's diversification policy that was intended to create a series of small local van clubs to make vanning more accessible, and hence encourage van club growth at a local level whilst the NSVA promoted vanning nationally. However BoogieVans was never really to follow the model of other local clubs as it was founded on the following principles: • No rules • No membership fees • No Violence • Membership by invitation only This is sometimes difficult for non-club members to understand. How can you operate with no money and have no real rules except no violence? A difficult concept to understand; but not to achieve if all concerned value their association with the club and their fellow members. Finance We do not seek to make money, what we seek is participation and through participation we will achieve our goals. We do however print new club T-shirts as and when required and we ask members to pay for their T-shirt as this is regarded as your membership card. T-shirts are priced to ensure that the price paid covers only production and distribution costs. Our only source of tangible funding is our occasional raffle, the proceeds of which are held in member's private accounts in trust, as we do not have a bank account. If we need to make a major purchase then we pass the hat around to finance it. If we need to finance a van run we will organise it in such a way that site charges are paid directly to the site owner by the members rather than through the club. Money in clubs always causes argument and if we can therefore keep out of the banking business it removes tension and politics. International Membership These central club ethics have not changed since the outset, however, these same ethics have attracted a demand for membership outside of the UK and we have therefore become the smallest international van club in the world. We have members through out the UK, USA and Canada, all of whom have been invited to join our club as we believe them to be true, like-minded vanners. To express an interest in club membership please contact us at info@boogievans.com. Be advised it can take a while between T-shirt prints and therefore new member intakes, but we do encourage you to register as a member of our online community and participate and hang out with the club during this time. Structure We do of course have an overall structure to the club, as there are on going functions that need attention. The following members have been appointed to oversee the following areas: George (Pheasant Plucker) Meacher - Founder. Dave (Lamppost) Watts - Founder, Archievist. Chris Moore - Cultural and Diplomatic Attache. John (Wino) Fulker - Website Moderator. James (Evo) Rolfe - Attache. Kevin (I'm not a Member) Walton - Founder. Why Do We Bother? Take a look at our photo gallery to see for yourself, why not sign our guestbook or join the discussion forums, or even subscribe to the BoogieVans news. Website A tremendous amount of work has gone into the development of this website, we have tried to make it functional and interactive yet easy and enjoyable to use. We do hope you like it and welcome you to our online community. Please give us your feedback and influence further development by posting your comments and suggestions in the website design forum. To use the forums fully you will need to register, but this is a very simple process, all we ask is that you choose a username and password then supply a valid email address. An email will then be sent containing a link that you must click to complete your registration. In this way we can verify your identity and reduce the possibility of unsuitable material being posted to this site. If you have a question on usage, first take a look at the FAQ's, then post a message in the website help forum and a member of our community will be pleased to help you. If you wish to advertise on this site then please email the webmaster with your request. |
