MINI owners annual Meet & Greet, with a drive to the top of Mount Washington, NH New to MINIsOnTop?
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MOT2009 Lodging
MINIsOnTop 2009, June 26/27, will be based at a new hotel, the Attitash Grand Summit; this location offers more luxury, more space and a more central location - but there are some important differences from the recommended hotels of previous years.
Please click here to download further details of the new hotel, and remember to mention “MINIsOnTop” when you call the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel (800 223 7669) to book your room.
Mount Washington Observatory presentation
This past weekend, Pete/NHref (who organizes the Mount Washington Observatory tour during MINIsOnTop), visited MWO to present a check to them in the sum of $888.57, supporting their ongoing research:
(LtoR: Dr. Peter Crane, Director of Programs from MWO, Pete, Scot Henley, Executive Director from MWO)
If interested, you can also read a copy of the thank you letter recently received from MWO (click here)
MINIsOnTop looks forward to continuing their support of the Mount Washington Observatory in future years, donating 6.288% of charity funds raised while continuing to support other worthy charities such as Make-A-Wish
Thank you from Make-A-Wish
With over $14,000 raised for charity, MINIsOnTop had some giving to do, which happened in a presentation ceremony this past weekend:
(LtoR: Ian/GBMINI, Michael from New Country MINI, Lloyd from Make-A-Wish, Michael, and Theo)
Lloyd, representing the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire, very kindly presented MINIsOnTop with a plaque, showing how everyone’s charity efforts make a real benefit, in this case sending Meghan to Disney!
Finally, everyone interested can read a copy of the thank you letter recently received from MAW-NH by MINIsOnTop (click here)
Another MOT2008 video
MOT2008 Funds raised for Charity
MINIsOnTop is proud to announce the final tally of charity funds raised during MOT 2008.
We sold 223 raffle tickets for the MINI Cooper Clubman lease donated by Herb Chambers MINI of Boston – this raised $5,575.
New Country MINI supported the “Sundaes On Friday” event with a donation of $6.288 for each attendee, raising a total of $1,031.23.
The auction for Red Sox tickets in box seats with a pre-tour of Fenway Park raised $900 thanks to the generosity of Leo Lariviere, and the sponsorship of Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds.
Sales of $1 “door prize” tickets for a chance to win prizes from Aesthetic Creations, American Mini Mates, Bavarian Autosport, Bower & Wilkins, Concord Motorsport, Detailers Paradise, MC2 Magazine, MINI Do More, MINI of Peabody, MINI USA, National Motorists Association, Pooch Style, Texas Speedwerks, Tire Rack, TwistyBitz, Whalen Shift Machine, and White Mountain Chapter BMWCCA, along with the sale of MINIsOnTop merchandise and other on-the-day funds, raised $6,625.
Also of mention, personal sponsors: George Constantinou, Ian Cull, Ivan Sever, Pete Basiliere, Theo Matthias, and the family of Dan McDonald.
And finally, many thanks to PG Trionic for supporting the event and packing day!
The primary purpose of MINIsOnTop is a fun gathering of MINI owners – and we’ve heard from many attendees that they had a great time (see www.MINIsOnTop.com for pictures from the event) … but it’s with many thanks to everyone that attended, and those that couldn’t make it but supported the event, that we raised a grand total of $14131.23, to be distributed between the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire, and the Mount Washington Observatory.
In recognition of the height of Mount Washington, the observatory receives 6.288% of the total, a sum of $888.57.
The balance, a sum of $13242.66, will be presented to Make-A-Wish of New Hampshire in the next month, with photos to appear on www.MINIsOnTop.com
MINIsOnTop Mailing List
As you hopefully know, we maintain a mailing list at MINIsOnTop, used rarely for announcements (such as registration open, major sponsors, the final charity funds raised).
This mailing list is OPT-IN ONLY, and requires confirmation via a link sent to the subscribing email address; additionally messages can only be sent via a password protected web page (not via re-distributing received emails) - as such, it is not possible for spammers to sign you up, or send spam to you via the mailing list.
Recently we moved the MINIsOnTop website to new hosting, and switched to a different mailing list server (Dada Mail) - you can now subscribe/un-subscribe easily.
Please remember to subscribe your new address and un-subscribe your old address, when you switch email services.
We are receiving a number of reports from ATT.net, saying “reason: 553 5.3.0 flpi194 - m671X3mP027569, DNSBL:521< 206.130.104.184 >_is_blocked” - it appears that these are from customers with email addresses that are/were part of AT&T and perhaps are no longer valid, domains like sbcglobal.net, snet.net … all these email addresses have been removed!
To minimize headaches and reduce the chance of being blamed for spam, we will remove all problem email addresses - please be sure you are subscribed with your current email address, if you wish to receive announcements (you can always re-subscribe to the mailing list, you’ll get an “already subscribed” email if you’re in the list, or a “confirm subscription” email if you are not.
Also, if you use any sort of “challenge” service, be sure that subscribers@MINIsOnTop.com is allowed, or you will not receive any announcements!
MOT2008 pictures
You can find pictures from MINIsOnTop 2008 posted in various places around the web - here’s a list of those we know about …
Ian Cull / GBMINI: Gallery and Friday, Saturday morning (Loon), and afternoon (Mt Washington base) weblog posts.
Sheena: Flickr
Michael: Gallery and Comic
David: Flickr, DSL video and Mt Washington video
Brian: Flickr (includes Moose pictures!)
Stephen: Flickr
Sally: Flickr
Josh: Gallery
Ricardo: Flickr
Katherine: Slideshow and weblog post … with permission, here’s a pic from “on top” by Katherine, for those folks that didn’t make it:
(any more, please email me)
A quick MINIsOnTop 2008 video
If you didn’t make it to the event, this’ll give you a flavour of what you missed … if you did make it, it’s a reminder 
(if you can’t see it, you can download the quicktime version by right-clicking here)
And the winner is …
MINIsOnTop 2008 is completed … a total of 215 raffle tickets for the Herb Chambers donated MINI Cooper Clubman lease were sold, and at the drawing at the base of Mount Washington, the winner was Jocelyn Dailey of Jersey City, NJ … congratulations
New Country MINI generously supported the Sundaes on Friday event both with ice cream sundaes, and a $6.288 donation for each of the sundae’ers, raising more then $1,000 for the MINIsOnTop 2008 charities of Make-A-Wish of New Hampshire, and the Mount Washinton Observatory.
A superb Red Sox package raised $900 in a rapid auction, and sales of $1 “door prize” tickets and other merchandise has brought the total raised for charities to an estimated $10,000 (final numbers in the next week)
MANY thanks to all our sponsors, all our attendees, and everyone that supported our event by purchasing raffle tickets!
MINI luggage from MINI of Peabody
In addition to sponsoring the Saturday night “after the top” buffet, MINI of Peabody recently donated a nice set of MINI luggage (too big for my convertible though!) - thanks!
There’s been a number of other last minute donations, including several items from TwistyBitz, a great MINI boot organizer from “GP George” a MINI backpack from GBMINI, a fabulous $100 gift certificate from Aesthetic Creations, and a beautiful iPod speaker system from Bowers & Wilkins.