Porscher 2019 10

Voice of the Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America

Volume 22 Issue 9, October 2019

In this issue:8th Gen 911, Taycan, New Member Social, Burger Night, Fill The Frunks, Porsche Quiz and AGM Information Package

Regulars 4 Advertiser Index

5 VIR Executive 6 Executive Comment 18 Coffee & Cars 52 Classifieds 53

Discounts, Forums & Useful Web Sites

54 Around The Bend

55 Goodie Store

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Features Reminder Autocross 8 & Chili Challenge

8th Gen 911 Unveiled 10 Taycan Revealed 13 Dan’s Burger Night 14 Porsche Quiz 16 New Member Social 22

Fill The Frunks 26

AGM Info Package 28

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The display of adverts does not constitute an endorsement of the company by VIR or PCA

000 Magazine MAC Renovations Villamar

Porsche Centre Victoria WeatherTech Canada Jason Good Custom Cabinets

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EDITORIAL: Statements appearing in PORSCHER are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Porsche Club of America, the Vancouver Island Region, its Executives or the Editor. All articles and photographs are copyright the author or contributor (unless otherwise noted). Permission for reprints or reproduction of the contents must be granted by the Editor and the author or contributor.

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COVER: New 911 unveiled at Porsche Center Victoria

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SUBMISSIONS: Members are invited and encouraged to submit articles and photos that would be of interest to the Club.

Photos in JPG or PNG formats. Please send submissions via email to the Newsletter Director at: Newsletter@virpca.org NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: The deadline for the next issue is the 23rd of the month.

CREDITS :- Wyman Lee, Brad Blaney, Garth Webber Atkins, Dan Bourlet, Gary Glover, Tony Booth & Steve Fairbrother. If we have omitted anyone, our apologies, please advise us and we shall credit you next month.

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John McGurran President president@virpca.org

James Renfrew Vice President vicepresident@virpca.org

Michael Holan Secretary secretary@virpca.org

Tim Evans Treasurer treasurer@virpca.org

Paul Atterton Director—North Island northisland@virpca.org

Dan Bourlet Director—Mid Island midisland@virpca.org

Didier Moinier Director—South Island southisland@virpca.org

Garth Webber Atkins Director—Membership membership@virpca.org

Steve Fairbrother Director—Newsletter newsletter@virpca.org

Dean Aikenhead Director—Competition competition@virpca.org

Dave Nickel Webmaster Chair webmaster@virpca.org

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Tyson Johnson Competition & Driver Education Chair tyson@virpca.org

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his is my last Porscher column as your President. A new President and Board of Directors will be elected at our Sunday October 6 Annual General Meeting, which I encourage you to attend. Primary and family/affiliate members are entitled to attend but preregister here if you wish to have the buffet lunch There are two messages I would like to leave with you as I move on to the role of Past President with the Club.

have for the Club and the role you will play in achieving them.

Our 2019-2021 Strategic Plan calls for the appointment (by the Board) of Chairs to oversee or lead a Club rally program, our website, a driver education/ competition series, member relations, our newsletter and to manage our Goodie Store...among other things. This is a move in the right direction. Reducing the elected Board to seven members and adding as many Chairs as the Club needs is a very positive step.

The new Board will be looking for volunteers. These are appointed roles, not elected and do not require attendance at monthly meetings and other governance responsibilities.

First, it was a privilege to be elected to serve as your President. Two years ago, I said communication with members will be my number one priority. Through my biweekly president’s update emails and monthly columns (in this award-winning newsletter), I have Finally, if you have not already done so, please plan accomplished that. to attend the AGM (and related activities), meet your All but the newest members will recall a membership outgoing Directors and vote for the new Board. And, survey we did two years ago. You told us what you by the way, I hope that among the 13% who exwanted the Club to offer and for the most part, your pressed interest in helping run the Club, there is Board delivered. An amazing 96% of members said someone with financial experience to run as TreasurVancouver Island Porsche Club membership met or er. To date there are no nominations. Here’s the link to the exceeded their expectations.

AGM page:My second message is about engaging members (like you!) in running the Club…another theme of mine for msreg.com/2019AGM the past two years. Going back to the 2018 members’ John McGurran survey, only 13% of you said you were willing to be more involved in the Club. Yikes! That’s not sustaina- President ble in a Club rapidly approaching 600 members.

