Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations

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Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations
AbbreviationFEMA
Founded1998
Founded atBrussels, Belgium
TypeCharity
PurposeRiders' rights umbrella organisation
Region
European Union
MembershipRepresents nearly 350,000
President
Anna Zee
Key people
Dolf Willigers, General Secretary Jim Freeman, Treasurer
Website www.femamotorcycling.eu OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations (FEMA) is a motorcycling advocacy group based in Brussels, Belgium. It was formed on 10 January 1998 from a merger of the Federation of European Motorcyclists (FEM) and the European Motorcyclists' Association (EMA).

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History

From its inception FEMA has been headquartered at Rue des Champs 62, 1040 Brussels, Belgium in the offices previously used by its forerunner FEM.

FEMA's first General Secretary was Simon Milward[ citation needed ] who had previously served since 1992 as the General Secretary of the Federation of European Motorcyclists[ citation needed ].

The merger created a pan-European riders' rights organisation ranging from Scandinavia in the north to Greece in the south and from Ireland in the west to the Czech republic in the east. It also brought together national organisations who continued to compete with each other for members within their own territories such as the Motorcycle Action Group and the British Motorcyclists Federation in the UK, and the BVDM (Bundesverband der Motorradfahrer), Kuhle Wampe and Biker Union in Germany.

In 1999 the FEMA member groups met with other motorcyclists' organisations and motorcycle industry representatives from across the globe in Mulhouse, France. It was at this conference that Neil Liversidge also authored the 'Mulhouse Declaration', that:

The declaration received the unanimous support of the delegates present. [ citation needed ]

Founding members

Founding member organisations of FEMA were: [1] [2] [3]

See also

References

  1. http://www.fema-online.eu/uploads/images/FEMA-charter-1998.jpg [ bare URL image file ]
  2. "Sausage Honoured". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  3. Rasor, Robert (June 2005), "Remembering Simon: A committed motorcyclist who made a difference", American Motorcyclist , American Motorcyclist Association, p. 12, retrieved 7 May 2011
  4. "MAG Ireland & FEMA working for you | MAG Ireland". 25 November 2010.