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IN THE ZONE
Hello from New Hampshire. Nancy and I are a little over halfway through our east coast tour, with a key stop at the Parade at the Kalahari Resort in the Poconos, PA. We now have driven over 3,800 miles in 65 hours and visited 13 states. This 2022 Parade did not disappoint. We arrived the Friday before the Sunday official start of Parade for several premeetings. As a new Zone Rep, I had not met, in person, most of my fellow zone reps and the national chairs. It is always great to put a name with a face. Zoom is great, however it does not allow for the same type of interaction that in-person meetings do. We had presentations from the new Driver Education (DE) National Chair, Mia Walsh, regarding her plans for changes to PCA DE’s. Mia noted she will be holding a Zoom meeting on June 28th to discuss changes to the DE minimum standards and other topics. Paul Kudra, new Autocross (AX) National chair, reminded us of the documents available to regions that are holding or will be holding AX events. Ron Gordon, National Parade chair, noted the 2023 Parade will be held in Palm Springs, CA and the 2024 Parade will be held in Birmingham, AL. For those already calendaring 2023/2024 events, these Parades will be held in June. I am happy to report that several Zone 6 Regions received awards at Parade for their websites and newsletters. Oregon Region was recognized for their website and newsletter. Congratulations to Peg Ryan and Heinz Holzaphel. Pacific Northwest Region was recognized for their newsletter and newsletter cover. Congratulations to Doug Andreassen. Vancouver Island Region was recognized for their newsletter and website. Congratulations to Dave Nickel and Steve Fairbrother. (Editor-See page 7 for details). Nancy and I will return to Idaho in late June from our eastern drive. We head out next to Canada West Region’s Escape 2022 in mid-July. We hope to see many of you there. Stay healthy and we will see you in the Zone.
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John
We have returned safely to our Idaho home from our trip to Porsche Parade 2022. Our eastern trip took us to seventeen states, we drove 6,746 miles and clocked 104 engine hours. Back in April, I commented that we were working to get the Zone 6 website updated. Unfortunately, we have been experiencing and resolving several technical difficulties. My thanks to Heinz Holzapfel, Oregon region, for his efforts. With Heinz’s guidance we have developed a layout for the updated site and a plan to implement. In the meantime, I have created a Facebook page for Zone 6. Please check it out, follow and post Zone 6 relevant content. I will be posting from my travels around the Zone. As I work with the aid of others in Zone 6 on zone social media content, I have found a number of opportunities for change. For example, our zone logo is not readily scalable. Ernie Monroe, Silver Sage region, has offered to help me update our logo so it is more social media ‘friendly.’ I appreciate the support from across our zone. Proving, yet again, it is not the cars it is the people! I have been catching up on my Panorama reading and I usually start my reading in the FROM THE REGIONS section. My thanks to: Steve Fairbrother / Vancouver Island, Peg Ryan / Oregon, Martin Wild / Pacific Northwest and Andrew King / Silver Sage, for promoting Zone 6 region activities. Did you sign up for our ‘home’ Treffen in Sun River? Nancy and I are signed up. We head out next to Canada West Region’s Escape 2022. Then over to Oregon for their summer picnic and then up to Coeur D’Alene for Inland Northwest Region’s 50th anniversary celebration. We hope to see many of you as we travel around Zone 6. Stay healthy and we will see you in the Zone.
John
Membership Chair, Kathleen Short Membership Numbers
Vancouver Island Region has 632 members. We have 388 primary members and 244 affiliate or family members.
PCA National Club has a total of 148,350 comprised of 96,834 primary members, 51,495 affiliate members and 21 life members.
Welcome New Members
Member
Scott Auringer Shel Kushner Martin Suchanek Co-Member Location / From Vehicle
Victoria
1979 911 SC North Saanich 2022 Macan S
Victoria 2010 Panamera Turbo
Please contact PCA to add your partner/friend listed as an affiliate (18+ years old) on your membership, it’s free. You can do that via PCA admin at membership@pca.org or call them at 1-410-381-0911.
Anniversaries since last issue – Congratulations!
5 years Tyson Johnson, Stephen and Faye Cropper 1 Year Andre and Valerie Meesschaert, Imtehaze Heerah, Sam and John Kelly If your milestone anniversary has been missed, let me know and you will be celebrated in our next edition.
Other membership activity for this period:
Renewals: 22 Non-renewals: 6 Transfer in/out: 0/0 Juniors: 35 (Register your new PCA Junior here)
The VIR thanks the Porsche Centre Victoria for new member referrals at the time of purchase.
Kathleen
South Island Director, Ron Dempsey
Sunny skies graced the 53 participants in the first ever VIRPCA VanIsle Adventure Tour last month. The event started on the morning of June 24 at Cowichan Valley Tourism Centre where 28 cars arrived for registration, introductions and receipt of the all-important route book for the adventure that lay ahead. Once settled in, the drivers’ meeting informed participants that they could drive at the pace they liked, using the route book or the Rallista app on their smart phones to point the way.
Unlike Time/Speed/Distance rallies, the VanIsle Adventure Tour was not competitive, but allowed drivers and co-drivers to stop where they liked along the scenic route chosen by Rally Master Dave Hord of Hagerty and Classic Car Adventures (pictured below with his VW). The route book not only provided directions, but also shared information about the sights along the way to entertain the driver and co-driver alike.
Day 1’s route took participants into Youbou for a (prolonged) coffee stop, followed by roads through Crofton, along Nanaimo River and into Port Alberni for lunch at a number of suggested restaurants in town. Port Alberni boasts some great new choices for food and microbrews, while also retaining one of the last traditional drive-in restaurants you’re likely to find.
Part of the adventure on the event was not knowing where participants would spend the evening. As it turned out, Tighna-mara Resort and Conference Centre hosted the group in Parksville this time around, offering great choices of accommodations, a fun social environment around the cabins, and a tasty buffet dinner on the night of June 24th .
The next day started bright and early for a group photo and drivers’ meeting before heading north to Campbell River before driving inland to Gold River. This road never fails to please, and the perfect sun and 23 degrees meant that the 911 cabriolets and Boxsters were making the most of the beginning of the early summer weather.
Ron
Photos by Ron Dempsey, Tim Evans & Garth Webber Atkins
The event wrapped up with lunch at the Crown Isle Resort in Courtenay, where organizer Dave Hord was presented with a framed 1968 VW brochure from Speedway Motors as a token of thanks.
I asked participants if they’d consider a future event encompassing the roads of northern Vancouver Island, and the response was a resounding ‘YES’! Stay tuned, but if you have ever wanted to experience the north island and its wide open roads as part of a fun couples-oriented event, we hope to have information for you in early 2023.
