Don't forget to pick up your SEMA-member ribbon during the 2012 SEMA Show at the Member Ribbon Bar located in the Las Vegas Convention Center's Association Center and Members Lounge. A limited-time benefit, exclusive only to SEMA and council members, these ribbons reveal your individuality and role as a SEMA member. Ribbons are designed for council members, SEMA new members and SEMA veteran members. These ribbons give you access to the SEMA Members Lounge, help identify which councils you are associated with, and support networking opportunities at SEMA events and on the Show floor.

Visit the Association Center, located in the Grand Lobby, and the Members Lounge, located on the upper level of the Grand Lobby (N251), to pick up your limited-edition SEMA-member ribbons. If you would like to learn more about SEMA membership or join a specific council, stop by the Association Center Tuesday, October 30–Friday, November 2. We look forward to seeing you represent your unique member ribbons at the SEMA Show.

Don't forget to pick up your SEMA-member ribbon during the 2012 SEMA Show at the Member Ribbon Bar located in the Las Vegas Convention Center's Association Center and Members Lounge. A limited-time benefit, exclusive only to SEMA and council members, these ribbons reveal your individuality and role as a SEMA member. Ribbons are designed for council members, SEMA new members and SEMA veteran members. These ribbons give you access to the SEMA Members Lounge, help identify which councils you are associated with, and support networking opportunities at SEMA events and on the Show floor.

Visit the Association Center, located in the Grand Lobby, and the Members Lounge, located on the upper level of the Grand Lobby (N251), to pick up your limited-edition SEMA-member ribbons. If you would like to learn more about SEMA membership or join a specific council, stop by the Association Center Tuesday, October 30–Friday, November 2. We look forward to seeing you represent your unique member ribbons at the SEMA Show.

UPS is the Preferred Carrier for the 2012 SEMA Show and the official logistics provider to SEMA members.

The SEMA Show’s Ideas Alive: Featuring the New Products Showcase—one of the Show’s most popular events—enables manufacturers to share their newest products and best ideas to some 60,000 buyers. But once the Showcase is over, exhibitors face the task of getting their products packed and returned safely.

UPS offers a time-saving solution: Pre-arranged return shipping at the New Products Showcase check-in area.

With pre-arranged shipping, Showcase products will be packed by a shipping professional and sent to their destinations, getting exhibitors home faster after a long and productive week.

“The New Products Showcase is an exciting and eye-opening event,” said Kristin DeBates, corporate marketing manager for the UPS Automotive Segment. “UPS understands how important the Showcase is for exhibitors and the role it can play in the growth of their businesses. Making our customers’ lives easier through logistics is our passion, so we’re pleased to provide a worry-free way to get their products back home.”

UPS is the Preferred Carrier for the 2012 SEMA Show and the official logistics provider to SEMA members. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide.

UPS is the Preferred Carrier for the 2012 SEMA Show and the official logistics provider to SEMA members.

The SEMA Show’s Ideas Alive: Featuring the New Products Showcase—one of the Show’s most popular events—enables manufacturers to share their newest products and best ideas to some 60,000 buyers. But once the Showcase is over, exhibitors face the task of getting their products packed and returned safely.

UPS offers a time-saving solution: Pre-arranged return shipping at the New Products Showcase check-in area.

With pre-arranged shipping, Showcase products will be packed by a shipping professional and sent to their destinations, getting exhibitors home faster after a long and productive week.

“The New Products Showcase is an exciting and eye-opening event,” said Kristin DeBates, corporate marketing manager for the UPS Automotive Segment. “UPS understands how important the Showcase is for exhibitors and the role it can play in the growth of their businesses. Making our customers’ lives easier through logistics is our passion, so we’re pleased to provide a worry-free way to get their products back home.”

UPS is the Preferred Carrier for the 2012 SEMA Show and the official logistics provider to SEMA members. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide.

	Exhibitors that wish to receive their badges in advance and delivered by UPS must register booth personnel by October 12.

Exhibitor badges for the 2012 SEMA Show will be arriving soon for those companies that have already registered their booth personnel. Each exhibiting company will have all badges mailed together in one package and delivered by UPS to the exhibitor contact during the week of October 8.

Exhibitors who wish to receive their badges in advance and delivered by UPS must register booth personnel by October 12. After October 12, exhibitors will have to pick up badges onsite at the SEMA Show's Registration Hall.

For assistance, or if you have questions regarding the status of your badge mailing, contact Compusystems customer service at 866-229-3687 or e-mail aapexsema@compusystems.com.

For companies that have not yet committed to exhibiting at the 2012 SEMA Show, there is still time to get a booth. To get started, visit www.SEMAShow.com/buyabooth.

Exhibiting media badges are not mailed in advance of the Show. Exhibiting media will be able to pick up their badges in the Media Center. Sponsored by Continental Tires, the Media Center is an area available exclusively to credentialed media and includes facilities and resources specifically to assist editors and reporters.

Want to attend the 2012 SEMA Show? Attendees who register for the Show prior to October 15—the last day to save $50 on early-bird registration—will have their badges delivered via mail. Those attendees who register after the October 15 deadline will have to pick up their badges at the Show. Attendee registration is available on the home page of www.SEMAShow.com.

	Exhibitors that wish to receive their badges in advance and delivered by UPS must register booth personnel by October 12.

