I think I sense a strong desire to keep meeting and enjoying each other, talking about our cars' wows!! and woes (of which there seems a never ending supply). Do More driving (both touring and spirited.) As to doing it tied to the Carlisle Showfield: meh . . As noted, Vendors: MIA; Flea market: great if you own an MG, Triumph or Healy; Tuners: say what? I can't hear you!! -- another meh. I see this settling to a spring time meet not unlike the fall meet (e.g., Tour d'Smo), which could be in or around Carlisle or elsewhere, at the same date or, as stated, at another time when weather might be better. July could be deathly hot and may interfere with the Pittsburgh Vintage GP, which I can tell you for certain is deathly hot. Or maybe not, I dunno . . ., Might not be so hot in WV in July, eh?
I voted, as some others have, to attend Carlisle at the customary date if we decide to do it, mostly because I'm pretty handy to it -- it's not a big drive. If we decide to ditch the formal Imports and Performance weekend in favor of a drive, eat, drink and schmooze weekend of our own, either in Eastern PA, or elsewhere, I'd go with that too.
Chris pointed out the widening dichotomy of the group between Showfiled-centric and drive-it-like-you-stole-it-centric. Like he said, it's a free country, so do your own thing. It might go down better if it was a little more organized, and arranged with the whole group in mind. I'm pretty sure that the lack of support for the formal showfield gig is increasing.