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May 13

» AX#2 results online

» AX#2 photos from Dave Dunwoodie

Apr 21

» Boulder Creek Country Club GTG photos from Dede Seward

Mar 25

» AX#1 results posted online

» GGR Drivers Ed & Time Trial Schedule

Feb 02

» Porsche Parade 2008 Info

We, the Parade 2008 Team, would like to thank you for your continued interest in Porsche Parade 2008. As you have probably read in this months’ PANORAMA we have a very exciting line-up of events in store for you here in the ‘Queen City’.

At this time we would like to introduce the official Porsche Parade 2008 Website. It is now 'LIVE' and available for viewing at www.paradecharlotte.org. Please feel free to explore the site and see what we have planned. FYI - More information will be posted on the website as it becomes available.

*** Remember that Registration for the 2008 Porsche Parade opens at 9AM EST on Tuesday March 11^th 2008 – Put it on your Calendar !!! ***

Jan 09

» Gift Exchange photos online

Dec 30

» Tribute to Ron Leppke

Ron Leppke, a long time PCA member, passed away Dec 27 2007 of an apparent heart attack. Ron was a member of PCA for over 40 years and was a Charter member of Diablo Region. For the last three years Ron has served as the Zone 7 Photographer. He attended many events during those years taking pictures of all of us and our cars. He had a strong love for the Porsche cars and for PCA in general. His presence and his efforts for Zone 7 will be greatly missed.

Dec 19

» Zone 7 Update

Nov 27

» Steinbeck Tour photos

» PCA Region Focus Newsletter

In this issue Carolyn Ewbank, PCA’s Membership Committee Chair, shares an article titled “Membership Retention Those First Two Years: Your Region’s Challenge”

The current and past issues of PCA's Regionfocus can be downloaded by clicking on the newsletter above or at

https://www.pca.org/members/region_focus.html

Should you have any difficulties downloading the document, contact PCA Headquarters at admin@pca.org or call 703-321-2111

Nov 20

Wanted - An Enthusiastic PCA Member to be the 2008 Zone 7 Concours Chairman.

Zone 7 has one of the best Concours programs in the nation, and we are in desperate need for someone in our Zone to step up and become Chairperson for our series. If you or someone you know would be a good candidate please contact Larry Sharp at larrysharp@comcast.net or 925-371-2258

Nov 13

New on the site...

» December POST online

» Bocci Ball Fall Tour photos

» Halloween Party photos

Oct 16

LPR Ax6 Results & Photos

» Ax#6 results

» Ax#6 photos

Oct 15

Meet Ryan Briscoe and Sascha Maassen at Porsche of Stevens Creek October 17th

Porsche of Stevens Creek invites you and a guest to join us as we host the 2007 Penske Porsche RS Spyder Race Team as they prepare for the ALMS race at Laguna Seca. Drivers Ryan Briscoe and Sascha Maassen will be in attendance along with the #6 RS Spyder to talk about their racing experience, strategies and why they enjoy driving for the Penske Porsche team.

Refreshments will be served.

Date:

Wednesday, October 17th

Time:

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Place:

Porsche of Stevens Creek
4155 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Please RSVP to (408) 247-1655.

Oct 11

New on the site...

» November POST available online

» Bass Lake Tour photos

» Charity Event photos

Oct 09

Sign up for the Bocci Ball Fall Day Tour Now!

» Bocci Ball Fall Day Tour

Sep 11

Porsche Club News Newsletter - August 2007

» August 2007 Porsche Club Newsletter

Aug 23

LPR Ax#5 results and photos posted online

» See AX#5 results

» See AX#5 photos from Dave Dunwoodie

» See AX#5 photos from Vince Vincent

Aug 19

LPR Ax#5 photos from ChrisM

» See Slide show of the afternoon "B" run group at the 8/18/07 Marina AutoX

Aug 12

September POST available online, Picnic photos

» Read the September POST

» See Family Picnic photos

Aug 01

LPR AX#4 results posted online

» View AX4 results

July 16

Zone 7 Rules at the 2007 San Diego Parade !!!

» Read Zone 7 Report

July 12

Results Posted from Lpr Autocross #3

» See AX#3 results

July 10

Photos from San Diego Parade by Ron Leppke

» http://web.mac.com/lepprd/iWeb/Site/San Diego Z7.html

» http://web.mac.com/lepprd/iWeb/Site/San Diego Z7-2.html

» http://web.mac.com/lepprd/iWeb/Site/San Diego Z7-3.html

» http://web.mac.com/lepprd/iWeb/Site/San Diego Z7-4.html

July 08

Registration Open for Driver's Ed at Laguna Seca

» Driver's Ed at Laguna Seca

June 21

New photos online

» See Swap Meet photos

» See Indy 500 GTG photos

» See Paso Robles Tour photos

June 13

Golden West Rally Report

» Read Golden West Rally report

May 30

Paso Robles Pictures Online

» See Paso Robles Tour Photos

Apr 23

Canepa Tech Session Photos Online

» See Canepa Tech photos

Apr 20

AX2 Results Posted Online

» See AX2 results

Apr 11

Detailing Day at Don's Autowerks; Register for Parade San Diego

» Detailing Day at Don's Autowerks

» It's not too late to register

» New photos posted online

Vanacore Tour Photos

» See Vanacore Tour photos

Autocross Results & Photos

» See Autocross #1 results

» See Autocross #1 photos

Mar 18

Costa Rica Tour & more...

