We’re almost through the month of March, and it really feels like the driving season is now in full swing. The weather is in our favor in Northern California, meaning we don’t have to store our fun cars for the winter like many poor souls in other parts of the[…]
Read More »The first of what I hope will become regular GGR membership surveys is now closed, and I’d like to congratulate our three randomly selected prize winners: Dave M, John S, and Larry G. They’ll each be receiving a $50 gift certificate to the PCA Webstore soon! While we’re still looking[…]
Read More »Back in November, the Golden Gate Region had an election for our board of directors. The result of that election means I can welcome Jim McClelland as our new Track Chair and Marianne Merritt as our new Webmaster. Brian Emmett was also re-elected for another term as our Secretary, and[…]
Read More »While it may be unoriginal of me to write a thank-you column around the time of the Thanksgiving holiday, it is certainly not insincere. Let me start with Larry Adams, a tireless volunteer to the club, operating as treasurer most recently but often with multiple hats on, such as, until[…]
Read More »In my last two blog postings I made appeals to the membership to fill vacancies on our Board of Directors. I was extremely gratified by two things about the response: many people showed a strong interest in helping the club, but even more telling, those that came forward cited very[…]
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Read More »As many of you know, I’ve been active in GGR in many capacities over the years, including: track chair, secretary, webmaster, vice president and PCA club race registrar. I presently campaign a Spec Boxster at PCA club races. I am honored to now have the privilege as serving as club[…]
Read More »I’ve served as president of the Golden Gate Region of the PCA for the past two years and now it’s time to hand over the reigns to a new president – Andrew Forrest. Two years ago I set myself five goals: The first was to modernize the external look of the club by updating our website and communications. The second was to grow the membership from 2,450 to over 3,000. The third was to increase the number and type of events to address the different styles of driving our members prefer. The fourth was to make sure new members felt as if they were part of the family at all of our events. And finally, I wanted to ensure we interacted well with other regions in the zone and the country.
We accomplished every goal and were even recognized by PCA national for our efforts.
Read More »We are coming to the end of the 2015 season with just a few events left. Over the next few weeks we’ve got the Mines Road Fun Run, our season finale Autocross at Alameda, an appreciation dinner for our volunteers, a board meeting and a Boxster Brunch. This year has[…]
Read More »Looking for Board Members Later this year we’ll be holding an election of several board positions. Positions opening up include Secretary, Webmaster and Treasurer. Instead of the same names rotating seats, the GGR board would like to encourage members that may be interested in participating at a board level to[…]
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