Ok, lets think this over, I still like the first Sunday in May personally, beer or no beer. What is the concern with having a few beers after a nice barefoot run in the morning. I personally say nothing. I usually do drink beer and run on Sundays anyway, so I don't see the harm either way.
Regarding Mother's Day, could be a bit of a challenge (I honestly did not realize it was Mother's Day either), that is usually my grovelling at the wife's feet day, she usually goes out for a very long run (50km or so) on Mother's Day and she returns the favour for me on Father's Day when I run the Manitoba Marathon.
TJ, as the date has not been written in stone yet, since I am the coordinator this year. Could we have a quick poll that ends on Dec 30, 12 and then we will make a decision on the consensus of the members here.
I also think that we should be consistant, since we had IBRD on the first Sunday of May for the first two years, I am not sure about changing it now. Just my two cents.