Quote Originally Posted by quickdodge® View Post
Agreed. People don't seem too concerned about paying $75 for a shot at a trophy. Or even $50 or less for that matter. They will, however, spend $10 to attend a meet in a nice sized area and chill and walk around and check shit out. Same you do at a show, just less costing. And trying out some sort of meet might be a good start for NOPI if they want to delve back into that aspect the "scene."

Here is where I don't see that happening, though. NOPI is still a business and businesses exist to make money. I can't see NOPI putting on a meet the size of an IA meet and not trying to charge folks 3,4 even 5 times an IA admission fee.
Hell, C&O started off as a meet years ago and now has become commercialized with paying vendors and whatnot. Start small...meets on NOPI property (do they still have any physical locations?), move to bigger events. NOPI doesn't have to cover normal operating costs for a meet, just cover the cost of the meet and count any profit as a good day. Sell some sponsor space and maybe display some product on "trendy" cars to show they can compete with the known brands and to show they have today's product. Create a buzz. I see they list the WB's meets and C&O as "sponsored" events on their website...but I didn't even know that until just now. Maybe a meet with their name only?

I've seen one of the guys from NOPI at many of the local meets promoting the NNSS, I understand the footwork of handing out fliers, but they need to go the next step....whatever it may be. I say meets at their main location to get things started.