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Membership Chair 914 Dale Tuety: 303.670.1279, [email protected] Holly Jackson [email protected] 924 Dan Semborski: 303.420.2708, [email protected] 928 Volunteer to be the RMR 928 specialist and help others! 944 Newsletter Editor Richard Winnick: 303.429.5213, [email protected] Russ Rydberg 968 [email protected] Zach Schroeder: 970.229.0990, [email protected] Boxster/Cayman Doug Bartlett: 970.214.7279 , [email protected] Cayenne Zach Schroeder: 970.229.0990, [email protected] Past President John Mackin GT2, GT3, Cup Cars [email protected] Chris Cervelli: 303.809.6173, [email protected] RMR-PCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERSHIP ANNIVERSARIES 55 YEARS IN REMEMBERANCE Paul & Betty Bingham SCOTTY KNOX JANUARY 1963 Born in Abilene, KS, to Charles and Esther Knox. Graduate of the University of KS. WWII Navy Ensign. Married Jean E. Bailey in 1943. Father of three, Cynthia, Douglas, and Gregory. Founder of the photo geology firm; 30 YEARS Knox, Bergman and Shearer. VP of Rocky Mountain James & Barbara Kellogg Association of Geologists and officer in the Petroleum JANUARY 1988 Club of Denver. Collected, built, and raced early Porsches and other vintage cars. Licensed pilot and accomplished bird hunter. Scotty is survived by Cynthia and Douglas, 6 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. Predeceased by 20 YEARS son, Gregory, and wife, Jean. Thomas & Susan Coyne Published in Denver Post on Dec. 17, 2017 JANUARY 1998 Robert & Doug Ottewill JANUARY 1998 WELCOME NOVEMBER NEW MEMBERS James Consalvi Abdulla Kaldari Ray Mistry, Centennial Lakewood, CO Denver, CO CO, 2010 2016 911 GT3 RS 2014 911 TURBO PANAMERA 4S David Erbeck Daniel Kaufman Richard Siegal Loveland, CO Centennial, CO Edwards, CO 2003 911 CARRERA 2006 CAYMAN S 1985 911 CARRERA CABRIOLET Zade Faraj Thomas Kazmer Boulder, CO Greeley, CO, 2012 911 CARRERA S 2003 911 CARRERA 4 CABRIOLET TEST DRIVE MEMBERS Jonathan Boynton, Paul Gibson Tyler Lewark Lafayette, Co Longmont, CO Denver, CO 1990 944 S2 CABRIOLET 2014 911 CARRERA 4S CABRIOLET Blake Hillenbrand Mike Mayberry Boulder, CO Denver, CO 2012 911 CARRERA 2016 911 GT3 RS & 2016 CAYMAN GT4 1958 - 2018 | Celebrating 60 Years | HIGHGEAR 5 PRESIDENTIAL THOUGHTS Rick Seiferth President HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope that your holidays were Later that evening 95 of our merry. I am thankful and honored to members met at the Willow Ridge be your new President for 2018, our Manor in Morrison for our RMR 60th anniversary year. We expect to Holiday Party. For those members have a number of special activities to that may have considered but did not celebrate our 60th year with Porsche attend our Holiday Party you missed Club of America. Our 2018 event out on one of the best seasonal calendar is just about finalized and parties. We received rave reviews is chock full of activities for all our from those members that attended member’s varied interests. the event for the venue, food and As we enter the new year we want program. According to Jane Hebert, to thank those RMR Board members one of our Holiday Party event that are leaving us and welcome chairs, “We Ate, We Drank and several Board members. Leaving is We Were Merry”! We collected over Jim Widrig our current Past Vice $500 in cash donations for Toys for President. John Mackin our current Tots as well as enough toys to fill up president moves into the Past Vice the back of John Mackin’s Cayenne. President position. Blair Whitaker, A special thanks and kudos to our our current Treasurer has finished his Holiday Party event chairs, Jane two-year stint and will be replaced by Hebert, Carol Thero and Christine Donna Helberg as our new Treasurer. Walters! Blair has graciously agreed to return January expects to be a busy as the Assistant Treasurer to help month for RMR. On Jan. 11th, Donna in performing the month 3-R Racing in Englewood will host end account reconciliation that is so our January social. This is a special important in maintaining some dual social that honors a number of our control in our accounting function. members. We will be awarding Blair has also agreed to help with our our Enthusiast of the Year, Porsche 2018 budgeting process. Mark Taylor Patron, Most Distinguished Driver, our current Secretary is moving on Most Improved Male and Female to work with our 60th Anniversary driver awards. We then will move Committee while Vicki Cox-Jones onto our first driving event of the will become our new Secretary for year the annual chilly Eiskhana at 2018. Brian Lay joins the Board as Georgetown Lake on January 21, your new 2nd Vice President with 2018. over 30years of PCA membership. 2018 promises to be another great Remaining on the Board is Russ year for our club as we celebrate our Rydberg, our HighGear editor and 60th anniversary. We are looking Holly Jackson, our Membership for members input as to how we can Chair and Jim Thorburn who moves celebrate this milestone so please into the 1st VP position. I want to pass along your ideas to the, 60th thank all of our Board, past and Anniversary Committee Chair, Jim present for all of their hard work. Thornburg who is also serving as We completed a number of events your 2018 1st VP. on Dec.9th with the Toys for Tots drive and our first Holiday Party. HG ’ We had about 20-cars meet in the parking lot by the Perfect Landing Restaurant for a drive to the Toys for Tots warehouse to deliver donations for this worthy cause.