Thread: 2008 Convention

You are seriously going to divide the community like this? I'm all for you hosting a convention, I'll even help if you'd like. But don't do it at the same time as the Nat'l. I'd like to go to both myself, if I could. Don't make us choose sides.

Truly childish if you ask me.

The argument will never stop because you are right and everyone else is wrong and you have made that clear.

No offense on my part, I just wish it wouldn't end this way.

Dre Im giving you a call. The thread isnt gonna close it is about the 2008 Convention.
This is what it is here for. If it closes another will take its place.

That's fine..............Dre final post pretty much sum'd the FL part of it up.........I don't really care where it is.......Just pick a spot....There is already another thread dicussing it.

Big B, how many people from FL must show up to complete the quota?

Let us clear something up, the reason we were told the convention could not be held in FL was because we were not part of SERCA. Apparently, there were no members part of SERCA that were from FL so it couldn't be held here. They didn't tell us because nobody was attending which was further from the truth. I can bring up a very old thread to verify this.

Sure the 300 million cars we had at out Nissan meet back in 2003 is not the same as organizing for ao convention, but that meet can't be brushed off. IIRC (Rob can chime in here), we had a local Nissan Dealership hold up a booth with raffling off a new car.

Serban, do you have the pictures from that meet?

Manny I enjoy reading your posts So I am gonna reply to this.
I understand that the Florida crew has some nicely done up cars.
Do you think it is right to have a BIG ASS meet in Florida the same time everyone is going to meet nationally? It seems to me like the Sr20forum and the Sr20-forum split is going to end up dividing us up until we are like different clicks in school.
I know you are understanding and know exactly what I mean. There is no sense in going off the deep end and dividing everyone up.

Wow, what a crock of **** this has been. Anyone could have joined SERCA until about 3 years ago. You wanted SERCA to float you some money to hold a convention and you couldn't even bother to become a member?

And Brad, why should SERCA give any information out to nonmembers?

Never said holding a large Nissan event was easy, but it's not a calling card to hold a convention. Probably take about the same amount of work, just in different directions and areas.

So, Dre, you and others have partially succeeded in dividing the community with your plans. Feel better now? After everything that happened to the other forum, y'all just had to pull this crap... friggin shame on you.

It's apparent that this is a private vendetta and agenda by you against part of the community, something you've accused SERCA of doing to you. It's equally apparent that you have a GINORMOUS chip on your shoulder. Rare air is hard to breathe, up in that tower, but I'm sure y'all will be fine.

This whole thread has left me feeling ill, not just the content but towards others on both sides.

I know what thread you are talking about. I have read it as well.

^^^^ I remember that conversation/thread as well... we were shut out.

I was involved with SERCA when FL stated they wanted a convention. It was just after the Birmingham convention, so holding it in the same region 2 years in a row, didn't make sense. The arguement about not having it in FL because no one was a member, makes perfect sense. Why should a paying membership club, loan money to a group who didn't even want to be members? You know, you can't shop at Costco or Sam's Club without being a member, you should go protest outside their doors about how unfair that is. Since SERCA is all but dead, this isn't true anymore. What needs to happen is a group from FL needs to come up with a plan that includes a city, and track. Until this happens, it's just a group of people saying they want the convention in their backyard, without anyone stepping up and saying they will run it. In my eyes, the person, or people who are going to run the event, need to attend at least 1 convention. I had gone to 3 conventions before I headed up Birmingham, and I still forgot stuff. I had great help from people who had been to the same number of events, and that still happened. Saying you want to head up the event without even seeing it in person, is asking for trouble. You may have organized a huge meet with 1000 cars, but that is only 1 part of the whole weekend. Organizing it in a city that you don't live in, adds more trouble. Birmingham is 4 hours away from me, and I got very lucky to find 2 locals that helped out more than I could have asked for. I also made 3 trips, as did Thomas Reynolds and it was a 6 hour drive for him, to scout out picnic places, hotels, places to eat, and other stuff. Also, plan on having 0 fun that weekend. Between making sure the track event is running straight, listen to people complain, dealing with the hotel staff, making sure the raffle is going smooth, and everything else, by the time you catch your breath, everyone has gone home. I've heard many people say Birmingham was the best convention they went to, but I don't remember any of it. I ran around at the track all day, got to drive in a few sessions, and by the time it was time for dinner, I fet sick,didn't eat, and was in bed by 9. I'm sure JP had a similar experience, but he had Saturday to kind of recover between the track and picnic.

I would love to see the convention in FL, but from a logistics point of view, Miami makes it hard for anyone not in FL to drive. From Nashville to Miami is at least a 14 - 15 hr drive. LA is pretty far out there, but CA is a big state, and most of the people who did drive, didn't have to drive all the way through the state to get there.