Reflecting on the Past, Plan for the Upcoming Year

Our driving season is over, and we are getting ready for the holiday season. As you read this, we will have eaten too much at our Thanksgiving getto-together with friends, attended the Silver Sage Holiday party, and put up our Christmas decorations. We, like many of our friends, spend December reflecting on the past year and planning for the upcoming year.

It has been a good year. We were once again able to travel. In the last issue I recounted some of the highlights of our regional visits. Recently, I received notification from PCA that it was time to submit National Award nominations. These are due by year-end and include the following awards: Region of the Year, Enthusiast of the Year, Family of the Year, and Public Service Award. If you feel your region or individual(s) in your region are deserving of these awards, I ask that you take the time to send in a nomination.

I have been working with Ernie Munroe of the Silver Sage Region to update the Zone 6 logo. We are attempting to take the design features of the current logo – mountains and the coast, while making it more social media friendly. I have included my top two choices. I welcome your input.

It is not too early to start your 2023 PCA plans. Nancy and I have already started; we will be joining the Pacific Northwest Region in January, attending the PCA Winter meeting in February, and holding the Zone 6 President’s meeting in March.

There will be a lot of PCA national activities to partake in 2023, including; Spring Treffen Georgia – registration opens Jan 4th! Parade Palm Springs – June 18th thru 24th. Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca – September 28th thru October 1st. Please consult PCA.org for details on each of these events.

We wish all of you a very joyous holiday season and Happy New Year! Stay healthy and we will see you in the Zone. 

 

John

First Snow in Idaho Signals End of My 911 Driving Season

We just had the first snow of the season in the West Central Mountains of Idaho. This signals the end of my driving season. Our 911 is now safely stored away, under cover, for the winter. The annual maintenance was performed, the tires are over-inflated and setting on Race Ramp Flatstoppers, the car was cleaned and waxed. The snow tires are on the Macan, and I am dreaming of powder days on the ski slopes.

Nancy and I have had a great summer of visiting all the Zone 6 regions. We have enjoyed a variety of events: wine tours, driving tours, a Treffen, coffee and cars, and a picnic at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. Each has been unique and very fun. It was great to get to the far corners of Zone 6 and meet many of you. We are already planning our drives for next year. One of our planned 2023 events is the Spring Treffen Georgia Mountains. Check it out at: Treffen North America (pca.org). While many may not consider attending due to the driving distance, the Treffen folks have made arrangements with Porsche Drives to have a limited number of rental Porsches available for the event.

Covid has had many negative impacts on our lives; however, in some cases it has allowed us to make lemonade out of the lemon. One of these is that it introduced us to new ways of meeting – the use of Zoom/Teams/ etc. for virtual meetings. I have family and friends that have virtual get- togethers as a substitute when they can’t travel to meet in person. Previously, Zone 6 Region Presidents have annually gotten together in person to discuss key issues. In 2022, this meeting was held in Boise. In November, I will be holding a virtual meeting to discuss 2023 Region Signature events, issues that are impacting the Zone 6 regions, and the date and location of the 2023 in-person meeting.

Many of the Zone 6 Regions are holding their annual officer elections during this time of the year. I would ask that if you have the time and inclination that you consider being more involved in your region’s activities. And please take the time to vote. Stay healthy and we will see you in the Zone. 

 

John

High Desert Region Hosts Memorable Bend Treffen

We are now home after enjoying the Treffen Bend. The weather mostly cooperated and the High Desert Region volunteers and the PCA National staff put on a great event. Special thanks go out to Pete Olsen and his High Desert Region team of volunteers for showing all a great time. 

Mark your calendars, in 2023, the Spring Treffen will be held in April at the Barnsley Resort in Adairsville, GA. The Fall Treffen will be held in September, in St. Louis. These are great events, and we would strongly suggest you consider attending a Treffen in 2023.

While fall signals, for many of us, that we are nearing the end of our driving season, there are still many great Zone 6 region events, like the Oktoberfast, Brian Redman Tech ED, Olympia Peninsula regions’ wine tour. See the Zone 6 website for more information.

PCA now has more than 150,000 members! Our Zone continues to grow in membership. Through August, the ten Zone 6 Regions have added 222 new members. There are 6,916 PCA members in Zone 6. Silver Sage Region is the 4th fastest growing PCA region in factored growth among the 147 PCA Regions!

Nancy and I are winding up our 2022 visits to the Zone 6 regions. As I pen this Newsletter, we have been to all but two of the regions. We have been graciously  welcomed everywhere we have gone. Thank you.

Zone 6 is spread across a large area – three US states and a Canadian province. As we travelled across the Zone, we found a shared passion for the Porsche marque and we live up to the PCA mantra. “It’s not just the cars. It’s the people!”.

We head out next to the Pacific Northwest Region’s North Cascade Highway tour and then to the Olympic Peninsula’s wine tour. We hope to see many of you as we travel around Zone 6.

 

Stay Healthy and we will see you in the Zone.

 

John

Enjoying Oregon Region Summer Events