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From the President Bill Bauer I hope to hear from you at president@pnwr.org or call me at 206.972.5639. About anything! I���ve had the opportunity this year to enjoy a wider variety of the club���s events, and I���d like to provide a few words of observation. In previous years I concentrated on Driver Skills and Driver Education which just about filled the time I had available for club functions. While I still attend most of these, I do so as an Instructor. This arrive-and-work participation takes a great deal less time and effort than the responsibilities of the teams that run these events that I���ve had in the past. So, more time for a diversity of club functions. And, as I am passionate about teaching high performance driving and how useful the techniques are in everyday situations, I���m enjoying DS and DE in new ways. The best change is that I���m meeting more of you at these events! In the last 8 months I���ve also changed my perspective on the club from ���how do we make DE and DS the best experience for our members��� to ���how do we make the Porsche Club the best experience for our members���? This 6 September 2011 has led to a series of questions, queries, and requests in this column to you the members for comments and suggestions on what we can do better for you. I plan to leave the same opening line on this column for a couple of months with the expectation that you���ll provide inputs that we���ll use in our 2012 planning. Why I Like Porsche Club Events Ok, so this sounds a bit sophomoric, but let���s keep it simple. I like our Porsche events because the people who attend them are fantastic! I���ve been to every kind of event the club has (full disclosure: I���ve not entered a car in a full concours, but I���ve attended and thoroughly enjoyed the exquisite art of others, and I���ve not competed in autocross although I did take the autocross training course). At every event I enjoy the people who attend ��� their stories, their questions, their hobbies, their reasons for owning a Porsche. You chose a Porsche, and that great sense of satisfaction you enjoy every time you are in it gives us a wonderful shared culture that permeates every event. I