Excellent tools available from Mike Smith aka MiniMike (Mr. Mini Organization), wonderful offer by Dave Munsey from OMS...so who will step up to the plate?

I'll drive south and put the whip to those OMS Minis...they will get there!

Seriously,...those of us who have organized/delivered successful meets can be tapped for advice and will help on site.

Rick/Hunter2

Greetings Mini-ites.  I'm not a regular poster but wanted to make a comment on MMW2016.   The Oregon Mini Society put on MMW in Bend, Oregon in 2013 and our Canadian cousins just did a great job with MMW2015 in Abbotsford, BC.   MMW is definitely worth saving and if our Southern California friends are able to put it on next year, I think I can gurantee a number of Oregon attendees (even though its a bit of a drive).  

Also, like Mike Smith from the Victoria club, OMS would be glad to share any information we have on the MMW2013 event.    Best of luck to you.

Dave Munsey, OMS President

I can offer to share any info re organizing for anyone who want to take on the lead role. (list of activities, budgets, database setup, etc) It will take more than just a few people volunteering for ad hoc tasks, it will need someone to pull everything together and make sure the bases get covered and the volunteers understand what and when they have to have things done. There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes prior to the meet istself.  I will also volunteer to do something during the meet. If anyone wants to chat, email me and we can set up a time to talk.  Mike (MMW2003,  2010, 2015 Organzier)

As a So.Cal local I'm stoked on the possibility of MMW '16 being held in our area. By my use of the word stoked I'd also put myself in the category of young-blood and new to the Mini world! I'm unfortunately in the same position as Spank in I can help the day of but this far out I can't committ fully to much more than that. My schedule right around the April-June time frame gets jam packed and unpredictable. 

I do know we could probably set up the Autocross at Qualcomm and get more info from Racelegal.com they set up the weekly race events there, so they might be a good starting point for that. In the area I know Crowne Point Hotel is the host hotel to an event every summer called Tiki Oasis which is Tiki Themd and hosts a car show so they are familiar with hosting people + their cars. That might be a good home base for the event so to speak. 

The most important thing right now is to gather a willing commitee of people and go from there. 

Sidenote:

I missed the BBQ in March at your place Steve but I like where Spank was going with that vision.

+1 for MMS '16

We can start small. Gotta start somewhere. I've no clue what is the average age group of future attendees. I've never been to one. Haven't even attended one SDmini meeting (the first Sunday or every month is always the nosebleed season in my school) Spank mentioned Steve's ranch and it looks like it could be a great venue. It caters to campers and hotel goers if needed.

But anyway, I always do online surveys and demographic research before building any advertising, photography campaign or website or else it's not going to be effective. It has to cater to the average mini crowd at least. But at least I have the passion for the car so I'm half way there. 

It's very clear that majority wanted this to happen but very few wants to carry the weight of responsibility and it's understandable and that is ok. It's always hard at first but we can always start small. I can start by creating a series of polls and survey forms online and maybe find out venue options through votes perhaps or who would like to help. I understand you guys wanted to preserve traditions like how you guys did the meets and we can include that in the branding.

I was an Army cook and fed over 800 grunts in the field. It's tough but very doable. We can start by talking to previous meet organizers and make a quick study for improvements.

A website needs a domain .com shoukd I register 

minimeetwest.com / minimeetusa.com  / minimeetamerica.com (looking at long term here) I'm all ears.

ill register it and host it. I have the framework already It just needs some branding and logo And I'll make those too. I can even make a short 20 second teaser video commercial To help pump up some sponsors and future volunteers.

https://vimeo.com/116225924

That was my yellow clubman. I edited and used my own gear from prep to post processing of that entire music video. It's cheesy but it's a good demo of what I can do for the video side. Dont hate.

I agree with the aging Demografic situation; where are all the replacement young-bloods in Minidom?  Are we a dying breed?   ersonally, I would skip the whole hotel issue and camp out, like in the old days of MMW, but I doubt that many of my fellow "old coots and cootesses" will share my apparant excentricity.   I have heard that Motel 6 is no longer charging 6$ for a room....What do I know about Hotels?  Anyone here that knows about securing a block of rooms at a do-able rate, please announce.  Looks like we do have our first volunteer in Dennis Santarinella for building a website and other computer/photo related help; Hope I got the spelling right.  So, as & if a committee comes together, We should probably meet-up at some point and make a plan.  I will, again, at the crack of noon tomorrow, check with the current MOALA Prez for his opinion and funds availability; also with SCCA on securing an Autocross venue.  Is there anyone averse to holding the event earlier than June?  After all, who still has kids in school?  It might open up a few more opportunities with cheaper prices and cooler weather......Ahhh cooler weather please;   So keep the suggestions coming, or better yet, get on the horn and see what's available where.

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By all means explore options, look at alternatives, conjure up a different approach...what has been done in the past is not a 'must do', the pattern simply worked well for the larger group who would attend all of a meet's activities.  The demographics of ownership are changing as we and all other car groups see aging membership overall just like society at large.

My personal belief is that there should be one registration fee for Entrants with Minis/MINIs, a lower fee for Enthusiasts (spouses, partners, friends) and a minimal fee for children.  And, a meet should not consider ticketing parts of the meet.  A meet is more than a car show, an autocross, a funkhana, a rally, drives, it is all of these things and the camaraderie that goes with it.

People can attend Car Shows many times during a season, Autocross at other events,..a Mini Meet should not just be another local Car Show or Autocross.

However, at the end of the day there still needs to be a core group of people who will cooperate with each other, support each other, take on the various tasks and put a meet together & host it.  Those who volunteer at the meet prove the adage that many hands make light work.

Some individuals tried to ask for help and volunteers and im just volunteering whether small or big events doesn't matter. I'm just an email away. 