Please, reach out to the new Board with the ideas you

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he AGM is nearly upon us, time for you to ACTIVELY participate in YOUR Club and join other volunteers either run the Club itself or the many events it holds. Yes, we are volunteers, not experts in paid positions and we may make mistakes (as everyone does). So come and join us in making the Club run more effectively, hold more events, have more fun, meet more people, see more places, donate more to charities, experience more roads and make more friends!

Don’t forget, It’s not just the cars, it’s the people.

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Membership Region Summary at end of August 2019

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ancouver Island Region has 570 members. We have 352 primary members and 218 affiliate or family members. PCA has 85,803 primary members, 47,064 affiliate members and 17 life members for a total of 132,884 members.

New Members in August – Welcome!

Member

Scot Brady Brian King Mark Little Leaf Picchetti Trevor Ross Renewals:

Co-member

Location / From

Vehicle

Sonia Ross Susan Frew

Nanoose Bay Nanoose Bay Victoria / Canada West Victoria Courtenay Victoria

2010 Boxster S 2017 Cayman 2014 Cayenne Diesel 2019 Macan 2008 911 Carrera 4S

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Non renewals: 6

Anniversaries in September - Congratulations 10 Years:

Timothy Stemp

5 Years:

Bridget Cassidy-Keais, Nicole Ardiel, Garth Webber Atkins, Rowland Atkins, Rick Pasqualotto, Michelle Pasqualotto, Robert Smith, Chris Smith, Karen Jeffrey, Bill Lupton,

One Year:

Michael Dingle, Alexandra Lohvinen, Leslie Hunter, Andrew Kiesewetter, John Rogers, Monika Lebedynska, Graden Dej

PCA Juniors PCA National Office will now be processing the PCA Juniors welcome box. This is expected to cut costs and speed things up, from the 6 to 8 weeks it used to take, to two weeks plus shipping time – generally 1-3 days. Members can choose for the box to be sent to the address on their account or directly to the child.

Garth Webber Atkins Membership Director

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It’s that time of year! The Chili Challenge will be held at lunch time during our Autocross on Sunday October 20th at Western Speedway. We will have some of our repeat chili chefs and hopefully some brave new chefs to take on the challenge and compete for the coveted trophy won last year by Geoff Melnychuk. We will be serving several kinds of chili, with buns and drinks. The goal is to feed our competitors and spectators, all the while raising money for charity. Once again, this year it is the Island Kids Cancer Association www.ikca.ca, which provides much needed practical support for children with cancer and their families on our Island.

If you would like to participate as a chef, or have any questions, please contact Michael at secretary@virpca.org.

Plus of course, the Autocross will be held all day there too! Tyson, our Competition Chair and friends will lay out a challenging course in order for us to improve our driving skills!

More information & autocross registration is at msreg.com/2019autocross

VIR’s Chili Bowl Trophy

2018 Chili Bowl winner Geoffrey Melnychuk

Autocrossers getting ready

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On a recent Thursday evening, Porsche Centre Victoria unveiled the latest generation of the 911 with their invited guests and VIR PCA Club members present along with some scrumptious food and refreshments.

Jason Mui introduced the evening and then Tyson Johnson and Matt Kennard took us on a brief history of the 911 models which lead up to the unveiling of the latest model, which did look splendid indeed!

You get view all the technical information at Porsche Canada’s webpage for the model at www.porsche.com/ canada/en/models/911/911-carrera-models/. Thanks to Porsche Centre Victoria for hosting the event.

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Recently, Volker Grady retired (congratulations to him) and the new General Manager of Porsche Centre Victoria is Mike Dragutinovich (right).

Introduce yourself to Mike when you are in PCV and let him know that you are a member of the local Porsche Club.

The Club looks forward to continuing a great relationship with Porsche Centre Victoria, now with Mike “in the driving seat”.

Below is a photo of some of the PCV team at the new 911 unveiling Thursday.

Porsche is bringing their subscription service to Canada and Toronto in particular, after it has been piloted in Atlanta since 2017. For $3,200 (the Launch level) you can choose from Cayman, Cayman S, Boxster, Boxster S, Macan, Macan S, Cayenne and Panamera. For $4,200 (the Accelerate level) choose from a 911, 911 S, 911 4S, 911 Cabriolet, 911 Cabriolet S, Panamera 4S, Macan GTS, Cayman GTS, Boxster GTS, and Cayenne S (plus all those in the Launch level). You can sign up for as little as a month after a $750 membership fee and a background and driver profile check.

See the website at www.porschepassport.com for more details. Apart from Atlanta and Toronto, the service is also available in Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego.

