Thank you, thank you, thank you! Everyone did an awesome job at our 27th Annual Wash n Shine in Danville. Our new non-judged People's Choice classes were well received, online registration saved a great deal of time signing in, we had 54 entries (a 50% increase over last year), our four teams of judges finished 30 minutes early, and the weather was great. Although we don't have the final totals we raised about $1,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and we gave away 26 trophies. We will include all the details, pictures, and sponsors in next month‟s Advocate. For now thank you for a job well done. Particularly:

Brian Adkins our head judge, designing People's Choice trophies, and his great ideas.
Frank Duran and Bill Packwood setup and take-down.
Ingrid French running the Charity Raffle.
Joan Duran and Denise Peters at the registration desk.
Carlos Bocanegra announcing prizes.
Steve Jones put the registration on-line.
Kay Maloy publicity.
Doug Wiebe for the trophy orders.

Other news - The May 14th Spring Pfling at Philo was a tough ride through the coastal range with a big reward at the Roederer Estate where we had a tour of the wine cellar, lunch and a taste of their outstanding sparkling wine. We can't call it champagne anymore unless it is from France. A big thank you to Warren Gardner for putting the tour together although we have to work on his driving directions! “Follow me” didn‟t work for everyone.

The Campo de Bocce, organized by Paula Ciopyk, was a great success. After visiting the Ruby Hill Winery, we played bocce for an hour followed by dinner and desert at the Campo. Thank you Paula.

A reminder of the events coming up in June - The Club Autosport tour to San Jose taking off from Mimi‟s in Dublin. The Newcomers BBQ has been combined with the new Family Picnic and is planned for July 23 in Emerald Glen Park in Dublin. The board hopes that the Family Picnic will bring out new families with bocce ball courts, a childrens' playground, and BBQ pits. Please bring your children, grandchildren, SUVs, dogs, neighbors, whatever, as this event is not about the cars but the people.

Of course there are the regular Saturday breakfasts at Marie Callender's in Walnut Creek and one at Vic's in Pleasanton on the 2nd Saturday of the month.

On June 5th, at 2 pm, our favorite Porsche pilot, Bill Packwood, will be racing his number 53, (the Love Bug) 914 at Infineon in the Sonoma Historics. Join us there to cheer him on to victory. Go Bill!

Our next Board of Directors meeting is on Monday, June 13, 6:30 pm, at The Brass Door in San Ramon. It is open to all members and we would like to see more of you attend.

As always - Have fun and drive safely!