Good luck with that. Maybe next time you may want to consider a stretch of road closer to the membership base. Or possibly in an area, like the UP, that members would want to do a group OC vacation in.
This particular event
was closer to the "membership base" as it was an event organized by and for the South West Region. While other MOC, Inc. members were invited and would have been welcomed, the focus was on just one region. The hope is that it will be expanded to other regions.
Perhaps the South West Region Coordinator would be willing to assist the other coordinators with setting up a similar event in their regions. However, as I understand how the Michigan Adopt-a-Highway program is administered, they take a group's request under advisement and nominate their preferred stretch of road. I believe I have read of some groups who were given an assignment but chose not to accept it because the location was too far away.
While it certainly became too hot too soon, it was a good event!