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Porsche finally revealed all of the new electric model, the Taycan in a simultaneous 3 country video unveiling in China, Germany and Canada (right next to the Niagara Falls).

The shape has varied a little since its “Mission E” concept drawings were shown some years ago. There will be 2 models released initially, the Turbo and Turbo S. The term Turbo is used to indicate a higher performance level over those models without the Turbo insignia (even though they may have a physical turbocharged engine).

The Turbo has 460kW (500kW in Overboost) and passes 100 km/h in 3.2s. The Turbo S has 460kW but with 560kW in Overboost and reaches 100 km/h in 2.8s, both have Launch Control.

Both can charge from 5% to 80% with a fast charger (270kW) in 22.5 minutes or 93 minutes with a 50kW source.

The price of the Taycan Turbo starts at Cdn $173,900 and $213,900 for the Turbo S model. Full details are available at www.porsche.com/canada/en/models/taycan/taycan-models

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On Wednesday August 14, we met at NoXcuses Motorsports Experience & Cafe and enjoyed a delicious BBQ dinner of beef, cheese or veggie burgers with plenty of coleslaw and potato salad as well as beverages. Many thanks to our BBQ chef and hosts Jordan and Cora Lea for their hard work.

Our event was attended by 42 people and 25 vehicles. Plenty of parking, so we could enjoy viewing, many different Porsche models and a rainbow of colours to behold.

It was a beautiful, sunny, top down kind of evening perfect for a drive after our BBQ dinner.

With Gary Glover leading the pack, we toured for about an hour and a half through Parksville, Qualicum and Errington, too many back roads to remember. It was a great drive with everyone enjoying the scenic tour.

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The drive ended back at NoXcuses with everyone saying goodbye and memories of another great VIR summer event.

Dan J Bourlet Mid-Island Director

Here is the second set of Porsche questions from John Clark.

The answers to these are on page 55 of this issue.

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Al Holbert (shown right with his 962 car) was a Porsche competitor. He raced at Le Mans and was active in the IMSA series. He was also PCNA’s Motorsport director.

What happened to him?

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Why was almost every Porsche factory driver reluctant to drive the then new 917 Porsche flat out on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans?

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Why did the FIA strip Peter Gregg’s glorious 1978 Porsche of its Trans Am championship?

Many thanks to John Clark.

Congratulations to Tony & Rosemary Booth, who won PCA’s Porsche of the Month for August with the photo below! Tony says ….

Well that was a surprise win!

Also, another win for VIR after Gary Glover's Cayman S "Porsche of the Month" for June.

Thank you so much everyone in the Region who voted for our 912, those in Wild Rose and our Porsche friends world-wide.

Who's going to start the fun again and make it 3 for VIR? Thanks again,

Tony & Rosemary Booth VIR Members PORSCHER — OCTOBER 2019

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here is always a Cars & Coffee meeting near you at weekends! Pop in, meet old friends and make plenty of new ones. You never know, VIR may even pay for your coffee occasionally too! Below are some photos from recent meetings, please feel free to send in yours, especially from Mid Island and North Island! Pictures by Wyman Lee for the South Island coffee.

North Island 2nd Sat. of month, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza, 444 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay Mid Island Sundays 10am, NoXcuses Café, #1-464 Island Hwy E, Parksville South Island Sundays 9am, Starbucks, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria (pictures

by Wyman Lee)

“It's not just the cars, it's the people!”

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On September 15, 51 VIR members gathered at the Cowichan Golf and Country Club for the New Members’ Social. This lunch event is an opportunity for members who joined in the last year to meet other Club members, as guests of the Club.

On arrival, members circulated with coffee in hand, greeting new members, connecting with others and viewing the display of photos of events over the past year. Thirteen new members attended this year’s event. Also present as guests of the Club were Edgar and Leona Brechert, who, as of March this year have been PCA members for 40 years. We learned at the lunch that they had also reached another very significant anniversary, as they married in 1979 and so had their 40thwedding anniversary this year. A hearty congratulations to Edgar and Leona on both counts!

All members enjoyed a very tasty buffet, featuring roast beef and barbequed chicken, with fruit crumble or fruit shortcake for dessert. After lunch, Club President John McGurran presented the Enthusiast of the Year award to Gordon and Farah Halkett (above), who have participated in many VIR events over the course of the year.

