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Event Hosts:  Be sure to send your event information well in advance to both your Über Alles Editor, and your Webmeister.

 

2012 Officers

Congratulations and thank you to the people who have stepped up to lead our Region in 2012.

President – John Walters

Vice President – Len Gawron

Treasurer – Amber Door

Secretary – Brenda Hildon-Kaempf

A special thank you to Dan Phillips for serving our Region as President.


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Welcome New Members!

WMR PCA Vice President Len Gawron is putting together a special luncheon to welcome new members to the Region.  Could that be you?  If so, February 4 is the date and Dill's restaurant in Middleville is the place.  Details.

 


Brunch Above Grand Rapids

When is the last time you had a birds-eye view of GR?  The 27th floor of the Amway Grand Plaza is the location of Cygnus 27, our location for a special brunch on February 5.  Join your hosts Wolfgang and Miluzka Bubeck for a fun gathering.  Details.

 


Grattan Bar Dinner Drive

Sometimes, you've just got to suck it up and admit that some of the best food you've ever eaten came from the Grattan Bar.  Sure, there's Wolfgang Puck's, and Harry's in NYC, but for good old down-home cooking, it's hard to beat the Grattan Bar.  Join your host Kurt Wirth for a great meal on February 15.  Facts.

 


Porsche Club Zone MapIn The Zone

Zone 4 Rep Ron Carr publishes a monthly compendium of activities in our Zone.  You'll find the current issue here.

 


WinterFest 2012

Have you sent in your RSVP?

Our elegant evening winter get-together will be Saturday, March 3 at the Blythefield Country Club, a beautiful facility founded in 1929. To make things even more festive this year, we'll have music by Moments in Time Disc Jockeys. So bring your dancing shoes!  Important notice:  Unlike past years, there will be NO formal invitation in the mail.  This is your official invite!  Please RSVP by February 24.

 


Morning After Brunch

This year we're moving the traditional post-WinterFest brunch to a new venue, Six.One.Six. in the JW Marriott.  It looks great!


Are You Going?

It's not too early to start planning your summer vacation.  July is right around the corner... and registration opens March 13th.  Better get busy!

 

Click the logo for more info.


912 & 912E Register

Rick Becker, Porsche Club of America 912 & 912E Register Advocate wrote us to advise that new Register pages, accessible by smartphone app and internet are available on their Facebook page.  Here's your link

They also have a 912 & 912E Register page within the PCA website. Be sure to take advantage of this great resource!


What's Old is New Again!

Most of you know our Club celebrated it's 50th Anniversary last year.  We have quite a history to be proud of!  To further instill that pride, Club President & Newsletter Editor Dan Phillips, working in conjunction with Club Historian Kurt Wirth, have begun scanning old issues of our newsletter, Über Alles.  The complete 1982 collection is now available on-line.  These are fun- and historic.  A free Über subscription goes to the first member who can find the photo of a skinny Rick Riley with a mustache.


'Like Us' on Facebook

Dan Phillips is dragging us into the 2000s with a new Facebook page for our region.  We expect we - and you - will be posting pictures and contributing stories about your favorite automobile and your favorite Club.

 

It's easy to connect.  Click here and 'like' us.


Len Will Have You In Stitches!

Seriously.  The industrious Len Gawron is helping members add the WMR logo to their favorite shirts. 

 

Some of you may remember our ill-fated attempt to partner with an on-line retailer who added our WMR logo to a variety of items.  Your webmeister believes he's the only one who got a shirt before the firm folded. 

 

So Len is stepping up to assist the Über fashionistas in the Club.  Details are here.


Newsletter Competition

The PCA National Newsletter Competition results were announced at the 2011 Parade.  Our Über Alles landed pretty squarely in the middle of the pack - not quite the recognition it deserves (in the humble opinion of your Webmeister).

 

A summary of the results are here.  Take a look and see what you might be able to do to bolster the results next year.  How about writing an article?  Or submitting photos with captions?  Yes, that would be great!


2011 IROC Results

We had another great year of competitive autocrossing with our pals from Michiana and Motor-Stadt regions.  Good ol' Jim Garner even drove over from Southeast Michigan region for IROC III at Ionia.

 

There is a complex calculation to determine who wins the coveted Bent Pylon award.  It has to do with the number of firsts, seconds, FTDs, number of people who show up, and so on.  Here are the results for all three events. 

 

A very rough calculation shows the following finishes:

MSR=7
WMR=7
MIR=5
SEM=1

So who wins?  Stay tuned!


Who Are You?

The most-visited page on our website (after this Home Page) is the Members List. Your fellow members are using the List to connect with each other - and maybe  trying to find YOU!

 

Please check your listing and send the Webmeister updates and corrections. If you're not listed, considering sending your info.  And, Officers and Chairpersons, please check your listing here, and do the same.  Now, sing with me... "We are family..."


Attention Event Chairpersons

 Maximize the notice your event receives.  Be sure to send your information well in advance to both your Über Alles editor, and your Webmeister.  Dan Phillips is the former, and Michael Betz is the latter.  We'll be sure to give your event the coverage it deserves!


It's Historic!

Our Club's 50th Anniversary DVD is now available!  Featuring highlights from our busy celebration weekend and over 1,000 photos from the past 50 years, this DVD is bound to entertain and amuse - if only for the picture of Craig Paull with mutton chops!  Copies are $15 each, which includes shipping.  Send your name, address telephone number, and check made payable to Duane Weed to: 

DW Video & Multimedia

5510 Maple Hill Road 

Howard City, MI 49329 

 

(231) 937-5420  *  www.dwvideo.com

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PRE-PAID


Willkommen New Club Members

You are going to like this group!  We look forward to meeting you and seeing you

at an event soon!

 

Roger and Margo Chalk

Ada, 1980 911

 

Joseph and Susan Gavan

Belmont, 1987 928

 

Michael Starostanko

Traverse City, 1984 911 (transfer from Michiana Region)

 

John & Mindy Lanpear

Lawrence, MI
1976 Porsche 914
 

Kurt & Olga Stembol

Montague, MI
1987 Porsche 944

 

Scot Ferris
Grand Rapids
’07 Cayman

Steven Johnson
Rochester
’11 Cayman

Total Region Membership - around 408 or so


Find Out What's Happening - From Your Inbox

West Michigan Region's Über Aces has been turbocharged.  To learn more click here.

 


Get the Word Out

If you have a business that you would like to advertise, you can now do so in our Über Alles newsletter. Pricing is based on ad size and ranges from business card up to a full page.

If you are looking to promote a business to West Michigan’s finest, the Über is published 11 months a year and is circulated to over 400 members from Marquette to Kalamazoo.
 


We hope you find this website useful and informative.  All comments, questions, suggestions and criticisms are welcome. Please send email to Michael Betz

 

Last update:  Sunday, January 22, 2012