Minnesota Pony Meet 2012- HUGE success! Pictures added on p. 15

[Frenzy]

Aurora, I was about as far south as you, but waaaaay further east! Right on the Mississippi at Winona.

[Aurora]

Oooh, I'll bet that was hard to leave! I love that area!

[missbonbon]

This will be my first one

[cloud_weaver]

How many were there last year?

[babystarz]

Hey guys, I'm noticing that there are a lot of MN pony collectors these days. Would anyone be interested in an MN collectors website? It might be a cool way to connect with sellers and traders without having to worry about shipping costs. And a good way to schedule mini-meets in the future.

[ringlets_]

Labor day weekend sounds great!  Maybe by then I'll have everything ready.

[cloud_weaver]

Hey guys, I'm noticing that there are a lot of MN pony collectors these days. Would anyone be interested in an MN collectors website? It might be a cool way to connect with sellers and traders without having to worry about shipping costs. And a good way to schedule mini-meets in the future.

Totally!  But I'm very lacking in technology knowledge so I wouldn't know how to begin a page...  O.o

[Frenzy]

Oooh, I'll bet that was hard to leave! I love that area!

I really do appreciate it now that I've moved away! It's going to be nice to be closer so its easier to visit!

The website idea sounds great! But unfortunately I am also lacking in the technology department!

[babystarz]

No worries, I'm comfortable with using HTML, CSS, and Photoshop and I have my own domain so I'd be happy to set something up if people are interested.

[Aurora]

I know I would be there pretty often, and it would be really convenient to set up mini-meets and find pony people close to us! Babystarz, it sounds like a great idea if you are willing to go through the effort! Just let me know if there's anything that us less-than-tech-savvy folk can do to help!

[babystarz]

Sure, will do ^^ I'll probably wait to get started until I'm back from spring break on the 18th, but if there's anything you guys are interested in regarding content, please feel free to offer some ideas.

[Aurora]

Well, I've always thought a map with our locations would be fun- I wanted to do it at last year's meet, but I just ran out of time. Other than that, I picture something similar to the Arena or Trading Post, just more MN oriented.
I haven't ever seen anything on a meet for Iowa or either of the Dakotas, though WI has a very nice meet every year. Maybe there's a way to make it a Midwest sort of site, so we can include those states?

[bubbles171]

Ya that would be great. Ya I do not think there are enough collectoers in ND to have a meet. That is why I looked to MN because I come up there every yr for the ren festival. It would be nice to be inluded. I cannot wait this year will be a blast for me. First yr at the fair and a pony meet.

[babystarz]

I could certainly set things up to cover the midwest, and even do individual sections for each state There was a midwest collector's site a long time ago, but I guess that must be defunct now?

[sabathamk]

Oh oh oh... I could totally go to a MN meet!  I live in southern Manitoba, and we like to make a trip out in late Sept early Oct to the USA for shopping usually, so if this gets set around then, I'd be bugging to make it around those dates!!  Would you be doing sales tables and stuff?  I'm going to be reading all the pages soon, but I am very excited about this!