Dinner Registration Question
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03-11-2007, 01:02 PM
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Well this is a classic case of a good thing having growing pains and the people who do most of the work being criticized for their efforts. 
For all the times I have seen comments about how friendly the MINI community is this is a real disappointment!! But not surprising.
If it is so important for some to be there at the welcome dinner, PM me and I will give you my places (2). This will be my first time to the MOTD but I can make do whatever.
As to some other organization doing a better job, perhaps they have a longer history to work from!!
No one is going to spoil my fun.
For all the times I have seen comments about how friendly the MINI community is this is a real disappointment!! But not surprising.
If it is so important for some to be there at the welcome dinner, PM me and I will give you my places (2). This will be my first time to the MOTD but I can make do whatever.
As to some other organization doing a better job, perhaps they have a longer history to work from!!
No one is going to spoil my fun.
#28
03-11-2007, 01:10 PM
Chill Ozark. I only see one person complaining. But... it's just the nature of the beast. If you end up giving your tickets away you are more than welcome to come to our impromptu not-so-welcome dinner 
#29
03-11-2007, 01:15 PM
Well this is a classic case of a good thing having growing pains and the people who do most of the work being criticized for their efforts.
For all the times I have seen comments about how friendly the MINI community is this is a real disappointment!! But not surprising.
If it is so important for some to be there at the welcome dinner, PM me and I will give you my places (2). This will be my first time to the MOTD but I can make do whatever.
As to some other organization doing a better job, perhaps they have a longer history to work from!!
No one is going to spoil my fun.
For all the times I have seen comments about how friendly the MINI community is this is a real disappointment!! But not surprising.
If it is so important for some to be there at the welcome dinner, PM me and I will give you my places (2). This will be my first time to the MOTD but I can make do whatever.
As to some other organization doing a better job, perhaps they have a longer history to work from!!
No one is going to spoil my fun.
#30
03-11-2007, 01:23 PM
I guess the ol saying you can't please very one is true. Mistro, I'm sorry you felt left out, that was not our intention. We've been working on the Welcome Dinner since October and hope those that did get tickets are pleased with the results. I don't know if any one place can handle a single dinner that will hold the 700+ people expected to show this year. Ozarkroots, thanks for sticking up for us. As Bamatt said "it's just the nature of the beast" We did not expect to sell 300 tickets in 4 days. There was no precedance for that. Last year 240 tickets were sold over something like 8 weeks.
Kudo's to Bamatt for picking up the torch and starting another dinner
Kudo's to Bamatt for picking up the torch and starting another dinner
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03-11-2007, 01:28 PM
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03-11-2007, 07:06 PM
700 people on the Dragon is a scary thought. Glad I got my registration early! Well before the last 90 people anyways. LOL
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I guess the ol saying you can't please very one is true. Mistro, I'm sorry you felt left out, that was not our intention. We've been working on the Welcome Dinner since October and hope those that did get tickets are pleased with the results. I don't know if any one place can handle a single dinner that will hold the 700+ people expected to show this year. Ozarkroots, thanks for sticking up for us. As Bamatt said "it's just the nature of the beast" We did not expect to sell 300 tickets in 4 days. There was no precedance for that. Last year 240 tickets were sold over something like 8 weeks.
Kudo's to Bamatt for picking up the torch and starting another dinner
Kudo's to Bamatt for picking up the torch and starting another dinner
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03-11-2007, 07:14 PM
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I don't really see what all the whining is about...
I'm fairly new to the game...read that registration would be opening in mid-February with a limited # of spaces for various events, so I checked on a daily basis (hey, it's the internet...it only takes 30 seconds). So, it opened a few days later than expected, but I jumped on the events I wanted to go to when it did open.
As they used to tell us in the Army: You snooze, you lose. Deal with it.
Or better yet... "there's no crying in baseball !" I really don't know what that has to do with anything, but it still cracks me up..
I'm fairly new to the game...read that registration would be opening in mid-February with a limited # of spaces for various events, so I checked on a daily basis (hey, it's the internet...it only takes 30 seconds). So, it opened a few days later than expected
, but I jumped on the events I wanted to go to when it did open.As they used to tell us in the Army: You snooze, you lose. Deal with it.
Or better yet... "there's no crying in baseball !" I really don't know what that has to do with anything, but it still cracks me up..
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03-11-2007, 07:15 PM
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I'll be speaking to Fontana about this tomorrow. The big issue is that I had secured a certain amount of sponsorship dollars to drive down the cost of the dinner so that it was more affordable than last year. If we don't put a cap on the banquet at some point it there won't be dollars to offset the costs incurred by the additional people. We had originally targeted 350-400 people so we still have some room. Beyond 400, even with cost not being a concern, the facility, while very large, won't be big enough.
