D3m0N and I have constructed our Eastern Iowa MINIs Event Schedule for 2009.

Here's the list below (events annotated with "***" indicate major, optional out-of-area event opportunities; we'll ascertain the level of interest among the group at the Jan-Mar meets. I've provided links to additional info for these events):

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January

Jan 17 (Sat) EIM Meet-n-Eat --- Wig and Pen - Highway 6 West, Iowa City - 1:00 pm (Event thread)

February

Feb 21 (Sat) EIM Quad Cities Round-up and Lunch --- Front Street Brewery, Davenport - 10:30 am (Event thread)

March

Mar 21 (Sat) 2nd EIM "Spring Has Sprung" Meet-n-Eat --- Granite City, Cedar Rapids - 11:00 am (Event thread)

April

Apr 25 (Sat) 2nd EIM Iowa River Views Run --- Clinton to Dubuque (Event Thread)
Apr 29-May 3 (Wed-Sun) MINIs on the Dragon*** --- Deals Gap, NC (Event Forum)

May

May 15-17 (Fri-Sun) High Plains Motoring*** --- Rapid City, SD (EIM Event Planning Thread)
May 23 (Sat) EIM Eat-n-Greet at Jimmy-Jack's Rib Shack --- Iowa City (Event Thread)

June

Jun 6 (Sat) EIM "Meet and S-cream, Part Trois" --- Wilton Candy Kitchen, Wilton (Event Thread)
Jun 20-21 (Sat-Sun) CMDG River City MINI Rally --- Peoria, IL (Canceled by CMDG)
Jun 29-30 (Mon-Tue) Mini Meet East Meets West --- Winona, MN (EIM Mini-MINI Meet Event Thread)

July

Jul 18 (Sat) A Wisconsin Alphabet Soup Twisty Drive --- Spring Green, WI (Event Thread) (RSVP)

August

Aug 5-9 (Wed-Sun) MINIs in the Mountains #4*** --- Copper Mountain, CO (MINI5280 Event Thread)
Aug 8 (Sat) Holy Cross Parade, BBQ, and Street Dance --- Holy Cross (Event Thread)
Aug 22 (Sat) Albany Car Show --- Albany, IL
Aug 29 (Sat) The St. Louis MINIs 7th Annual Run to the Louis P. Balducci Winery -- St. Louis, MO (Event Thread)

September

Sep 12 (Sat) Swamp Fox Festival Parade --- Marion (Event Thread)
Sep 26 (Sat) Drive Around the Coralville Reservoir --- Coralville (Event Thread)

October

Oct 3 (Sat) The MINICooperIowa 7th Annual Iowa Fall Tour --- Grinnell to Perry (Event Thread)

November

Nov 6 (Fri) Meet-n-Jam --- House of Bricks, Des Moines (Calendar Entry)
Nov 14 (Sat) EIM Fall Meet-n-Eat --- Balltown (Event Thread)

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We will always establish dedicated planning threads for these events in our NAM forum with more specifics as the dates approach, and the links to those threads will be added to each event above.

We're also be open to other local and regional event ideas depending on commitments to the major noted events. We've tried to leave space to be synergistic with any other area MINI groups. We will edit this initial post with updates as necessary to keep it current.

Volunteers for coordinating local meets are always welcome -- just let D3m0N, R56MINICooper, or me know. Thanks!

 

Gary... Make the date Saturday, Sept. 5th. I told Daryl wrong.

-Larry

 

Done...thanks!

 

Looks like a fun list of stuff can't wait.


It's Donnelly's Pub by the way Great Friend Chicken Sandwhiches and Sweet Potato fries

 

Have to watch out for those Friend Chickens

 

actually we may end up doing Win-and-Pen as they are set to open in the next couple days

 

Looks like I will be making this run if anyone is interested this year
May 15-17 (Fri-Sun) Carving the Black Hills - It's "Monu-Mental"*** --- Rapid City, SD

 

Not 100% committed, but I also have a serious hankering to make this trip too. The pics that Linda and Tom took when they were up there earlier this year really whetted my appetite...

 

I too, have this on my calendar. I'm 95% sure I will be going. It looks super fun! I'm VERY disappointed that I can't do that fabulous Border Skirmish next fall, so I'll have to enjoy the thrills of the hills instead.

 

What if we shifted the date up one week (to Oct 10th)? Does that work better for you?

 

That would work fine for me, but once you start shifting dates around to meet everyone's calendar, you're asking for trouble. But thank you!

 

Well, no one else has cried "uncle" and besides, this event is almost a year away. If it were earlier in the year I'd be more concerned with jerking folks around, but I can't imagine there are too many schedules that are locked into such a level of detail that far away. You get bonus points for thinking ahead. Plus, you are a frequent participant and as such deserve a bit of extra accommodation.

If D3m0N concurs with the proposed change, I will move the Border Skirmish to October 10th. The leaves will probably be closer to peak color then anyway.

 

sounds good to me

 

Done.

 

Its very early on and there is no commitments yet that I am aware of

 

Updated the Event Calendar in Post#1 with new links for the High Plains Motoring event planned for May 15-17. The NAM Calendar Entry link provides another link that allows you to "sign up" for this event.

Looks like the planning for this event is putting some nice meat on the bones.

 

The online registration is now open, but before you pay, please be aware that your EIM friends are in the early stages of planning which may help reduce the cost. Stay tuned for details!

 

Hey EIM gang, we've been invited by Dustin of the Chicago MINI Driving Group (CMDG) to join in their fall annual Galena Event which is scheduled to occur on the weekend of September 19-20. As of now, we have Autotoyz 2 in Iowa City on the calendar for Sept 19th but have no bona-fide driving events during that month.

How would you all feel about rescheduling Autotoyz 2 and adding this Galena event to our calendar? Any preferences for a new Autotoyz 2 date? (October 24th might be a good candidate since it fills an existing hole.)

Thanks.

 

I would have no problems with that. Sounds like a fun drive!

 

Works for me, 19-20th is always bad for us since its our Anniversaries and Birthdays and all that weekend and we are usually in Dubuque or gone that timeframe.

 

I am fine with this as well

 

Sounds OK to us.

 

Hotel room is booked for the 14th 15th and 16th (Best Western in Hill City)

 

By popular demand, the CMDG Galena Event is now on our schedule for September (see Post #1). Autotoyz 2 in now Saturday, Oct 24. I also added a link to the infant Chicago MINIs thread for the River City MINI Rally in June.

 

MINI5280 has started an event thread for MITM4 ...I added a link to the Event Calendar at Post#1.