Samples of the VIR apparel now available through the PCA store were on hand for members to have a look at and guests were treated to a fashion show, in which several VIR members modelled the samples, or their

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own VIR wear. VIR wear can be found on the Vancouver Island Regional Store on the PCA web site.

The main door prize was won by Leona Brechert, so now she and Edgar will be able to enjoy 000 Magazine for a year. A nice anniversary present indeed!

The Social and the fashion show, were organized and MC’d by Membership Director Garth Webber Atkins.

Thanks go to Rowland Atkins and Imogen Burr for handling guest check-in, Steve Fairbrother for selling lapel pins, taking photographs and organizing the 000 prize and to the Cowichan Golf and Country Club for a stylish room decoration, good food and good service.

Thanks also go to the fashion show models Rowland Atkins, John McGurran, Kathy McGurran, Didier Moinier, Farah Halkett, Steve Fairbrother, Imogen Burr and Klaus Kreye. Great job, folks!

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On Sunday Sept 8th, VIR held their first “Fill the Frunks” (front trunk of a Porsche to those new to Porsches) to raise donations for the Parksville Food Bank.

The Event was held at NoXcuses Motorsports Experience & Café in Parksville in conjunction with the weekly Mid-Island Cars and Coffee meeting.

Members were asked ahead of time to bring donations of non-perishable food items to donate and their coffee would be paid for by VIR. Two Frunks, in a Cayman and Boxster, were filled to capacity with donations. Some members forgot their donation and passed the hat around and an additional $80 was raised.

The donations and cash where driven to the local food bank and handed over to grateful volunteers.

The two other coffee meetings that VIR holds, once a month in Courtenay and every Sunday in Saanich, are now challenged to - Meet It or Beat It!

Dan Bourlet & Gary Glover

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he following pages contain the information pertinent to the upcoming Annual General Meeting on October 6th at the Villa Eyrie. Below is the Agenda, followed by the draft minutes from the last AGM and Directors’ & Chair reports.

VIRPCA Annual General Meeting 11a.m. Sunday October 6, 2019 Malahat Room at the Villa Eyrie Resort 600 Ebadora Lane, Malahat, BC V0R 2L0

1. Call to order 11:00 a.m., Quorum and Approval of Agenda – John McGurran 2. Review and Approval of the 2018 AGM Minutes – John McGurran 3. Awards to Members – John McGurran Enthusiast of the Year – Gordon and Farah Halkett, awarded at New Member Social PCA Newsletter Class III - First Place – Steve Fairbrother, awarded at Porsche Parade PCA Public Service - Honourable Mention, awarded at Porsche Parade President’s Award 2019 - to be announced at the meeting 4. Directors’ & Chairs’ Reports Please review these reports published in the October Porscher 5. Constitution & Bylaws – John McGurran Clarification of the role of the Past President (for information) Bylaw 6.21 states “The immediate Past President, who continues to be an active member in good standing of the Society, may serve in an advisory capacity as a member of the Board but without vote. The immediate Past President is the person who most recently completed a term of office as president of the Society.”

At its January 6 meeting the Board passed the following motion without dissenting vote: By

recognizing the ambiguity of the bylaw 6.21, the Board interprets the role of the Past President as an advisor to the board and not a member of the Board.

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7. Election of the 2019 - 2020 Board of Directors - Michael Holan A call for nomination was circulated by the President on Sunday September 15, in accord with our bylaws. Elections will be held for the following Board positions and nominations of members-in-good-standing from the floor will be accepted if the nominee is present to accept the nomination.

President

Tim Evans (2014050931) Vice President

Garth Webber Atkins (2014050931) Secretary

Ross Mosher (2019081182) Treasurer

____________ Director-at-Large North Island

Wendy Woodley (2012090061) Director-at-Large Mid Island

Dan Bourlet (2014050931) Director-at-Large South Island

Imogen Burr (2014050931) 8. Closing Remarks – John McGurran Draw for a one-year subscription to 000 Magazine, valued at US $250 Handoff to the new President and Board 9. Adjournment – John McGurran

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Last year’s AGM draft minutes

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STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES FOR YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2019

Revenue Porscher Advertising

8,498.66

Received from PCA

6,435.71

Bank Interest

215.41 15,149.78

Total Revenue

Expenses Club Events

9,040.04

Administration

5,338.49

Miscellaneous

1,744.14

Black Rock

1,203.98

Charitable Donations Autocross Equipment Total Expenses Net Income / (Loss) PORSCHER — OCTOBER 2019

