From The New President
First Settlers Region Combined Brunch and Open Board Meeting/Q&A Session August 7th
For the month of August, in place of the regularly scheduled 1st and 2nd Saturday breakfasts in Richmond and Virginia Beach respectively, we are holding a single combined brunch and open board meeting/Q&A session at 10 AM on August 7th in Williamsburg at the Astronomical Pancake House on 5437 Richmond Road. This will give everyone an opportunity to visit with members from the other half of the region as well as give you a chance for Q&A with your board members. The board has a lot of great events in the planning phase and would like to get even more inputs and ideas from you. More Info...
Porsche Parade Results - Donna and I have just returned home from the 2010 Porsche Parade held July 3 – 9, 2010 in St. Charles, Illinois. For us it was another really fun parade socializing with all the friends from across the country that we know.
At the Board of Directors meeting, the three issues up for vote all passed by a wide margin. The first issue consists of a dues increase starting January 1, 2011 from $42 per year to $46 per year.
First Settlers Region won First Place in the 2010 PCA National Website Competition Class IV Regions (consists of Regions having 400 to 799 members). The Region's endeavors resulted in the highest score overall of 538 points. To see results, go to the PCA website under Forms and Documents.
First Settlers Region Annual Charity Event!!
We have images form Porsches and Wine at the Williamsburg Winery held on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Click here to see the images.
Everyone who attended our monthly eastern area breakfast meet had a blast. Please come out and join us. Bring your car, your family, or your friends and lets have some fun.
Click here to see pictures of the Eastern Breakfast Meet on June 12th.
And we’ve got lots of people in FSR! Membership has been holding consistently above 500 members for the past three months! Kevin Pirkle, Membership Chair, reports the numbers:
Primary Members 519 ● Affiliate Members 378 ● Total 897
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Shocker! Porsche 911 beats Mini Cooper in "race" at "Road Atlanta"
In the over-hyped and ridiculous contrived "race" between the Mini Cooper and the Porsche 911, a victor has been crowned, and as you'd expect, the blokes from BMW had their bumpers handed to them. Despite creating a "track" at the infield of Road Atlanta designed to maximize the Mini's potential and neuter the high-speed prowess of the Porsche, the Cooper still lost the battle by a full two seconds. Naturally, Mini likes to point out that the difference was $38,000 a second, but to anyone paying attention, the additional $76k is money well spent... particularly on a real track. Maybe Mini should've reconsidered Hyundai's offer. More