Why doesn't everyone who wants to attend a MMW just go to AMVIV for 2016? 

//www.amviv.com

I still think West Coast Minis and/or So Cal Mini Maniacs should be approached.

If not, I'd say we hold the event at Steve's. Have a rallycross instead of an autocross, bring in a bunch of food trucks for the "banquet", project The Italian Job(s) on the side of his barn. And everybody just camp like they do at the International Mini Meets. Bring in a bunch of porta-potties. For the whimps, there's Barona Casino just down the street, or a few official campgrounds just outside of town. Lots of great runs fromout there: Julian, Palomar, etc.

The even has gotten too fancy, and the expectations for a classy banquet or host hotel add undue stress.

MMS: Mini Meet Steve's!

 [edit: Dennis-- you're post popped up while I was composing/deleting/recomposing/deleting this post. Great that you're willing to step up and help. As a "Club" SD Minis decided it was not a good idea to host this. As a group of individuals, it could still work for the SD area. As someone who has worked as part of the organizing committee of a MMW and whose participation in the hobby has dwindled over the last few years, I personally am unable to commit to volunteering my help for a MMW 2016 for anything other than as a pawn /bipedal traffic cone on the day(s) of the event.]

I can help with advertising and with the registration website. I can shoulder the hosting and domain registration fees until we get it transferred later on if needed. Probono with or without beer. Me and a handful of students from our school would like to help in exchange for link exchange or ads to our work portfolio

Let's get a solid website information to use as a medium to communicate objectives and sponsorship will be easier to lure in. Almost everything is dependent and accessible through online website. but it can't get started without a group of heads to create the objectives and contents. But I'd like to help In the advertising part.

I can make an almost exact site structure like the Mini London to Brighton mini run website. It will have a countdown of days til the event starts, online registration, sponsorship applications and spaces where sponsors can put their ads on the site, maps and information about the events, a working contact form etc.  It will also have FAQ, Q&A where a guest can leave questions and a team member can easily be tasked as one of the site mods to login and answer. I think if we can advertise this well it could be a great means to have west and east events consolidated in one site. Maybe "Mini Meet America 2016"?

I can make flyer designs, logos and even photography campaign if needed. I'd like to help. My email is [email protected]  Google Dennis Santarinala or visit some of my work at:

www.behance.net/santarinala 

www.modelmayhem.com/santarinala

Some of my basic site projects from school. I may just be a student but I'm a badass designer. I recently won the 2014 American Advertising Awards for the whole San Diego county.

sdbeerfest.imablur.com

bikeshop.imablur.com

mucha.imablur.com

So yeah just email me.

Thanks for all your intrest.  I have no concrete help so far though.  I will be contacting Dana, Prez of MOALA Monday and also try Qualcom Stadium in Mission Valley for a possible Autocross venue.  We will need volunteers to get a task force started.  I have never done anything like this and my Qualifications don't extend beyond Laying out the Autocross.  I assume the first order of business would be to get a group together and decide on a Venue location.  Graham is too bussy these days and if Dana can supply some Emails/phone numbers, I can hit up some of the past organizers for advice and possibly to take the reins again. We will need people who can spend time writing Emails and calling Hotels, Sponsors, etc.  Get printing done, Tickets, Fliers,.... a website set up for registration and progress reports,.... T-shirts printed, robably just get a list together of everything that needs to be done.  First thing is the Volunteers though, and soon. I understand these things can take a year or more starting from scratch.  

Temecula is pretty remote area of california it has about 110,000 population as of 2013, same as Napa Valley where the farms and wineries are. MMW needs to be held in some tourists spots and destinations to attract more people and encourage members to attend. im not sure but perhaps the heart of California tourist spot is San diego and places which is maybe200mi within it's radius, of course excluding the farm lands and residential areas. Nobody does MMW in farmlands duh ! i have organize and attended quite a few Maxi-scooter gatherings in LA and as far as Monterey, our challenge is to avoid the highways and do mostly biways. riding 150/250/400/650cc maxi-scoots.

i therefore nominate Socal to be the next MMW venue.

an onsite mini parts Swapmeet is a plus

I'll help day-of, too. Somebody else in charge. Somebody else doing all the red tape. Somebody else fronting the money.

Somebody else making all the decisions, handling pre-registration, etc etc.

But I'll commit to being a pawn the day(s) of the event.

Living in Montana I'm not well versed in venues for SoCal, but I might just add to the discussion consideration for a bit in-land at Temecula.  Great wineries and dining opportunities.  Some nice roads, but not sure 100% for a meet?.  Also not sure about autocross for tjis area.  A number of hotels.  Distance to the coast less than 50 miles I think.  About the same to San Diego, Carlsbad with Lego Land and GIA (my son did some jewelry train there at the world renowned school next to Lego Land.  Not to metion the Carlsbad body surfing pipeline!  Again. Just a thought.

I'll drive +1,300 miles south to attend MMW 2016...had a great time in 1996, 2002, 2008...will have a great time in 2016!

Sounds like the autocross (always a key part of MMW) arrangement would be super.

This is going to be fun. Keep us in the loop Steve.

mini owners from as far as Utah, Arizona, vegas, and from the entire state of California can attend if MMW16 will be held in SoCal. 

No other place is more exciting than Southern California...no snow!, few Rains,no tornado! no tsunami, Sun is perfect, nice beaches(did i spell it right?), good food, nice people, no pine trees that covers the sun(unlike in the east coast,lol), NO TOLL PLAZA!(except the one in long beach), boat rides are everywhere,floating restaurants, name it! Catalina Island is another good venue tho. 

oh,pls not in Solvang, i've been there and it's too far, and there's nothing in there that excites me.

BigSur/Monterey Area is better.