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03-11-2007, 07:23 PM
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BTW - for comparison purposes. Last year we had:
Welcome dinner: 242
Farewell dinner: 230
Given the most recent tickets sales for the banquet we're already up to 317 which is a 37% increase over last year's attendence (and we still have three weeks till registration closes)
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Welcome dinner: 242
Farewell dinner: 230
Given the most recent tickets sales for the banquet we're already up to 317 which is a 37% increase over last year's attendence (and we still have three weeks till registration closes)
Mark
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03-12-2007, 09:27 AM
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BTW - for comparison purposes. Last year we had:
Welcome dinner: 242
Farewell dinner: 230
Given the most recent tickets sales for the banquet we're already up to 317 which is a 37% increase over last year's attendence (and we still have three weeks till registration closes)
Mark
Welcome dinner: 242
Farewell dinner: 230
Given the most recent tickets sales for the banquet we're already up to 317 which is a 37% increase over last year's attendence (and we still have three weeks till registration closes)
Mark
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03-12-2007, 10:30 AM
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Well this is a classic case of a good thing having growing pains and the people who do most of the work being criticized for their efforts.
For all the times I have seen comments about how friendly the MINI community is this is a real disappointment!! But not surprising.
If it is so important for some to be there at the welcome dinner, PM me and I will give you my places (2). This will be my first time to the MOTD but I can make do whatever.
As to some other organization doing a better job, perhaps they have a longer history to work from!!
No one is going to spoil my fun.
For all the times I have seen comments about how friendly the MINI community is this is a real disappointment!! But not surprising.
If it is so important for some to be there at the welcome dinner, PM me and I will give you my places (2). This will be my first time to the MOTD but I can make do whatever.
As to some other organization doing a better job, perhaps they have a longer history to work from!!
No one is going to spoil my fun.
I guess as events grow, concerns will be addressed. I'd hate to see it fall apart if folks who cannot get into the dinners, stay home.
Perhaps as someone else suggested, a 'few' welcoming dinners will be needed in Robbinsville and Fontana, and or a couple of times? ( like the Hoop-De-Do at WDW! )....
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03-12-2007, 11:38 AM
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Last year I was a brand new MINI owner (less than a week) and I registered late and got into all of the events!
So I am not sure of the names but the openining registration was held next to a large ballroom. We were served Burgers and Hot dogs and salads, there was a cash bar. This room was also were the Ice Cream Social went on. The next night was the BBQ at Topocino and the last night's dinner was in a small long hall next to the restaurant. The ballroom could easily accomodate 500 people. The hall next to the restaurant is probably maxed at 300, but why not open another room and pipe in the speaches, raffels etc?
I mean there is 50 days until this event, there's no way to accomodate excess crowds?
So I am not sure of the names but the openining registration was held next to a large ballroom. We were served Burgers and Hot dogs and salads, there was a cash bar. This room was also were the Ice Cream Social went on. The next night was the BBQ at Topocino and the last night's dinner was in a small long hall next to the restaurant. The ballroom could easily accomodate 500 people. The hall next to the restaurant is probably maxed at 300, but why not open another room and pipe in the speaches, raffels etc?
I mean there is 50 days until this event, there's no way to accomodate excess crowds?
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03-12-2007, 12:25 PM
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This is also my first time and Since I missed out on reservations in Fontana, I watched the boards nearly hourly to "register"...
I guess as events grow, concerns will be addressed. I'd hate to see it fall apart if folks who cannot get into the dinners, stay home.
Perhaps as someone else suggested, a 'few' welcoming dinners will be needed in Robbinsville and Fontana, and or a couple of times? ( like the Hoop-De-Do at WDW! )....
hoham
I guess as events grow, concerns will be addressed. I'd hate to see it fall apart if folks who cannot get into the dinners, stay home.
Perhaps as someone else suggested, a 'few' welcoming dinners will be needed in Robbinsville and Fontana, and or a couple of times? ( like the Hoop-De-Do at WDW! )....
hoham
#42
03-12-2007, 12:37 PM
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I'll provide a means to do this in a few days. It will effectively be a contact us type of feature and we'll have to verify your registration. If possible try to make your plans as early as you can so we don't have to manage multiple orders from everyone. With 600 or more registrations there will be more than enough for me to juggle 
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03-12-2007, 03:04 PM
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If 300 folks signed up in four days, an overflow allowance would be filled in a few more hours. Two days ago. Remember, the handful of SSM'ers who arranged this based their planning on some 240+ dinner registrations last year. (Previously, $25 or so got you a choice between hot dogs and burgers.)
Like the previous poster said, there'll be plenty of other things to do that night for anyone with any imagination and/or Mini enthusiasm.
Motor on and stay loose!
Like the previous poster said, there'll be plenty of other things to do that night for anyone with any imagination and/or Mini enthusiasm.
Motor on and stay loose!
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03-12-2007, 04:22 PM
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Actually it was $22 and a buffet of hotdogs, burgers, barbeque chicken, potato salad, pasta salad, and some other stuff I don't remember. Of the bit I had to eat it was very good, however I didn't get too much as I was busy working the door. We also didn't have any sponsorship money to offset costs.
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03-12-2007, 06:03 PM
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Not true! The upstairs room where one of the dinners was held last year (buffet style) had plenty of room for way more that 300 people! And I made my reservations when we left last year too! Next year, I'll have to be on this board continually to get one of the 1st 300 slots. The Porsche conventions have better planning...
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