Before I start my first newsletter, I would like to thank each and every member of the riverside region for making the year 2020, a year we won’t forget.  This year created many obstacles, of which covid 19 impacted all our lives and many of us had to become very creative with our lifestyles.

I would like to thank our outgoing president Xavier Palmer for all his hard work in pursuing and completing, his proposed goals for the last two years. with his direction and his board, we started autocross events, continued with driving tours, and

 increased our bank account. but unfortunately, we had limited meetings due to our unique times we are encountering.

As we look back at the year 2020, this will be a year we all won’t forget.  The club accomplished many things, we purchased a new trailer which will be used for autocross, timeline, and special events. by a generous donation to our club by Tibor Protection Services, we now have our very own truck to haul around our trailer everywhere.  We had 3 very successful autocross events held at Fontana speedway and would like to thank Kraig Strom and his group for all their hard work. we also had two driving tours and would like to acknowledge Dennis Murphy and everyone associated with putting on these tours.  this year we had to cancel several autocross events, timeline, several driving tours, numerous meetings, and our yearend banquet due to covid 19, but they are already being planned for in 2021.  We made generous contributions to mountain meals on wheels, pulmonary fibrosis foundation, and to loma linda center for adult cancer. notwithstanding the problems encountered this year, we were still able to accomplish many things.

Enough about 2020, on to 2021. I would like to introduce our new board members:

•                  president                        jeff m berzon
•                  vice president                tibor farkas
•                  treasurer                         jill kravig-burns
•                  secretary                         cc stanfield
•                  past president                xavier palmer

              Directors                          

•                           membership            elynn kennedy
•                           autocross               kraig strom
•                           timeline                    darrel esparza
•                           chief dr’g/safety  john ward
•                                                                kris kravig
•                           historian                 don kravig
•                           nomination            xavier palmer
•                           website chair         chris lewis  

We are putting together a very challenging year of events, consisting of 7 autocross events, 8 driving tours, 2 special runs (scavenger or poker), and 2 drive and dinners, along with timeline and a year end banquet.  of course, with all this planned, we need your help in making this a reality. We would also like to bring back our monthly newsletter the “Porsche Gedaken”.

We have scheduled our first meeting on January 9, 2021, 8:00 am at the noble creek community center parking lot, 390 w. oak valley parkway, in Beaumont.  This will be outside event like a car and coffee format with coffee, hot chocolate, tea, donuts, rolls etc., so mark your calendar and we’ll see you there.  Our board meeting will be held Jan 12, 2021, 6:00 pm at Tibor Protection Services office, and our first 2021 autocross event is January 31, 2021 at Fontana speedway.  a calendar of events will be forthcoming showing all our planned events for 2021.

We are looking for several volunteers to plan driving trips, do social media, and resurrect our newsletter. If anyone in the club has any ideas or event we should get involved with, please contact me or a board member.

In closing, I would like to say “it’s not the cars, it’s the people” that make this club successful, so get involved and have fun.

Thank you,

Jeff m. Berzon

vice president

incoming president

Good Morning RsR Membership

Today voting is open for the next 7 Days (20 Oct 2020, 7:00 a.m./0700hrs thru 27 Oct 2020, 11:59 p.m./2359hrs) to elect the next set of Primary Officers for Riverside Region (RsR) PCA.  The Officers you will be voting for are the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.  The term of office for each position is One (1) year per the RsR bylaws (a copy of bylaws are in the RsR workplace app).

The ballot can be found at the following site;

https://vote.electionrunner.com/election/5ey28

                                                          Or

https://j.mp/3lwGEAA

There are two (2) pieces of information you will need to sign on.

1. Your Voter ID which, is your name.  I used the name that was on the official PCA National role as of 17 Oct 2020. For example, if your name is John Doe, your Voter ID is “DoeJohn.”  If you use an initial like J. William Doe, your Voter ID is, DoeJWilliam.  If you use your initials, like J.W. Doe, your Voter ID is DoeJW. One last example, if your name is Jane William-Smith, your Voter ID is, William-SmithJane.  However, there are a few other unique cases; if you have any problems with your Voter ID, send an email to [email protected], and I will reply with your Voter ID. Please enclose in your email your full name and your PCA member number.
2. The next piece of information that is required is a Voter Key.  Your ten (10) digit PCA member number is your Voter Key.  If you have forgotten your membership number, sign onto https://www.pca.org/ and under membership, then my account, and you will find your member number there.  Also, check your name while you are there.

Once you arrive at the ballot, you can select one of the individuals that are on the ballot, or you may write in a name.  Once you have selected your choices, ensure you submit your ballot.  You can screenshot or print out a receipt of your vote after it is submitted.  This is only a ballot number indicating you voted, and it was accepted.

If you experience any problems, send an email to [email protected].  The results will be sent out no later than 29 Oct 2020 at 12:00 p.m./1200hrs.  Happy voting!

Drive Safe, Drive a Porsche

Xavier Palmer, President, RsR PCA