MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL

RT 4 992 HIGHPOINT DR.

ANNAPOLIS MD21401

1985 COUNCIL OF COUNCILS MEETING

HOSTED BY

THE MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL

FEBRUARY 9 *985

HOLIDAY INN, INNER HARBOR

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

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MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL OFFICERS

CHAIRMAN

JIM MC CLEAF

CO-CHAIRMAN

BRIAN BOWIE

SECRETARY

WILLA BERARDI

TREASURER

ELISSA ADAMS

PUBLIC RELATIONS

WAYNE PIOTROWSKI

CO-CHAIRMAN 86

MIKE HORNER

THE COUNCIL OF COUNCILS MEETING FOR 1985 WAS HOSTED BY THE MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 9, *985. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 9:30 A.M.. JIM McCLEAF MVC CHAIRMAN WELCOMED EVERYONE ON BEHALF OF THE MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL.

COUNCILS PRESENT

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NEW ENGLAND VAN COUNCIL - MASS TRANSIT

UNITED KINGDOM - INSANITY VANS

SOUTHERN VAN COUNCIL - LONE STAR VAN COUNCIL

NORTHEAST OHIO VAN CONGRESS

FLORIDA VAN COUNCIL - ALL OFFICERS WERE PRESENT

NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA VAN COUNCIL - CAROLINA TRUCKING ASSOC.

BUCKEYE VAN ASSOCIATION

INNER CITY VAN ALLIANCE - BROOKLYN VAN KNIGHTS

GEORGIA VAN COUNCIL

NATIONAL VANPOON & ROCKY MOUNTAIN VANS - BLUE CAT, DELAWARE

MICHIGAN - JOE MEDONIA

FORMER MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, JOHN RIGGIN

THE MINUTES WERE READ FROM THE 1984 COUNCIL OF COUNCILS MEETING. THERE WERE NO CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS.

MEMBERSHIP

MOST COUNCILS REPORTED A SLOW UPWARD TREND IN MEMBERSHIP WITH AN INCREASE OF OLD VANNERS RETURNING TO VANNING. SOUTHERN VAN COUNCIL REPORTED A DECREASE IN CLUB PARTICIPATION DUE TO A LACK OF WILINGNESS TO TRAVEL ANY LONG DISTANCE. MICK BLACKBOURN, WHO REPRESENTED THE NSVA FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM REPORTED AN INCREASE IN MEMBERS SINCE THEY VOTED IN A COMPLETELY NEW SET OF OFFICERS. THE NSVA IS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP NOT BY CLUB. THEY HAVE APPROXIMATLY 500 MEMBERS.

SOUTH EAST VIRGINIA VAN COUNCIL REPORTED NO LOSS IN MEMBERSHIP BUT WITH A MAILING LIST OF 150 NEWSLETTERS PER MONTH. NORTHEAST OHIO VAN CONGRESS REPORTED A MEMBERSHIP OF 65 CLUBS AND GAINING NEW MEMBERS. NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA VAN COUNCIL REPORTED A SLOW INCREASE IN MEMBERS AS WELL AS OLD VANNERS RETURNING.

INNER CITY VAN ALLIANCE FROM NEW YORK REPORTED A MEMBERSHIP OF 3 CLUBS, BUT 100 VANS WITHIN THE 3 CLUBS. NEW ENGLAND VAN COUNCIL REPORTED 50 CLUBS AND SLOWLY GAINING. MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL LOST SOME CLUBS DUE TO DISINTEREST IN VANNING.

COMMUNICATIONS

COMMUNICATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COUNCILS SEEMS TO BE HELPFUL TO ALL. VIRGINIA FINDS IT BENEFICIAL AND MAILS TO EVERYONE THEY HAVE ON FILE. FLORDIA GOES NATIONWIDE AND GEORGIA VAN COUNCIL SUGGESTED CLUBS SHOULD GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS AS SOON AS DATE IS SET, SO VACATIONS MIGHT BE PLANNED AROUND EVENTS. FLYERS CAN FOLLOW LATER.

A DISCUSSION WAS HAD ABOUT VENDORS NEEDING INFORMATION OF UPCOMING EVENTS AS WELL AS ADVANCE NOTICE: THE CONCENSUS WAS THAT VENDORS SHOULD GET ON THE DIFFERENT COUNCILS MAILING LIST.

IT WAS NOTED THAT MOST CLUBS ARE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND LOCATIONS FOR EVENTS AND THE MIDWEST DOES NOT HAVE THE LARGE CAMPGROUNDS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TOURISM THAT THE EAST AND WEST COAST HAVE.

PRE-REGISTRATION FOR TRUCKIN RESPONSE IS NOT GOOD. BROOKLYN VAN KNIGHTS SUGGESTED GROUP RATES AS AN INCENTIVE FOR MORE CLUBS TO PREREGISTER .

IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE AGE FOR CHILDREN TO BE ADMITTED FREE BE RAISED TO 16 AND UNDER. IN RETURN NO ONE UNDER 16 BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN ADULT GAMES.

13TH NATIONAL TRUCK-IN

THE 13TH NATIONAL TRUCK-IN WILL BE HELD IN HUMANSVILLE, MISSOURI JULY 11-14, 1985. THE NATIONALS COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERING USING COORS BREWERY AS AN EXPERIMENT IN USING AN OUTSIDE SPONSOR FOR THE EVENT. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OF THE EVENT. IT WOULD BE STRICTLY FOR PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING. NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE YET.

THERE WILL BE A $6.50 PER DAY CHARGE PER VAN THE WEEK BEFORE THE NATIONALS FOR THOSE WHO COME EARLY.

IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THERE BE A MID YEAR COUNCIL OF COUNCILS MEETING AT THE NATIONAL TRUCK-IN WITH ONE REPRESNENTATIVE PER COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE. DAVE PILON, FLORIDA VAN COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS.

THE 1986 COUNCIL OF COUNCILS MEETING WILL BE SPONSORED BY NORTHEAST OHIO VAN CONGRESS IN FEBRUARY, NO DATE SET YET.

STEVE BLANKENSHIP FROM CAROLINA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE FOR THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO VIDEO TAPED HIS WEDDING AT THE 12TH NATIONALS TO CONTACT HIM. ALSO, ANYONE WHO TOOK PICTURES HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COPIES.

HIS ADDRESS: CAROLINA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION

MEETING ADJOURNED 11:30 A.M.

THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE THE 85 COUNCIL OF COUNCILS MEETING.

ANYTIME YOUR TRUCKING IN MARYLAND CONTACT THE MARYLAND VAN COUNCIL FOR NEWS OF ANY VANNING EVENTS BEING HELD AT THAT TIME OR JUST GIVE ONE OF A CALL AND SAY HI! WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. ALONG WITH THESE MINUTES FROM LAST YEAR IS PART OF OUR NEWSLETTER WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, ALONG WITH ADDRESSES OF OUR CLUBS.