SURVival NETwork

The SURVival NETwork, also known as SURVNET, was a survivalism-oriented computer BBS network, now defunct, founded by Joey Kelly of Tulsa, OK and Will Wright of Moberly, MO during the early part of 1991. Kelly and Wright had to shut down their BBS's in 1998 and 1999, respectively. While SURVNET continued for a time in the IRC realm, there is currently no online incarnation of the network.

Purpose

The SURVival NETwork's primary purpose was "to dispell the myth that the media has given to Survivalists. Survivalists are generally people like you that are concerned about the current events in this world and the safety and well being of their families."

SURVNET was created to help others in their pursuit of knowledge regarding survivalism. Survnet made available to all node members a variety of informational files and programs — often of wildly varying veracity — on survival topics. Also available were articles, reprinted with permission, taken from the magazine, American Survival Guide.

Despite reprinting material with permission, the SURVival NETwork was not affiliated with American Survival Guide or its publishers. SURVNET was an independent hobbyist organization, with no commercial affiliations.

Said the network founders:

	To be a member of SURVNET, you do not have to subscribe to any political or paramilitary orginizations. Just have will to survive and fight for your freedoms and the Constitution of the United States of America.
— Joey Kelly and Will Wright, SURVNET 1991