June 2014 - Yosemite - Porsche Club of America

EL PORTAL
YOSEMITE REGION-PCA
JUNE 2014
YOS.PCA.ORG
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Porsche Club of America
Yosemite Region
CONTENTS
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
CALENDAR
EVENTS
CLUB INFORMATION
OUR SPONSORS
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Steve Searles
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onethousandminus89@comcast.net
VICE PRESIDENT
Andrew Goreff
agoreff@ainet.com
TREASURER
Steve Perry
quiz2573@yahoo.com
SECRETARY
Barbara Goreff
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Don Chaisson
dachaisson@comcast.net
WEBMASTER
Virginia Swanberg
swan04@ymail.com
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Bracken Helmes
brackenhelmes@hotmail.com
Yosemite Region PCA Web Site:
yos.pca.org
Zone 7 Representative:
Paul Czopek axnut@att.net 209.531.8141
Change of address requests or other questions regarding delivery of El Portal should
be directed to the newsletter editor at: brackenhelmes@hotmail.com or 513 Stanwick
Street, Brentwood CA 94513 or 925.550.6651.
El Portal, published monthly by Yosemite Region PCA, is intended to inform members of
club or club related activities and other matters of interest. Typed or printed contributions and photographs are welcome and should be submitted to the editor. Contributions
will be returned to the author only if requested. The deadline for all contributions is the
tenth of the month prior to the month of publication. The views and opinions expressed
within the newsletter are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Yosemite
Region of the Porsche Club of America.
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New Members
John Martino (2002 911)
Nicholas Gaither (1966 911)
Transfers
Jeff Gordon-Golden Gate Region
(1972 914 and 1999 Boxster)
Anniversaries
Michael Dufort, 2006- 8 years
Dennis and Joanne Bettencourt, 2007- 7 years
Lill Ma, 2007- 7 years
Steve Perry, 2007- 7 year
Patricia Nan, 2008- 6 years
Chuck and Jennifer Pierce, 2010- 4 years
Dave and Robbi Huckaby 2012- 2 years
Steve Prohaska 2012- 2 years
Matt and Whitney Coates 2013- 1 year
Mike Kerns 2013- 1 year
Members 113
Affiliate Members 80
Total 193
If your name appears above, it is time to renew
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June. 7
SVR Zone AX
June 8
SVR Concours
June 15-21Porsche Parade
June 21-22Porsche Parade DE
June TBD Club Race/w/SCCA June. 29 GGR AX school
July 13
MBR Concours
July 26-27 SNR Concours Aug 3
GGR Concours
Aug. 15
Werks Reunion
Aug 16
LPR AX
Aug 17
GGR AX
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Stockton Fairgrounds
Niello Porsche
Monterey
Laguna Seca
Laguna Seca
Alameda
Carmel Valley
Reno
Carlsen Porsche
Carmel Valley
Marina
Marina
Aug 23
SVR AX
Aug. 30-31Zone 7 AX school
Sept. 6-7 DE/Club race/TT Sept 20
LPR AX
Sept. 21 GGR AX
Sept 21
Redwood Concours
Sept 27-28DE/Club Race
Oct 5
Yosemite Concours
Nov 15-16 DE/Club Race
Stockton
Marina
Thunderhill Raceway
Marina
Marina
Ledson Winery
Willow Springs Raceway
Porsche of Livermore
Buttonwillow Raceway
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CARLSEN PORSCHE CONCOURS
Presented by Golden Gate Region, Porsche Club of America
This event is a part of the 2014 PCA Zone 7 Concours Series
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Carlsen Porsche Dealership
3636 Haven Avenue, Redwood City, CA
Entry fee: $30.00 per car • Display only: free
Car placement from 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M.
Judging begins at 10:00 A.M. • Awards will be presented at 2:00 P.M
A catered buffet lunch for all participants and guests
will be hosted by Carlsen Porsche.
Directions: From Highway 101, exit East onto Marsh Road and turn left
onto Haven Avenue. For Information, call Larry Adams at (650) 345-2232
or e-mail OldCarNut@aol.com
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A new, premier Porsche gathering
during the world-famous “Car Week”
on California’s Monterey Peninsula.
PCA welcomes all Porsches, Porsche
enthusiasts, and Porsche clubs to join
us for a day at the beautiful Rancho
Canãda Golf Club in Carmel Valley.
FRIDAY AUGUST 15, 2014 • VISIT www.werksreunion.com
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Niello Zone 7 Concours
presented by Sacramento Valley Region
Sunday, June 8th
Niello Porsche
4525 Granite Drive
Rocklin, CA 95677
Registration: 7:00-9:00 AM
Judging starts at 9:00 AM
Entry Fee is $30.00 per car
Lunch available $5; (free lunch for entrants and Judges)
Door Prizes for entrants, trophies and special vendors!
Special Porsche Corral and Awards for non-concours entrants!
Tech Session on new Porsche Macan presented by Niello!
For additional information-
contact Kent Brandon, SVR Concours Chairman 916.663.1702 / concours@svr-pca.org
NIELLO PORSCHE
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First experience with the “NEW” PCA website –- you should try it !
This is what the mast head of the “new” www.pca.org looks like. Actually, it looks a lot
better in the web-site format! To get more access to content, you must “log-in” with your
PCA ID or the email address PCA has on record. If you don’t remember your ID or email
address, Don Chaisson, Membership Chair, can send you the information.
Once you log-in, the screen presents many links and information, (my example);
It includes a “Welcome” to you, a reminder when you need to renew by, a “search” form and
a number of links: Membership, News, Magazine access, Classified ads, Technical Q&A
archives and how to contact PCA. There are a number of “Featured” news items and
additional links to Events, Club Racing/Competition and PCA Store at the bottom.
In general, the new site seems to be robust and working well. Here are a few suggestions.
First, go to News link and click on “E-Brake News” and subscribe. You will get weekly
information about Porsche sent to your email – better than a lot of other (junk) mail I get!
You can access digital copies of Panorama via the “Magazine” link. You will need to
register and log in separately with you email address and (I think) your default passcode
will be your member number. Once in, you get the full current issue and access to pass
Panorama’s. Its convenient when traveling to have access to some good “Porsche” reading
material!
The technical article section seems a bit incomplete. I tried several Q&A’s and many did
have “answers”, some did not.
One part of the site that was surprising was the “PCA Store”. The number of clothing items
available for men was numerous and had reasonable prices (for something that has
PORSCHE written on it!) It was surprising that there were fewer offerings for women (18
vs 35 for men – go figure! )
The website also allows members to post classified ads, articles and photos…
The site allows me, as Membership Chair, constant access to the latest updates in our
region’s membership. A quick audit found the data accurate against the last printouts from
the old website.
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YOSEMITE REGION
PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
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BRENTWOOD, CA 94513