Previous Council events

Year	Host	Where	Historical Comment
1978	Florida Van Council	Tallahassee, Florida	The first meeting of the Council of Councils.  2 Councils there.
1979	Georgia Van Council	Macon, Georgia	4 Councils. Name "Council of Councils" started.
1980	Southern Van Council	Birmingham, Alabama
1981	Florida Van Council	River Ranch, Florida
1982	NC/SC Van Council	Charlotte, North Carolina
1983	Southern Van Council	Pumpkin Center, Louisiana
1984	Florida Van Council	Kissimmee, Florida
1985	Maryland Van Council	Baltimore, Maryland	The meeting grew a little bit at this point from the around 6 to 8 Councils attending to ten, showing a sign of things to come. It was also decided to try a mid-year meeting at the National Truck-in.
1986	Northeast Ohio Van Congress	Cleveland, Ohio	The Council Of Council's moved north for the first time. It was at this meeting that attendance took a first big jump, to 18 attending Councils.
1987	Southeast Virginia Van Council	Virginia Beach, Virginia	The attendance swelled to 23 Councils. With this many Councils attending, the informal running of the CofC, caused a lot of confusion. A meeting was called at the Nationals in 1987 to bring the CofC meeting some organization. The result of that meeting saw the formation of the Council Of Councils Board of Directors to oversee the meeting.
1988	West lake Erie Van Council	Detroit, Michigan	24 Councils attended. It was also decided after three years of the mid-year Nationals meeting that the idea was just not workable and would be dropped. 1988 was also the coldest meeting to date.
1989	Florida Van Council	Orlando, Florida	Back to being warm.
1990	Southern Van Council	Dallas, Texas	This was the first year that the CofC Board chaired the meeting.
1991	Wisconsin Van Council	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	The Council Of Councils went to its furthest north meeting place to that point. 25 Councils attended the meeting, the CofC was still growing.
1992	Northwest Van Council	Seattle, Washington	The CofC went out west for the first time, even with the large distance to travel 20 Councils made the trip. It was also the last meeting under the old format.
1993	New Jersey Van Council	Atlantic City, New Jersey	The CofC traveled from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean, ending up completely across the country. This was the first meeting under the new format, one large meeting, open discussion at end. Twenty-nine councils were in attendance.
1994	Heart Of America Van Council	Kansas City, Missouri	The CofC split the country this year and went to the very middle, 29 Councils attended. The CofC was the recipient of a proclamation by the Missouri House and Senate.
1995	Northeast Ohio Van Congress	Columbus, Ohio	30 Councils attended this year.
1996	Florida Van Council	Atlantic Beach, Florida	Hey, it isn't warm this time! Is this Florida?
1997	Ontario Federation of Vanners	Toronto, Ontario	The first time the CofC goes outside the boundaries of the U.S. Also first time U.S. and Canadian Van Nationals Best in Show Vans right in the meeting hall !
1998	Southeast Virginia Van  Council	Virginia Beach, Virginia	36 Councils attended. 4 Councils from outside North America.
1999	Southern Ohio Van Council	Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky	A vanners meeting next to a brewery? It worked! 31 Councils attended. 2 new CofC Board members announced.
2000.	National Street Van Association	Brighton, England	Off across the pond to Jolly Old England. 32 Councils made the trip. A week of vanning England style.
2001	Colorado Van Council	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Big fun in Colorado. A great meeting was held. No snow, but 29 Councils present.
2002	Left Coast Vanners	San Jose, California	Another first - this time its California. Nice venue, good turnout.
2003	Downstate Illinois Van Council	St. Louis, Missouri	Great Job! The Holidome was rocking.
2004	Florida Van Council	Tampa, Florida	32 Councils, great seminars, and warmth at the outside show-n-shine!
2005	Wisconsin Van Council	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Way up north "Frozen Alive in 2005". Big fun.
2006	Left Coast Vanners	Anaheim, California	In sight of Disneyland.
2007	V.O.I.C.E.S. & O.F.V.	Grand Island, New York	29 Councils present. On the rivers edge, watching the icebergs float by.
2008	Florida Van Council	Cocoa Beach, Florida
2009	Independents, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada (ICAN)	Las Vegas, Nevada
2010	Wisconsin Van Council	Wisconsin Dells, WI
2011	Left Coast Vanners	Buena Park, CA
2012	Florida Van Council	St. Petersburg, Florida
2013	New England Van Embassy	Mansfield, Mass.
2014	Vintage Chevy Van Council	New Orleans, LA.
2015	Colorado Van Council	Denver, CO.
2016	Texas Van Federation	Dallas/Fort Worth, TX	See you there!