Photos by Linc & Sandy Avery

DER PCA 2004 Annual Banquet

Story by Linc Avery

 Marriott Sable Oaks, Portland - Another great turnout with nearly 60 members and spouses attended this year's DER Annual Banquet in Portland. Our new president, Glenn Hill, did the honors as master of ceremonies in welcoming all to the event as he previewed what appears to be a fun season ahead with many new and also traditional Porsche events.

The Marriott once again provided a high quality buffet dinner after the social cocktail hour with a very comfortable and spacious banquet room. As dessert was served, the business issues were quickly dispersed with as the slate of club officers nominated for this year were approved by all attending.

Glenn went on to announce this year's DER Member-of-the Year award presented in absentia to Jerry Giordano (who was away in Europe). What made this award particularly special was that Jerry is not a club officer, but nevertheless attended and participated actively in most of the year's board meetings and event plannings. He has been extremely helpful and insightful in his ideas and suggestions for a number of past and future DER events and typifies the character of an ideal Porsche club member with his infectious enthusiasm. Congratulations, Jerry!

We were then hosted to a joint presentation by Steve & Kyle Atwell and Terri Omatick discussing the upcoming Zone 1 PCA Concours & Rally which will be hosted by our region in May, 2005. They explained the typical schedule of events and went into some of the details involved with running a concours and rallying event. Tentative plans have been made at this point and our first organizational meeting will be held on April 15th to begin to firm up the details and volunteer requirements (see the section on the 2005 Zone 1 Concours/Rally). This is a huge event and a great chance for this Maine club to put on a memorable weekend for many people from throughout the Northeast. It's clear that we need a lot of help from within though, so the speakers were actively seeking volunteer assistance in the year to come.

The evening wound down with door prize awards that included several Porsche collectibles (a coveted calendar was mysteriously "won" by President Hill!!) as well as the "perennial" favorites, the table floral centerpieces. It seemed like the majority of attendees went home with some form of a prize.

Many thanks to those who made the evening such a success. It's clear that we are going to have a fun and interesting season ahead.

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