GGR Board of Directors Minutes for May 2026

Porsche Club of America

Golden Gate Region

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

May 6, 2026

Attendance

• Present: President - Howard Yao, Vice President - Brad Zucroff, Secretary - Eric Wilson, Treasurer - Alan Jung, Membership - Wen Shen, Social - Diana Bogorodskaya, Autocross - Steve Forshay, Motoring - Cheryl Spott, Co-Track - Steve Hogge, Co-Track - Kurt Eckhardt, Webmaster & Rally Director - Jessica Toney, Nugget Editor - Jim Tierney, Club Race Director - Dan Zitter, Former Webmaster - Alex Wu

• Not Present: Concours - Pia Mancini, Creative Director - Ryan Holmes

Call to Order 6:15pm

President:

• Bylaws Committee (Jessica): sending invite for Google Meet next Monday at 7pm

• Cycling Ride

  • Great turnout for first event, got a cycling enthusiast to lead

  • Doing another one this Saturday, then every first Saturday of the month starting at 9am from Canada Road and Route 92

  • Should check with Sonoma about biking on the track after 5pm on Saturday of our event there

• Discussion of Diablo PCA request to potentially coordinate logistics (e.g. event start location) with Porsche San Francisco

Creative Director:

• (not present, update provided by email)

• No update on judging of website contest - typically announced at Porsche Parade

• Working on new Motoring banner

• Shirts for Track are all set

Vice President:

• Insurance in place for upcoming Motoring event

Secretary:

• Vote to approve April 1, 2026 minutes: APPROVED

Treasurer:

• April 2026 financials discussion - club’s finances are stable, vote to accept: APPROVED

Nugget Editor:

• Submission deadline for this month’s newsletter is May 15, 2026

• Please submit a title with blog posts

Concours Director:

• (not present, update provided via text)

• Reaching out to Porsche Redwood City to start coordinating Concours

Autocross Director:

• We have secured the ability to host timed motorsports event at Alameda Point NAS without restrictions!

• Autocross #4 (June 27-28) will be at Alameda!

  • Will open registration early for Porsche owners in early June

  • LPR will run Saturday and we’ll run Sunday, but we’re hosting the weekend and will provide insurance (as both are PCA entities)

  • Registration fee will be higher given higher venue costs

• Will consider other partnerships to run at Alameda, with us coordinating any events there

• Autocross #2 (April 19) was held at Crow’s Landing with a much tighter and technical course and healthy registrations

• Autocross #3 (May 16) at Salinas now has strong registration with good student interest

• Discussion about making a charitable contribution to a local charity in the Alameda community, e.g. Alameda Boys & Girls Club

• New trailer has been used for at least 3 events and is working well

Track Director:

• Track is in the black for events completed to date this year, including National expense reimbursements

• Increasing venue costs continue to be a headwind

• Recent Buttonwillow DE3/CR2 event: exceeded DE budget but had low CR turnout; discussion about future of that event

• Joint-venture with POC has secured 2 run sessions at a Laguna Seca event, one Club Racing and one advanced DE (initially private invite-only)

• Discussion around Track sponsorships - would be helpful to have someone specifically drive this process, recommend the club create a Sponsorship Director position

• Tee shirts are now designed and should be printed (with all the latest sponsors) for the next event

Motoring Director:

• April 19 event was oversold with 41 cars - San Rafeal to Healdsburg

• May 15-17 event is Hollister to Cambria (back by popular demand) with more registered participants than last year!

• Zipper pulls are available for distribution

• Bucket hats added to apparel store

Social Director:

• First Bike ride on April 6 was successful

• April 17 Friday Night Social had a strong turnout at Devils Canyon Brewery

• April 26 Cars & Coffee at Porsche Redwood City had a huge turnout - included 50-car “Porsche Through the Decades” display plus a full overflow lot

• Next Social: May 15 at Devils Canyon Brewery

• May 23 Cars & Coffee at Cafe Kazka - will coordinate with Foster City PD in collaboration with Kazka owner

• June 21 Cars & Coffee at LEMO Foundation in Redwood City, including indoor display opportunity

Membership Director:

• May 1, 2026 member counts

  • PCA GGR

    • 4045 total (2846 primary members, 1195 co-members, 4 honorary)

    • 96 PCA Juniors, 133 renewals, 77 dropped, 43 new members

  • PCA National: 170,518 active members (112,281 primary & 58,214 co-members)

• Vote to accept new members: APPROVED

• Seeking a venue for a new member event, will consider a sponsor location if low or no cost

• Next Social: May 15 at Devils Canyon Brewery - will designate at least one Board member to attend

Rally:

• Developing a photo rally and seeking a sponsor as the starting location

Webmaster:

• Digital assets being transferred over from prior Webmaster

Adjournment 8:15pm

Next Board Meeting: June 3, 2026 @ TBD