2023 JUNE NW Passage Registration – FULL – Waitlist is open
REGISTRATION 2023 NW Passage - June Tour June 22 - June 26 Registration: Purchase your ticket for the tour you want to attend with all the options you want to […]
REGISTRATION 2023 NW Passage - June Tour June 22 - June 26 Registration: Purchase your ticket for the tour you want to attend with all the options you want to […]
Please join the June SUV Drive on Saturday, June 24. Organized by Heinz Holzapfel, the drive starts in Hubbard and finishes at the Wooden Nickle Pub and Eatery, 108 N. […]
Come and support PIR and the racing community and bring your Porsche to the Oregon PCA Corral at the Rose Cup Races Saturday, July 8 and Sunday, July 9 at […]
Come join us for a “kool” wilderness drive throigh the Clackamas and Mt Hood National Forests. Organized by Scott Dual, this 105-mile journey begins in Oregon City and follows the […]
The July 2023 Board Meeting will be held on July 12 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm on Zoom. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to Heinz at […]
We are adding an air-cooled drive to our driving events this year. Do you have an air-cooled Porsche? If you do, bring it and join Kurt Furstenau for this "first […]
Join us for Autocross #5, on Sunday, July 16, 2023 in the South Paddock of Portland International Raceway. The link to the Motorsportsreg web site with all the information on […]
This event is closed. Come join us for a wonderful drive through some of Oregon’s best Porsche driving roads. This drive has many interesting segments. We start in Wilsonville, reversing […]
It's not on a Taco Tuesday, but it's still a good time for Mexican food. We'll be gathering on Wednesday, July 19 from 6 to 8 pm at Margarita Factory […]
Another exciting Wine and Dine event!The first part is a two hour summer morning drive through the Willamette Valley. The drive will start at 9am and we will arrive at […]
For this late start drive, we’ll be breezing our way through gorgeous Oregon farm country from the east side of the metro down to Marion County ending at a brewery. […]
Please join the June SUV Drive on Saturday, June 29. Organized by Heinz Holzapfel, the drive starts in Hubbard and finishes at the Wooden Nickle Pub and Eatery, 108 N. […]
Registration is now closed. The Waitlist is open. Please join us on Sunday, July 30 for The Annual Summer Tour and Luncheon! The tour will wind its way through some great […]
Are you new to the club or have never done an Arrive and Drive? Then this drive is for you. This is a shorter drive with the hope of lessening […]
Our Portland Cars and Coffee has featured themes all summer long. Saturday, August 5 is Porsche Day. Bring your washed and shined Porsche down to Langers Fun Center located at […]
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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!