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It was nice meeting everyone (Hope and Chester included!) I hope you all had a nice drive today! Gypsy Joe's appreciates you guys coming down as well and they're looking forward to the next get together!

 

....ready, steady yourselves ..... I don't think the non-MINIS are an issue and I've accepted that MoM is a group of auto enthusiasts that are or once were MINI owners. There were more drives early on and over the years it has decreased. From my vantage point the impromptu drives after donuts have been some of the best.

For the record, I'm not an organized club person not will I ever be.

 

I'm going to say that this is one of the big differences I see in the drives today versus some of the older ones i remember. I've heard several people comment on the level of aggressiveness that some of the drives have been in recent time (this includes someone that was in a group that I was leading in a recent Riverrun). The last thing you want is for people to have to drive over their comfort level just to keep up with the group. I remember some of the older drives being more about the scenery, destination, and social aspect. Maybe taking a note from some of the drive descriptions for MOTD and calling out the expected pace ahead of time or having someone willing to lead a group of people at a more relaxed pace may help increase attendance.

 

Thanks for giving me permission. Wasn't sure I wanted to ruin your experience by bringing my non-MINI. :smilewinkgrin:

 

Carol, are you referring to Nick and guys as canines?

 

Thank you Mark.

More often than not Babs & I take a drive after donuts. Folks are welcome to come along. Some do, many don't. Folks often have other things to do, it is just life.

 

Just to set some normal expectations. The Miatas were from all over Ohio not just central Ohio.

My .02 on the organization level is if there are people who like to organize nothing is stopping them. The Miata group has an active Facebook presence and the moderators keep the group together. If someone is being a jerk they are gone. The people who run the group also plan get togethers all over to make sure people from the web meet each other. Then we are all more willing to help others. What also helps is covering the whole state gives them a critical mass that helps. It really does seem to be a generational thing. The Miata group is much younger on the whole and the older local Miata guys poke fun at the new group. The thing is both are having fun enjoying their cars so to me it is silly that they don't work better together.

 

The Library at the top of the forum has a lot of info for those kinds of things.

MOTD is Minis On The Dragon, the event that's coming up soon.

And I would like to apologize for not being able to attend the drive, I've got a few maintenance issues that I need to attend to, and they're going slowly, alas.

(also I'd just got back from driving to New York, which drove home the need for said maintenance and wore me out)

 

I may be up for a drive. Count me in as a definite maybe. :arf:

Thanks Nick.

Seth my transmission has 2 clutches maybe I can lend you one.

 

Thanks, Zach! Loved the donuts! Great day was had by the girls and K-9s!

 

Those donuts were a great way to start the day!

 

The girls and the k-9s went on our own, modified, and somewhat muddy and twisty route .... so I was just saying that we had a good time. I can't say how the guys did.

 

I'm thinking Nick is more commenting on the indecisiveness of the majority of people when it comes to setting up an event. I don't blame him for that, if I remember right he has ended up sitting at Sonic or QSL thinking people were coming to an event and they ended up backing out (understanding that life sometimes gets in the way of fun events). Formal/organized club life is not for every one, but there may be more people out there that would be willing to go formal (not necessarily people already in the group).

The non-MINI comment was made in jest, but I will say that I would not be offended if there were organized events/drives that were MINI only (actually I think it would help bring in new owners to the fold).

 

I like that idea!