Rich Currey updates the region on the coming 2020 season.

More than 450 SCCA members gathered in Las Vegas January 16-20 for the 2020 National Convention. The annual business meeting for the club also included more than 100 individual break-out sessions, as well as the Hall of Fame Dinner where the inductees into the 2020 HoF class were announced and honored. Over the course of the three days, attendees were able to take advantage of numerous seminars and small group sessions to learn everything from Solo Course Design, to debating the merits of Digital vs Analog vs UHF radios, to region officer training, to marketing and strategic web design tools. These were paired with Town Halls hosted by the national office staff where issues concerning club racing, autocross and rally programs could be presented and discussed with leadership teams. With almost 40 NER members on site at the South Point Hotel & Casino, we were able to attend many of these seminars and bring back new ideas, relevant rule changes, and insights to help promote and grow the programs we offer here in the northeast. Here are what we learned. What We Learned Building Teams Know the personality types of your team members and [...]