Drag Illustrated Issue 114, October 2016 | Page 83

PHOTOS: SEMA

AN IMPORTANT TIME The SEMA Board of Directors have a number of important
issues on their plate following a highly-successful 2016 show in Las Vegas. The
RPM Act remains a pressing matter, but the industry continues to work hard on
expansion. SEMA executives took a trip to Dubai in 2016, and international expansion
and growth continues to be a noticeable trend within the industry. Continued
growth overseas will remain a key topic for SEMA heading into 2017 as well.

more savvy when it comes to working within the
confines of legislative issues. Those are some of
the things I see coming down the pipeline and I
think as an industry we