Archive for October 2006
Oct 17th, 2006

Starved Rock State park is a beautiful destination located in Utica Illinois.
Wrapup: Fantastic fall weather, beautiful roads, and 50+ other MINIs out for a Sunday cruise. How can it get any better?
Thanks to Dustin and Conrad for the route planning, mapping, and organizing. Huge thanks to Patrick MINI for supplying a great starting point, Halloween donuts + Coffee, and to Lori for bringing cider.
If anyone has links to pictures, sent them to me, and I will add them here.
Pictures from Francis | Gary | Tom | Dan | Dennis | Cecilia
Video by Liam| Taylor (added 11/12/06)|
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Oct 15th, 2006
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UPDATE 12/03/2006: I have sent out directions to all who have responded to the post.
If you didn’t get them, or you would like to attend and have not responded yet, send me an e-mail steve (at) chicagominiclub.com or reply to this post.
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Taylor, our Club Vendor Liason, has once again volunteered to host a Holiday get-together at his home in Deerfield.
Here are the details:
When: Sunday December 10th at 1pm
Where: Deerfield, IL (specific address details will be e-mailed in the beginning of December)
Why: Just a chance to kick back and hang out with fellow CMMC members
Who: CMMC members + guest. There will be a limit of about 75 people (for space reasons). Please RSVP to this post.
What: Food, deserts, snacks and soft drinks (BYOB if you choose to partake).
There will be some incredible raffle prizes from Knauz MINI, and others.
There is a strong possibility of a new version of the MINI Cake
Oct 15th, 2006
We are trying something new by providing an area for Chicago area MINI (and Mini) people to post items for sale.
Check back regularly for new stuff!
Please only post MINI and Mini related items in the comments.
If an item has been sold (or withdrawn from sale), please
let me know and I will remove the item from the comments section.
Oct 14th, 2006

Pictures from Gary
Bill Jacobs MINI is having their Second Annual Halloween party on Friday October 27th from 6pm to 9pm.
They have extended an invitation to members of the Chicago MINI Motoring Club to attend.
Dress yourself and your MINI up and head on out there!!
Here is a link to the official invitation
Oct 10th, 2006

WRAPUP: 6 MINIs came out for VIP parking, donuts, cider and coffee, and headed out for a 45 minute scavenger hunt searching for addresses of specified houses.
Huge thanks to Patrick MINI for providing incredible prizes, the Pleasant Home Foundation, and to Chris for all the planning!!!
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Meet at the Pleasant Home Foundation (PHF), 217 S. Home Ave. Oak Park for coffee and donuts at 9:00 on Saturday 10/14 and head out for a short scavenger hunt drive in the Oak Park area.
Fabulous scavenger hunt winner raffle prizes supplied by Patrick MINI !!
Check out this post for full details!!
Oct 9th, 2006

Head out to Miller Park in Milwaukee, WI on Sunday October 15th for the Tri-State Sports Car Council’s final event of the season. There is even a $5 discount on entry fees!
Check out the details in our Club forum.
Oct 3rd, 2006

The Minis In Northern Illinois (M.I.N.I.) club has recently updated their website.
Check them out at minisinil.com
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