I enjoyed the event - I am not going to read all of the 14 or so pages - so if it redundant - sorry.

-Don't serve fish, bad choice for the masses. plus, I hate fish.
-The dessert social was a little hap hazard but a good try.
-COMMUNICATION - We sat in a ice cream social and wanted to see the drive in movie (parked in front) NOBODY MENTIONED THE MOVIE HAD STARTED, WAS GOING TO START - NOTHING. I paid to watch credits.
-More in the panoramic photo, not as many minis as MOTD3 it seems.
-Better drive planning - we went to Dilsboro and it was fun, wish ther was more.
-Chili cook off - get enough chairs for everyone that paid to sit and eat - I'm tired of standing at these events or stalking diners for chairs.
- MINI Swap meet - get rid of our tired parts.

 

In the event description, we asked each attendee to bring a chair as there would be limited seating, we had a large area open for personal chairs that wasn't used. I'm sorry this was a problem for you.
Amanda

 

MOTD 4 looked quite fantastic with all the vendors and setup we had. I was actually at the Dragon today and there was a big Subaru thing there, but it looked quite disorganized and fragmented compared to what we had this year.

Herbert

 

Hi there, I am sorry if you missed it, but when we began the very long (yes, sorry about that again) give away portion of the night, I did mention twice that the drive in was starting as was the Dragon Jam Band on the porch. We did try to get this information out. Again, sorry if you missed it and I am sure whoever does the farewell dinner next year will learn from this.

 

Very good suggestions.....I think the weather messed with our plans this time.....that's why the movie and the social got stacked on top of each other, and the panaramic photo didn't have enough attendees. We didn't even know when it was scheduled to be done, but that's probably because we either weren't paying attention or didn't see a note about it in our registration. We'll try to be more focused next year. Ditto on the fish suggestion....at least don't put it on the same plate with the other entre(s). A buffet would be something we might consider, too. We went on the Smokey Mountain Scenic Drive and it was really nice. Good idea on the swap meet. I've got a lot of stock parts I need to do something with.

 

Concur with Swap Meet.

 

I am on my way home from MOT. They did the raffle thing too, but you got some tickets in your registration package, that was mailed to your house. You could buy more tickets at the event for a buck apice. All prizes were on display at the welcome event and again at the giveaway. Each prize had a basket or bucket or baggie to drop your ticket into. If you were a Cooper owner and could not use a pully, you did not put a ticket in the bucket. That way at the give away, you got what you could use, not something you did not want. If you could not be present at the giveaway you wrote your name on the back of the ticket, and they held it for you.
It went fast, and anyone who was not present arranged for someone to pick up your prize. It worked great, and they gave away a ton of prizes in a very short time.
Just my two cents.

 

That sounds very user friendly to me

 

That is what's known as a Chinese Auction, and yes it works very well. This is what we will be doing at our MINI Monte Carlo Night next year.

Steve

 

They had that sort of set up in Tyler, TX at the Promini Car Show several months ago. That's how I won my stainless steel brake lines. It did work great. I got to put tickets in on what I really wanted or could use on Chickadee. Several people in my immediate group won nice prizes, too.

 

I just saw that the Tar Heels club announced that they raised $1600 for charity, and the Off-Topic Band Jam raised $300, but we still haven't heard how much money DCMM has given to the Make a Wish Foundation?

 

i really agree with getting MINUSA to come and get involved with MOTD i had a blast this year and hope to have the same or more fun with my new MINI on the dragon in 07. i so can't wait.

 

A couple more tiny suggestions......a booth set up amongst the venders that sells snacks, drinks, funnel cake, etc. Also, a booth set up selling lady stuff like jewelry. Some Renaissance type items, pins, etc would have made a big showing.....Dragon pins, earrings, rings, etc. I'd have sure bought some.

 

Spoke with Patti at Fontana and she said they should be able to get a soda/snack booth out by our vendor for 2007

Also they now have a pontoon boat that handles about 25 people that has 1.5 hour guided tours for about $15 per person. As we get closer, maybe we can set up 3 to 4 fix times on Thur, Fri. and Sat. on the event planner. They said they can even do package with a box lunch too.

 

I knew that something was missing from MOTD all these years, but I could never quite figure it out.

But now I know the single most important thing that MOTD has lacked is funnel cake.

 

funnel cake/ham, funnel cake/ham......hmmmmmmm.........i'll take the ham

 

maybe one night we should have a barnfire/party/social/get together thingy

 

I'll take the ham too. . . but what is the chance anybody is every going to cook me a ham at the dragon ever again?

 

An elephant ear might be the one thing that could making my next MoTD just *that* much better.. hmmm

 

stranger things have happened or could happen......maybe there's a turkey dinner in your future at the Dragon

 

Don't forget food on a stick

 

Who's barn are you plannin' on torchin'?

 

no barn (this time) i'm just thinking that we can use a firepit

 

Maybe you meant "Bonfire". Those are really neat......that is if it doesn't rain and put the thing out. What're we gonna burn?.....old Chevy's? Ha

 

ok, ok, bonbonfire
old Chevy's are worth too much these days to burn
how about plain old fashion wood (btw: Fontana sells wood bundles)