Exhibitor badges for the 2012 SEMA Show will be arriving soon for those companies that have already registered their booth personnel. Each exhibiting company will have all badges mailed together in one package and delivered by UPS to the exhibitor contact during the week of October 8.

Exhibitors who wish to receive their badges in advance and delivered by UPS must register booth personnel by October 12. After October 12, exhibitors will have to pick up badges onsite at the SEMA Show's Registration Hall.

For assistance, or if you have questions regarding the status of your badge mailing, contact Compusystems customer service at 866-229-3687 or e-mail aapexsema@compusystems.com.

For companies that have not yet committed to exhibiting at the 2012 SEMA Show, there is still time to get a booth. To get started, visit www.SEMAShow.com/buyabooth.

Exhibiting media badges are not mailed in advance of the Show. Exhibiting media will be able to pick up their badges in the Media Center. Sponsored by Continental Tires, the Media Center is an area available exclusively to credentialed media and includes facilities and resources specifically to assist editors and reporters.

Want to attend the 2012 SEMA Show? Attendees who register for the Show prior to October 15—the last day to save $50 on early-bird registration—will have their badges delivered via mail. Those attendees who register after the October 15 deadline will have to pick up their badges at the Show. Attendee registration is available on the home page of www.SEMAShow.com.

	Tom Marx

The week after the SEMA Show is a prime opportunity to generate results from your marketing and sales efforts. With a bundle of leads—vendors, customers, prospects, media reps and industry peers—the week following the Show is a crucial time for follow-up.

Join Tom Marx, The Marx Group, and the SEMA Education Institute (SEI), Thursday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) for a session that will help you learn how to make good on all of your company promises with the delivery of sales material, products, technical advice and so on. To obtain the greatest return on your investment, a post-Show strategy is necessary. From the development of a trade show lead form to a timetable for response, we will present some quick and easy tools that will help you turn leads into sales.

Don't leave your SEMA Show strategy to chance! Join Tom Marx and SEI, Thursday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) and nail down your post-Show strategy.

Participate live or download the webinar when it’s convenient. And remember: SEMA webinars are free to SEMA members and only $29 for non-members.

	Tom Marx

The week after the SEMA Show is a prime opportunity to generate results from your marketing and sales efforts. With a bundle of leads—vendors, customers, prospects, media reps and industry peers—the week following the Show is a crucial time for follow-up.

Join Tom Marx, The Marx Group, and the SEMA Education Institute (SEI), Thursday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) for a session that will help you learn how to make good on all of your company promises with the delivery of sales material, products, technical advice and so on. To obtain the greatest return on your investment, a post-Show strategy is necessary. From the development of a trade show lead form to a timetable for response, we will present some quick and easy tools that will help you turn leads into sales.

Don't leave your SEMA Show strategy to chance! Join Tom Marx and SEI, Thursday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) and nail down your post-Show strategy.

Participate live or download the webinar when it’s convenient. And remember: SEMA webinars are free to SEMA members and only $29 for non-members.

	Tom Marx

The week after the SEMA Show is a prime opportunity to generate results from your marketing and sales efforts. With a bundle of leads—vendors, customers, prospects, media reps and industry peers—the week following the Show is a crucial time for follow-up.

Join Tom Marx, The Marx Group, and the SEMA Education Institute (SEI), Thursday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) for a session that will help you learn how to make good on all of your company promises with the delivery of sales material, products, technical advice and so on. To obtain the greatest return on your investment, a post-Show strategy is necessary. From the development of a trade show lead form to a timetable for response, we will present some quick and easy tools that will help you turn leads into sales.

Don't leave your SEMA Show strategy to chance! Join Tom Marx and SEI, Thursday, October 11, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) and nail down your post-Show strategy.

Participate live or download the webinar when it’s convenient. And remember: SEMA webinars are free to SEMA members and only $29 for non-members.

	Goolsby Customs' Pinewood hot-rod entry, before and after.

The 2012 Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) Reception will include a live auction to support SEMA Cares and increase awareness for the third-annual HRIA Pinewood Builder’s Challenge. Fifteen well-known builders created one-of-a-kind miniature hot rods in the style of Pinewood derby cars. The cars were raced at the annual SEMA Pinewood Drag Races in Pomona, California. These cars will be on display at the annual SEMA Show and then 12 will be placed on eBay for auction from October 30–November 8, and three will be auctioned live. All proceeds from the auction will go to support SEMA Cares and its two children’s charities—Childhelp and Victory Junction.

We caught up with Josh Henning of Goolsby Customs.

Describe the inspirations behind the design of your pinewood car.

Our inspiration came from the old drag racers, such as Tony Nancy, Tommy Ivo and Don Garlits, and their wild paint jobs and overall look. These guys had style and helped transform fast cars into cool cars!

Describe some of the materials and resources you used to build your car.

We tried to build this Pinewood much like a kid in the ’60s would have (if they had access to a cool painter). The body was made from the wood out of the kit, then the other parts were just built from whatever else we could find. Sometimes it's good to leave all the modern niceties behind and get back to the ways they used to have to do it.

Why is it important for you to participate in the Pinewood Challenge?

The Pinewood challenge is important because of the huge honor of being recognized with all these great builders who are working together for charity. And come on, whose arm do you really have to twist to get someone to play with a toy car?