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Diablo PCA provides a welcoming and engaging community that enriches our member's Porsche ownership experience. What's New Pursuant to PCA Diablo Region's Bylaws, the Board of Directors will conduct the Club's annual General Business meeting immediately preceding the regular monthly Board Meeting on March 13th, 2023, starting at 6:00 PM. The annual meeting will be held at Black Bear Diner, 807 Camino Ramon in Danville. For those members who wish to attend virtually via Zoom Conferencing, we will provide a Zoom link.
Board President Bob Hilton will report on the affairs of Diablo Region and the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the membership. Committee Chairs will report on their respective areas. Members will have the opportunity to bring before the Board any issues which they feel require the Board's consideration in 2023. Members will also have the opportunity to review binders containing the minutes of all 2022 Board of Directors meetings as well as Treasurer’s reports during the previous year.
Members in attendance, as always, are welcome to stay for the regularly scheduled monthly Board meeting which will begin immediately following adjournment of the annual meeting. Our first Porsches & Pastries of the year on March 12, 2023, will be held in the parking lot of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum. See the Recurring Events section below for additional information. New - Tours 201, Do you have an interest in helping with the Tours as a Run Group Lead, Relay or Sweep? Do you have a tour route you are interested in helping with? This training is for you. We all know that leading a Run Group takes some skills and practice, there are also special skills that Relays and Sweeps should learn and practice. This is a two-part training consisting of a Zoom presentation on Thursday, March 23, 2023, with an open discussion on what it takes to be a Run Group Lead, Relay, and Sweep and a practice drive on Sunday, March 26, 2023 for everyone to practice the roles. Lunch is included with the practice drive.
New - 4/1/2023 - Filoli Tour, Join us for a tour to Filoli House where a rainbow of tulips, daffodils, wisteria, azaleas and cherry blossoms are filling Filoli’s landscape. In Filoli’s historic House, the flower-filled season continues with bringing the Garden Indoors through fresh floral arrangements, architecture, decor, and art. Click here for additional information and to add your name to the waitlist for this tour. Tickets on sale. Tickets on sale this Friday - 4/28-30/2023 - Paso Robles/Carrizo Plain Tour, the tour will depart on April 28th from Raley's in Pleasanton. We will drive to King City for a bring your own picnic lunch going down highways 680, 101, 25, 198 and 101. After lunch we will drive along Jolan Road to Lake Nacimiento Road, and highways 24 and 101 arriving at La Quinta Inn in Paso Robles. Participants will have free time before a bring your own to share wine and cheese tasting at the Inn, before heading to Jeffrey's Wine Country BBQ for dinner. On April 29th we will leave at 9:00 am for a drive to see wildflowers out on the Carrizo plain using highways 41, 229, and 58. After leaving the plain we will visit Blackwell's (James Deans last known stop). From there, we'll return to Paso Robles for a spectacular lunch at Eberle Winery's Wild Boar Room. After lunch, participants will have free time before joining together for dinner at one of several preselected and reserved restaurants. On Sunday, we'll leave the Inn at 10:00 am driving highway 46 to 1 and up to Carmel Valley where we'll complete our tour with a lunch at the famous Baja Cantina and Grill in Carmel Valley. Click here for additional information and to register for the tour. Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 10, 2023, at noon. Diablo PCA has a new way for members to connect. We have created a Facebook Group just for you. Here you will find members telling members about drives they've taken, cars they have seen, posting photos, letting each other know about informal get togethers and much more. You will also get news hot off the press from Diablo PCA. Everyone is welcome to join just click on Diablo Region - Porsche Club of America Group. So please come join the fun and share your love of Porsche, because; it's not just the cars - it's the people. General Information Check out the Diablo Region PCA home page (www.diablo-pca.org/) for a full calendar of events for the year, to sign up for an event, or to see additional information for each of the events. If you are interested in Diablo PCA logo wear and other items, check out our new webstore on the PCA.org site. The January edition of the Devil's Advocate is available this now. Please Click here to view the most recent edition. If you have contributions to