110.00 74.63 17,511.28

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION FOR YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2019 Assets Current Assets Bank

Accounts Receivable

31,017.41

726.75

Total Current Assets

31,744.16

Other Assets Inventory (pins)

1,151.92

Total Other Assets

1,151.92 32,896.08

Total Assets Liabilities Deferred Revenue Members' Equity

726.75 32,169.33

32,896.08

Total Liabilities and Members' Equity

Approved on behalf of Board of Directors President

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President’s Annual Report 2019 2018/2019 has been a very good year for our Club. In addition to continued growth in membership and an array of well-attended events and activities, we conducted a strategic planning exercise to guide Club priorities and activities through 2021. You will read more about this exercise in Garth Webber Atkins’ report; she brought her facilitation skills to the table and oversaw the process. The report will be available on the Club website. Among its recommendations are a review of Club communications, routinely collected post-event feedback from members and improved storage and access by members to Club documents. It should be noted that among all of the Regions in PCA’s Zone 6, Vancouver Island is the only one to have actually completed such a piece off work. The same can be said for the membership survey we completed in 2018.

I firmly support the strategic plan’s proposal to reduce the number of elected directors to seven (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and North, Mid and South Island directors). Members with an interest in governance and oversight will be attracted to these Board positions. Members with a particular interest and skillset (competition, membership, newsletter, website, goodie store, among others) can focus their attention on the job to be done and not be involved with monthly meetings and other governance-related work. This model is rational, functional and opens the door for many more members becoming involved in the workings of the Club. We need that increased participation.

Financially, the Club remains in a sound position, as described in Tim Evans’s Treasurer’s report.

Communication with members continues to be a high priority for us and in addition to the president’s biweekly email and our award-wining Porsche newsletter, our Facebook group page is a growing source of Porsche-related news and events. A redesign of the website is proposed for 2020.

The culture change to using MotorsportReg as a required registration for our events is almost complete. MSR makes the event organizer’s job much easier, helps to collect in advance payments for meals etc and generates data allowing the Board to review event participation.

Believe it or not, our cars and coffee session have increased in popularity over the past year and in the mid island in particular with a new location in Parksville. On occasion the Club buys coffee for members at cars and coffee, without advance notice.

Among the proudest moments for the Club in 2019 were the Honourable Mention we received from PCA National for our charitable work in 2018 and the award for Best Newsletter, given to editor Steve Fairbrother.

While the Club has awarded its Enthusiast of the Year award since 1997 (for which members of the Board were deemed ineligible), there was no similar award for a member whose actions significantly improved the Club. To address this, the Board has endorsed the presentation of an annual President’s Award to a deserving member. The president is empowered to select the recipient and present the award at the Annual General Meeting.

It has been a privilege to serve as your president for the past two years. Following the AGM I will step into the Past President role and support the new President and Board as needed. The job of president is demanding and time consuming at times.

But the rewards of seeing happy faces of members on driving tours, socials, rallies, track days and at cars and coffee is ample reward.

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Vice President’s Annual Report 2019 For my part in 2019 I held the annual Valentines Day event at Arbutus Golf Club. It was well attended again this year and I'll endeavor to organize it again next year.

Also supported the Clubs efforts to establish a strategic plan and look forward to the results. Another successful year of driving tours and rally's were insured with no incidents to report.

Still plan on hosting another movie night this winter, please watch for details to come.

It been an honor serving the membership and the executive board over the years.

Unfortunately I won't be continuing as Vice President into 2020 as I need to reprioritize at home.

James Renfrew VIR PCA Vice President

Treasurer’s Annual Report 2019 I’m happy to say that the Club is in a stable and healthy financial position. We started off the year with $33,378.91 in the bank and at our year end on August 31, 2019 we have a bank balance of $31,017.41. Even though some of the events are subsidized by the Club, revenue from the Porscher advertising remains strong and our quarterly rebates from PCA are in US Dollars so we get a big advantage due to the exchange rate.

Our PCA revenue is down this year compared to 2018 as there was a special payment that year over and above the quarterly payments we receive. Because of our good financial position we are able to subsidize Club events ($9,040.44) including the AGM to keep the members’ costs down.

The Revenue and Expense report for the fiscal year is attached. More details on specific expense accounts will be available at the AGM.

Social Media Chair’s Annual Report 2019 The group Facebook page we implemented in 2018 continue to grow with new members joining and the number of postings by members.

The Facebook page is a chance to see what is happening in the Club along with members activities. Check out the Facebook page at https://m.facebook.com/groups/150348012491522?ref=share and click the join button to get started.

