President, Garth
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pring is officially here, and the road beckons! To kick off the start of the driving season, the Club is offering free coffee for members at Cars & Coffee on April 9 in Courtenay, and April 10 in Parksville and Victoria. I hope to see many of you there. Sadly, I won’t be able to start the season just yet, as my 944 is still waiting on parts for the engine rebuild. Apparently, there is one place in North America that makes sleeves, and demand is up. And me without a spare Porsche. Hmmmm. While I would much rather attend Porsche events in a Porsche, it is, after all, not just the cars, it’s the people!
In March, I attended the Zone 6 President’s meeting in Boise, Idaho. It was great to connect with my counterparts, and discuss matters of mutual interest. We heard presentations from our Zone 6 rep, John Sommerwerk, and from two PCA National Office representatives: Executive Council Secretary Todd Benz and Driving Tour Chair Greg Halverson. Todd went over a state of the union for PCA, which highlighted a 6.6% growth last year collectively in the 14 Zones and 147 Regions. It was the biggest growth year ever.
A new PCA event for 2021 was ünStock, a The Executive’s attention to date has been show for modified Porsches. You can check it on some big events further out, so you may out here on YouTube. need to resort to your 25 Roads guide for a Todd also went over PCA’s 5 strategic initiafew weeks until we can pull together some tives: spring drives. If you have any ideas for interesting new places to visit, please let me or 1. Marketing, member engagement and another Exec Committee member know. long-term growth Sometimes the inspiration is half the work. If 2. Maintaining highest standards for PCA you think you’d like to take folks there yourmedia (print, digital, social) self, we have several experienced tour leaders that would be happy to work with you to 3. Continuing to improve technical resources for members arrange a drive.
Registration is now open for the Van Isle Adventure Tour. This driving event takes place over two days and explores some of the best roads on Vancouver Island. Starting details will be shared with registrants beforehand, but the details of the route and the name and location of the 4-star resort where participants will stay at will be unknown until route books are handed out at the start. I love a mystery! I have signed up and am really looking forward to the adventure. Register for the adventure here via MSR. VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
4. Maintaining leadership in Porsche performance driving
5. Region engagement and impact PCA supports the regions with print, video and expert resources on a broad range of the activities that Regions undertake. Looking forward to seeing you on the road. I may be in a bronze BMW X3 through most of April, but I’m out there!
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