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Golden Gate Region Porsche Club of America
December 2016, Volume 56, Issue 10
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This time of year, I like to step back from the rush-rush-rush of fame and fortune, take a breathe, and really be thankful for all the goodness and love that really makes one's life worth living. As a wise man once said, "...and, in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make..."

Here's hoping you and yours have a very merry holiday season!

CoCo Giselle
Executive Editor

President's Message

Andrew F Thank you!
--by Andrew Forrest, GGR President



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[...]...More»

 

 

 
Membership Report
 
--by Capt. USN Ret. Mike Sherman, Membership Director  
 
December Membership News    
 
 

 

 The December 2016 GGR Membership News Posted under: Membership Capt. Mike (AKA) Capt. Michael Sherman, USN-Ret. - Membership Director GGR Regional Summary Primary Members  2,110 Affiliate Members  1,040 Life Members          7 Total Members  3,157 New/Transferred Members - Total:  35 What a GOLDEN year for the Golden Gate Region! In 2016,[...]...More»

 

 
Autocross News

--by Andrew Blyholder, AX Director


Autocross #9 Report and Season Wrap-up           
 



While our attendance has been mysteriously down at Alameda this year, everyone came out of the woodwork for our last event - 129 drivers ran for time on an absolutely perfect, clear and sunny fall day. That[...]...More»

 

 

 
Motoring / Social News
Micheal Griffin


--by Michael Griffin, VP / Motoring Director with Bern
Bern Beecham
Beecham, Social Director 
 
Wrap-up Report          
  

 
  
 

 This past year was an incredible season for our FunRun program. We had 10 road events with nearly 1000 total participants! That's a lot of GGR drivers and co-pilots. So in November, when our FunRun "Production Team" met to evaluate[...]...More»

 

 

 
 
Board Minutes

November 16, 2016 

--by Brian Emmet, Secretary 

 


Board Meeting Minutes November 16, 2016 Present: Larry Adams, Bern Beecham, John Celona, Michael Griffin, Michael Sherman, Brad Kellett, Richard French, Bryan Phan Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:49pm Call for agenda changes The topic of GGR regional awards was added to the agenda Call[...]...More»

 

 

 

 
Track News

Richard French
--Richard French, Track Director

 2016 Track Report 



2016 was a great year for the track program. Many new members joined us, many track junkies continued to support the program and more and more club races had fun competing. We did better than break even allowing us to buy some new equipment for 2017 and we had tremendous[...]...More»

 

 
In the Zone


--by Sandy Provasi, Zone 7 rep



We just wrapped up the Zone 7 series for 2016 with an awards banquet on 11/5 at the Clarion Hotel in Concord. The evening event followed a daylong meeting of the region presidents of Zone 7. I would like to highlight some of the many winners within the Zone. When[...]...More»

 

 

 
 
News Nuggets

GGR Thanks Larry & Linda Adams


GGR would like to extend its warmest thanks and appreciation to Larry & Linda Adams, whose last "official" board of directors meeting is this December. Linda (far left, below), and Larry (far right, below) have been tireless in their efforts on behalf of GGR. Both have served on the Board[...]...More»






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Thanks for reading! Have your human take their Porsche out and drive it!

Sincerely,
CoCo Giselle
Executive Editor
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