Please email me at treasurer@virpca.org if you want more information or have any questions.

Tim Evans VIR PCA Treasurer & Social Media Chair

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Secretary’s Annual Report 2019 Hard to believe that I have now been the secretary of the Club for 4 years. It has been interesting to be involved in chronicling the meetings and seeing the Club evolve. I appreciate that I had a chance to be involved with a great bunch of people that really care about our Club.

After a successful Chili Challenge last year at our annual autocross, where we raised almost $700 for the Island Kids Cancer Association, I am hoping for a repeat of good competition on and off the track.

Last year the fall colours and the sunny weather resulted in a perfect combination for a great day out on our Port Renfrew Drive. I have my fingers crossed while organizing this year's drive for another chance for members to have an enjoyable outing.

I would like to encourage members to contact the new board and see if they could use your help in organizing events in 2020.

Michael Holan VIR PCA Secretary

Newsletter Director’s Annual Report 2019 Newsletter / Editor As the Club’s Newsletter Director, in the fiscal year 2018/19, I performed the following:Sought new advertisers and billed them to maintain the Newsletter revenue at around $8,500

Won PCA Best Newsletter Award for Class III Club size Spent little money on the Newsletter apart from archive printing and the $50 MSR member draw prizes Created submissions to PCA for Public Service Awards, Panorama pieces (From The Regions) and Newsletter Award Organised the Club’s new event banners and the Executive’s business cards (to provide them to drivers not yet in PCA) Organised the CoachWerks tech night Note: I still need article submissions by members for the newsletter to remain interesting MotorsportReg.com Administration

As the Club’s MSR administrator, I performed the following:Continued using, learning MSR and providing feedback to the authors Cloned previous year’s events and configured them for the organisers Charged event attendees without Club handling credit cards etc Provided reports on MSR events for Executive & organisers where required Provided guidance to those organisers who wanted to create their events

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Membership Director’s Annual Report 2019 We have experienced another year of strong inflow of new members. VIR received 88 new members, consisting of 37 new regular members, 28 new co-members, 17 regular members transferring in and 6 comembers transferring in. However, due to 53 non-renewals and 7 transfers out, this translates into a modest net growth of 28 members in all.

At the end of August, VIR had 570 members consisting of 352 regular members and 218 co-members.

I conducted a number of activities over the course of the year to raise awareness of the Club, to continue to attract new members and to retain current ones. To achieve this, I: Provided all new members with a VIR name badge and a decal for their car.

Sent monthly welcome e-mails to new members Recognized milestone anniversaries in the Membership News section in Porscher.

Contacted members who had significant anniversaries to encourage them to submit an article about themselves to Porscher.

Worked with PCA National to address member issues as needed.

Organized the Blast-It! tech session and lunch in February.

Organized and hosted the New Member Social in September, to welcome members who joined over the past year. Fifty-two member registered, including 14 new members. At this event, a special draw was held to promote the PCA Juniors program.

Set up a booth at the GAIN Show and Shine in August and provided visitors with membership brochures and complementary copies of Panorama magazine. Also provided coffee and baked goods for members.

Placed copies of Panorama magazine with a couple of auto-related businesses, along with business cards and membership application forms.

Sold VIR lapel pins throughout the year.

Submitted four articles to Porscher.

All Board members engage with potential members as they meet them and place PCA business cards on the windshield of vehicles without a PCA decal.

Other VIR initiatives I supported include facilitating the development of a strategic plan and selecting the women’s wear for the Vancouver Island Region PCA Store.

Garth Webber Atkins VIR PCA Membership Director

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Mid-Island Director’s Annual Report 2019 I took over from Dean Aikenhead as Mid-Island Director in early Spring 2019. So this report will only reflect on events and activities for which I was responsible.

Our first event was the Springtime West Coast Drive, on May 31—June 2. This 3 day 2 night event started in Ladysmith, through Cedar, Lantzville then stopped for coffee at NoXcuses Motorsports Experience and Cafe in Parksville and onto Port Alberni for lunch at Little Bavaria. After lunch we continued around Sproat Lake then to Ucluelet for two night stay at Black Rock Oceanfront Resort. Saturday we drove to Tofino for sightseeing and optional hike or walk around town. Saturday night we had a private dinner in the Wine Cellar at Black Rock resort. Sunday brunch was at Heartwood Kitchen in Ucluelet. With twenty eight VIR members and fifteen vehicles we all enjoyed a relaxing West Coast drive, with beautiful sunny skies, twisty roads and plenty of time to take in nature’s beauty.

