Porsche Club of America
Golden Gate Region
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
September 2, 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
Not Present: Nugget Editor - Jim Tierney, Concours - Pia Mancini, Club Race Director - Dan Zitter
Call to Order 6:06pm
President:
Karen Neidel - RIP
Bylaws Update (provided by Eric)
Committee met and discussed a number of points
Took latest template and revised with some of our legacy bylaws
Draft was shared with all board members and is open for comments - please enter any comments within a week!
Specifically looking for feedback on how each role is described
Cycling Update
Next event will start at Bici Coffee at the Rosewood Sand Hill
On Saturday, Oct 3 the track at Sonoma will be open to cyclists after going cold
Optional Board Dinner on December 2, 2026
Nominating Committee Update
Recapped discussions held with potential candidates
Have strong potentials for Membership and Social Director
Have confirmed candidates for Treasurer and Nugget Editor
Seeking candidates for Vice President and Autocross Director
Creative Director:
Not present, no updates
Vice President:
Insurance in place for last DE/CR/TT of the year
Applied for insurance for Mammoth fun runs
Secretary:
Vote to approve August 5, 2026 minutes: APPROVED
Treasurer:
August 2026 financials discussion - club’s finances have continued to improve and are trending towards ending the year at our target reserve, vote to accept: APPROVED
TItle for the track trailer is now in Treasuer’s possession
Concours Director:
Not present, no updates
Autocross Director:
Autocross #6 at Salinis was lightly (but reasonably) attended
Autocross #7 at Crows Landing coming up with over 70 registrations, hoping for 90 to cover worker stations to support a planned 2-mile course; hosting a Zone 7 dinner afterwards
Motoring procedures finalized within that Committee
Discussion of a new potential sponsor
Pursuing a group buy on helmets
Track Director:
Financial update on track program
Friday One-Day DE at Sonoma was well attended with a different cohort of drivers (compared to typical two-day events) and several students
October event at Sonoma has strong registrations, with many students, so seeking more instructors
Working on track event schedule for 2027
Canceled last Club Race on schedule due to lack of registered interest, have gotten feedback and may try to work something out
Update given on sponsorships, and proposal for the creation of a sponsorship director
Discussion of how to get more candidates into the pipeline to become instructors
Motoring Director:
Thanks to Committee for help finalizing the updated Motoring script
Revised talking points were sent out with pre-event information
Have not received any feedback from Motoring community on the updates
Mammoth fun run event next weekend, with good registration including
Update on Treffin at Sea (9/22/2026) planning
Permitting process in San Francisco has limited what activities are possible
Pier 27 reserved, planning tours for visitors up to Marin Headlands at 1pm & 3pm
Social Director:
No Cars & Coffee in August
Monthly Friday Social events have been going well
Next Cars & Coffee on September 20 at Ariana Auto Body
Cars & Coffee to be held October 3 at Sonoma in conjunction with the track event
Working on charity event in November
Membership Director:
September 1, 2026 member counts
PCA GGR
4041 total (2848 primary members, 1189 co-members, 4 honorary)
101 PCA Juniors, 171 renewals, 116 dropped, 68 new members
PCA National: 172,270 active members (113,314 primary, 58,933 co-members, 23 life members)
Vote to accept new members: APPROVED
New Member event on September 26, 2026 at SP Motorsports including tech talk
Webmaster:
Reminder to promote events via email blasts through both PCA Emailer 3.0 and MotorsportReg
Rally Director:
Review of a Photo Rally proposal on November 8, 2026
Budget presented for the event, vote to accept: APPROVED
Nugget Editor:
Not present
Submission deadline for this month’s newsletter is September 15, 2026
Adjournment 8:18pm
Next Board Meeting: October 7, 2026 @ Jack’s San Mateo