How is the BJC organised?

Who runs the BJC?

Each year's BJC is run by a different team. They usually form their own limited company, run the BJC in their own town and have their own fresh ideas about what a BJC should be like.

This means that there is NO "Grand BJC Committee", and no BJC company that runs things from year to year.

There are some people who have been working for the BJC year after year, but this is only because each team has asked them to.

Usually the team consists completely of volunteers.

So who decides where the BJC goes each year then?

Each year, one or more teams decide that they would like to run a BJC the year after. They then stand up at the Business Meeting, which happens at every BJC, and explain their proposal to everyone there. After they have answered any questions that the attendees have, it's put to a vote. The winning team go away and run the next year's BJC.

Anyone at the BJC can come and vote at a business meeting.

This means that a new team of completely unknown people could stand up and propose to have the BJC in Ibiza, charter a plane and fly everyone there; if enough people at the previous BJC voted for it, then we would all be going to Ibiza.

In fact, even if nobody voted for them, nothing would stop them having a big party called BJC in Ibiza; but they wouldn't have a very good guarantee that anyone would show up.

Can I stand up at a business meeting with my proposal?

Of course you can. There are some things you can do that will people more likely to vote for you:

• If you have a site in mind and have a provisional agreement with the owners
• If you have a solid team who can stand up with you
• If you've been involved with previous BJCs. Even if you haven't done this before, you can always volunteer now!
• If you've organised a successful one day convention before

Why is the BJC always so far away from my town? Can we have a nearer BJC please?

It's far away from your town because nobody who lives near you has made a proposal. If you'd like to see a nearer BJC, you need to convince somebody near you to run one, or else stand up to do it yourself.