Our second event was the 2019 Burger Night at NoXcuses, in Parksville, on August 14. Our host were Cora Lea and Jordan at NoXcuses, home of our Mid-Island Cars and Coffee. Forty two members and twenty five vehicles attended. After our BBQ burger dinner, we went for a drive that took us through many of the back roads of Parksville, Qualicum and Errington. With beautiful blue skies it was a perfect night for a top down kind of drive. We ended back at NoXcuses with everyone saying good-bye, full of memories of another great VIR summer event.

Planned Events; (after this report).

September 8th – Sunday; Coffee in Parksville. fund raising event for the Parksville Food Bank, .

September 25th – Wednesday; Chili Night & Drive. Dinner and drive around Parksville, Qualicum and surrounding area.

Other events that will be coming up throughout the fall, winter and spring will be more drives, movie nights and tech nights. Dean and I are still working on a drive for The Cancer Society, kids at Camp Good Times. We will need your support to pull this off.

I would like to thank all the board members for their hard work for making VIR such a great chapter of PCA, also, many thanks to Garth Webber Atkins for her leadership on the Strategic Planning sessions for VIR’s positive future.

Thanks to all of you for your support throughout the past year and the coming year, it has been a pleasure. I am looking forward to an exciting year.

Dan Bourlet VIR PCA Mid-Island Director

South Island Director’s Annual Report 2019 In 2019 South Island has been busy all year. Sunday morning Cars and Coffee always very well attended, year round by members and non-members, with Porsches and non-Porsches. Through the year we had many Club events car shows, autocross, drives, rally and visits.

This is my last year as South Island director. It has been a great experience to work with the Club board. Thank you all.

Didier Moinier VIR PCA South Island Director PORSCHER — OCTOBER 2019

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Rally Chair’s Annual Report 2019 Following the successful inaugural rally in September 2018 the stakes were doubled for 2019. The Club board planned for a Spring and Fall TSD Rally along the same format.

Attendance increased slightly for the Spring Rally and everyone had a great time. We also had visitors from the USA and NZ participating! Scoring was very close and competitive. The classroom sessions and the experience gathered during the 2018 event certainly showed with each team getting into single digit scores at one or more checkpoints. Note that these events are held on a demerit scoring system, so the lower the score the better. A well-deserved win went to Team Gosse/Fraser with only 46 points.

At the time of compiling this report preparations are well underway for the Fall Rally. The route is finalised & checked and entries are coming in.

I would like to thank the members that supported these events, with continued support we can make this a regular event in the coming years and kick-start rallying on the island.

Klaus Kreye VIR PCA Rally Chair

Goodie Storekeeper’s Annual Report 2019 I had been the North Island Director, since 2015 and in 2018 I stepped down due to family commitments, but did take on the task of the “Goodie Store & Porsche Swag”. The Goodie Store is stocked with items that we have purchased and offer for sale to our members. Such as T-shirts, Caps, License Plate Frames etc. The Goodie Store has a page in the monthly “Porscher”.

“Porsche Swag” is given to us by Porsche Centre Victoria, who receive this swag a number of times a year directly from Porsche. These items are given as prizes to members, at our events and are available to all event organizers. I have a list that I can send to event organisers, to select items for their events.

Paul Atterton, who has done an EXCELLENT job as North Island Director for the past year, has decided not to run this year, so I have put my name forward to run for that position.

If you have any questions, please be in touch, Wendy Woodley, goodiestore@virpca.org 250-897-3678

Wendy Woodley VIR PCA Goodie Storekeeper

At the time of printing, no other reports were received.

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For full details please go to MSR web page msreg.com/2019-Fall-Rally.

Starting point: White Spot Woodgrove/Nanaimo, 9am. End point: Cowichan Valley Best Western.

Save the date and plan to join in the fun of our second Time Speed Distance (TSD) Rally of 2019 on Sunday 29 September, following a mid-island course. This is a team event where each car has a driver and a navigator. It will be a family friendly event on paved public roadways operating at/below posted speed limits.

This is the third of what was seen as a very enjoyable event last fall and is suitable for both two and four door Porsches. Our objective is to have fun and we have very experienced rally drivers/instructors to show us the way.

