7th Year Anniversary Party

[Melfi]

I'm afraid that it is my turn to write up the report, but I'm pretty brain dead, so I hope that you will all give me a hand here... please... :022:

It all started in November, when one of the founders casually mentioned that it was time to start planning for our anniversary party. As you all must have been wondering why exactly the Crew exists, this was the perfect opportunity to illustrate it. The Crew, so far, have been working more behind the scene, and I have had a member or two tell me before that "I do more than you do and I'm not even Crew". I don't bother arguing with this, because only the marshals get to see what we actually do, and because we have had, for some time, some other projects in the pipeline that had not yet materialised. So fair enough comment, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But back to the party.

It took some time to fix the date. We have had a few date changes but we finally fixed it. Why did we fix it for today? Because we wanted to use it as an opportunity to advertise for our upcoming LADIES DRIVE... and with all the games and things happening during the party, we forgot to mention it! So yes, you have now been informed, that we actually expect YOU LADIES (or YOUR ladies) to take the steering wheel and join us very very very soon! :048::048::048:

Once the date was fixed, the wheel started rolling... Find a place. Book the place. Design the tickets. Do we want food or not? Are people going to play? Do we do a drive or not? At what time? Shall we bring non-members? How do we reserve or sell the tickets? How many did we sell in the first 3 days? ONLY 23?!? Shall we cancel? No, let's wait a few more days. Give me 5 tickets. I actually only wanted 1 but I'll promote the event. I want 13. Oh great! It seems we are selling well! Oh wait! It seems that we are double counting because someone is giving tickets to the people who reserved on my list... What is going on?! I want 2 more because I gave my ticket to one of my many female friends. Ok but you need to go to Sharjah and get them from Omar. No, I want them from you. Why can't you reserve me 2 more? Because I have been spending my whole week waiting for people in shopping malls and running around town, and I no longer have the time nor the tickets. But please reserve me 2 tickets! But I don't have any more!!

Yes, my week has been like that. Yes, I am also glad that today is over. And yes, I am happy with the way the day went, even if it was faaaaaaaar from perfect.

So I got there in the morning, looked around and saw that most of the things had been set up, so I was happy. I left my music system and left. I came back at 2pm fairly happy about it all and met up LadyLienka and Caprihorse, who had brought the cakes over. And then things went downhill... Not all things were as expected. I shall spare you the details.

People arrived and scattered around. The Crew brought them over to the tent and they were given a couple of gifts from our sponsors. I presented the plan for the afternoon, as well as the games, while I could see that everyone was melting. But melting in an excited mode. Pheeeewwww... 8 teams were created and off they all went!

Basketball, air gun shooting, soapy football, sumo wrestling, table tennis, fussball, musical chairs, tug of war, drawing and quiz were in order. We were also supposed to have a tool-treasure hunt, but by the time I remembered that I was supposed to hide the items, I suspected that people would have noticed where they would have been hidden... And then "how far can you go" game, which unfortunately had to be cut short because one of our members was better than it!

I'll stop here and let you continue because I am now falling asleep. It's been a very long day and I hope you all had a great time.

A few Thank You:
- To my dearest female Crew Jabster and Ladylienka for their patience and support, designing the tickets, getting the cake and the extra bits, and generally putting up with me when I stress out.
- To my dearest male Crew Kallas for helping out with the ticket sale. He ensured that I did not go completely crazy.
- To Chief Marshal Caprihorse for getting those tickets so nicely printed.
- To all the Marshals who helped out with the games.
- To the Founders for their faith in me.
- To our sponsors Dubai Optical / Optivision and Hassan Mukhtar & Brothers for all the gifts. Thank you Arminjune and RashidJass for sorting them out!
- To all our members, new and old, your families and friends, who joined us today. We hope to see you all in our drives from now on...

A few I'm Sorry:
- To our vegetarian members. I'm sorry that your food was not there. I had personally gone to the restaurant on Thursday and had agreed what they would bring, but someone from the location interfered after that.
- To everyone who boiled in the tent while I gave out the games instructions.
- To everyone for everything else, if it was not up to expectations. This has been one steep learning curve and we are already reporting on improvements. One is that next time we'll use our radios. I don't know why I hadn't thought of it before.
I think I may have a few people tell me that I should perhaps not write all this, but it is my report and I believe it is important that all this is tracked. I know that there will be many points written, both positive and negative, and so I invite you to send me a PM with all your improvement suggestions. I have a long list, but I will appreciate all yours too.
Any positive ones, feel free to leave them here. :059:

PS: BettyPo's team won. :051:

[Sandskull]

Hello All,

It was another great day with the second family, but a little different one from usual drives. The arrangements couldn't be better, Games couldn't be funnier, results couldn't be any more accurate, and the celebrations couldn't be any more happier. Now, i know many might disagree with me on what i said, but i have a reason behind to think so, and the reason is....THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN ! With such a small crew it is no joke to conduct such an event ANY better than this (by crew I mean everyone involved). I am sure as the club grows there will be more crew and off-course everything will improve with it. But for now, hats off to all who made this happen :loyal: :applouse: :encouragement:.

