History

Past Conventions

Year Location Dates President
2024 Victoria, British Columbia November 7 - 10th David J. Attwood View
2023 Carlsbad, California November 10 - 13th James Kellogg View
2022 Mission, British Columbia Gord Boyes View
2021 Virtual Online Due to COVID-19 Pandemic October 23rd Alex Zander
2020 Virtual Online Trial Version, Due to COVID-19 Pandemic November 22nd Billy Hsueh
2019 Manila, Philippines Cecile Torrente View
2018 Bakersfield, California Christopher Lopez
2017 Chilliwack, British Columbia April 20 - 23rd Mike Norden
2016 Simi Valley, California August 4 - 7th Raul Fernandez View
2015 Chilliwack, British Columbia Gord Boyes View
2014 Coquitlam, British Columbia Mike Norden
2013 Burbank, California Frank Padilla, Jr.
2012 Seattle, Washington Brian Cook
2011 Coquitlam, British Columbia Shawn Farquhar
2010 Mariner of the Sea Cruise Ship Shawn Farquhar
2009 Norwegian Pearl Cruise Ship Shawn Farquhar
2008 Monterey, California Kevin Cardona
2007 Calgary, Alberta Donovan Deschner
2006 Victoria, British Columbia Tony Eng
2005 Norwegian Star Cruise Ship Shawn Farquhar
2004 Seattle, Washington Brian Cook
2003 Coquitlam, British Columbia Shawn Farquhar
2002 Page, Arizona Bill Adams
2001 Palm Springs, California Mike Bailardo
2000 Portland, Oregon John Finlay
1999 Anaheim, California John Fedko
1998 Seattle, Washington Jeff Evans
1997 Calgary, Alberta Dan Willis
1996 Reno, Nevada Kevin Cardona
1995 Santa Rosa, California Shawn Farquhar
1994 Ontario, California Kevin Cardona
1993 Burnaby, British Columbia Shawn Farquhar
1992 Asilomar, California
1991 Concord, California June 19 - 21st
1990 Ventura, California February 16 - 19th
1989 Postponed to February 1990
1988 Santa Barbara, California
1987 Palo Alto, California
1986 Bakersfield, California
1985 Salinas, California Bill Adams
1984 Fresno, California John Morton
1983 Santa Barbara, California Dwight Vance
1982 Palo Alto, California
1981 Los Angeles, California
1980 Portland, Oregon
1979 San Francisco, California
1978 Seattle, Washington
1976 Tokyo, Japan August 19 - 22nd Frank Pasquarosa
1976 Asilomar, California July 1 - 4th Frank Pasquarosa
1975 Planned for Sacramento, but cancelled
1974 Victoria, British Columbia Ken Arnold
1973 Los Angeles, California
1972 Honolulu, Hawaii Ernie Nassimbene
1971 Vancouver, British Columbia Percy Easler
1970 Salt Lake City, Utah
1969 San Jose, California
1968 Olympia, Washington Ernie Bryant
1967 Long Beach, California Merlin Eifert
1966 Santa Rosa, California June 29 - July 2nd “Red” Henning
1965 Seattle, Washington Syd Brockman
1964 Oakland, California Larry Olivera
1963 San Diego, California
1962 Vancouver, British Columbia
1961 Phoenix, Arizona Carl Langdon
1960 Oakland, California July 1 - 4th
1959 Gearhart, Oregon July 6 - 9th Hazel Payne
1958 Disneyland, California Hazel Payne
1957 Reno, Nevada
1956 Seattle, Washington Oscar Wilhelm
1955 Santa Barbara, California Senor Maldo
1954 Oakland, California July 18 - 21st
1953 Spokane, Washington Larry Keller
1952 Long Beach, California
1951 San Jose, California
1950 Portland, Oregon July 10 - 13th Chandler Stevens
1949 Hollywood, California
1948 Reno, Nevada
1947 Seattle, Washington July 21 - 26th
1946 Los Angeles, California July 26 - 28th Claude Leaf
1945 Hollywood, California Wartime conclave Orla Moody
1944 Oakland, California Wartime conclave Frank Wagar
1943 Hollywood / San Jose, California Wartime conclaves William Larsen
1942 Oakland, California July 14 - 16th
1941 Seattle, Washington
1940 San Diego, California
1939 San Francisco, California
1938 San Jose, California Joe Garafolo
1937 Portland, Oregon
1936 Reno, Nevada
1935 Hollywood, California
1934 Oakland, California Caryl Fleming
1933 Seattle, Washington Lloyd E. Jones

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