2019 March Flatout
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2 IN THIS ISSUE President’s Message The Niagara Region Board and Chairs Teams Financial Report Be Aware … Spans From The Prior Editor To The New Editor Members report Reminder About Event Submission From the Planning Meeting Club Events Watkins Glen Drivers Walk of Fame Restoration 1958’ Lou Betstadt Advertisers Garber Porsche of Rochester Seneca Lodge Hub Stands Finger Lakes Vintage & Sports Car Eksten Auto works PCA Advertisement 3 Official Publication of Niagara Region PCA Niagara Region PCA EDITORIAL _________________________ www.niagarapca.org Fuat Yucel Editor in chief & Publisher EXECUTIVE BOARD Renee Sliwinski Web Master David Hostetter, President ADVERTISING Renee Sliwinski, Vice President _________________________ Rich de Asis, Past President, Board Adviser Hank Beamer Secretary Hank Beamer, Secretary Joe Prinzbach, Treasurer HPDE CHAIRS Published Quarterly Statement of Policy: FLATOUT is the official publica- Rich de Asis, Chief Instructor tion of the Niagara Region Inc., Porsche Club of Amer- Bert Xander, DE Chair ica. Statements appearing in FLATOUT are those of Curt Hinchcliffe, Registrar the author and do not constitute an opinion of the Mike Zotter Tech& Safety Niagara Region Inc., Porsche Club of America, FLATOUT, or its staff. The editors reserve the right to Ken Buschner, Instructor Development Co-coordinator edit as necessary all materials submitted for publica- Dave Irish, Instructor Development Co-coordinator tion. Permission is granted to reproduce any material Melvin Dillon, Auto Cross Chair published in FLATOUT provided full credit is given to the author or photographer and to FLATOUT. CHAIRS SUBMISSIONS Lisa Paine, Events Articles and photographs are always appreciated. Fuat Yucel, Social Media John Jerabeck, Driving Tours & Insurance Any material for submission is due prior to the1st Mark Gardone, Ombudsman of the month of the preceding issue. Chad Comeau, Historian SEND TO: Contact us Advertising Rates Quarterly Full Year Full page—$100 Full page—$400 1/2 Page—$75 1/2 Page—$300 1/4 Page—$50 1/4 Page—$200 1/8 Page—$25 1/8 Page—$100 Business Card—$75 Contact Secretary Rochester NY Picture taken during the 2018 October Chili Run to Letchworth 4 President’s Message Warm Greetings to all Niagara Region Members! Dear friends, Signs of pending spring are beginning to show! The planning meeting on Sunday February 17 was well attended and the weather did not get in the way this year. As you know, the board did a member survey in late fall. We had a very good response rate, thank you! We’re analyzing the data and beginning to use the feedback to improve the club experience. Our first step was to change the format of the planning meeting to have members respond to 3 areas of opportunity highlighted in the survey. Members brain stormed ideas for 1) New unique event ideas 2) Increasing new member & existing member engagement 3) New ideas for engaging monthly meetings. Many great ideas were generated and will be considered. Stay tuned for updates soon. A huge thank you to Tom Richardson and his company for their professional development and analysis of the survey! Hopefully the cars stored for the winter season will be coming out soon. There are many great events already on the website calendar. I hope to see at an event soon. Dave 5 Auto X Chair HPDE Chairs Melvin Dillon Rich De Asis Auto Cross Chair Chief HPDE Instructor Contact Contact Bert Xander Historian DE Chairperson Contact Chad Comeau Club Historian Curt Hinchcliffe Contact Membership Driver Ed Registrar Contact Event Chair Mike Zotter Lisa Paine DE Tech & Safety Event chair Contact Contact Ken Buschner Instructor Development Co-coordinator Social Media Contact Fuat Yucel Dave Irish Social Media Instructor Development Contact Co-coordinator Contact Don’t miss out, join us on 6 Board Driving Chair John Jerabeck Dave Hostetter Driving tours & Insurance Chair Niagara President Contact Contact Renee Sliwinski News Letter Vice President Webmaster / Social Events Club E Mail Coordinator Fuat Yucel Contact News Letter Editor Contact Rich De Asis Past President Zone 1 Rep Contact Mike Bryan Zone 1 Rep Joe Prinzbach Contact Treasurer Contact Ombudsman Henry Beamer Mark Gardone Secretary Ombudsman Flatout Advertising Contact Contact Don’t Miss Any NRPCA Social Events Sign up for E-mail notifications by clicking the Subscribe button: 7 8 9 Scammer Alert To Region Officers: Recently, there have been incidents reported to us regarding scammers reaching out to PCA members and region officers. We have seen two types lately: 1. The scammers have posed as a region officer who sends an email to a fellow region of- ficer requesting the person to buy gift cards on their behalf, send a photo of all the card details, and say they’ll repay it later. 