GCR 2020 Election BIOS President - Randy Gananathan Randy Gananathan has been an active GCR member who loves to assist in all PCA activities, especially tours, concours and off roading. A multi year winner of the esteemed Betty Jo-Turner top award for editorial excellence among all PCA regional newsletters, plus 1st and 3rd place winner in other years in the class of largest PCA region’s newsletters, all of which as editor of the monthly print and electronic publication - Provinz Magazine. He serves as National SUV Registry Advocate of PCA for Canada and USA. Randy is an enthusiastic volunteer at both GCR and UCR, the two regions he is a member of. Randy is a PCA National Concours Judge and expert in classic Porsches and tractors. Randy seeks to serve on the GCR Board as President, to give back to the club, to the hobby that has brought him so much enjoyment, by connecting with fellow members, by organizing events, hosting breakfasts, and contributing to the Board of Directors as a regular attendee and participant. Randy is an electronics engineer, currently Head of Energy Marketing Solutions of Cooper Lighting, a division of Signify (former Philips), largest lighting company worldwide, actively engaged in creating national and international codes, standards and regulations that govern lighting, germicidal and horticultural industries. Also a patented inventor of mesh networked control systems for future IoT. Michelle and Randy are multi-year volunteers, winners of art contests at multiple Porsche Parades and regional awards winners. Randy seeks your vote and makes himself available to you for help with everything Porsche. He owns several Porsches and loves to work on his Porsche tractor, cars and SUVs. Randy advises Porsche owners and lends a hand whenever called upon. He is a licensed vehicle appraiser in Ontario Canada.
Vice President - Peter Olliviere I have been a Porsche Club of America member since 2000, and for the most part have enjoyed the cars, the people, and the experience that involvement in this club brings. No matter what you enjoy about Porsches, the club provides a venue for it. All that’s asked of you in return is to occasionally volunteer to help facilitate the club’s events. When I enjoy something I get involved to the best of my ability. I have served several terms as a Board Member, and am now the current Vice President. With a couple of exceptions, I have attended every Board meeting over the last few years even when I was not A Board Member. I have taken the time to do so because I am interested in the direction the Club takes. Attending the meeting as a member allowed me to truly understand the Club, the people, and the mindset of the Board Members. It also allowed me to get involved and give direct input into and about decisions the Board made. Shortly after becoming a member I found that I had an interest in Concours and so became the Assistant Chair for the Concours Committee. I get great satisfaction from assisting members who have never been involved with the sport, to get involved. This was the driving idea for the club developing The Concours College Program, and I feel proud that I am part of its development. Through the years, I have been deeply involved with Concours, social and technical events. I have continued and expanded Concours College, created the Classic Water Cooled events, headed up Porsches by the Bay, and the Heritage Park car shows. I initiated the Conchy Joe’s Run and assisted with the Sanibel Island events. My efforts did not stop with car related events; I created and headed up the Gold Coast entry into the Winterfest Boat Parade, and I have worked to make The Gold Coast Region more active in the community and charitable work. These efforts have raised over $35,000 in donations to the
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, and includes the multiple hospital Porsche Toy Parade held last Christmas. I now hold the position of Vice President to the current Board and have tried my best to fulfill the requirements of that job. This year the Club is facing the challenge of Covirus-19, it’s a threat that goes far beyond just getting sick. The consequences can be far more serious. The Club’s response has been to take a “wait and see” attitude which I feel is the correct thing to do, but while we have paused most activities we should use this time to come up with new ideas and ways to enjoy this hobby. We are already seeing evidence of new ways of doing things using Social Medial and I think it’s important that the Club continues in that direction. I can only hope the membership views my time in the Director was well spent. My goal now is to continue in the position of Vice President in the Gold Coast Region, I believe that my desire for club growth, fairness and calm is shared by the vast majority of the membership. In the final analysis this is a Club made up of people that want to enjoy their Porsches and the camaradi that is created by common interest. Peter Olliviere
