Scikotics

Scikotics (a variation of 'Psychotics', pronounced 'sigh-kaw-tiks') is a Scion owners club. Scikotics is currently the largest non-profit Scion owners club in the world.

History
Scikotics was started in March of 2005 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by a small group of Scion enthusiasts. Jon Adams aka FrankenScion, was the mastermind, and founder of the club. Thanks to Scion Life web forums and the creation of the Scikotics web site. Word got out to surrounding areas in Texas and Arkansas.

In May 2005, Rob Winterkorn, aka DriverLost showed up to a local Scikotics Tulsa meeting at a TGI Fridays, and proposed the idea for Scikotics to become one large national club, with local chapters located all over the USA.

From August of 2005 to March of 2006 eleven more chapters were created across the U.S.A. These included Texas, Arkansas, Minneapolis, Seattle, California, Chicago, and New York.

The idea to be one national car club, is a new and radical idea, that puts all chapters under one set of common simple rules, and all under one master web site. Each individual chapter has its own section, or sub forum. This allows new chapters to learn as they grow, from existing chapters, and keep in contact on whats going on club related in other parts of the nation. This also simplifies and harmonizes, several chapters from all over the U.S.A. as they gather together for an event.

Scikotics, like Scion, was created to use the world wide web for its key marketing area. 70% of its members join up through the web site. The other 30% are picked up at Scion events, like car shows, and Scion sponsored events.

Scikotics Community
An important aspect of Scikotics that most other national car clubs lack is a shared message board, and simple common rules. All of the chapters have their own area to post local events and have conversations, but there are many common areas for members to chat about anything, whether it be Scion related or not. This leads to a large sense of community with members from around the nation.

Another important part of the club is supporting other Scikotics chapters. If a chapter is having a car show or event, an effort is made by most, if not all other Scikotics chapters in the area to go to the show or event to support their fellow Scikotics. Event details are easily accessible because of the single message board.

When going to a car show, it is customary for all of the members attending to meet up somewhere near where the show is being held, then roll into the show as a group. The scikotics roll-in, now widely copied by other Scion clubs, is a Scikotics trade mark that has been in use since the early days. Events with members ranging from 5 to over a 100 in some cases, all in tight formation, invade an event at one time.

Chapters
As of now, Scikotics has over 50 chapters stretching across the continental United States, with a chapter in Puerto Rico, Alaska and soon Hawaii. Even reached Russia with chapter started in Moscow.

*Alabama: Birmingham
*Alaska: Alaska
*Arizona: Phoenix
*Arkansas: Arkansas
*California: Fresno, High Desert, NorCal - Almeda County, NorCal - Capitol, NorCal - Central Valley, NorCal - Contra Costa County, NorCal - Solano County, NorCal - West Bay, NorCal - Wine Country, SoCal - Antelope Valley, SoCal - Kern County, Los Angeles, SoCal - Ventura County
*Colorado: Mile High
*Connecticut: To Be Announced
*Delaware: Delaware
*Florida: Daytona, Emerald Coast, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Jensen Beach, Miami, Navarre, Orlando, Pensacola, St Andrews Bay, Space Coast, Tampa
*Georgia: Atlanta, Valdosta
*Illinois: Chicago
*Indiana: Ft Wayne, Indy, South Bend
*Iowa: Cedar Rapids, Des Moines
*Kansas: KC
*Kentucky: Lexington
*Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Acadiana, North Shore
*Maryland: Maryland
*Massachusetts: To Be Announced
*Michigan: To Be Announced
*Minnesota: Minneapolis
*Mississippi: Central Mississippi, Mississippi Gulf Coast
*Missouri: St Louis
*Nevada: Las Vegas
*New Jersey: New Jersey
*New Mexico: To Be Announced
*New York: New York
*North Carolina: To Be Announced
*Ohio: To Be Announced
*Oklahoma: OKC, Tulsa
*Oregon: To Be Announced
*Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
*Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico
*Russia: Moscow
*South Carolina: To Be Announced
*South Dakota: To Be Announced
*Tennessee: Nashville
*Texas: Beaumont, DFW, Houston, San Antonio, Texoma
*Utah: To Be Announced
*Virginia: NOVA
*Washington: To Be Announced
*West Virginia: To Be Announced
*Wisconsin: To Be Announced

Starting a chapter
All it takes to start a Scikotics chapter is four members that own Scions. Once the founding four members have signed up on the official Scikotics website, a section is added to the message boards for their chapter. Chapters are required to have at least one meeting per month, though many have them biweekly or even every week.

Chapter leaders
Each chapter must have a club president who is known as the HMFIC. A vice president is customary, but not required right away and is known as a VMFIC. The HMFIC and VMFIC are typically in charge of planning events for the club, arranging monthly meetings, and getting dealer sponsorship for the chapter, though any member can suggest an event. Chapters also have a position called CPR. This position is typically held by a person that loves promoting their chapter and the club. The CPR's main job is discussing their chapter with others, helping out of town guests find their way when visiting and staying current with the day to day online happenings of their chapter as well as Scikotics as a whole.

Scikotics Asylum
Scikotics Asylum is a national car show for Scions. It is held yearly in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the summer months. Past years, Asylum has been a two-day event. Friday evening, a meet-and-greet is held at a local restaurant with other festivities held afterwards for those who choose. Saturday morning and early afternoon is the main car show which also has food, contests, raffles, and a number of different forms of entertainment. That evening, a night show is held where cars can show off all of their after market lights on their cars. After trophies are awarded, there is usually a cruise for everyone through downtown Tulsa. Sunday is reserved for everyone to make their drives back home, though some groups get together for farewell breakfasts or brunches.

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