- The VBA has a member that hired Michael Jackson in 1967 to play at an event. One of MJ's first paying gigs

- The VBA has a member that owns and rides what is considered the fastest bagger in the USA....A Kawasaki Nomad 1500 that will do the quarter mile in 10.473 seconds at 142 MPH

- The VBA has a member that works for Garmin and developed the interface for the Zumo 550 as well as other Garmin products

- The VBA has a member that played football against Jim McMahon (Chicago Bears QB) in high school

- The VBA has a member that once auditioned for Bob Seger to be his drummer. He was offered the job, but turned it down to join another group that he thought would have a better chance of "making-it"

- The VBA has a member that was once a Year 2000 (Y2K) expert, rated one of the top 10 experts in the USA

- The VBA has a member that was inducted into a Hall of Fame, 1998 Master of the Year with the World Karate Union

- The VBA has a member that spent 20 years in the US Air Force as an Intelligence Operations Specialist

- The VBA has a member that previously was a plastic bottle engineer. Many bottles found in the grocery stores have his design in the bottle

- The VBA has members that work in occupations such as Information Technology, Fabrication, Firefighting, Law Enforcement, Electrical Engineering, Truck Driving, Educator/Teaching, Public Works, Railroad Engineer, Certified Public Accountant, Environmental Management, Mechanic, Meteorologist, Veteranarian, Social Work, Family Counseling, Audio Engineering and Manufacturing...just to name a few

- The VBA has the majority of its members holding a Bachelor's Degree or higher

- The VBA has the bulk of its membership in the USA, Canada and Australia

- The VBA has over 1,900 members in over 25 countries around the world