Thread: 2008 Convention

When we in FL approached SERCA back then for a convention, we were told we didn't have enough members in SERCA to be considered. When we enquired about joining SERCA and what benifit we would gain from paying our dues, we were basically left in the cold. The vast majority of events at the time (and probably still) were occuring in Cali (I've often found it ironic that the last two letters of SERCA are the abreviation CA - for Cali.) The concensus in our local (Tampa) club was why pay $30 a year and get a small fraction of it back to host events such as AutoX and track days? When we pointed this out to SERCA, we were told... oh well. It seemed like a pyramid scheme then and it still does. I guess if I lived in Cali or out West, I'd probably join as well. At least then you'd get a return on your dues and maybe have your costs offset by the small membership spread through out the rest of the country.

Now, to answer your question... why should they give information out to non-members? Why the heck not?!? They pretend to represent the community correct!? They're supposedly a community based organization of SE-R owners right? Why wouldn't they want to make all their actions public in the light of day? Why would they want to hide them? Again, who are they and why aren't they active on the forums? Why aren't they taking new members? Why aren't any of their actions public? Why does our national communty suck so much that we're fighting over this instead of working together to form a real SE-R Club of America here on the forum?

If SERCA is really dead, let's move on and replace them. If we want to keep having a convention (in FL or anywhere else), the need for an umbrella organization isn't going to go away.

Wow! Sounds like a crap load of work to me. Why would anyone want to go through all that trouble?

Yup, you're right, I didn't contribute anything to the convention, I came up there last minute, so I scrounged enough money just for the flight up. Wish I could have contributed more though.

You contributed by showing up and having a good time. I was just using you as an example that you don't have to spend but loads of money to have fun!

Andreas, for the benefit of the noobs like myself, seriously, when would that be?

I can't figure out any of these schedules. Hell, I'll drive to GA or FL from CT but not if I can't plan in advance a little. One is about the same as another once you're into NC.

Thanks in advance, please PM me if you're tired of posting on this thread, much appreciated.

I cant believe I am making a post again here.

FL did not ask SERCA for any F__KING money did we. We just wanted a go ahead. We can come up with our own damn money so get off of that crap. SERCA just wants there name on it so they can collect more money in memebership.

We never asked for SERCA money
We dont want no F__king SERCA money
All we asked for was the National convention.

Thats when they, SERCA said we need to have a cetain amount of memebers to have that happen. Now you tell me who was asking who for money. These are the damn facts so dont change them around.

We can pull our own DAMN money. That is the least of the probelm.

Let me tell you something I raffled a VE motor for a sick members kid on the previous form.

I came up with $4000 off of a raffle of one SR20VE motor. Thats right I gave up a free VE motor for the sick members kid on the house and sent him all the money. All $4000 of it. Thats is the facts.

Dont Mother F__king tell me we need SERCA money.

Let me say it again, all we wanted was the go ahead. That was it they could keep there money.