The Chicago MINI Motoring Club is proud to announce that we've teamed up with Cafepress to bring you a variety of CMMC apparel. You'll find everything from tshirts to visors to pins available at the store with more to come. To check it out visit the store at cafeshops.com/chicagominiclub today!

All proceeds from the store go to the club and future events! Working through Cafepress, while only offering gives us an easy way to offer club apparel right away without having to full-fill orders ourselves. We can also update shirts very easily to coincide with future events. So look for updates seasonally!

Just a reminder – our 2nd annual Baseball Rally is coming up and we still have some tickets left!

This year we have worked out a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers for tickets and
goodies as a package, at a reduced cost for our members and guests. Here's the deal… Last year tickets cost $12.00 each for the seats we had. This year we were able to purchase the same level seats, near home plate on the third base side. We have worked a package deal with the Brewers that we hope
you will like. Tickets this year are $9.00 and include a Soda and HotDog, with each ticket.

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We have recently switched to a new service to create and provide our club membership cards. Our first batch has just been sent out to the service, and should be processed and mailed out shortly.

We have had some delays getting these cards out quickly because we needed to batch enough together to get a large enough initial order. We will be able to batch and process our cards monthly in the future.

Due to the delays, there have been a few people who have not gotten their membership cards and stickers delivered in a timely fashion. We have added a bit of time until their renewal dates to cover the wait.

The new membership cards will look fantastic, and there will be updated stickers as well for the second year of the Chicago MINI Motoring Club!

I thought I would put out a place here for people to put suggestions for Chicago MINI Motoring Club events and drive locations that they would like to see in the future.

Our regular events typically draw 15-30 MINI's, so bear in mind that logistics for a crowd of that size for meeting spots and interesting routes do need to be considered..

Any offers to assist in planning of routes or events would also be appreciated 🙂

Where:Culvers 450 McHenry Road Buffalo Grove, IL

When:Saturday, July 17th
4pm to 7pm

Ever notice how, even on rally's, we seem to always end up with hoods up somewhere in a parking lot talking about our cars and our experiences in them. Well we've finally decided to create an event that caters to that experience. It's the 1st Annual Chicago MINI Car Show at The Culvers Resturant in Buffalo Grove (rain or shine).

This event is open to all club members and MINI owners thinking of joining our club. This is a chance to put your MINI on display. There is no entry fee.

We have created some fun and not too serious categories for some “mini” prizes.

The owners of the Buffalo Grove Culvers are advertising the MINI car show in their resturant so we hope to have a great response from the public as well. If you have ever thought of putting your MINI in a car show, this is your chance!

This will be a great time to show off your MINI, and see what others have done to theirs. Shine up your bonnet and hang a new pine tree scent from the rearview mirror. Or maybe just hide yesterdays Tribune under the seat, and come down to the show.

To sign up and place your MINI in the show, contact steve@chicagominiclub.com
or ron@chicagominiclub.com

Knauz MINI will be debuting the new MINI Convertible June 29th from 4-8pm and the CMMC will be there! There will be light refreshments on hand and possibly someone from MINIUSA there to answer specific questions.

Let us know in the comments below if you plan to attend.

Similar events will be happening at the other local dealers in Chicago but this will be the official debut!