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Porsche Day at Portland Cars and Coffee

Our Portland Cars and Coffee has featured themes all summer long. Saturday, July 27 is Porsche Day. Bring your washed and shined Porsche down to Langers Fun Center located at […]

Cars and Coffee at Porsche Beaverton: Please RSVP

Porsche Beaverton is planning a morning filled with beautiful cars, complimentary coffee and donuts from Voodoo, and great company. Whether you’re a car enthusiast or just looking for a fun […]

Cinco de Mayo Mixer

Join us for a margarita and celebrate Cinco de Mayo at our Club Mixer at Mi Cava and Cocina located at 9722 SE Washington St, Portland, OR 97216.  Come gather […]

Formula 1 Watch Party

Join your fellow ORPCA members to watch the Formula 1 race (Carrera Formula Uno) on Cinco de Mayo on Sunday, May 5th in our own private bar area at Mi […]

Beginner Drive Introduction

Are you new to the club or have never done a drive with the club? Then this drive is for you.  This drive is on Sunday and is a shorter […]

Ladies Learn and Lunch

Join the Porsche ladies for an informal tech talk covering basic Porsche mechanical troubleshooting. Brittany Danielle, Service Advisor and Client Consultant from Matrix Integrated, will lead us through some Porsche […]

Bring Your Own Wine Tour

This is a three-day extended drive for those of you who cannot wait for the June Northwest Passage tour with three full days of driving. We are heading to Baker […]

Quarterly Mixer With Drive Option

Join us for our third Quarterly Mixer of 2024 at Dub’s Tavern located at 2509 SW Borland Road in Tualatin.   Come gather with other fellow club friends and meet new members. The restaurant has […]

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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.

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