2. In other situations, the scammers have contacted a member who has a classified ad posted on the region website. The scammers pose as a potential buyer or say they have a potential business offer. When the member responds, the scammer says they’d like to send money to the member’s PayPal account for something (like importing a car) and they’ll give the member a percentage. To avoid being a victim of these scams, there are actions you can take: Please be sure to verify the authenticity of all requests for money. Call or text your fel- low officer, or send a separate email to verify the request. Do not list region or national email addresses in your website. Instead, provide a “Contact Us” type of interface on your website that allows members/guests to contact you via a web form that does not reveal your direct email address. If you use a custom domain for your website and email addresses, work with your do- main registrar to implement spam filtering on inbound emails. Consider limiting your Classifieds to members-only for contacting a seller. Communicate tips and cautions to your region members or those who post classified ads. 10 Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns. Scammers are always changing tactics, but we will include two examples below so you can see what the messages look like. First example: This email was sent to a volunteer’s email alias address (which forwards to his per- sonal address) listed on region website from someone posing as Region President. I need a favor from you right now.I am tied up at the moment,need you to purchase iTunes gift cards 3 pieces $100 each? I would repay you when i am through. Once you get it,I need you to scratch the back of the card to reveal the pin, then take a snap shot of the back showing the pin and have them sent to me to make it less de- manding,I would have loved to call you however can't get to call right now with my line. Second example: This was in response to a classified ad on a region website. Message: Hello Sorry i am not buying anything , but i have a good business offer for you that will fetch you some money, let me know if you are interested Regards Member responded: OK, I’ll bite - what’s your business opportunity? Thanks for the message, i am into import and export of motor engine and parts etc, one of my customer want to send some Money to my PayPal account for engine i just delivered to him but my PayPal cannot receive big money due to limit attached to it. Please can you receive the payment with your PayPal account? i will give you 20 percent of the total money, let me know if we can work together thanks Regards Gavin 11 From The Prior Editor Hello All, For the past three years I had the great pleasure of being the editor of Flatout for the Niagara Region PCA. From the first newsletter to my last newsletter in December 2018 it has been an ever-growing experience. I have taken great pride in trying to make it more interesting and joyful to read. Over the years more members have taken time out of their busy schedules to give back to our club by contributing pictures and articles to make Flatout more interesting for everyone. Many have submitted arti- cles on restorations, engine rebuilds, building race cars, etc. they have shared their experiences with others by writing about clubs’ events. So, I would like to thank all of you for helping me make Flatout what it is to- day. I especially want to thank Rich, Tom, Johan, Hank, Judith, Sue, Dave and lovely wife Renee for all their insight in helping make Flatout bigger and better. One of the greatest joys of all is submitting our newsletter to the National Newsletter Chair, Barbara Coplen for the annual Newsletter contest. Each year I have submitted two editions for this event. It is here where you learn the most on what it takes to continually improve and pro- duce the best product you can. Now Fuat Yucel is the new editor stepping in, taking the reins and getting ready to take Flatout further. Give Fuat your support, reach out to him with your ideas, new articles, etc. Help him take Flatout where it has never been before. Thanks Dan 12 Anniversaries ANNIVERSARY Primary Members 429 Affiliate Members 265 10 YEAR Life Members 1 Cynthia Sennikoff Tiffany Irwin Total Members 695 Gary Sennikoff Kevin Hrab 20 YEAR Transfer in 1 Thomas Needell Transfer out 0 Non Renewal 4 25 YEAR Karen Kessler Renewals 22 40 YEAR New Members Cheryl Freud Paul Freud February James Bialy Don Brown Tom McGrath January Mark Craft Aj Korangy Published Monthly David Walkinshan Statement of Policy: FLATOUT is the offi- cial publication of the Niagara Region Inc., Porsche Club of America.