Several of us CO Fanatics were discussing this last night:

What would you think about us breaking away from the Mid West and becoming the "Rocky Mountain Fanatics" Region?

This is not a slam on the Mid West folks. It's just that the Mid West Region is just too dammed big area-wise. It's too big of a strain to try and have a regional G2G because of the massive drive it would take just to reach a centrally located spot.

Besides, we're about as Mid West as Missouri was a Great Lakes state.

Let us know what you think.

i see what your saying but the only state i think that really applies to this is Utah, or Montana. they seem to be the most far fetched in the Midwest but even then i still consider that the midwest.

Not to mention we are even seperated by a time zone, seems kinda wierd our region would stretch so far.

I think they just need to break it into north central and south centralsplit it at the nebraska oklahoma line or somewheres about there.

We've been doing good with g2g's each year with no problems and we rotate them. black hills, yellowstone...
Thing is, noone fr4om your area ever said boo before a few months ago and now expect everyone to jump. I set up a black hills g2g for this year because only like 1 person from your area was even saying anything or giving any imput, and I'm limited on time to coordinate things.

no reason to get all mad, it just is a group figuring out the options and for us all popping up out of nowhere, its called growth with interest. Simply it takes a couple of ppl to get it started and then keep it going. Not to mention we get new members every week.

Wasn't mad at all, don't get your panties in a wad. maybe just start a crew there... as you said, it's just a group trying to figure out... keyword group

first we dont where pantie well atleast i dont im a boxer man ok enough about me the topic is group well when we have more than 15 ithink thats a little more than a group and yes we have already started a crew its the rockymtn crew aka blazin the twisties for most of us the hole reason for this is to not make people drive so far for a g2g driving hundreds of miles to go to a g2g is stoopid when all you are going to do when you get there is drive another hundred or so miles. when you can drive a shorter distance and hookup with more foci. more people would rather drive a short distance its a fact. we do respect your guys thoughts so everybody needs to get along we will all meet up one day maybe in august. this is my opinion!.

great points.
but that area suggested covers alot of miles and many would still have to drive way more than 100 miles. thats why I said form a group. but since you already did what would be the use of splitting up all the states as was suggested? just host a weekend g2g.
reason we do the black hills, yellowstone, etc is for everyone in montana, wyoming, ND<, SD, and nebraska to g2g so the distance to drive varies for people year to year. next year is in the works for glacier so the montana guys don't have too much of a drive but some of the rest of us do.
I've got 7 hrs to the black hills this year and then turn around 2 weeks later and have a 16-18 hr drive to arkansas for focusfest, but then agai, I actually enjoy driving as do some of the other guys. If I wanted it in my back yard I'd rent the dragstrip 3 hrs away and invite the guys, but most of us prefer mountain driving without traffic, hence the black hills and roads around yellowstone and such. we're getting more into a national park and surrounding area type thing.
our little group is way spread out, helena, billings, jamestown, lincoln, and pretty much everything in between. we do it because we enjoy getting together, shooting the shit, driving, and genrally catching up with each other every year.

yeah Loco is 100% correct. on everything he says. i'm with him.

This suggestion wasnt meant to start a fight, but u seem to want to get some frustration out. So stop trying to start a fight, we know ur view on it already....thank u for it. Now anyone else have any opinions on this?

BTW I cant get enough time to go to FocusFest and Black hills, so Black hills is out. The same is for some ppl here as well, so how bout u guys enjoy ur "regional" gtg....

So anymore opinions from anyone else?

Yes, would the Utah, Montana, and Wyoming fanatics please chime in.

If there's any change to be made, (which isn't very likely), I'd think Montana would be a better fit in the Northwest forums.

I suppose goinloco1 brought up a good point.
In that, the Mid West forums could be split up into North Central/South Central regions.
^^^Like NorCal and SoCal are separate subsets of the South West Fanatics region.

Ok I'm going to poke my head up out of my hole here for a minute... and hope I dont piss anybody off with my take/question on this.....