Needless to say anything more, as the event speaks for itself and also Melfi did.

Again.....a BIG THANK YOU to all who made it happen:045:

And a Salute too:loyal:

Keep it up, Almost4x4 rocks :028: !!!

See you all soon !:048:

[Mubz]

well what can I say my 2nd meet with Almosters and its just keeps getting better.

At first I had no plan of coming as I had my first dinner date which I cancelled with no regrets at all coz I got to play soapy football which was impossible on dinner table ;-)

So I cancelled the date and what did I get in return................ An awesome night with my 2nd Family full of fun and entertainment

I was again impressed by the way it was organized and arragned keeping 100+ people busy for 6 hours is not an easy task trust me I've been to many such gatherings and this one was by far the best. so hats off to those who arranged it. Special thanks to Melfi as she brought my Ticket to the office..... I owe you a lunch :) you know the deal.

Thanks to all the marshals founders and everyone involved in organizing this event.

[Abu Jimmy]

I will keep it simple and straight to the point .

My Mother , wife and son where extremely happy and deeply satisfied . Now , I have a one year valid permission to spend my weekends in the desert ...:011:

A big thank you to our Founders , Marshals and Members .

A very special thank you to Melfi and Crew .

[ladylienka]

[quote=Abu Jimmy;23138] My Mother , wife and son where extremely happy and deeply satisfied . Now , I have a one year valid permission to spend my weekends in the desert ...:011:[/quote]

Thank you, Abu Jimmy, with this comment you made my day! :027:

[ladylienka]

In short:
Thank you Melfi for fantastic report - I could just agree with it. We all learn all the time...
There is just few words what I want to add:

1/ HUGE THANKS to Melfi for planning, scheduling, putting every detail down, presentation, running back and forth... :013:
2/ Thanks to everybody who could joined & celebrate with us. :060:
3/ Everybody who couldn't be there - we missed you! :022: Hope to see you soon.

[BADER BARGHOUTHI]

i dont know what to write but al i can say, it was a great day AND

Captian Betty Po, Sarokh and his brother, Toby , Sarah and Bader are the WiNiNG Team :028:, and am very happy

c u soon in comming challenges :038:
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[ekkajay]

Firstly, many thanks to Melfi for taking pains to organise 7th Year Anniversary Party. Needless to say a lot of hard work has been put in... So many activities, organize, distribute tickets, and arrange events..... and the list is endless.

Also thanks to rest of the team who has supported Melfi, and for their efforts without which the party would not have been successful. It was an excellent evening; my in-laws are in town so got them along, although a long evening for them, they were very thankful and thoroughly enjoyed the calm location. We also enjoyed the BBQ, along with salad and bread....and must mention cakes... yummy!!!!!!!!! could not get enough of it.

One more note of thanks to Al Shamshi for arranging and distributing the caps..,, the white one's are really cool!! A big appreciation to my team, although we did not win but there was a lot of enthusiasm, effort and team spirit which kept us going..

Oh.... final note, I left the place with sprained neck, half broken ribs, swollen toe, back bone painful... all thanks to the soapy football.... In spite of all this, I am back at work with lots of "Deep Heat" and have no regrets. All in all, it was a great day, and me and my family enjoyed thoroughly, and was good to spend quality time and enjoy the event with ALMOST 4X4 family.

Bottom line.... Jenny... no negatives.... no PM... Great work keep it up...

Ajay
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[delta83]

sad i couldn't join the party but HAppy Birthday to all Almost 4x4 family,

and big high five for Geni and all members who helped in this event, (am sure it was a great fun day )

[Yoghybear]

Due to the fact that Raff and I were busy at DubaiKartdrome for a race we reach around 7pm, any way it was as usual a big big pleasure to spend part of the Almost4x4 birthday with you all, in addition for me it was a great moment since I received the Marshal Badge and Marshal cap :059: :008: ..... I think so far the best occasion to receive them, cannot ask more :015:
A big thank to Melfi and all crew staff for organizing such a event :047:
See you soon on the sand
Yoghy