the Devil's Advocate, please send them to Maiko Woodson-Mendoza at Name Badges - Click here to order your personalized name badge. We encourage wearing name badges to avoid those awkward moments when you can't remember a name. BOD Meetings - Board of Directors (BOD) meetings held on the second Monday of the month are open to all Diablo PCA members. If you are interested in participating in a meeting, contact our club president Bob Hilton (DiabloPCA. Affiliate Members - If you have a spouse or a friend that is interested in Porsches. consider adding them as an Affiliate PCA Member. Affiliate members get their own PCA number and can have a separate email address. There is no charge for adding an Affiliate member. If you need assistance with adding an Affiliate member, contact our Membership Chairs, Juan and Rowena Fernandez at As the saying goes, "many hands make light work". We are looking for members to raise their hands as volunteers. As Diablo Region members, we enjoy an active calendar of driving tours, DE days, social events and other club activities throughout the year. These events simply don't happen organically. It takes the combined efforts of many volunteers to make the magic happen. If you are interested in helping out, we can surely use your help. We are especially interested in people helping to plan events. Whether you are an original "Founding" Diablo member or joined yesterday, volunteer today by contacting Bob Hilton at Events Save the date for the following events:
Recurring Events
Tours Updated - 4/15/2023 - Ladies Only Tour, join us for a Ladies only tour in Marin County. The tour will start at the Buttercup in Walnut Creek, travel north on I680 ti I780. We will take Hwy 37 to Marin County and visit several local Farmstead Cheese companies along the way. Lunch will be at the Valley Ford Creamery. Tickets on sale soon. If you are aware of some fun roads to drive, or an interesting destination, please contact the Tour Committee (Susie George, Registration for tours and other events is done via Eventbrite (you will need to create an account with Eventbrite to register for a tour). Watch for a link to the registration site in this section of the ENews or on our website. Tours often sell out the same day tickets go on sale. Be prepared to sign-up for tours as soon as registration is open. If you are unable to register for the tour, add your name to the waitlist in case of cancellations. Emails regarding last-minute Tour information and openings for waitlisted individuals will come from Eventbrite and If you wish to purchase your own radio, the Club is using the Motorola Talkabout T800 radios. These are sold in pairs through Amazon for about $85.00. These radios are FRS/GMRS compatible, have 22 channels and 121 privacy codes (or sub-channels). Driver Education (DE) 2023 Diablo Region DE Schedule Click here for general information on Diablo PCA HPDE days.
2023 Golden Gate Region DE Schedule
* Make it a 3-day weekend. Sign-up for the Diablo DE and the Golden Gate for a 3-day weekend. Zone 7 Events New - Zone 7 Awards Dinner - Saturday, March 11, 2023, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Guadalajara Grill in Concord. The Zone 7 Annual Awards Dinner honors all competitors who competed in the Zone 7 Concours series and completed at least 50% of the events. In addition to the competitive awards, a few non-competitive awards will also be given. Click here for additional information and to register for the event. Date Change - 2023 Zone 7 TSD Rally School and Rally, Sunday, March 12, 2023, hosted by Sacramento Valley Region at Porsche of Fremont - This event is designed to provide fellow PCA members the opportunity to experience a TSD (Time, Speed, Distance) Rally using the RICHTA GPS timing and scoring system. Since the CRAB 38 event (April 21-23) and Porsche Parade in Palm Springs (June) will have a TSD Rally using the RICHTA app, a rally school and practice rally will give you a leg up on the competition. 2023 Zone 7 TSD Rally School and Rally (motorsportreg.com) CRAB 38, Sacramento Valley Region, April 21-24, 2023, Click here for additional information and to register for the event. Registration open. Shasta Region Zone 7 Tour, June 8-12, 2023, Click here for additional information, 2023 Zone 7 Autocross - Click here for information on the Zone 7 Autocross schedule.
2023 Zone 7 Concours - Click here for information on the Zone 7 Concours series.
PCA/PCNA Events Click here for a list of upcoming PCA events.
Click here to Contact key Diablo PCA Contacts Events: Gene Stoegbauer Tours: Susie George Driver Education (DE): Adam Cipriano Communications/Eventbrite Registration: Carolyn Wong Membership: Juan & Rowena Fernandez Devil’s Advocate: Maiko Woodson-Mendoza Webmaster: Anthony Mendoza President: Bob Hilton |
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