State Chapters

One item of “business” we’ve talked about in the past was creating State Chapters. Several times a year we get emails saying “if only I lived closer to you guys in Arizona”. Truth is we have members in all of the southwestern states and a few more scattered about in other states but the majority of our members live in Arizona. Most are from the Valley of the Sun or as you know it as the Phoenix area but then that area stretches 100 miles in every direction.

As we approach our 10 year anniversary, perhaps 2015 is the time to make this happen!

As you will notice, there are only flags listed for just the western states (no we didn’t miss any, there are more below). We don’t want to sound snooty or anything but I am from the east coast and they just don’t have the trails and public lands that we are blessed with out west. I could be wrong and someone from PA, MD might just start a chapter and do an Expedition into the Appalations or to Asseteague Island (I’ve from PA and we actually have two members from PA who live in AZ several months of the year to escape the cold weather and snow). If by some luck we get a chapter in a state other than those already shown, you can bet your flag will be up there too! Also, once we get chapters started, the state flags will appear in the order chapters join up with us. So if we get 10 members for California first to start a chapter, their flag will be the 2nd one displayed, right after AZ and so on.

You’re asking, how does this work? Well it should be pretty simple. We’ve already registered as a corporation, we’ve built the infrastructure, web site, member forums and the organization. It’s all been done for you. For your state, it’s quite simple:

  • We are a club NOT a business
  • We are ALL volunteers
  • We are a JEEP Club, that means Jeeps ONLY!
  • Chapters and Chapter Members will follow all Jeep Expeditions By-Laws and SOPs
  • Send an email to membership@jeepexpeditions.org telling us you are interested in forming a chapter
  • Find 10 people in your state or your area that think like we do and get them to sign up (complete online member app, join member forums and pay dues)
  • You can plan your own Day Trips and Overnighters for your members
  • You can plan multiple day Expeditions for all Jeep Expeditions members to come join you
  • Your Expeditions will be listed on the Jeep Expeditions main web site along with all others
  • We’ll set up a section for your state in the members only forum
  • We’ll set up a web page in this section to your states chapter giving information about your chapter and a link to a calendar of events for your trips
  • Every member can have his Jeep posted in the Members Rigs section of the main website.
  • What more would you want? Well if there is something, just ask and we’ll do our best to make it happen!

Once there is a chapter in your state, there will be a link created so that clicking on the state flag for your state will take a person to your states webpage and calendar of events. Arizona is the default state and at least for the forseeable future the main website will be that of those who live in Arizona or are not affilatied with any state chapters.

Click on your State Flag to see if we have a Jeep Expeditions Chapter in YOUR state yet. If we don’t you can contact us about starting one or to put your name on a list to find out when there is a chapter in your state. Or if you live in a state that touches Arizona, join the original group because you are still within driving distance of many of our Expeditions throughout the American Southwest.

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