03-29-2018, 12:42 PM
Who are you?
Hey everyone! I'm Stephen Nicholson otherwise known as the "Multilingual Eggplant Specialist" in the Alum GroupMe (Thank you, Taylor, for that name). I am currently a Sophmore Justice Studies and Arabic major along with a Pre-Law track. I've been doing 18-21 credit hour semesters since my first semester here at JMU while working for a flooring company based out of Richmond. I'm also the president of the Newly Initiated Brothers of the JMU chapter of Phi Alpha Delta (the Pre-Law fraternity). For the next four semesters, I will only be doing 12-14 credit hour semesters here at JMU and I will still be working with the flooring company. That being said I will I have much more free time over the next two years and I'd like to fill that time with MM related tasks and activities.
My Freshman year I had no idea that MM existed until I saw the car show. Since then I made it one my goals to find out more about the club and to eventually join. I started by searching through social media for MM related things and that made me want to join even more. Fast forward to MAAP's first institute where I had the opportunity to completely rebuild a Porsche 356 engine with none other than Jackson, Brandon, Joseph and Erik. During that time at the institute, I expressed my interest in MM to Jackson and Brandon and they explained to me what exactly MM was about from that moment on I was hooked. sidenote* I think it'd be really cool to be an officer with the three people that introduced me to the club
Do you even like cars?
Yes, of course, I do! My relationship with cars started in the hood of Baltimore where I spent the first 8 years of my life. As an effort to get me out of that setting my cousins would take me to car shows outside of the city which sparked my interest in cars. My father has always had crazy lifted trucks and motorcycles and when we moved to a farm he had a legit monster truck! He would always let me help when something broke which I am very grateful for as a lot of people did not have the opportunity to do things like that when they were younger. Later on, when I started making some decent money I bought myself a 2009 Toyota Tacoma single cab (basically a work truck) that I would go on to bag and put some nice Enkei's on (miss that truck). During that time I was also gifted a 1992 Foxbody Mustang roller from my grandfather. This is one of my favorite cars as I got to put an engine, trans, etc in it with my father and his friends. Unfortunately, during a heavy downpour on my way back from school I rolled it over a large hill (basically a cliff) I was okay thanks to the cage and harness but the car was completely totaled (I cried for two days, man tears of course). After that I found a 1998 300zx twin turbo for an insane price that I couldn't pass up, I upgraded the turbos, lowered it and drove the piss out of that car. When I started to make some real money with the flooring company I decided to trade the 09' Tacoma in for a 2014 TRD Tacoma (my first new vehicle). After some time I got bored of the 300zx and sold it to my friend for one hell of a profit. Then one-day driving threw Newport News I stumbled upon a 2015 Saleen Mustang with about 10,000 miles on it that I fell in love with and the next day it was mine. At this time I had no intentions of going to college and I was very okay with that. After my parents talked to me about college and what it would mean for me to be the first in my family to attend and the example I would be setting for my younger family members I decided that going to college was the right thing to do even if my parents wouldn't help me out financially (they've grown a little more considerate over the last year w/ financial help). So I sold the Saleen and the Tacoma (I only lost 3k on both which is was spectacular IMO) and bought the EcoBoost which makes for plenty of fun, gas mileage, insurance cost, etc.
Stephen, why do you want to be the Secretary of Madison Motorsports?
Well, one of the reasons I would like to be the Secretary is to improve the quality of our social media and Alumni outreach. Looking through the current state of the MM Facebook and Instagram it's kind of disappointing to me. MM's social media might be the first thing that someone sees in relation to the club so there has to be some sort of quality control there. There's also the lack of a Youtube presence, which I would like to change by doing videos like "Member Spotlights".I'd also like to do social media collaborations with local businesses (this could eventually make the club some money) as I have made some friends in the local community that are small business owners. These would be videos that would basically be an interview with an individual member asking them why they joined MM, what drives their automotive passion, etc. I have a pretty good understanding of what MM is really about and I'd like to show the rest of the world what it means to be a member of Madison Motorsports. I'd also like to improve Alumni outreach by simply improving the quality of emails sent out to you all. From what I understood via the GroupMe, this was something you all expressed concern about. I send semi-professional and professional emails nearly every day and it's a skill that I take a lot of pride in having.
What traits do you possess relative to the secretary position?
For starters, I am EXTREMELY organized with note taking, calendars, etc. I am also a detail orientated person when it comes to event planning and emailing. I am also a very personable and open person, so if anybody were to have a concern with the club, other members, social media or anything else MM related I am confident that they would feel comfortable coming to me for advice or to address some of their concerns. I'm also open to suggestion on how to improve anything related to the club but I'm also not a pushover so I will gladly let someone know if they are overstepping their boundaries.
