Saab Owners Convention – 2006

Posted on 28. Aug, 2006 by Ryan in 2000-2009, Events

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Photo Credits: Saab History

The 2006 Saab Owners Convention on August 25th, 26th and 27th at Lake George, New York was an excellent event, and good fun was had by all who attended.

The entire Saab USA Heritage Collection was on display, the workshops with Jak, John Moss and the Chuck Andrews oil presentations were a hit in the afternoon. In the evening, former PR directory Len Lonnegren, Million Mile Saab Owner, Peter Gilbert as well as President of Saab USA, Jay Spenchian’s “State of Saab” presentation were entertaining and inspiring and of course , last but not least, the Aero-X’s presence was surreal to see in person.

There was a rather large turnout and the weather held up until Sunday, when the event wrapped up following the Saab Automobile USA Roundtable where we had the opportunity to pose questions to the Saab USA team in an informal setting.

The organizing and coordination for this convention was impressive, especially with a committee that was formed last minute. A special thanks for everyone who volunteered countless hours in making it all come together for everyone to enjoy!

Here is the welcome letter from the SCNA President.

I would like to welcome you to the 2006 Saab Owners Owners Convention! Unless of course you are reading this about a month later than August 27th in which was, WOW, you missed a lot!

Some notes to start with:

Please take a minute on Saturday morning at around 7 AM to join our club and vote for the officers who are running for the Treasurer and Secretary positions and standing board members. As long as you are a member of the SCNA, we want your vote.

Also, take an hour or so and find our what your board has been doing for you. For and nour and a half or so. Stop by, sit down, bring coffee, join in!

Don’t forget the parts “hangar,” either. There should be some goodies in there and the opportunity to talk up some Saab folk. SCNA board members will be around as well.

In other SOC news, we already have a group who has expressed interest in sponsoring the SOC for 2007. Good folks with experience putting on conventions. That should be fun as well!

Not too much else to say other than the usual, we need volunteers for any number of tasks, we want your input as SCNA members, and I still need a washer reservoir for a Sonett II/ Monte Carlo.

Lester Ewing, President, SCNA

This convention is also listed on the Saab Convention Archive here on Saab History.

Here is the 16-page official convention booklet below, just click on the button to download.

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