The State of the National Gathering

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Originally Posted by Maximal

Awesome news! I was a bit worried when I first saw this thread title though. :p

No sense debating on where the even should be...every year there is someone that complains about it. I think moving it east was good for the NG (and not just because it was closer to me, I would have went wherever) to get some new blood so we'll see how it goes.

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Ya that is probably true. Entice new people to come, get them hooked, them next year hopefully they will be willing to travel further.

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Originally Posted by futurevr4man

and yeah, the previous 4 years... there were 3 NG's in Indy, then last year was in St. Louis... not sure what more you could ask for haha

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Oh i dunno, once in awhile west of the continental divide would be awesome...i used to say west of the mississippi, but some yahoo tried to claim the st. Louis gathering as qualifying :p

And before panties get in a bunch, not taking anything away from anyone...yall have fun over there :D

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Originally Posted by wingnut

Oh i dunno, once in awhile west of the continental divide would be awesome...i used to say west of the mississippi, but some yahoo tried to claim the st. Louis gathering as qualifying :p

And before panties get in a bunch, not taking anything away from anyone...yall have fun over there :D

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just move closer! ;)

or ride with gnat!

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Originally Posted by wingnut

Oh i dunno, once in awhile west of the continental divide would be awesome...i used to say west of the mississippi, but some yahoo tried to claim the st. Louis gathering as qualifying :p

And before panties get in a bunch, not taking anything away from anyone...yall have fun over there :D

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There's only one way to make that happen... get about 40-50 3S owners to travel to an NG from the west and show the organizers that it would be worth doing one in the west. Then, come up with your own organizing commitee who will be able to handle the majority of the arrangements, who would also be willing to front the expenses necessary to reserve tracks and obtain insurance. (look at around $10,000 to get started)
I tried to provide an alternative to the NG for all the west coast owners. For 3 years, I tried to get west coast owners to show they can also gather in decent numbers. The only owners that showed up in Vegas were from California and Las Vegas itself. No one ever attended from Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Colorado or any of the other western states. That kind of turnout won't get the NG organizers attention.
There's a lot more to it than just "Let's have one west of the Rockies"

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Originally Posted by futurevr4man

switching it up is great! get to see new cities, and gives a chance for everyone to attend :D

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👍. This. ^

Please move this one further central.

I'm excited for the short drive this year, finally!!! Last year was brutal for us East Coast people LOL

Glad to see attendance is up :)

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Originally Posted by Emilie@GZP

Glad to see attendance is up :)

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:stupid: I was a bit surprised when I looked at the list.

What are typical attendance numbers like?

We always get a boost in the last few days before late registration starts