Letter to the new folks concerning our "Convention"
Welcome to the forum!
I just wanted to take moment and explain to the new folks on the forum about our annual meet. We call it "The Convention". I remember when I first started lurking around on the old forum, some 10+ years ago, seeing posts about "The Convention" and not really knowing what it was. I had been involved in some other online car forums previously, but none of them had anything that they called a "Convention". No one really expalined in detail what is really was. At that time, it was almost treated like a secret society. It took a few years and reading many threads on the old forum, to realize I needed to attend one. I'm sorry I didn't start attending way back in the early days. Hence, me starting this thread to give the new folks, and maybe even some of the not so new folks, some insight and some motivation to attend.
I'm not really sure who came up with the name. Originally the "Convention" was created by the founding members of SERCA (SE-R Club of America). I'm sure it was one of the original guys that coined the name. It is now run by members of this forum, which still include a lot of the OG guys from back in the SERCA days. This year's convention is being chaired by Madtec (Ralph), in addition to, a whole bunch of other people who will be volunteering their time to make it a success.
What is the Convention? Well, it just the best damn meet you'll find for SR20 powered cars, period! No...really. The real essense of our Convention is hard to put into words. It's a national meet, which means people from all parts of the US (maybe Canada and Mexico?), and from all walks of life, come together and celebrate our hobby (cars, with a focus on the SR20 powered ones). It's an event based meet with a focus on tracking and showing our cars. It's also a gathering/reunion of people who have a common interest. That interest crosses many cultural boundaries. It's a very diverse group of people. Old, young, somewhere in between. Black, white, latino, asian, somewhere in between. Men, women. Gay, straight, somewhere in between. Christian, Jewish, Muslim, athesists etc etc. It's a meet people look forward to.
As a lot of us age, it's becoming a nostalgic meet. You'll see a lot of OG guys remembering the old days. It's a meet where if you need help with your car you'll have 10 people jumping at the chance to help you. Some of these people know these cars better than the Nissan engineers who built them. It's an event where you'll meet people for the first time that you've know for a while on the forum. It's a meet where you're accepted for modding a $1000 car and not be laughed at (okay, maybe just a little by the hotel staff...lol). Like I said, it's hard to put into words. I can say this though, if you're at all interested in cars and you like the SR20 series motor, you'll be in hog heaven at the Convention.
I think Meeners thread from 2012 does a nice job of touching upon why you need to attend. Please read here: http://www.sr20-forum.com/2012-national-convention-independence-oh-june-1-3/58672-convention-passion.html
Enough of the sappy stuff. The next Convention will be 6/17/2015 thru 6/21/2015 in the Winchester VA area. Here is the forum section for this year's convention: http://www.sr20-forum.com/2015-national-convention-winchester-va-june-17-21/
If you have any Convention related questions and are a little shy asking them in the Convention section, feel free to ask them here. I'm viewing this as a "flame proof zone"....lol
Hopefully, I'll see you at this year's Convention!
-Hank
I just wanted to take moment and explain to the new folks on the forum about our annual meet. We call it "The Convention". I remember when I first started lurking around on the old forum, some 10+ years ago, seeing posts about "The Convention" and not really knowing what it was. I had been involved in some other online car forums previously, but none of them had anything that they called a "Convention". No one really expalined in detail what is really was. At that time, it was almost treated like a secret society. It took a few years and reading many threads on the old forum, to realize I needed to attend one. I'm sorry I didn't start attending way back in the early days. Hence, me starting this thread to give the new folks, and maybe even some of the not so new folks, some insight and some motivation to attend.
I'm not really sure who came up with the name. Originally the "Convention" was created by the founding members of SERCA (SE-R Club of America). I'm sure it was one of the original guys that coined the name. It is now run by members of this forum, which still include a lot of the OG guys from back in the SERCA days. This year's convention is being chaired by Madtec (Ralph), in addition to, a whole bunch of other people who will be volunteering their time to make it a success.
What is the Convention? Well, it just the best damn meet you'll find for SR20 powered cars, period! No...really. The real essense of our Convention is hard to put into words. It's a national meet, which means people from all parts of the US (maybe Canada and Mexico?), and from all walks of life, come together and celebrate our hobby (cars, with a focus on the SR20 powered ones). It's an event based meet with a focus on tracking and showing our cars. It's also a gathering/reunion of people who have a common interest. That interest crosses many cultural boundaries. It's a very diverse group of people. Old, young, somewhere in between. Black, white, latino, asian, somewhere in between. Men, women. Gay, straight, somewhere in between. Christian, Jewish, Muslim, athesists etc etc. It's a meet people look forward to.
As a lot of us age, it's becoming a nostalgic meet. You'll see a lot of OG guys remembering the old days. It's a meet where if you need help with your car you'll have 10 people jumping at the chance to help you. Some of these people know these cars better than the Nissan engineers who built them. It's an event where you'll meet people for the first time that you've know for a while on the forum. It's a meet where you're accepted for modding a $1000 car and not be laughed at (okay, maybe just a little by the hotel staff...lol). Like I said, it's hard to put into words. I can say this though, if you're at all interested in cars and you like the SR20 series motor, you'll be in hog heaven at the Convention.
I think Meeners thread from 2012 does a nice job of touching upon why you need to attend. Please read here: http://www.sr20-forum.com/2012-national-convention-independence-oh-june-1-3/58672-convention-passion.html
Enough of the sappy stuff. The next Convention will be 6/17/2015 thru 6/21/2015 in the Winchester VA area. Here is the forum section for this year's convention: http://www.sr20-forum.com/2015-national-convention-winchester-va-june-17-21/
If you have any Convention related questions and are a little shy asking them in the Convention section, feel free to ask them here. I'm viewing this as a "flame proof zone"....lol
Hopefully, I'll see you at this year's Convention!
-Hank
Last edited by hammerin hank
on 2014-09-22
at 21-08-23.
Originally Posted by b13
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