i believe you Spank, not too much activity going on in the sdmini, on your very last mini breakfast get together thingy, i was told by a very close friend of mine that there were ONLY two, yes two Classic minis that were present, the rest were ALL Binis, like dozens of them, and one Silver Ginetta. One classic mini was red with black roof and the other one has a unique color with an ancient looking roof rack. both interior of the  said minis were in mint condition. The lettuce green "bean car" was not present tho. 

But i felt bad knowing that SD classic minis have not been active, and to me classic minis should have their own identity different from the BINIS, these two should not be together in any mini meeting. classic minis should have their own solid identity in the society. imo, but what can we do, mini society is compose of old and new minis.

Possible Venues:  Huntington Beach / Palm Springs / Venice Beach / Coronado beach / Balboa Park

MOALA has put on 2 MMW events since I've been around. 2002 and 2008  Both in Orange County. That's pretty SoCal. You should have bought your mini sooner.

//www.moala.org/MOALA-MMW2002Main.html

//www.moala.org/MMW-Main.html

The San Diego group has no official anything. No charter, no insurance, no president, no dues, no nothing. In short-- Hosting a Mini Meet has previously been brought up at our breakfast get-together, but everyone did what we normally do-- look at each other and ask ourselves "Who is going to take this on? Not me!" And the discussion ends.

I think perhaps SoCal MINI Maniacs or West Coast MINIs has the infrastructure to take it on, but based on the reaction from anti-BINI folks when any MINI club has had involvement in hosting a Mini Meet, I suspect the backlash / snarkiness would not be worth the effort for them.

I agree with Mr.minime, Socal has a lot of nice venues, people are nice,ambience is very pleasant,weather is very cooperating,cool breeze coming from the pacific coast and simply the sound of the waves is very relaxing.

One of the Highlights would be meeting Boison in person,i will alot at least one hour only for autograph signing because i need to rest my hand. "Meeting the Boison" should be written in the banner in bold letters.

but seriously, we need to push Socal as the next MMW venue., and moreso,considering that there are three, yes three classic mini parts dealers in the entire state of California. 

So Spank should we all book a one way return flight for when all our Mini's go missing in the middle of the night?

I've had my Mini for 6 years now and SoCal has never stepped up to host MMW, which I find very disappointing considering Ellay is the rust free classic used car capital of the world!  I've now purchased two classics from down south.

Seems like there is so much potential for MMW in SoCal and I'd definitely enjoy the drive.

It would be worth it just to meet the troll in person

I vote Mexico.

i have a house in Irvine, i'd say Norcal or Socal should be the next venue.  Along the coastal areas California is a perfect venue. 

i wish Jeremy Thorpe can drive his mini from Oregon to California so i can meet him in person and have his autograph and take a picture with him. 

please,please not in tijuana !!!

Saskatoon, SK

With more than 100 Classic & new MINIs in the Fraser Valley, the base group is there...even if some of us are getting older.

So where/when will Mini Meet West 2016 be offered.  I appreciate that Norm Nelson went home from MMW 2015 to see what might be possible in northern California.  He worked hard for a month looking at venues..but the buy in from local Mini/MINI owners was not enough.

VMC/VMCC (MMWs 2003. 2010) stepped up to the plate for MMW 2015 a year early according to the 'previous schedule'....  We had Minis from Florida, Georgia, Montana, Idaho, California, Oregon, Washington as well as western Canada.

What are your thoughts?