British Car Union Finalizes T-Shirt and Polo Colors

The British Car Union finalized the t-shirt and polo colors for this year's British Car Festival at Oakton Community College September 13th, 2009.

The M.I.N.I. suggestion of true royal blue was selected along with a forest "British Racing" green polo!

You may preorder t-shirts and polos when you register for the event.  Online registration is at: www.britishcarunion.com or you can mail it in!

Upcoming Events + Meeting Minutes + Other Updates

There are a number of events coming up this summer and our Secretary has compiled a list. Please click here.  If you know of any other events please email us!

We have tentatively scheduled our monthly meetings to take place at a number of events throughout the summer, for more information will be posted here as the schedule is finalized.

We have also added a number of cruise nights to the events calendar for this summer. Please click here.  If you know of any other cruise nights please email us!

The meeting minutes for the February meeting are available online. Please click here.

The March minutes should be ready soon.

Don't forget to register for Mini Meet East Meets West by May 15th to avoid a $35 late registration fee. Go to www.minimeet09.org for more information. UPDATE - the registration deadline has been moved back to the 15th of May.

Next Meeting - May 9th 2009 @ 2:30pm

The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday May 9th, 2009 @ 2:30pm at The Farnsworth House in Plano IL. The tour is $15.00 per person(minimum 10 people) and will be at 3:00pm for approximately 1 hour. After the tour we will be motoring to a local establishment for dinner, details to be posted soon.

www.farnsworthhouse.org

See the link above for location.

We are tentatively planning the June 13th meeting to take place at the Poplar Grove Airport.(thanks for the idea Jeanne) Expect more information to be posted here in the after the May meeting.

Thanks to those who voted for the BCU T-Shirt color! The top 3 picks were True Royal, Tennessee Orange and Kelly.  We will be submitting those picks to the BCU board at the next meeting on the 15th.

M.I.N.I. Invited to CMMC April Drive!

The Chicago MINI Motoring Club has invited M.I.N.I. to take part in their April 5th, 2009 drive to the Great Lakes Dragway!

CMMC has teamed with the MilwaukeeMinis club to offer a drive through sourthern Wisconsin.  You can find details on the drive on the CMMC website with links to maps and other details!

Where: Start at Silver Lake County beach 
(Enter the park from Silver Lake road, and bear left towards the beach.  Continue left towards the lake and meet in the large parking lot)

             Finish at Great Lakes Dragaway

When: Sunday April 5th, departure at 10:00 am

What: A fun drive of about 50 miles, and a driving quiz for sharp eyed navagators (and pilots), ending with a stop-in at Great Lakes Dragaway to watch a bit of opening season racing.

What to bring: Your MINI or Mini with at least a 1/2 tank of gas, a camera, your favorite Chicago or Milwaukee MINI gear, optional FRS radio tuned to Channel 1, Subchannel 1, a clipboard and pens for the driving quiz,  earplugs for watching the Drag Racing, and a smile!!

BCU Meeting 3/18/09

The British Car Union met yesterday for the monthly festival meeting. Minutes from the meeting are published online. Please click here.

There are two main highlights to report.

1. The BCU is looking for a location to store a 4 ft x 8 ft enclosed trailer. The trailer is to store and transport festival items instead of a storage facility to save on costs. It will only be accessed once a year in September for the festival. If you are able to help the BCU please contact the BCU reps.

2. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Mini, the British Car Union has asked the M.I.N.I. club to assist in picking out the t-shirt color for this year's festival in September!

The color options available are here.

Please select your top 3 color choices and email them to minisinnorthernil@gmail.com by April 10th. We will be putting the top 3 choices to a final vote at the next meeting on April 11th. If you cannot be at the meeting we will post the top 3 choices on the website (www.minisinil.com) and you can email your vote to minisinnorthernil@gmail.com by April 14th. We will submit our final choice to the British Car Union board for consideration on April 15th. If there is a tie in the voting we will submit both choices to the board.

Your BCU Reps,

Brian + Steph Quirk

(e-mail us with any questions!)

Update for Winter Picnic

Chicago Mini Motoring Club (CMMC) is holding it’s Spring Drive March 15th.  If that date seems familiar, it’s the same date as our Winter Picnic.  Your club is joining forces with CMMC that day as follows:

They are inviting us to join them for their drive near Elgin the morning of the March 15th. 

We are inviting them to join us at our Winter Picnic after their Spring Drive.

So, members of both clubs can sign up for either or both.

Here’s the link to the CMMC’s Spring Drive.  All are welcome.

http://chicagominiclub.com/2009/02/16/spring-drive-march-15th/#more-879

M.I.N.I. Winter Picnic

Winter Picnic Invitation

You are cordially invited to a Winter Picnic on Sunday, March 15, 2009.  This is the date that Minis In Northern Illinois will host their annual banquet.  We will start at 1:00 pm in the afternoon.  The event will formally end at 5:00 pm. Here are the details of the event:

Location:  Village Squire Restaurant.  They are located at 480 Randall Road, South Elgin, Illinois – about 4 ½ miles north of Illinois Route 64 or 3 ½ miles South of U.S. Route 20. Randall Road is just West of Illinois Route 31. Maps available from Ferb upon request or at the Village Squire web site (see below).

Food & Drink: We will be occupying a private room and have a great menu planned.  Choice of: Berry Nut Salad OR Village Cheeseburger OR Smothered Chicken Dinner OR Fish & Chips OR Prime Rib. All 5 dinner choices will include soup or salad, all menu beverage choices (except alcoholic), and ice cream.  Cost to members will be $10.00 with a $15.00 cost to non-members. The club will pick up the balance. Cash Bar for booze. Members can order appetizers before dinner at their own expense.

Special Guest Speaker: We are attempting to book ex-Governor Rod Blagovich or Senator Roland Burris for a humorous and entertaining evening.

Grab Bag Gifts:  We will be raffling away some items for the evening.

Any donations to the club for the raffle will be appreciated. Please contact President Andy Vanko to donate.

Please note that this banquet is Sunday afternoon, not Saturday night. For additional information, go to: www.thevillagesquire.com/about.html

 

Please let Ferb know by March 5th if you are attending as we need to give the manager a head count.

For further information, contact Bill Ferbrache (aka Ferb), Secretary for 2009 at:

MINIsecretary [at] Comcast [dot] net