» Read about tour to Costa Rica

» Read about tour with Santa Barbara Region to Parade

Feb 20

Coastal Driving School at Laguna Seca on March 12th

» Read CDS Flyer

» See pictures from Soup Night

» See pictures from Wine Party

Feb 09

Porsche Club News Newsletter - December 2006

» Read Porsche Club Newsletter

Feb 01

GGR Time Trial Schedule & Zone 7 Update

» GGR Time Trial Schedule

» Read Zone 7 Update

Jan 17

Zone 7 Concours School at Rector Porsche on April 14th

» Learn More

Dec 17

LPR Gift Exchange Photos

» See the photos

Dec 11

LPR Holiday Party & Awards Banquet Photos

» See the photos

» LPR 2007 Board

Nov 29

LPR Event Photos online

» 2006-11-19 Planning Session

» 2006-11-18 Charity Event

» 2006-11-04 Solvang Tour

» 2006-10-28 Halloween Party

» 2006-10-14 Half Moon Bay Tour

Oct 31

LPR Autocross #8 Results Online

» View AX#8 Results

Oct 15

New Event Photos Online

» 2006-09-30 Italian Night

» 2006-09-23 Snorin' in Sonora Tour

» 2006-09-17 Autocross at Marina

Sep 29

LPR Autocross #7 Results

» LPR Autocross #7 results available online

Aug 22

Portland Parade Report and More Photos

» Portland Parade Report from Larry Sharp (Zone 7 President)

» Photos Galore from Ron Leppke

Dear Zone 7 and other PCA friends,

I have just published an iWeb page that contains many photos of Zone Seven participation at Parade Portland earlier this month including a new Zone 7 Challenge page. Take a look by clicking on the links below:

http://web.mac.com/lepprd/iWeb/Site 2/Zone Challenge.html
http://web.mac.com/lepprd/iWeb/Site 2/Zone 7.html

Many of these, but not all, will eventually be posted on the official Portland web gallery as well. A few of these Z7 photos are not mine, but submitted by "unknown." More photos will be added in time. Kind regards, Ron Leppke

Aug 18

Portland Parade Photos

» Photos from Vince Vincent

» Photos from the Portland Parade have been uploaded for viewing with hundreds more to come at http://pca.org/parade2006. Click on "Gallery" from the upper menu. On the left side of the Gallery page, there are two sections. "Submitted" (2,000 so far) includes those photos from Parade attendees whereas "Parade Photographers" will (still being edited) display the images taken by Ron Leppke and Kevin Woods.

Another current source of Zone 7 oriented Portland Parade photos is the iWeb page of a tour to Portland. Hundreds more Parade photos are in the process of being organized and edited prior to posting. Here is an important note to all, but especially editors. If you use the blue download button (second from the left), the downloaded photo will be from the higher rez original and not the 72 dpi display photo. For example, you drag a photo to your desktop it may be 60 k; it you use the blue button it may be more like 680 k. The photos that I am editing are all in the 900+ to 3 MB range. The photo below shows Zone 7 as the first round winners in the Zone Challenge series. Thanks, Ron Leppke

What's New on the LPR website...

Nothing new...

Notes from the LPR Webmaster...

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Spam/Virus Notes

Some members have recently reported receiving spam and viruses in email attachments. As a courtesy to members, here is some information on common spam tactics and how you can reduce the spam you get, read more at the following link http://sbc.antispam.yahoo.com/tips. Many times your ISP, such as Yahoo or Earthlink, provides anti-spam filters you can setup for free as a part of your service. In addition, many of these ISPs have software that you can train so you teach it what is and what is not spam. They also have very sophisticated anti-virus programs that you can use to prevent viruses from attacking your system. Make sure your ISP supports these things and purchase a good comprehensive anti-virus and firewall software program (Norton and McAfee are good examples) for added protection. Here are a few tips to remember:

Never open email from an address you don't recognize, but especially never open an attachment from someone you don't recognize. Attachments of any kind are generally what carry viruses.

Never give out your email address online unless you trust the source.

Never respond to unsolicited email. Doing so can alert a sender your email address is valid and get your email address on a spam list.

Never click on a hyperlink inside an email. Same reason as above.

Never respond to or forward chain letters, even from someone you know and trust. These letters usually have some touching story and ask you to forward it to as many people as possible, "spreading the word". Of course what you are really spreading is everyone's email address right back to the spammers so they get everyone's email address for free.

No method is bulletproof. Doing the above will significantly reduce the amount of spam, viruses, and attacks on your computer. Use good tools as described above, some common sense, and you will eliminate most problems.

Here are some more helpful links that describe what you can do to help protect yourself from spam, viruses, hoaxes, dangerous attacks, and find lots of info on general internet security issues/;

http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display_content.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id =322715

http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display_content.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id =161213

http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display_content.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id =159611

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=tips

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/faq.html

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

I highly recommended to perform a security check on your systems to make sure it is protected from viruses and internet attacks. There are free programs on the Symantec and McAfee sites that will check your system for vulnerability:

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp

If you come across some good links or articles on security, spam, viruses, and the link, please click on the link below and let me know about it so I can pass it along to other LPR members...

Remember, spammers get many email addresses from public web sites such as this one. Many articles, photos, and flyers posted on the LPR website sometimes contain information about members including name, address, phone numbers, and email addresses (for example, GTG flyers usually contain address, phone, and email contact information for the host). If any information is published about you on this site, whether it is contact information, photos, or whatever, and you would like it removed, please Contact the Webmaster and let me know what you want removed from the site.

Thanks, Greg

LPR Webmaster