MINIsOnTop (June 17th, 2006)

[Aqualung]

Quote: Originally Posted by senorsock3

Yes it was! Her name is Shannon Glaser of Woburn, MA. She is probably setting up her MINI2 account as I write this! She couldn't be more excited to win. This was her second trip to MOT (both times as my co-pilot), and ever since she has been saving for one! Also she has been having some troubles with her current car.

On another note thanks to everyone involved in MOT! That goes to the yellow hats, the T&C, the Auto Road staff, the caterers, and each and every 'MINI' person we met. Everyone combined made the event, in a word, AWESOME! Pictures coming soon...

Ian, I will e-mail you Shannon's contact info.

Kevin

hey Kevin, it was nice meeting you and your gang; it was really nice to see her excitement....borrowing your cellphone to call everyone!

[senorsock3]

Chris,
Nice meeting you as well. I met so many people this weekend, now I just can't wait till the next event. One of my friends said: "I always thought you were just crazy for being so into your car, but I see things differently now..." We may have converted a Ford Explorer driver...

Kevin

[MGB Boy]

And hey, the T&C didn't charge me anything extra for the big suite. Nice!

Oh, and someone left a couple cans of Amp and Red Bull in my fridge. Don't know why I didn't just leave them there, unless the things are good for loosening stuck bolts or something I'm not likely to use them. Oh well...

-Ricardo

[paulr]

Hi everyone! Thank you Ian and all the other Yellow Hats! My wife and I had a great time at MOT 2006!

yellowmininy, thanks for meeting us at the RRI. It was great seeing your MINI there in the parking lot. oh and thanks for the duckies
Theo, thanks for taking us all for BBQ - the wait outside was worth every last drop of BBQ sauce!
Pete, Thank you so much! We had a great time on the observatory tour.
Josh, It was nice meeting you and Sam, even under the unfortunate circumstances I hope your return trip went well and that you're back motoring soon! What time did the tow show up?

Dennis, Michael, and Liam -- I now know what a fern is

And Becky -- you were the glue that held together our Chicago group. With out you and your family, this whole trip would have been a lot different!

I've uploaded my pictures to a flickr set and I'll add a some to the group Josh set up.

Thank you all, we had a great time!! See you all next year

[m2smith]

Great to meet so many great people. Had a blast - and John - Thanks for BOTH messages... No- I didn't get to eat. But I was told that this year's food was not only great again but you could actually get some
Make a Wish owes all of you a great thanks - Though the totals are not in yet it looks like all of you, through MINIs on Top, will grant the wishes of 3 kids! This is an astounding amount of money from a small group and we had so much fun doing it. I felt a little like Santa giving away all the great donations by so many. Please visit the donations thread -
http://www.mini2.com/forum/new-york-...on-thread.html
and patronize these businesses that have helped out so generously.

And in the mean time I did get a few pictures up - Including Ivan and his new convertible -
http://homepage.mac.com/m2smith/PhotoAlbum7.html
(I'll put captions on 'em later) - But now I'm going to bed - I've had too much excitement for one weekend

[m2smith]

On another note-
GRILL BADGES
I received a few grill badges from folks where the nut that is welded to the back has popped off. This looks like it is due to tightening the threaded bolt so that it pushed the badge right off the nut. Each one I exchanged the bolt was all the way to the base of the nut. It is not necessary to have the bolt seat all the way down. You may want to hold the bolt next to the nut and use a Sharpie to mark the height of the nut on the bolt. This way you can tell if you are going to bottom it out. Because the badges are a limited run I will not be able to replace them so please be careful.

[hwy61]

Yet another round of applause for Ian and all the Yellow Hatters , great job start to finish !!
And to all who attended in body and spirit ( thanks Ed ) for making such a fun , friendly weekend happen !!

[m2smith]

Jeff - All I can say is "Dear Friends..."
Thanks!

[jcsinnh]

What's this all about anyway ?????????????

[holdenontoit]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aqualung

Jock, great to meet you F2F...what are you having done? Something funky?

nothing funkey at all, just getting the damage of running Rt 95 during construction for 2 years fixed,The front end looks like it was peppered with 00 buck shot several times.Multiple paint chips now starting to rust,and since I seem to be into this car for the long haul, it's time to pay the piper.People can say all they want about "loading " tickets in one area, but I still paid out $100 bucks for the make a wish foundation which anyone else was free to do also.I had set up my work for Sublime a long time before I even knew Julian was donating services and had accepted a $2100 plus estimate for work to be done, so it only made sense to try like h3ll to get his prizes since I am already slated to have all three prize descriptions done! I only wish I'd gotten the third one too!
Jock

[NoNo]

Yes, Ricardo really enjoyed his large vanity which made doing his hair and make up that much easier.

My favorite picture:

My buddy Josh, enjoying his first MOT. Now I have to upload the rest of the pictures....

[Aqualung]

Quote: Originally Posted by MGB Boy

And hey, the T&C didn't charge me anything extra for the big suite. Nice!

Oh, and someone left a couple cans of Amp and Red Bull in my fridge. Don't know why I didn't just leave them there, unless the things are good for loosening stuck bolts or something I'm not likely to use them. Oh well...

-Ricardo

Oh come on, you sure it wasn't the Red Bull girls that left 'em there?

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoNo

smashing success

That reminds me, I need to see if that came out on video well enough to be seen.

[snek]

Thank you Mike for capturing the essence of the AutoRoad:

[Theo]

Just a reminder...

I'll be needing some photos to accompany the MINIs On Top 2006 article for MC2 magazine. The photo deadline in Saturday, June 24th. But here's the deal...

- Resolution: for publishing needs, the resolution needs to be as close to 2574 x 1922 as possible.

- Subjects: anything goes; artsy, informative, humorous, scandalous....you get the idea! I also need good shots of Jim McDowell from MINI, our Lease and JCW raffle winners with the Herb Chambers/MINI of Peabody representatives, Trivia Contest winners, Ian Cull, Steve Barnatt, Gerry and Rita Belanger ("Furthest" winners), Bert and Mart, and "on the road" shots of Franc1, Franc2 and the Kanc.

- Photo Selection: I will choose a whole bunch of photos that compliment the article to be written. I'd like to give Gary and Barry 50 or so images from which the will probably choose up to 10.

- Credit: You will be given photo credit by MC2 if your image is published.

A number of you have already expressed your interest in contributing...thanks! Others who would like to contribute should send me a PM, so I (and MC2) have permission to use your shots.


IMPORTANT: HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS -

1. Please make sure your images are as close to 2574 x 1922 pixels in resolution as possible.
2. Send me a PM giving permission to use your shots.
3. Post (and credit/comment) all the shots to be reviewed on the Group Flickr site (see earlier post) or on your own gallery site (let me know which). You do not need to post the full resolution version of your images; I will contact you later to get the full image. People in your photos should be identified in your posted image comments.
4. Make sure your images are posted by this coming Saturday, June 24th.

I will contact you during the first part of next week to get the full resolution version of the images.

Thank You!

Theo