First of all Happy New Year!

I haven't been around here in a while guys. Admittedly I never really did post much when I was here; more of a lurker. I haven't been around because my wife sold her G37 back in May. It killed me; that car was like a child to me. It brings a tear to my eye thinking about it. I still love the car and am still a big Nissan fan. Anyway, on to what I'm posting about.

I've been involved for years with the SE-R national convention. In order to continue on with this convention (the members of the SE-R world are dwindling as families, newer cars (some in G's and 350s/70s and such), and other priorities take over) we've opened it up to the entire Nissan/Infiniti/Datsun world. Not that it was never open to other model cars; we're just marketing it heavily to all groups.

Since this is sort of a "native" forum of mine as I've spent at least some time here and some people know me at least in name, I'd like to let you guys know about this convention.

The convention is 8/5-8/7 of 2011 and will be in South Jersey here on the east coast. Traditionally people drive cross country or fly and rent cars if they want to attend. We even have one guy thinking about trailering from Alaska! It's a great time and I promise you that you WILL have fun. I even have some surprises that I'm working on.

The convention usually is a track day followed by a free day (to attract families and such as well as to give attendees a chance to explore the local area OR for people to explore their automotive interests like drag racing or fixing their car that they broke the day before at the track!) and a carshow/picnic on Sunday with tons of really cool raffle prizes.

The website for the convention is here:
2011 Nissan-Infiniti National Convention : Registration

Here is a message I'm sending to all of my "native" forums regarding an Early Bird Track program where you can register now for the track and get a potential discount down the road. See below for details. I know I've seen some G37s at the track here in the northeast and I KNOW that there are a lot more of you interested in coming out

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Happy New Year!

Details here: http://www.nissan-infiniti.us/regist...Early-Bird.pdf

Most of you know me at least in name. Some of you have actually met and know me. I am co-organizing the 2011 Nissan-Infiniti National Convention. This convention has evolved from the SE-R world to try to include all Nissans and Infinitis (and Datsun as well). You can take a look at the link below for all of the information (we will be updating the site periodically as we get more information).

Website: 2011 Nissan-Infiniti National Convention : Registration

The reason I’m writing though is to let you know of an early-bird track registration program. We are accepting registrations for this early-bird program through the end of January. The details are at the link up at the very top.

There are a few reasons for this early-bird program:

- Plain and simple, we need money in the coffers. We need to put deposits down on things, we need to pay for supplies, we need to be able to pay for online registration/paypal fees

- See the attached document for details but there is a potential discount to early-bird registrants. In short, if we hit our target, we will be refunding a portion of your registration. We’re hoping that this will help us market the event. It gives you, the registrant, a vested interest in promoting the event and getting more people registered!

- We’re looking to generate interest early on. The convention is “only” 8 months away but that time will fly by quickly. We want people to get interested and we want to maintain that interest

For anyone worried about not knowing me and sending me money, I want to assure you that I have nothing to hide. My username is my name; Kieran Lavin. I don’t want people posting it publicly (if you feel I have wronged you, please contact me... if I absolutely positively don't respond to any form of communication (which will NOT happen) then I would have no problem with my information being posted publicly... but, like I said, that will NOT happen) but, if you did a simple search, I’m sure you could find my home address, phone number, employer, whatever. I’m not going anywhere.

 

We've received lots of interest regarding the early-bird. I just want to remind everyone that the deadline to register for the early-bird is approaching (1/31/11) and that payment must be received by 2/8/11.

 

Online registration is now open:

2011 Nissan-Infiniti National Convention

As it says on the site, if you have experience with HTML and paypal and know how to improve on what we have, please contact me at registration at nissan-infiniti dot us.

Thanks everyone!

 

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For all of the buzz and people who have expressed interest, the response so far is lackluster. We will be making a decision in May as to whether or not to go forward with this event. If this event is going to cost us money, there is no way we will continue the planning. I'm on the fence right now as to whether or not I should even contact Nissan/Infiniti and other potential sponsors if there are no attendees.

It's amazing; the support prior to opening registration was strong but now that it's time to put your money where your mouth is, everyone disappears into the woodwork

 

I'm interested. I'll register. Try creating threads in the Sedan and coupe forums. People might not know about it. I didn't.

 

oh pretty cool

 

Due to lack of interest, the convention is cancelled. We will be
contacting individuals who have already registered to discuss their
options. There will still be a group of us attending a NASA track day
on Saturday August 6 at NJMP's Lightning Circuit. For more
information and to register directly with NASA for this event, please
visit NASA NorthEast Region - Safe, Affordable Way to get on the Race Track. DO NOT contact me about NASA's
registration, pricing, rules, etc. The time for me handling the track
event and handling questions was from 12/1 to 6/1.

There will be no Meet & Greet. 14 people have registered. Hardly
worth the time and effort to organize something formal

There will be no Car Show. 10 cars are registered. Definitely not
worth the time to find and set up a venue or to pay for trophies

There will be no picnic. 11 people are registered. I think most
catering companies have a minimum order and it's way more than 11

There will be no raffle. Although 260 tickets were sold, they were to
8 people. Again, embarassing to request raffle prizes for such a
small group... no business would give away a product for additional
exposure to... 8 people

There will be no t-shirts or hats. 11 have been ordered. Again, I
believe there is a minimum order way more than 11

For those who will inevitably complain, the time to register or
complain or get involved was between 12/1 and 6/1. Too little, too
late.

Many thanks to the handful of people that did register and I will be
in touch with these people separately.

Kieran Lavin & Ray Kawski