Team MGD 64 - San Francisco

With only two weeks remaining in the program, this is a reminder to submit all of your activity reports to us by the end of the day on March 31st.

This is your chance to turn in ALL UNREPORTED ACTIVITY for the entire program. It is also once final push to boost your point totals for the final round of CASH REWARDS!!!

Each of you has a commitment to us to earn at least 100 points by the end of the program; you will be receiving an email with your current points total. Those of you who have not yet reached your contracted 100 points, will need to take the time to upload your photos and reports this week.

Don't forget to include MGD 64 in your St. Patrick's Day celebrations today!

Cheers,

Team MGD 64 Management

The team must be doing something because I'm not "winning" every month. There's about one more month of this left. My AmEx "beer card" is depleted (it was supposed to last through the end of March). Races and events are starting to ramp up but I screwed up my shoulder about 3 months ago and it's still killing me so I can't do too much. What has everyone else been up to? Anyone up for slapping together a silly video?

Hey Team San Francisco!

Did everyone receive the email about the Team MGD 64 Video Contest that we are hosting right now?

This is a really fun way to meet other teammates in your market and collaborate to celebrate MGD 64 within the next couple of weeks. You can utilize the blog here to get in touch with one another and to brainstorm ideas for your video clip(s).

Prizing is as follows:

First Place (1st): $125 for the team member who submits/directs the video, $75 for each participating team member

Runner-up: $75 for the team member who submits/directs the video, $50 for each participating team member

Please let us know if you need help coming up with any ideas and we look forward to seeing your footage!

Kind Regards,

Team MGD 64 Management

Yes, it finally happened. That ultimate non-partisan judge of consumer value has weighed in on the light beer sector this month (Feb. 2009). Their unbiased testers took on MGD 64 and compared it against Miller Lite:

Tasters said that the beers have similar flavor and seem related to each other, but Miller Lite is slightly more complex and heavier-bodied, with a more intense flavor. MGD 64 is refreshing but seems much lighter in flavor and is a little watery. MGD 64's Web site cites malt and hop "cues." "Cue" is about right-it has little of the malty taste that defines beer. It also feels a little different, with lots of very small bubbles and lighter foam than Miller Lite had in our beer taste test.

"Very small bubbles"? That's hitting a beer where it hurts!

Start off the New Year right!

It starts at 9am in Downton Los Altos- it's free and fun. I'll be there - will you?

I guess you all saw this email:

Each of you should be receiving a Holiday Packet in the mail (via Fedex) in the next couple of days including:

• A Holiday Card

• 13 MGD 64 Bottle Opener Key Chains

• 10 MGD 64 Informational Calorie Cards

• 3 MGD 64 Pedometers

I guess it'll be nice to have some extra stuff to give away but I really would like to have gotten that running hat that they nixed from the "athlete's packet".

Oh well.

Happy Holidays!

If you're interested, some folks from my triathlon club are doing a 25 mile (or so) bike ride tomorrow starting Los Gatos. Let me know if you'd like to join. The start time is 7:30am

Happy Thanksgiving TEAM MGD64!

Warm wishes for a wonderful holiday weekend with your family and friends.

With less than a week until December 1^st we would like to encourage all of you to incorporate MGD 64 into your holiday festivities. It will go great with your home-cooked feasts as it is the lightest calorie beer on the market! Remember to take lots of photos and submit them with your reports by Sunday night.

Let's give it one last push for the month of November and show them what it is all about Team. As of today, the current market high score is as follows for the month of November:

• San Francisco: 300

The overall market high score for the month of November is currently 300 points. You still have 5 days to beat out the competition - we know that you can do it!

I look forward to hearing about your weekend's events when I pull the report on Monday and again have a very safe and happy holiday.

Warm regards,

Team MGD64 Management

Hey Everyone -

Are you participating in a local endurance event? (5k, triathlon, half marathon, etc...) If so, please let us know what race you are participating in. MGD 64 is currently looking into sponsoring local endurance events and would love to sponsor an event you are taking part in. So whether it is a running, walking, or triathlon event please let us know so we can looking into the possibility of having MGD 64 as a sponsor.

Please email: teammgd64@active.com with your list of races.

Best,

Team MGD 64 Management

I guess we ought to make the first meeting official by recapping the event on this blog. Five team members attended. Luke, Mairin, Suzie, Nicole and Neil (me). Luke brought his wife and some friends so we had a group of about 10 people. Greens is a crowded sports bar at the corner of Green and Polk in SF and was wild with excitement as most of the TVs were tuned to the Dodgers standing on the brink of elimination (although 2 were tuned to the last Presidential debate - with Sen. McCain standing on the brink of elimination, perhaps). Green's does not sell MGD64 but did sell MGD and MGD Lite. Oh well.

What is clear is that without Nicole's iridescent green pants we would have likely never found one another (thanks Nicole). The conversation flowed freely as we discussed our various sporting interests (Nicole: running, cycling; Mairin; road and mountain biking esp. downhill!; Luke: triathlon; Suzie: running; Neil: triathlon) and previous experience with this sort of marketing program (Luke: some granola-based variation; Mairin: has or had other sponsors; everyone else: neophytes). We started to brainstorm ideas for events. It turns out that Suzie is some sort of mover and shaker at Larkspur Hotels and suggested that we hold an event at one of her properties (duh! OK. That's not hard to agree to.) We decided that pooling our 2 cases of MGD64 per month as a group would allow to hold a bigger, better event. Suzie was going to think about some dates (Thursdays seemed good, she was thinking sooner rather than later - i.e., some Thursday in October, maybe around Union Square). It was also agreed that since both Suzie and Nicole would be doing the Nike Women's Marathon on 10/19, we would start in earnest on 10/20.

Other ideas were bandied about, Luke has a relative who runs a boxing gym in San Carlos, perhaps we could (again) pool our beer resources to do something there. Sports Basement will upon request host a shopping party in which food is provided and participants get 20% off all purchases that day - again pooling beer for "free refreshments" would make this event a winner. They also allow entertainment or slideshows or whatever. (Anyone in band?) Other possibilities include short (or long) training rides or runs that end at an appropriate establishment for recuperation.

I think this captures most of the thoughts. Feel free to add your own embellishments. I'll attach the photos we took at Green's.

I think now we get 10 points each, right?

Hey Guys-

Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow at 7:30pm at Green's.  I'll be in a white shirt and green pants! (nobody wears green pants....seriously)

2239 Polk St

San Francisco, CA 94109

-Nicole

Hey Everyone!

I'm Neil. I live in Los Altos, work in San Jose and am not afraid to drive to "The City". I think this Team MGD 64 thing will be a lot of fun.