A Visit to The Brothers Collection

This event is full with a full waitlist. If someone cancels, we will fill from the waitlist.  We’ll be visiting one of the largest private automobile museums in the world. It’s located about an hour south of Portland. We’ll be viewing 350 cars on display from a private collection of over 600 cars. We’ve arranged […]

Free – $30.00

WERKS REUNION AMELIA ISLAND

WERKS REUNION AMELIA ISLAND Friday March 01, 2024 to Friday March 01, 2024 | Event Type: Social 7:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. (EST) Save the date for Werks Reunion Amelia Island 2024! Porsche […]

New Member Orientation

Mi Cava & Cocina 9722 SE Washington St, Portland, OR, United States

The New Member Orientation will be held on March 10, 2024 from 1pm to 2:30pm. Please email [email protected] if you want to join this event. All new members are invited. […]

ORPCA Board of Directors Meeting – March

The March 2024 Board Meeting will be held on March 13th, 2024 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm.  If you are interested in attending, you can RSVP starting on March 1.  You […]

Free

March Dinner Gathering – Vancouver, WA

Registration is now closed.  We’ll be north of the river in Vancouver for our March Dinner Gathering on Wednesday, March 20 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Billy Blues Bar & Grill. Billy Blues is not just a bar, a grill or even a building. Billy Blues is two young men’s vision where friends, family […]

Free

March SUV Drive: Full and Waitlist is Closed

We will head up over the West Hills to Scappoose and enjoy the "ribbon" on the Scappoose-Vernonia Hwy to take us into Vernonia for a rest stop. We continue on Hwy 47 to Hwy 220 and reach Astoria from the southeast along the Youngs River to 101 and then pull into the parking lot of […]

Free

Open House and Tech Talk: AR Motorsports

AR Motorsports 9730 SW Shady Lane, Tigard, OR

Join us for an Open House and Tech Talk at AR Motorsports in Tigard with Martin Sarukhanyan, the Motorsports Director. We have room for 30 people. AR Motorsports is a full-service automotive maintenance and performance race shop/team located in Tigard, Oregon. They service street, track, and race vehicles and compete in Trans-Am, International GT, SCCA, and […]

Free

ORPCA Board of Directors Meeting – April

The April 2024 Board Meeting will be held on April 10th, 2024 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm.  If you are interested in attending, please RSVP and you will receive an email before the meeting with the Zoom invite.  All members are welcome!

Free

Eola Hills and Amity Heartland Saturday Drive

Event is full, Waitlist is full.  We are working through the waitlist with an additional group.  Any cancellations will be filled from the waitlist as well. This is the first Saturday Drive of 2024. It is a wonderful, scenic drive through the heartland of Wine Country. The drive will start from Wilsonville and head into […]

Free

April Midweek Drive

This event is filling fast.  If you get here and there are no openings, please sign up on the waitlist. We will fill cancellations from that list. Join us for this Midweek drive. Organized by President, Dr. Heinz Holzapfel, the route leads us to the north side of Hwy 26, through Helvetia, up to Skyline, […]

Free

April “Hawaiian” Dinner Gathering at Langdon Farms

Langdon Farms 24377 NE Airport Rd #1, Aurora, OR

Bring your Aloha spirit and join us for the April Dinner Gathering on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 6 pm at Langdon Farms Golf Course  just a short drive down I-5 to the Charbonneau exit at 24377 NE Airport Rd #1, Aurora, OR 97002. Jeff & Liette Gasparitsch will be our hosts in a private […]

Free – $40.00

2024 Spring Clean Event

Matrix Integrated 4000 SW Macadam Ave, Portland, Oregon

Join us for the Annual Spring Clean Event at Matrix Integrated, located at 4000 SW Macadam Ave in the South Waterfront District.  Matrix Integrated is a sponsor of the club and they have graciously allowed us to use their garage on this Saturday. Experts will be on hand to take care of all those niggling […]

Free

Treffen North America – Wine Country

Treffen North America is heading to this highly sought-after location in Northern California for Treffen Spring 2024. We will be touring the Napa and Sonoma Valleys and enjoying the local cuisines and activities. This event does not follow our normal Wednesday thru Sunday schedule but rather on Sunday thru Thursday, so please plan accordingly. General […]

April SUV Drive: Three Ferries

This drive is closed. We will fill cancellations from the waitlist.  This is the classic ORPCA Three Ferries Spring Drive. We will start in Stafford (West Linn) and follow the Willamette River, crossing it three times on three different ferries before we arrive for lunch at a winery south of Salem. The route leads through […]

Free

Autocross #2

Portland International Raceway 1940 N Victory Blvd, Portland, Oregon, United States

Join us for Autocross #2, on Sunday, April 28, 2024 in the South Paddock of Portland International Raceway. To register for this event go to  2024 ORPCA Autocross on Motorsportsreg.com For general information on Oregon PCA Autocross please go to: ORPCA Autocross. Event Requirements: Participants must be 18 years of age and have a valid […]

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President's Message

Carol Hedstrom

Wheels are rolling! 2025 is under way and we are off to a great start. This year marks the Oregon Region’s 65th Anniversary. As with most groups or organizations that have matured to such a ripe age, decisions made along the way have shaped the organization into what it is today. I am fortunate to inherit a well-run and well-managed club as I take on the role of President. I am thankful for those who have gone before me and who are now guiding me even as they themselves have stepped away from day-to-day club governance.

For the last nine years, the Club has been funding scholarships for automotive technician students at three local community colleges. The necessary cash to fund these scholarships is generated through the proceeds of an investment account that has grown over the last 20+ years. The Scholarship Program was set up years ago and requires Board approval on an annual basis. For the past several years, there have been numerous Board and strategy discussions as to whether scholarships are the “best” way to disburse $6,000 each year. Although the Scholarship Committee always provided a positive argument for maintaining the funding, the Board continued to struggle with the question of whether scholarships are the best use of the money we have. Once again, the Board found itself at budget approval time facing the same question. At February’s Board of Director’s meeting, the Board voted unanimously to suspend the funding of local community college scholarships indefinitely.

While we don’t have an answer to the question of “best” use of the funds that have previously been set aside, we agreed that scholarships are currently not the best fit. Although automotive technicians are people every Porsche owner needs in their lives and on their list of resources, there is no direct way to track the scholarship recipients and know for sure
if the Club investment of those scholarship dollars will ever come to the benefit of Porsche Club members. The tricky part of the conversation at the board level has been that while scholarships are benefitting a few students each year, what is the benefit to the Club? We would like to support and endorse programs that create a win-win scenario. We give some money, the recipients benefit, and the Club benefits through either goodwill or some other direct benefit.

In addition, and ideally, the Board would like Club members to feel more directly part of this giving pattern. Perhaps we can find a charity we can all agree is a good cause and set up a matching program. Perhaps we fund or support communities in some way. These are all deep, good conversations and decisions to be made. To that end, we will form a new committee to explore charitable or community focused opportunities that we may fund or support in the future. We welcome your input, ideas, and comments. If you would like to be a part of the so-far unnamed new committee, please let me or any Board member know. A couple of people have already stepped forward to spearhead the committee, but we hope to recruit three to five additional members. If you have an interest in community enhancement or thoughts about charitable giving, please get in touch with me or any board member.

I’m looking forward to getting some of the administration work of the Club completed before sunny spring days beckon for driving. There are already several events on the calendar that have me excited. Some are for the experience of driving, some for the chance to hang out with members and feel the passion you have for your cars, and others just to experience something new. I know 2025 is going to be a great year and I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds.

Let’s Drive!