Why?
Honestly.
I've only become a semi-active member here in the past two months or so. But I have had no issues trying to figure out what meets/discussions/or topics belong to which area in the midwest forum area. Everyone seems to get the general courtesy of including a state or general location to all topic threads to help keep it organized.
And generally there are no more them half a dozen active ongoing threads anyway. Not that hard to keep track of.

Does this really constitute the means or a reason for breaking off to two seperate groups? Its not like we are california and have their numbers to try and keep organized......

I dont see any real perk or reason other then to have our own cool forum name and the recognition of The Rocky Mountain region fanatics over the same old blase' "Mid-west".
Looks and sounds cool I agree. but deciding to try and change to a smaller group makes us look a bit uppity to those who are now on the "them" side of the wall.


Again Sorry. I really dont mean to start anything and I'm not implying anything. I just have a different view on this.

Not at all Vaderx and thanks for ur outlook, but just seemed from my opinion that our region was too big and that a total meet from every corner of the region is out of the question.

Can't even get the Utah guys to leave the confines of their thread to voice their opinions. In fact, I don't think the Utah fanatics ever post off of the Utah thread.

Mormons.....

[doorpeek]




there is only about 6 of us you know...

any way I agree with WD and Vader we're really not big enough to justify being split up

If there's any change to be made, (which isn't very likely), I'd think Montana would be a better fit in the Northwest forums.

I suppose goinloco1 brought up a good point.
In that, the Mid West forums could be split up into North Central/South Central regions.
^^^Like NorCal and SoCal are separate subsets of the South West Fanatics region.

I support my montana moderator

Whateversclever

Mormons.....

[clap]

LOL

I agree that the mid-west area is rather large. It makes no difference to me if there is another sub-set or not...just another click away.

On another note, I do feel like a bastard child out here in the middle of nowhere...can someone just move to my little town here so I feel like I can be cool with a "crew" too?
I use crew lightly....my current crew is, well, um, me.

I am pretty close to the WY boarder and only about 3 hours from Co, so if a new sub set was added I'm sure I'd frequent it.


Can we get a stimulus credit for opeing a new "crew"...might be millions in this for us!

J

If there's any change to be made, (which isn't very likely), I'd think Montana would be a better fit in the Northwest forums.

I suppose goinloco1 brought up a good point.
In that, the Mid West forums could be split up into North Central/South Central regions.
^^^Like NorCal and SoCal are separate subsets of the South West Fanatics region.

I actually think that would be a good fit too. All the regions west of the Mississippi are a clusterf@@k. Here would be the best way to break up the regions west of the Mississippi:

Cal-Neva Fanatics - California and Nevada

Four Corners Fanatics - Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah

Northwest Fanatics - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington

Midwest Fanatics - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota

South Fanatics - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas

Alaska Fanatics

Hawaii Fanatics

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there is only about 6 of us you know...

Six! You need to network man! We took a damn near dead state, (Colorado), and got a group of a dozen doing regular G2G's in less than three months. On our G2G's, we have actually flagged down other Foci owners and invited them to join us.

I post in other places, and i'm NOT LDS. TAKE IT BACK.
as far as seperating, no need to really create a new "rocky mountain region" all though we're DEFINITELY not mid west.. but it is hard to have a g2g being so far away.. i mean it is about 8 hours from me to denver..

This suggestion wasnt meant to start a fight, but u seem to want to get some frustration out. So stop trying to start a fight, we know ur view on it already....thank u for it. Now anyone else have any opinions on this?

BTW I cant get enough time to go to FocusFest and Black hills, so Black hills is out. The same is for some ppl here as well, so how bout u guys enjoy ur "regional" gtg....

So anymore opinions from anyone else?

we know your view also. Thing is it's been this way for many years and your not gonna save the world sounding like a broken record...
Pick a place, time, and date and get a g2g going in your area, pretty simple really...
Can tell you for fact a g2g isn't crap to throw together, try putting focusfest together once...

we know your view also. Thing is it's been this way for many years and your not gonna save the world sounding like a broken record...
Pick a place, time, and date and get a g2g going in your area, pretty simple really...
Can tell you for fact a g2g isn't crap to throw together, try putting focusfest together once...

man, that would be an experience! i would freaken love to put a focus fest together, although no one sets up something that big all alone....and it might get frustrated at some points but seeing everything fall together at the end, priceless :) [clap]

I post in other places, and i'm NOT LDS. TAKE IT BACK.
as far as seperating, no need to really create a new "rocky mountain region" all though we're DEFINITELY not mid west.. but it is hard to have a g2g being so far away.. i mean it is about 8 hours from me to denver..

