THE IPMS/USA 2005 NATIONAL CONVENTION IN ATLANTA WAS A HUGE EVENT FOR OUR CLUB. SINCE IT WAS HELD IN ATLANTA WE CONSIDERED IT IN OUR BACKYARD, THE CLOSEST A NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL COME TO OUR CLUB. IT WAS THE LARGEST IPMS/USA NATIONAL CONVENTION TO DATE. THEY HAD 3222 MODEL ENTRIES BY 1421 ENTRANTS, PLUS 800 MODELS FOR DISPLAY ONLY, 425 VENDOR TABLES SOLD, 620 BANQUET TICKETS SOLD, AND 250 CONTEST JUDGES! OUR CLUB CONTRIBUTED BY SPONSORING A CATEGORY, OBTAINING 2 TABLES FOR A CLUB DISPLAY AND SOME VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO HELP WITH THE RAFFLE AND JUDGE. THIS ALSO SETS A CLUB RECORD FOR PARTICIPATION AT A NATIONAL CONVENTION. MEMBERS ATTENDING TONY ABBOTT, DAVID & LISA BRIDGES, TIM & LINDA DARRAH, PAUL & RITA LOVELL, MARTIN MCGREW, GARY STEVENS, AND HUB PLOTT.ALSO RICHARD SADDLEMIRE DONATED A REGULUS MODEL TO HELP WITH THE CLUB DISPLAY ALONG WITH MANY DONATIONS BY TONY ABBOTT,DAVID BRIDGES, TIM DARRAH, GARY STEVENS, MARTIN MCGREW,AND PAUL LOVELL. ANOTHER EXCELLENT SITE TO VIEW OVER 5000 PICTURES OF THE 2005 NATS IS WWW.TESORITOS.COM/IPMS2005.