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MAG Affiliated Clubs 2007 – 2008

FROM THE CHAIR

 

MAG is very eager to increase its relationship with all clubs around the country.

 

Riders who join clubs tend to be genuine enthusiasts. It is enthusiasts and enthusiasm that make MAG the organisation it is.

 

I speak from first hand experience as I was a member of the Barnsley Bikers MCC for 10 year before deciding to devote my free time to MAG.

 

As well as being an organisation to promote and protect bikers’ rights, MAG puts on some great parties which help fund our activities. It also provides a great network to get to know fellow bikers.

 

This year clubs are welcome to have their own stall at MAG’s Farmyard Party free of charge.

 

MAG has fought many battles over the years and won some big ones but we now face the most serious threat to motorcycling ever from the unsympathetic application of surveillance technology, speed limiters and proposed road charging schemes.

 

This not only sets out to attempt to justify the logic of taking control of your throttle to control your speed, but further than that it, aims to monitor when, where and how you are travelling at all times.

 

Yes big brother will be indeed watching you and who can speculate what they will do with this information.

 

Those at the rabid extreme of the road safety lobby are rubbing their hands with glee at the prospects for the new technology and our job is to meet their zeal with sanity, moderation and intelligent defiance.

 

We have always defended the freedom of choice and freedom of expression for those who choose to ride their motorbikes as a hobby, mode of transport or as a life style.

 

Anyhow that’s enough from me. Have a great season and enjoy the spirit of the open roads.

I’ll see you around J

Jane Chisholm
National Chairman

 

CLUB VIEWS

 

Boston Motorcycle Riders’ Association

 

“Why did we join MAG? “

 

“A clue is in the club name.  We ride bikes, and we want to continue riding bikes.  MAG is making sure we can.  That’s it.”

 

“OK, there are other benefits – discounts and the like – but those are just the icing on the MAG cake.”

 

Caz, Boston Motorcycle Riders Association

 

WHY AFFILIATE?

 

When your club affiliates to MAG you can be sure that every penny goes towards the riders’ rights movement. 

 

We are a very open organisation, the National Committee has no secrets from the membership and is indeed very much answerable to that membership. Our accounts, likewise, are an open book. 

 

MAG is the sort of group that is run from the bottom up, so to speak. 

 

We are a grass roots organisation, our Local Representatives give feedback from the ordinary members to the Regional Reps. 

 

These Regional Representatives make up the National Committee and indeed it is only these people that have a vote. 

 

The Regional Representatives are elected on an annual basis by their own general meetings. There are several other National Officers and paid employees that sit on the national committee, none of whom have a vote.  It is this unique structure that helps to make MAG such a successful organisation. 

 

I can give a very good example of how things work. My mate Mickle was talking about what MAG should do.

 

"Hang on a minute,” I said “aren’t you a member?”

“Of course.”

“Well you should be talking about what we should be doing, not they.”

 

Whatever you ride, be it an ancient Brit, a modern race replica, scooter, trike, outfit, commuter, custom, monkey bike or donkey (in no particular order), we will protect your right to continue to enjoy the freedoms of the road.

 

Please join us now, and help us to continue the great work we are already doing.

 

‘Never in the field of human transportation have so many been represented by so few.’

 

Goodnight

 

Fergus - National Clubs Liaison Officer

 

 

CLUB VIEWS

The Halfway Heroes – Lincoln

“We decided as a club that riders rights were important, this being so, we needed a voice that could put words into action and we felt that MAG was the biggest and best group to be able to do that.” 

“Having been affiliated to MAG for 5 years now we have never looked back, been to some great rallies, met some great people and had some fantastic times with like-minded bikers.”

“All the information passed on to us is informative and helpful, when we have questions, there is always someone to answer them in plain English and not jumbled jargon.”

“We have good benefits from being affiliated such as discount on products, rallies, insurance and help at the end of the phone for almost anything bike club oriented. “

 

Mark, Halfway Heroes

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

MAG represents over 45,000 motorcyclists through individual membership and over 150 affiliated clubs.

MAG is the premier European motorcycle riders’ group and represents Britain's million motorcyclists on a wide range of issues that affect all aspects of motorcycling.

MAG has a nation-wide network of over 200 local groups who organise regular local meetings, political lobbying, demonstrations, social events and charitable functions.

The MAG Affiliated Motorcycle Clubs’ package was revamped last year to provide better value and benefits to its members and affiliation fees remain the same this year.

 

Benefits include

 

Ø        Lower affiliation rates for smaller clubs

 

Ø        Discounts for specific MAG events

 

Ø        Club links on the MAG UK website

 

Ø        Option of annual public liability insurance for your events, plus

 

Ø        Events cover available for hired in plant for events

 

Ø        Inclusion in the great international motorcycling community that fights hard to preserve the rights and freedoms enjoyed by motorcyclists

 

Further information can be found in the Benefits section.

 

Fees

 

Club fees are set out in the Terms and Conditions section.

 

ON “THE ROAD”

 

Affiliated club’s contributions to “The ROAD” are welcomed. MAG called its magazine “The ROAD” because it’s where we want to be.

 

We have a club’s section in our magazine ‘The ROAD’ and we want all clubs to feel that in “The ROAD” you have a natural home.

 

We are all about building a symbiotic relationship with clubs to promote our mutual interests and protect our lifestyle. Defending the freedom of the open road is what MAG is fundamentally about. MAG is an organisation going places for people going places.

 

We don’t care what you ride or how long you’ve been riding, if you’ve got an appetite for freedom and adventure you’ll find kindred spirits sharing their lives with you between the covers of this magazine.

