Two threads - no.
Two years now one thread has worked. We have a limit of 200 MINIs so not much more than 160.
And everyone remember:
www.minisontop.com is the place for "just the facts" - the thread is the place for raucous fun!
(background emails from the yellow-shirts sort out the details offline so we don't really need a true planning thread, just a lively thread to throw new ideas into the pot for discussion)