The rally will start in Nanaimo and the end will be near Duncan. There will be a number of short legs (regularity stages) allowing time to chat between and learn from our instructors led by rally enthusiast/ expert Klaus Kreye (below). If you have any questions, or need help getting set up, please contact Klaus: rally@virpca.org After the rally we will meet for lunch.

The rally cost is $40 per car. Drivers and navigators will purchase their lunch after the rally.

Klaus Kreye Rally Chair

If you are buying or selling something Porsche related, members can advertise for free here.

Send your classified info to newsletter@virpca.org

PCA Test Drive Do you know someone with Porsche ownership intentions or aspirations? Tell them about the PCA Test Drive program. For US $40 they get 6 months access to PANORAMA and defined access to browse the online PCA Mart to find their Porsche.

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f you have received a discount from anywhere that you believe would be applicable to others in the Club, please advise us via email to newsletter@virpca.org and I’ll add to this list.

Please mention that you saw their advert in PORSCHER if you visit/talk to these sponsors Where

Discount

Lordco

Up to 30%

Mention Porsche Club of America (show PCA card)

Porsche Center Victoria

Up to 15%

15% for in-house work, 10% over the counter parts

RIBA Detailing Perfection

25%

25% off published prices. 4 std pkgs or “a la carte”.

SHC Auto

Good

Discounts on wheels/tires, ceramic coating, wraps/tints

Werks Canada

10%

10% discount via PCAVANCOUVERISLAND19 code

Wingren Nufloors

50%

Discount off all area rugs for VIR Club members

Blast-It!

10%

10% discount, show your current PCA card

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Description

elow are some Porsche related sites that Club members may find useful. If you know of any others please forward them to the Editor.

Best forum for 986 owners, run by Pelican Parts 986forum.com/forums PCA Boxster register, another great resource for Boxster owners boxsterregister.org See the PCA site for other models www.pca.org/special-interest-groups Macan Forum, everything related to Macans www.macanforum.com General car auction site https://bringatrailer.com Below are some USED parts web sites:-

https://www.partsheaven.com

http://rennlist.com/forums

http://www.nineapart.com http://malahatautoparts.com/parts-search http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-used-parts-sale-wanted

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Ongoing Cars & Coffee Times nd

North Island 2 Sat. of month, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza, 444 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay Mid Island Sundays 10am, NoXcuses Café, #1-464 Island Hwy E, Parksville South Island Sundays 9am, Starbucks, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria Sept 29 Oct 4&5

VIR 2019 Fall TSD Rally

Closing Soon!

Our 3rd TSD rally, Start in Nanaimo and finish in Duncan. Full details below and the registration is at msreg.com/2019-Fall-Rally

Porsche Centre Victoria # 2 day open house. See PCV’s advert in this issue for details.

Contact Klaus Contact PCV

VIR—Annual General Meeting Oct 6

To be held at Villa Eyrie with optional, partially subsidized lunch.

There will be a guest speaker on Electric Vehicles. We require MSR pre-registration and payment for subsidized lunch.

Contact Michael

Oct ?

Board Meeting

Contact Michael

The meeting details will be advised once known.

Autocross and Chili Cook-Off Oct 20

At Western Speedway, 2207 Millstream Rd, Langford. In benefit of Island Kids Cancer Assoc. Autocross registration opens Sep 24, limited to 50 drivers, $40 each.

See details at msreg.com/2019autocross

Contact Tyson / Michael

Port Renfrew Drive Oct 27

Around the Marine Circle Route, once again anti-clockwise, as we don’t want to jinx the great drive we had last year.

Lunch at Port Renfrew. There is a limit of 30 people.

Details & register at msreg.com/2019renfrew

Contact Michael

# = NOT a VIR organized event

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Wendy Woodley in our Goodie Store has apparel and other Club items for sale 1 VIR Jacket, black, ladies, Large

$60

1 VIR T-shirt, white, men’s, Medium

$25

1 VIR cap, black

$20

1 Black-Rock sport-shirt, black, men’s, XL

$20

1 Black-Rock sport-shirt, black, ladies, Small

$20

1 VIR Licence Plate Frame

$5

1 Collapsible bucket, mitt and wipe

$15

1 Black Rock Logo’d Tote Bag

$10

Contact Wendy at goodiestore@virpca.org for further details

Quiz Answers

1. He died in a plane crash 2. The cars were aerodynamically unstable and had a nasty tendency to flip over 3. Canada’s Ludwig Heimrath contested the car as running illegal bodywork. The FIA body in Paris agreed and awarded Heimrath the championship

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