hickatron

I am launching an offroad club in my area, this is a first for me and any input from club leaders would be helpful. You know legal stuff ect...

Atmos

I think mentioning which area you are in might be helpful

hickatron

Good call central il

sthon

Why not join an existing club? If you have no clue about club bylaws why start a new club?

hickatron

I think I have asked a straight forward question here so let's keep things on track please

Tom95YJ

First step is to get affiliated with U4wda , Blue Ribbon Collation, and Get involved with the BLM
Second step. Start small with a good group of guys.
Third create by laws Like no illegal wheeling , must attend x amount of meetings and wheeling trips , trail cleanups. Offroad saftey classes.

Basically it gets really political someone always leaves the meeting pissy.

I tried it it was great when were were a small club under 15 people then it got big people started allowing people to join instead of vote them in after attending several meetings and wheeling with them. The **** hit the fan and I said f this . So I Joined a well established club. I got sick of the attitude of the Rich guys with 20-30k in their rigs talking down to guys with 4-5k in theirs. So I left that club also.

Now I just wheel with a group of guys on JF that I am friends with so I don't have any bs

AMCComanche2.5

X2 clubs are very hard to start. Like tom said, start with a few good buddies of yours (3-5 people) and sit down and go over everything. such as club name, purpose, what you would require to be a club member (2 doors only, XJs only, jeeps only, etc.) , rules as far as how you want your club to be presented at meets, shows, etc.

Also, don't make the club too specific or it will end shortly.

I am part of a club back in Long Island NY that is called "NSM" or New School Muscle. They are a great bunch of guys, the club was started by 3 guys that go to every event. Their restriction is your vehicle must be from an american car manufacturer, and must be a muscle car (e.g.: a ford mustang is good; a ford fiesta is not allowed). They have no fee to join, but sell stickers, hoodies, hats, etc.

Lastly, you need to have a forum. But your own forum. Don't try and use CF as your clubs forum, the mods may not like that, idk you would have to check with them. ( I know there is a section in the forums for certain areas, but they all aren't necessarily clubs, per se. They're locals finding out who's in the area so parts can be sold/ swapped and/ or meets can be arranged for road trips, events, etc.).

If you need any more info or advice, don't hesitate to ask.

hickatron

Well I have a group. 5 avid wheelers together, we also have an off road park that offered their land as a home base.

We are hoping to build up an interest for wheeling and truck/jeep building in our area.