Heh, I threw the "Mormons....." line out there to get a rise out of the Utah fanatics. And it's about an eight hour drive for me to SLC. I know because I've done it dozens of times.

man, that would be an experience! i would freaken love to put a FocusFest together, although no one sets up something that big all alone....and it might get frustrated at some points but seeing everything fall together at the end, priceless :) [clap]

Now go look who did ff08...
The only reason I didn't do 09 is due to being in iraq.
Tom and I did the major part of it such as location and sponsors / auction donations ( I spent a crapload of time on the phone talking to companies).
Only reason it's not held at a place like mid america isnt so much venue cost, but insurance for the weekend was 12,000.00$ and you didn't get any of it back. Theres alot to doing an event compared to a regional g2g.

The hills is being a pita to figure out since trying to get everything i need online is way more difficult than driving there and setting things up in a day.
A g2g isn't real difficult. location, motel for the weekend, a decent restaurant, and everyone pays their own way.
Set something up and advertise it, people will see and ask questions, it doesnt happen because someone thinks it should...

And it's about an eight hour drive for me to SLC. I know because I've done it dozens of times.

I know, that's why i said it was about 8 hours.. i've been to denver like 6 or 7 times. Anyhow, what's the best way to "network?" don't even know where to start?

Anyhow, what's the best way to "network?" don't even know where to start?

PIMP CARDS!

http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13675&d=1197656048

Print some up, have some printed. Place them on other Foci. Hell, you can even just go up and talk to other Focus owners.

[QUOTE=goinloco1;2709626]Now go look who did ff08.... QUOTE]

A regional is different i do agree, but managing Focus Fest i still think is a huge thing. Something to throw respect towards cuz it would not be an easy task. There are alot to take account for when doing something that big.

Okay guys, I think this is a great idea. Why?

I just moved 550 miles. Eight hours on the road. And I'm now in the same region I was before I moved... uh... what?

its a awsome idea the rocky mtn region why not thats where the time zone changes and has anybody ever herd of mountain time i thinks that says it all but i guess it does not matter just as long as we all get together

It's just a smart idea it does'nt leave anyone out and it localizes the g2gs a little more. No one needs to drive 500 miles to get to a g2g.

Everyone in Colorado likes this idea....but everyone else doesnt... very interesting observations!

Can't even get the Utah guys to leave the confines of their thread to voice their opinions. In fact, I don't think the Utah fanatics ever post off of the Utah thread.

Mormons.....

ok, for one thing I'm off busy doing other more important things. So are the rest of us. I'm ALL OVER the threads on FF, especially when I'm bored. So are the others. I've noticed our sector's threads have pretty much been revived. if anything, you know you can find me in the Sedan Revolution boredom thread (no joke)

and I just simply ignore the fact that everyone thinks I'm mormon and that our men have several wives. that was (make that is, as well) some stupid, crazy group of people that regular LDS people (hopefully) don't believe in. I am not, and will never be LDS. I respect all religions however. (not to make a big deal)

oh and goinloco1, GREAT idea..... you're definitely on the right track with that. we don't need a whole new regional forum for 2-3 states. I like the idea of the "Rocky Mountain Crew" like "Gump Crew" for example. [thumb]

I agree with Mike. I post up a lot of different places on FF and it pisses me off when people assume all Utahans are mormons. Yes it is the center for the religion but that doesn't mean we are all mormon. I've grown up with both mormon and non-religious friends. Hell. One side of my family is even Catholic! Why does everyone have to be so narrow minded about the subject? Stop putting us into a stereotype without getting to know us a little bit.

Hey guys:

http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2709355&postcount=25

You are both a bit late to the party. Kind of like the Mormons and the 21st Century.....[poke][grinking]