How is the BJC organised?

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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.

There is no committee, and no BJC company or any other formal organisation co-ordinating events from year to year. People regularly suggest that such an overarching body might be useful, but nobody of yet has formed one. There are a lot of strong opinions on both sides of this debate - the committee page attempts to give an overview.

There are some individuals who have helped with the BJC for several years, but this is only because each team in turn has asked them to.

Mini Mansell usually also informally helps things from year to year by chairing the business meeting and by encouraging teams to come forward with proposals.

Usually the team consists entirely 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 (or the year after that).

Anyone who's at the BJC when the meeting happens can come and vote.

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 the Ibiza team, 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 to make 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,
  • If you've been able to chat with lots of people during the convention and convince them that your plan is a really great idea.

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 and do it yourself.