Doreen or Diane Nelson as she became known when fan club secretary, confessed that she led the Rolling Stones on somewhat, when she first met them on March 29th, 1963, at a club called the Wooden Bridge at Guildford in Surrey. The sixteen-year-old, had a crush on Mick Jagger, and in a gap between songs, in response to a dare, she went up to Jagger and said to him 'How would you like to be on TV?'. He replied 'Very Much...' and apparently turned to Brian Jones, to tell him what she had said. Then it was Jones who asked her to come and talk to them after the set. Doreen, had in fact been on TV the week before, on Juke Box Jury. She had been picked from the audience to go on David Jacobs' Hit & Miss panel. Having talked to Jones, who was very much the band's spokesman, after the show, Doreen devoted her time to spreading the word about the Rolling Stones. She said she felt guilty that she had perhaps raised their hopes and went straight home that night and wrote to David Jacobs to tell him what she had done, and to ask if he could arrange an audition for them. Working in a bank by day, and at night devoting every moment of her spare time writing numerous letters to the BBC, Melody Maker, Record Mirror, Valentine, Mirabelle, Honey, Girl, Daily Mirror, Easy Beat, Disc Magazine, NME, Alan Freeman, Keith Fordyce, Saturday Club, Jack Jackson, Tony Hall, Pete Murray, Radio Luxenbourg and Pop Weekly. She even wrote to Val Parnell to request that he should have the Stones on Sunday Night at the London Palladium, four years before they actually made it to that spot. In fact, she learnt some years later, that hers was the second letter the BBC received about the group, following one that Brian Jones himself had written.

Doreen recalls that on June 7th, 1963, the date of the Stones' first release, she met the group, again at the Wooden Bridge, and Brian asked her if she would become their fan club secretary. He told her that they needed someone with drive and initiative to work for them, asking her to write to Eric Easton their manager. Doreen still has a letter from Easton dated 14th June, 1963 giving her permission to run the Fan Club. Bill Wyman's recollection of this event differs slightly in detail to Doreen's, however he did state that Doreen's approach to the Stones, gave them a sense that ..things were changing gear.. having given her the go ahead to be their fan club secretary, the following evening, Wyman wrote ...we decided that Doreen might be on to something. The 'Hyperheradox R & B voluptuousness from the tempestuously transporting Rolling Stones', as Georgio [Gomelski] now described us, attracted more than 300 fans to the Richmond club!