MINIs Slay The Sleeping Dragon- Fall Run (Nov 2-4)
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6th Gear
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There will be a MSSD08, and I can tell you details will come later, but it will be a limited number of registrations. Keep a check on this board in the future, and more details will be announced!
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Today is the first day that I don't feel like I'm still living The Dragon all over again.
Talk about a hang over, and I don't 
even drink.
Not sure if it was the patch thing or just the twisties:impatient in general. Great to see everyone's pics and vids. I sure missed more than I experienced, that's for sure. I still had an excellent time
until the motion sickness took over. Great to meet the few folks that I did.
Sorry 
I missed more of you than I met. Once again, Jason you did an excellent job organizing this event. Your wife April deserves a two thumbs up
also. Looks like this event will go down in the event books as a winner.
2nd Gear
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Then Friday night I took friends out to dinner at the Blue Waters Lodge and missed the beer swap!!!
Thank goodness there's next year.
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6th Gear
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Thanks so much! It was a blast, and I can't wait to do it again next year!
Looks like you guys had a Blast!
Videos and pics made me REALLY miss not being there!
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5th Gear
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Do we get first dibs if we were charter members?
Heh, heh.... this is kinda funny / ironic.... victims of our own success...
I participated in some "debates" about this kinda thing in the MOTD threads earlier this year. The short version is that "it's a free country"... it's possible to limit "official registrations" to "closed" events (like the MOTD banquets, brew swap, etc), but the very "grassroots" nature of something like MSSD limits your ability to control it (relatively unstructured, most of the good stuff is NOT really controllable)... The only "real" limiter to growth is lodging availability - which is what MOTD has grown to (and beyond)... with folks duking it out over cabin reservations 12 months in advance, and the "old timers" claiming there should be some kind of "entitlement" program that ensures they get a cabin, even if that means NO new people EVER get to attend MOTD...
So, eventually, when it gets out of hand, a handful of folks pick an alternate date and "quietly" do their own thing. Until other folks hear about it and grow THAT date beyond what was intended (e.g. OctCloverFest? MSSD in the future?).
Hard to have both an "inclusive community" and a "closed enclave" at the same time... though both have their advantages. Personally, I wish / hope we can replicate the experience we had last weekend in future years. But history / human nature / demographics are working against us. Unless everybody shuts the #&@! up and stops talking about how GREAT it was.
I participated in some "debates" about this kinda thing in the MOTD threads earlier this year. The short version is that "it's a free country"... it's possible to limit "official registrations" to "closed" events (like the MOTD banquets, brew swap, etc), but the very "grassroots" nature of something like MSSD limits your ability to control it (relatively unstructured, most of the good stuff is NOT really controllable)... The only "real" limiter to growth is lodging availability - which is what MOTD has grown to (and beyond)... with folks duking it out over cabin reservations 12 months in advance, and the "old timers" claiming there should be some kind of "entitlement" program that ensures they get a cabin, even if that means NO new people EVER get to attend MOTD...
So, eventually, when it gets out of hand, a handful of folks pick an alternate date and "quietly" do their own thing. Until other folks hear about it and grow THAT date beyond what was intended (e.g. OctCloverFest? MSSD in the future?).
Hard to have both an "inclusive community" and a "closed enclave" at the same time... though both have their advantages. Personally, I wish / hope we can replicate the experience we had last weekend in future years. But history / human nature / demographics are working against us. Unless everybody shuts the #&@! up and stops talking about how GREAT it was.
Well, I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. The weather was terrible. I had to drive behind some guy in a lavender-colored MINI on a crappy road and he was driving REALLY slow. The Dragon was loaded with LEOs and people pulling boats. All the people were really grumpy and I was forced to eat these AWFUL maple cookies from Canada. So I don't know why ANYONE would want to come next year.
(Do you think that fooled them?)
(Do you think that fooled them?)
Heh, heh.... this is kinda funny / ironic.... victims of our own success...
I participated in some "debates" about this kinda thing in the MOTD threads earlier this year. The short version is that "it's a free country"... it's possible to limit "official registrations" to "closed" events (like the MOTD banquets, brew swap, etc), but the very "grassroots" nature of something like MSSD limits your ability to control it (relatively unstructured, most of the good stuff is NOT really controllable)... The only "real" limiter to growth is lodging availability - which is what MOTD has grown to (and beyond)... with folks duking it out over cabin reservations 12 months in advance, and the "old timers" claiming there should be some kind of "entitlement" program that ensures they get a cabin, even if that means NO new people EVER get to attend MOTD...
So, eventually, when it gets out of hand, a handful of folks pick an alternate date and "quietly" do their own thing. Until other folks hear about it and grow THAT date beyond what was intended (e.g. OctCloverFest? MSSD in the future?).
Hard to have both an "inclusive community" and a "closed enclave" at the same time... though both have their advantages. Personally, I wish / hope we can replicate the experience we had last weekend in future years. But history / human nature / demographics are working against us. Unless everybody shuts the #&@! up and stops talking about how GREAT it was.
I participated in some "debates" about this kinda thing in the MOTD threads earlier this year. The short version is that "it's a free country"... it's possible to limit "official registrations" to "closed" events (like the MOTD banquets, brew swap, etc), but the very "grassroots" nature of something like MSSD limits your ability to control it (relatively unstructured, most of the good stuff is NOT really controllable)... The only "real" limiter to growth is lodging availability - which is what MOTD has grown to (and beyond)... with folks duking it out over cabin reservations 12 months in advance, and the "old timers" claiming there should be some kind of "entitlement" program that ensures they get a cabin, even if that means NO new people EVER get to attend MOTD...
So, eventually, when it gets out of hand, a handful of folks pick an alternate date and "quietly" do their own thing. Until other folks hear about it and grow THAT date beyond what was intended (e.g. OctCloverFest? MSSD in the future?).
Hard to have both an "inclusive community" and a "closed enclave" at the same time... though both have their advantages. Personally, I wish / hope we can replicate the experience we had last weekend in future years. But history / human nature / demographics are working against us. Unless everybody shuts the #&@! up and stops talking about how GREAT it was.
Last edited by MINIBee; Nov 8, 2007 at 03:40 AM.
Glad you all like the video. Thanks for all the kind comments. Next time I want to get near the front and aim the camera backward, to get the cool line of MINIs coming around those corners on the Cherola. And more bonnet-cam stuff too.