 

If you want a magazine that informs, amuses, provokes and takes you places, a magazine that is always developing and responding to its readership’s ideas, get “The ROAD”.

 

Affiliate clubs get a limited number of copies but affiliate members who trade up to full individual membership will get their copy of “The ROAD” mailed to them bi-monthly.

 

Whatever and wherever you ride you got to read “The ROAD”.

 

Ian Mutch - Editor The ROAD and MAG President

 

 

BENEFITS 2007 - 2008

 

By joining MAG, your club becomes a part of the great international motorcycling community that is fighting hard to preserve the rights and freedoms enjoyed by motorcyclists, and to stop the unwanted and unwarranted interference of politicians and bureaucrats in our way of life. Affiliated clubs qualify for 10 main benefits;

 

1.     Block booking advance-ticket discounts for MAG Events.

2.     Access to MAG’s Public Liability Insurance scheme including “hired-in plant” when running your own club events.  This last year has seen a whole new set of rules for running events.  We can offer an e-mail advice service to assist you in obtaining the necessary licences.

 

3.     Free listings for your events in MAG’s superb magazine The Road, circulation average 20,000 copies per issue and MAG UK website.

 

4.     Free link to your club website.

5.     Discounted rates for display adverts in The Road.

6.     Discounted joining rates for your members who choose to upgrade to Full MAG Membership.  Affiliate members upgrading to full membership will receive a £5 discount

 

7.     Representation by the National Clubs Liaison Officer on the MAG National Committee.

 

8.     Voting entitlement at MAG’s Annual Group Conference on the basis of one voting membership per each 1000 members affiliated (or part thereof) up to a maximum of 4 per club.  Your club may nominate the persons to whom these are allocated.

 

9.     Regular briefings via MAG’s bulletin ‘Network’ so you know what’s happening in MAG and the campaigns we are involved in.

 

10. Receive regular information on MAG Activities by subscribing to the various mailing lists at www.network.mag-uk.org from Press Releases to the Activists Email Army.

 

 

FULL MEMBERS BENEFITS

 

Full MAG members, i.e. those who pay £20 per annum for individual membership (or £30 for joint membership) enjoy a number of additional benefits, including;

 

1.     MAG Protected. This is the name given to the MAG Anti-Theft Reward Scheme.  If any MAG member’s bike is stolen that member is entitled to offer a reward of up to £1000 for information leading to the return of the bike and the conviction of those responsible.  MAG, not the member, will cover payment of any reward claim that results subject to the full terms and conditions of the scheme that are available on request.

2.     Enhanced discounts on event admission prices.  Full members get an increased level of discount for pre-booked event tickets.  In addition a wider range of events offer discounts to full members.

 

3.     Dealer discounts at hundreds of retail outlets on production of a full MAG Membership card.

 

4.     Access to great deals on bike and car insurance via e-Bike, MAG’s preferred insurance provider.

 

5.     Full voting rights.

 

6.     The Road magazine mailed to every members address bi-monthly.

 

7.     Discounted access to MAG’s Rescue breakdown / recovery scheme.

 

8.     Discounted holiday travel insurance and motorcycle tour packages worldwide.

 

9.     Eligibility for payments under the MAG Members Benevolent Scheme.

 

10. MAG’s own credit card scheme.

 

SUPPORTING MAG - EVENTS – 2007

 

Various discounts are offered to full and affiliated MAG members at the following events:

 

 

Aberdeenshire MAG “Stri Son Saorsa” Rally

 

20th to 22nd April 2007, near Lumsden, Scotland

 

 

Into the Valley                    

 

4th to 6th May 2007, Sledmere House, near Driffield

 

 

Number 1 Rally

 

11th May to 13th May 2007, near Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough

 

 

Edinburgh & District MAG “Ag Ol Anns An Achadh Rally and Demo”

 

1st to 3rd June 2007

 

 

21st Farmyard Party

 

15th to 17th June 2007, Duncombe Park, Helmsley

 

 

Blackpool MAG’s Fun & Frolics on the Fylde

 

22nd to 24th June, Lytham Academy, Lytham

 

 

Heart of England

 

6th to 8th July 2007, Stoke Prior Sports & Country Club, Stoke Prior

 

 

30th Brum Demo

 

Saturday 7th July 2007 @ 12 noon, Rover Plant, Longbridge

 

 

Yorkshire Pudding Rally

 

3rd to 5th August 2007, Silkwood Scout Camp, near Barnsley

 

 

Stormin’ the Castle

 

31st August to 2nd September, Witton Castle, Bishop Auckland

 

 

For more details of all MAG and Affiliated Clubs events, visit

 

www.mag-uk.org  

Details correct at time of print

 

 

Affiliated Club Voting Entitlements: 2006-2007

Your club will receive up to four full member voting entitlements depending on the number of members affiliated according to the scale below.

Terms and Conditions

All affiliations run from 1^st May to 30^th April with renewal fees payable by 1^st May each year.

 

Each affiliated club will receive a block of date-printed membership cards equal in number to the number of members for which an affiliation fee has been paid.

 

Clubs joining after 1^st May pay a pro-rata fee to the end of the year (30^th April), e.g. clubs joining on 1^st November pay for 6 months membership. 

 

To confirm fees please phone MAG Central Office.

 

For further details contact:

MAG Central Office: central-office@mag-uk.org

National Clubs Liaison Officer:
Fergus O'Connell, - 0870 7743540 - clubs-officer@mag-uk.org

For the Club Affiliation membership forms and a full copy of the MAG Affiliated Club pack, please download one of the following versions:
Word Version | PDF Version

MAG Affiliated Clubs links Here