Hey everyone! I'm Stephen Nicholson otherwise known as the "Multilingual Eggplant Specialist" in the Alum GroupMe (Thank you, Taylor, for that name). I am currently a Sophmore Justice Studies and Arabic major along with a Pre-Law track. I've been doing 18-21 credit hour semesters since my first semester here at JMU while working for a flooring company based out of Richmond. I'm also the president of the Newly Initiated Brothers of the JMU chapter of Phi Alpha Delta (the Pre-Law fraternity). For the next four semesters, I will only be doing 12-14 credit hour semesters here at JMU and I will still be working with the flooring company. That being said I will I have much more free time over the next two years and I'd like to fill that time with MM related tasks and activities.
My Freshman year I had no idea that MM existed until I saw the car show. Since then I made it one my goals to find out more about the club and to eventually join. I started by searching through social media for MM related things and that made me want to join even more. Fast forward to MAAP's first institute where I had the opportunity to completely rebuild a Porsche 356 engine with none other than Jackson, Brandon, Joseph and Erik. During that time at the institute, I expressed my interest in MM to Jackson and Brandon and they explained to me what exactly MM was about from that moment on I was hooked. sidenote* I think it'd be really cool to be an officer with the three people that introduced me to the club
Do you even like cars?
Yes, of course, I do! My relationship with cars started in the hood of Baltimore where I spent the first 8 years of my life. As an effort to get me out of that setting my cousins would take me to car shows outside of the city which sparked my interest in cars. My father has always had crazy lifted trucks and motorcycles and when we moved to a farm he had a legit monster truck! He would always let me help when something broke which I am very grateful for as a lot of people did not have the opportunity to do things like that when they were younger. Later on, when I started making some decent money I bought myself a 2009 Toyota Tacoma single cab (basically a work truck) that I would go on to bag and put some nice Enkei's on (miss that truck). During that time I was also gifted a 1992 Foxbody Mustang roller from my grandfather. This is one of my favorite cars as I got to put an engine, trans, etc in it with my father and his friends. Unfortunately, during a heavy downpour on my way back from school I rolled it over a large hill (basically a cliff) I was okay thanks to the cage and harness but the car was completely totaled (I cried for two days, man tears of course). After that I found a 1998 300zx twin turbo for an insane price that I couldn't pass up, I upgraded the turbos, lowered it and drove the piss out of that car. When I started to make some real money with the flooring company I decided to trade the 09' Tacoma in for a 2014 TRD Tacoma (my first new vehicle). After some time I got bored of the 300zx and sold it to my friend for one hell of a profit. Then one-day driving threw Newport News I stumbled upon a 2015 Saleen Mustang with about 10,000 miles on it that I fell in love with and the next day it was mine. At this time I had no intentions of going to college and I was very okay with that. After my parents talked to me about college and what it would mean for me to be the first in my family to attend and the example I would be setting for my younger family members I decided that going to college was the right thing to do even if my parents wouldn't help me out financially (they've grown a little more considerate over the last year w/ financial help). So I sold the Saleen and the Tacoma (I only lost 3k on both which is was spectacular IMO) and bought the EcoBoost which makes for plenty of fun, gas mileage, insurance cost, etc.
Stephen, why do you want to be the Secretary of Madison Motorsports?
Well, one of the reasons I would like to be the Secretary is to improve the quality of our social media and Alumni outreach. Looking through the current state of the MM Facebook and Instagram it's kind of disappointing to me. MM's social media might be the first thing that someone sees in relation to the club so there has to be some sort of quality control there. There's also the lack of a Youtube presence, which I would like to change by doing videos like "Member Spotlights".I'd also like to do social media collaborations with local businesses (this could eventually make the club some money) as I have made some friends in the local community that are small business owners. These would be videos that would basically be an interview with an individual member asking them why they joined MM, what drives their automotive passion, etc. I have a pretty good understanding of what MM is really about and I'd like to show the rest of the world what it means to be a member of Madison Motorsports. I'd also like to improve Alumni outreach by simply improving the quality of emails sent out to you all. From what I understood via the GroupMe, this was something you all expressed concern about. I send semi-professional and professional emails nearly every day and it's a skill that I take a lot of pride in having.
What traits do you possess relative to the secretary position?
For starters, I am EXTREMELY organized with note taking, calendars, etc. I am also a detail orientated person when it comes to event planning and emailing. I am also a very personable and open person, so if anybody were to have a concern with the club, other members, social media or anything else MM related I am confident that they would feel comfortable coming to me for advice or to address some of their concerns. I'm also open to suggestion on how to improve anything related to the club but I'm also not a pushover so I will gladly let someone know if they are overstepping their boundaries.
Current:
2016 Ford Mustang EcoBoost
Past:
2009 Slammed Single Cab Tacoma
2014 Crew Cab Tacoma
1992 Foxbody Mustang 5.0
1998 300zx TT
2015 Saleen Mustang GT - White Label
