EXECUTIVE COMMENT

VIR President Tim Evans

Still lots of upcoming events to enjoy! We had a very busy month in July with Escape at Sun Peaks (see my article), the South-Island Picnic, TSD Rally, and the President’s drive to Genoa Bay for breakfast. August looks to be equally busy with an event almost every weekend, starting with the Gimmick Rally and Up-Island Picnic in Courtenay, the Mid-Island Picnic, and the Fairwinds Lunch and Drive in Nanoose. I look forward to seeing you at one or several events! Keep up-to-date with what is going on by making sure you read club emails, follow the social media posts and check the website calendar regularly to stay informed of upcoming events and information on registration. The 25th anniversary planning committee has been very busy planning the three summer picnics (one each in South-, Mid- and Up-Island), producing the 25th anniversary clothing and merchandise and now planning the year-end Grand Gala planned for Saturday, October 23rd in Victoria. Look for more details and registration to open in the next two weeks for the Grand Gala. As always, our Club activities only happen because of the wonderful people, who volunteer their time to either serve on the executive or help out with putting on events. Without them, we would not be able to offer the variety and number of events we do. We now know that there will be a number of vacancies on the Executive next year, so this is your chance to serve on the Executive team and get involved with the running of the Club. It’s great to see that so many members have been participating in the 25 Roads for 25 Yearschallenge. My goal is still to do all 25 by the end of September. With a big road trip planned for this month up to Port Hardy, team auf Achse seinwill cover seven of the drives during that trip. This will leave the last few in the Mid-Island area to knock off in September. Finally, congratulations to our newsletter editor, Steve Fairbrother, for winning first in class for Porscherat the PCA Parade at French Lick Indiana. Next time you see Steve make sure you let him know you appreciate his efforts, I know I do. Porscher Editor Steve Fairbrother

Iam absolutely thrilled to be awarded 1st place in the PCA Newsletter Awards for our club size this year. There are others who contribute towards this publication regularly (and not so regularly), but everyone who has done so in 2020 can feel a part of this award— thanks to you all! No doubt there will be some photos in Porscher of the trophy when it arrives in Canada from PCA Parade at French Lick. That is two trophies now, dare we go for a third? Keep sending in your articles and photos!!

PCA Zone 6 Representative Mark Prusynski

August Zone 6 Update

July was Parade month. I am writing this on the way back from Parade—sort of. We decided to follow Route 66 as much as we could from Illinois to California, then stop to visit our daughter on the way back up to Boise. We are stopping in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The Parade in French Lick was everything that the veterans of the 2015 Parade in French Lick said it would be, including the rain showers. The roads may have been the best Porsche roads we have ever been on. It was tough to maintain the correct speed on the rally, although the Roberts from Inland Northwest and Robinsons from Silver Sage seemed to do well enough to bring home trophies. I brought home a second place trophy in the golf tournament, solely due to pairing with Caleb Kiebert, a former Silver Sager, who also brought home the long drive trophy. Zone 6 members captured several trophies in the autocross and Technical and Historic Quiz. The Zone’s greatest recognition, however, was in the National Awards. Oregon earned a second place and Inland Northwest took third in the Website Contest. Vancouver Island took first in the Newsletter Contest. Silver Sage received an Honorable Mention in the Public Service Awards, but the big surprise came as they were reading the award for Region of the Year. It sounded awfully familiar. Silver Sage was chosen as the first place winner. I am so glad I talked President Lindsey Robinson into attending the Parade this year and she is, too. I hope she and Ken could carry all their winnings home in Lindsey’s Boxster. Silver Sage also won the Region of the Year Award in 1996 at the San Antonio Parade. I didn’t attend, so I couldn’t share the honor with other Silver Sagers until they got home. It was great to share it in real time with Lindsey, Ken and Linda and send the news back home as it happened. This was my last Parade as Zone 6 Representative and I thoroughly enjoyed bragging about all of our Zone 6 members. I hope to visit more of you soon.

Mark

Editor—Congratulations to Mark and his Silver Sage region for their wins.

Membership Chair Dan Schuetze

Membership Report July 2021

Vancouver Island Region has 591 members. We have 365 primary members and 226 affiliate or family members. PCA has 91,729 primary members, 49,041 affiliate members and 21 life members for a total of 140,791 members. New Members to VIR — Welcome!

Member Affiliate / Co-Member Location / From Vehicle

Matthew Arsenault Gregory Brennan Tim Langevin Duncan Ladysmith Ramona Langevin Nanoose 1999 Boxster 2020 Macan S 2007 911 Carrera S

Dusan Markivic Jill Kelly Wayne Mcstravick

Victoria Victoria

Susan Whitson Gregg Whitson Central Saanich 2021 718 Cayman GT4 2002 Boxster S

2021 718 Boxster

David Turner Saltspring / Red River 2016 Boxster GTS 2005 Boxster S

NB. If you do not have your partner/friend listed as an affiliate, please contact PCA to add them. The Club receives extra funds from PCA for that! Renewals: 23 Lapsed: 7 Transfer in/out: 1/1 Membership Anniversaries in July – Congratulations! 15 years: Harold Grass, Karen Grass, Jeffrey Smith, Jane Smith 5 years: Chuck Romain, Lorraine Romain 1 year: Jane Kettner, Mike Pellat, Fred Stock, Cyndi Mcleod, Madison Mcleod, Karl Darrall, Rob Grant, Karim Karmali, Tammy Despins, Eric Shafonsky, Adrian Ortiz-Mena, Shane Hoag

Dan

VIR Vice President, Garth Webber Atkins

While I am looking forward with excitement to our 25th Anniversary Gala on October 23rd, a date that looms even larger in my mind is October 30th. It may seem a little early to start thinking about the Annual General Meeting, and the elections for Board of Director positions, but for me, at this point, it is top of mind. The Board has canvassed its Directors and Chairs to see who will stand for a position for 2021/2022. Five of the seven elected Board of Director positions are stepping down, including Tim, having concluded his two years as President. I have indicated my willingness to run for President. If I am elected, then the positions we know will be vacant are: Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, South Island Director and Mid-Island Director. You can see why this is a matter of some concern to me.

Of our seven Chair positions, 4 have indicated that they are staying on (thank you, Steve, Klaus, Dave and Paul), with one position currently vacant, one unconfirmed, and one leaving. The Chair positions are focused on specific operational programs or areas of activity for the Club, and are appointed rather than elected. They can be created or dissolved as the needs of the Club change, and are a great way to get involved and get a feel for how the Executive Committee works. Chair positions are non-voting, but included in the discussion around decisions.

The Membership Chair will be vacant. This is an important position for the Club, as the Membership Chair is often a new member’s, or prospective new member’s, first point of contact with the Club.

The current Executive has been a highly effective team that gets things done. Many of them were new two years ago when they first stepped up, but they learned the ropes and did their best for the Club. I hope some of you will be inspired to do the same. It was a great group to work with. I am sure the next group will be too, because our members are great people.

If you are curious about any of the upcoming positions, please feel free to ask questions of me, Tim, or any of the current Executive. Over the next few weeks, I will provide more information about the positions in Porscher and endeavour to post position descriptions on the web site.

In the meantime, let’s enjoy the summer and the events we have coming up in August. I am attending several, so perhaps I’ll see you there!

Happy driving! Garth

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