PCA-GGR January 2026 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Porsche Club of America
Golden Gate Region
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
January 7, 2026
Attendance
Present: President - Howard Yao, 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, Nugget Editor - Jim Tierney
Not Present: Vice President - Brad Zucroff, Webmaster & Creative Director - Ryan Holmes, Concours - Pia Mancini
Call to Order 6:14pm
President:
Welcome to new Board members - recommend review of bylaws and procedures
Trophies
Club Awards: winners will receive plaques and some perpetual trophies (with names going way back) that will be newly engraved
Secretary to keep track of holders of perpetual trophies
Time Trial winners will receive plaques
Autocross winners will receive hoodies and a nice framed photo
Zone 7 Presidents Meeting: Saturday, Jan 31 from 9am-3pm at Porsche Livermore, Cheryl will be Howard’s +1
Bylaws
Mark up any proposals for updates
Updates would go into next election for approval by the membership
President’s Budget
Receive quarterly rebates based on member dues, which with recent dues increases will go up (as 3-year memberships cycle out)
Vice President:
Not present
Secretary:
Vote to approve November 5, 2025 minutes: APPROVED
Board Directory will be updated with new Board members contact information
Treasurer:
Year End 2025 financials discussion
Concours:
Pia will be introduced to Porsche Redwood City to begin planning
Autocross Director:
Award winners have been notified and invited to the Awards Lunch
Took delivery of new trailer: have done 2 work days and need ~2 more, then it will go in for external decals
Hoping to barter old trailer to our towing driver for future tows of the new trailer
Meeting coming up with Porsche Redwood City to discuss expansion of their sponsorship - will team up with Track Directors & President
2026 dates are added to Autocross calendar, gathering insurance requirements now
November 2025 event included 11 students of 77 drivers
2026 Budget presented, vote to accept: APPROVED
Discussion around Car Control Clinic held at Alameda, and ways to tweak the targeting or other details of the event
Track Director:
Many headwinds: many programs (including ours) are having attendance challenges, needing to raise registration fees to cover increasing expenses, and are having trouble securing dates with the tracks
Recent surveys of people who drove with us in 2025 (~50% response rate) and people who drove with us in the past but not 2025 (~15% response rate)
People who drive with us often do only a few events with us, and drive with many other track day groups
Feedback that our events were well-organized and relatively highly-rated, with some dissatisfaction with us combining intermediate & advanced run groups (green & blue)
Neutral rating on value of our events
Incorporating this feedback into plans for this year
We don’t expect to have a date at Laguna Seca this year, but have added some experiments - early (Feb) Thunderhill date and a stand-alone one-day Friday event at Sonoma (August)
Thunderhill is being re-paved this summer, don’t have dates afterwards yet but will watch that space
Overall, DE will have 5 events: two at Thunderhill (one very early in the season, then a two-day event proceeded by Diablo on Friday), a two-day event at Buttonwillow (proceeded by Central Coast on Friday), a one-day Sonoma event, and a two-day Sonoma event (proceeded by Diablo Friday)
Two Club Race-only events hosted by CSRG where we’ll buy a run group: Laguna Seca & Sonoma
Held registration fees constant (aside from discounted February event) to remain competitive
Offered a “Season Pass” with some savings on multiple events
Discussion about purchasing extra 30-60 minutes at some tracks to maintain separation between Green & Blue run groups
Budget currently does not include any sponsorship, so will be reaching out to past sponsors and evaluating more differentiation of our sponsor tiers
Track web page to be updated
2026 Budget presented, vote to accept: APPROVED
Motoring Director:
Last year: drove over 1500 miles (not including commute), had over 50 new-to-GGR drivers, did 12 tours with zero incident reports, and lots of smiles per mile!
Travis Air Force Board sent us a wonderful thank you note for the Toy Drive contributions
Last event had 20 cars braving the rain
Still finalizing budget but will be similar to last year: 12 runs, 3-4 overnights - will send out once finalized
Had developed a great lead & sweep team
Need a more consistent & reliable navigation system that works on both Apple & Android - suggestions welcome
First event will be a drive to the Awards lunch on January 24
Membership Director:
January 1, 2026 member counts
PCA GGR
4054 total (2859 primary members, 1192 co-members, 3 honorary)
167 PCA Juniors, 154 renewals, 59 dropped, 789 new members
PCA National: 169,477 active members (111,928 primary & 57,549 co-members)
Vote to accept new members: APPROVED
Awards Lunch on January 24, 2026 at the Grand Bay Hotel has 70 registrations so far; discussion of schedule & logistics
Seeking engaging speakers for the events - will brainstorm further in future meetings
2026 Budget presented with two member events (May & Nov), vote to accept: APPROVED
Webmaster:
Not present
Webmaster (Ryan) intends to resign due to work commitments, so we are seeking someone to take on this position
Nugget Editor:
Submission deadline for this month’s newsletter is Jan 15, 2026
Social Director:
Planning similar events as prior year: Cars & Coffee month, Cupcakes, Seen-on-Skyline Photos, Paint My Porsche, and SPCA collaboration
New events: photography workshop & contest, potentially a Porsche office visit
Looking for a venue for a low-key January Cars & Coffee
Available to help advertise events, our Instagram posting get good engagement - bio includes a linktree to all event registrations
Open to expanding social media presence if we find additional volunteers to help manage accounts
2026 Budget presented, vote to accept: APPROVED
Adjournment 9:12pm
Next Board Meeting: February 4, 2026 @ Jack’s San Mateo