Ahhh... free at last! The Wash N Shine is behind us, the thank you notes have been sent, and itâs time to move on to summer. One last spring fling up the Feather River to Susanville and back in two days (630 miles). Thank you Ken Wu for putting together this great tour to parts of California that many of us have never seen. Jacquie and I are really looking forward to Ken's next tour to Paso Robles in October.

On June 8th the Diablo Region Board of Directors reviewed the Wash & Shine results, and prepared the voting proxy for the National Board meeting at parade in July.

The Wash & Shine had 48 cars entered and over $9,000 in prizes were raffled off. The raffle raised a record $888 for the Taylor Heart Camp. Please visit their web site (click here) to see how they provide medically supervised summer camps for children with severe heart defects and their families. Thanks to generous donations of trophies (Scott Day) and pins (Brian Adkins) the club made an additional $1,023 on this event. Great news for all of us. The board would love to hear from you about your interest in showing your Porsche next year. Diablo members have lots of Boxsters and Caymans but only two were entered in each class (all four won trophies). Would opening a non-judged class interest you, how about allowing non-judged entries into each class at a reduced price? We need your input so that we can fill up our allotted spaces and bring more of you into the event. We need your input. Please send me a note at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The National Board wanted votes on three issues. Purchase the National PCA headquarters building, increase the yearly PCA dues to $46, and create a National ad-hoc appeals board for a revoked membership. After reviewing these issues at the Diablo June board meeting we decided to support all three of these proposals.

• The purchase of the HQ building will save money and build a club asset so we approved it.
• The increase in the annual dues is the first one since 1998 and not doing it at this time would mean a much greater increase in a few years so we approved it.
• The creation of an ad hoc appeals board gives the members a documented way to review any revoked memberships if the member involved wants to appeal the decision of the region. At no cost to the PCA it was the right thing to do for all members so we approved it.

A reminder that all our monthly board meetings are open to all members so show up and give us your input. It's the second Tuesday of the month at The Brass Door in San Ramon! [You can click here to bring up the full Diablo event calendar and look up the next meeting on August 10th. Or just use the mini-calendar on our home page.]

One last pitch to get you involved in the Diablo Board of Directors. Elections are coming up in the fall and your interest in events and in our board meetings are excellent ways to understand what is involved. You need to understand the great support all of us receive from the board, the chairpersons, and the members at large. Think about running for office and taking on a Chair position!

Have fun and drive with care!