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MoT '10 Registration Update

Hey, everyone! Just wanted to give you all a quick update. Sarah and Richard are finalizing the details necessary to open registration. T-shirt designs, window clings, and the online (yes, you read that right, online!) registration site are nearly ready, and will be up by the end of the month, if not sooner. We’re all very excited to show you what we have in store for this year, and we hope you’re excited, too!

Website Detailing

If you’ve made it this far, you’ve probably noticed that we’re changing things up a bit! We’re trying a new layout for our WordPress blog, and we’re doing some content cleanup and reorganization. Basically a quick buff and polish before we get things going for 2010, although there might be more drastic changes before we’re done. If you’ve got any questions or suggestions, please let us know in the comments, or drop us a line via the Contact page.

Coming soon to a mountain near you!

Don’t fret – MINIsOnTop is happening again this year! We’re just moving a bit slower than our predecessors Ian, Theo and Michael did.

Registration will be online this year and will open soon. As always, it will be first-come, first-served. We recommend signing up for the MOT announcements list so you’ll be notified when it opens.

After rave reviews last year, the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel will be our base hotel again this year. The Attitash is a luxury resort, centrally located in Bartlett, NH between the Kancamagus Highway and the Mount Washington Auto Road. Please call (800) 223-7669 to book your room and be sure to ask for the MINIsOnTop special rate! Please note: the special rate is not available for booking online.

You can also follow this year’s event on Twitter and Facebook.

So stay tuned! We’ll have more information for you soon.

Thanks to everyone

From Jim at the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine:

MOT2010 changes

After organizing MINIsOnTop 2006/2007/2008/2009, Theo, Michael and Ian have chosen to name new leaders for MINIsOnTop 2010! Both Richard and Sarah have been active volunteers and will surely support MINIsOnTop in “moving forward while looking backward”, bringing new ideas while maintaining the theme of MINI fun. Watch for more news from Richard & Sarah in the months ahead …

Richard (left) and Sarah (right) “receive MINIsOnTop” from Ian & Theo

MOT2009 check presentations

Yesterday, MINIsOnTop was able to meet with James from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, and make a formal presentation of the $10,315.82 that we raised for their charity this year:

MAW Maine also presented a thank you plaque to MINIsOnTop (see here for close-up)

Although the Mount Washington Observatory was unable to attend, we also presented their $692.18, which Pete accepted on their behalf (Pete organizes the observatory tour during MINIsOnTop each year):
Check presentation to Mount Washington Observatory

Many thanks to everyone that attended MINIsOnTop, and especially to all the volunteers, that helped us raise such a fabulous charity donation this year!

Another MOT2009 video

Thanks to Dave & Vicky (and Dave’s brother Chris):

(also, be sure to see Ben Martin’s video)

MINIsOnTop 2010

Mark your calendars … we’re going back up and doing it all again next this year! June – 25th/26th, 2010.
The Attitash Grand Summit Hotel will again host us, and of course we’ll be heading up the Mount Washington Auto Road as well.

MINI pick-up from Herb Chambers MINI

At MINIsOnTop 2009 we again had the privilege of raffling a MINI Cooper lease thanks to the support of Herb Chambers MINI of Boston, and today winner Susan flew up from North Carolina to pick up her new car … here’s a couple of pictures (more over at GBMINI.net):

Susan gets to sit in her new MINI:

Presentation picture (Giovanni, Ian, Rich, Susan, Aaron, Melissa):

MOT2009 Funds raised for Charity

MINIsOnTop is proud to announce the final tally of charity funds raised during MOT 2009.

With money raised selling raffle tickets for the MINI Cooper lease donated by Herb Chambers MINI of Boston, the auction for Red Sox tickets in box seats donated by Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds, the auction of a rare Mini Monte Carlo poster signed by John Cooper and Rauno Aaltonen, donated by the family of Dan McDonald, and the sale of many $1 “door prize” tickets purchased to win prizes from Aesthetic Creations, Attitash Grand Summit Hotel, Bavarian Autosport, Bentley Publishers, DDMWorks, Detailers Paradise, GBMINI Circuits, George Constantinou, Greasy’s Garage, Jeremy Hosegood, Light In Sight, Loon Mountain, MINI of Manhattan, MINI USA, Mount Washington Auto Road, OutMotoring, Oxford Motorsports, Pooch Style, Robert Cahill, Susan Freda Studio, Tire Rack, Travel Plus of RI, Way Motor Works, and Whalen Shift Machine, we raised …

… a total of $11,008 for charities, to be divided between Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, and the Mount Washington Observatory.

In recognition of the height of Mount Washington, the observatory receives 6.288% of the total, a sum of $692.18. The balance, a sum of $10315.82, will be presented to Make-A-Wish of Maine (an initial sum of $1,100 has already been presented, the balance will follow shortly).