Date/Time
Date(s) – 08/01/2021
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Wachusett Mountain
Join us August 1st for the 4th annual NER PCA SUMMER PARTY!
Get the full scoop and sign-up here
A huge thank you to our sponsor:
The latest update from our Ramblemeisters, Dennis and Carol Friedman:
Hi Ramblers,
This would have been the 35th Annual Ramble, but the restrictions and uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 have made it impossible to safely provide you with a “proper” Ramble experience.
Everyone registered will receive their registration fees back in full, and The Otesaga will be issuing credit for all of your room deposits WITHOUT NEED FOR YOU TO DO ANYTHING except check your credit card account to ensure you receive your refund. In both cases, it may take more than 1 card cycle for these credits to appear in your credit card account.
But don’t despair, because on Wednesday January 20, 2021, we plan to open registration for the 2021 Ramble! Let’s hope we’ve put Covid-19 in our collective rear view mirrors by that time, so we can all enjoy our usual large, gregarious, driving, and sociable get-together in true Ramble fashion.
Until then, enjoy your Porsche, and stay safe,
Dennis and Carol Friedman
Ramblemeisters
A prior update from our Ramblemeisters, Dennis and Carol Friedman:
I can now confirm that the 2020 Ramble has been re-scheduled at The Otesaga Resort Hotel for Sunday November 8 thru Tuesday November 10.
As you might expect, many organizations have been scrambling to re-schedule events at The Otesaga, and there was not a Friday thru Sunday, Thursday thru Saturday, or Saturday thru Monday where we could get more than 83 rooms for both nights. Since we already had nearly 140 rooms booked 2 months before the April event, it didn’t seem right to re-schedule to dates where we could only satisfy about 60% of those members already confirmed. As a result, our first November Ramble will also be the first to have us driving and banqueting on a Monday!
We have reserved the entire hotel on Sunday and Monday nights as well as 26 rooms in the Hotel for Saturday night. In addition there will be about 10 rooms available at the Cooper Inn on Friday and Saturday nights. If you decide to come early and stay at the Cooper Inn, you should be able to stay there for Sunday and Monday as well, or move to The Otesaga for the 2 nights of the Ramble. While there are no rooms available at this time before Friday, anyone wishing to stay beyond Tuesday breakfast can definitely book at our attractive rates for another 3 days.
All existing hotel reservations will be cancelled, and your deposits refunded. Refunds may take 2-3 billing cycles to appear on your credit card statement. To ensure that current confirmed registrants receive preference, UNTIL MAY 1, THE OTESAGA WILL ONLY ACCEPT NEW NOVEMBER RESERVATIONS FROM PEOPLE WITH AN EXISTING RESERVATION. As of Monday May 4, registration will re-open for the re-scheduled Ramble on ClubReg, and the NER website will announce the new dates to the complete club membership.
To take advantage of your booking priority, please call The Otesaga Resort Hotel promptly to reserve in our room block. There are no online reservations. YOU CAN ONLY BOOK YOUR ROOM BY CALLING 607-353-6906 ON WEEKDAYS (Monday thru Friday 9:00-5:00) identifying yourself as guests of the “Porsche Club of America – Northeast Region”. They will require a deposit of 1 night’s lodging which is fully refundable until 3 days before your check-in. AT THIS TIME, THE OTESAGA ONLY HAS 2 AGENTS ANSWERING PHONES, SO YOU MAY BE PLACED ON HOLD OR GET VOICE MAIL, AND IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR YOU TO GET A RETURN CALL AFTER LEAVING A VOICE MAIL. We appreciate your understanding of the realities of the world as it is at the moment.
In regard to room rates, I’m pleased to report that pricing will be $15/night less than our original rates. So after months of travel restrictions and health concerns, feel free to extend your visit on the shores of Lake Otesaga.
The only bright side to this whole ordeal, is that after we complete our November Ramble, you’ll only have to wait 5 months to do it all over again on April 30 – May 2, 2021.
Contact me with any questions or concerns.
Stay safe, and we look forward to seeing you all in Cooperstown,
Dennis & Carol Friedman
Ramblemeisters
From Nick Shanny, NER President:
Dear Northeast Region PCA club members,
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation develops, we want you to know that the safety and health of our club members, volunteers, event staff are always a top priority. Now more than ever, safety is our primary concern. While many spectator-based events around the U.S. have been postponed, we are not planning to cancel upcoming club events.
That said, we will be monitoring the directives of local, state and federal authorities for direction. The most common local mandate that could affect club events is a limitation on gathering size, although many of these may be specific to indoor activities.
When contemplating participation in an upcoming event, please consider the health of other participants. If you are ill, have traveled recently to a highly infected area, or have been in close contact with someone known to have the virus or the flu, then please stay home. Please exercise elevated personal hygiene and personal space etiquette as is recommended thru all public health information organizations.
Additionally, NER leadership advises Club members to analyze each individual situation and make their own decisions on whether to participate in any given activity.
If you have a question regarding refund policies, please refer to the information you received during the registration process.
The safety of participants at NER events is always a high priority. NER leadership will continue to monitor the CDC and other official national recommendations and may adjust plans accordingly based on further updates and/or restrictions imposed.
Thanks
NER PCA Board
Steps to protect yourself and others:
Resources PCA is closely monitoring for updates and information:
We had a great time at the Winter Warmer event today. Thanks to our friends, Rick Scourtas and John Andrade, and the staff at Herb Chambers Porsche in Boston, we were able to get out and enjoy some great company.
The NER Annual Winter Gala will be hosted this year at the Andover Country Club located at 60 Canterbury St. Andover, MA 01810.
The Gala is the club’s featured social event every year and provides attendees with a great “off-season” time to connect with friends while some of our cars are hibernating dreaming of warmer days. Please visit the event page to register by December 25, 2019. Looking forward to seeing you there!
As the summer of 2019 winds to a close, we are getting more and more information about some great things coming in the fall.
One highlight appears to be the Audrain Concours and Motor Week event coming to Newport October 3-6th. We’ve been in contact with the team pulling this event together for years, literally. But the schedule is now starting to really come together.
In addition to the headline portions – the full “Pebble Beach” style concours at the Breakers mansion on Sunday October 6, the John Legend concert on Friday night October 4, “The Gathering” at Rough Point also on Friday October 4, and the “Tour d’Elegance” on Saturday morning October 5…they have also announced a host of seminars on various talks given by an array of luminaries in many fields, even beyond cars. They have added a pedal-car race for kids at Fort Adams on Saturday October 5, as well – similar to the Settrington Cup race held at Goodwood in England.
This one will come up quickly as we all get back into the fall routine so make sure to plan it into your calendars now. Our club’s 2019 NER Concours d’Elegance is also happening right in the middle of the event – Saturday October 5 – so please visit our event page to secure a judged spot or just a spectator parking spot to enjoy the show and all of the surrounding events. We’ll be on the extensive and beautiful lawn at Chateau-sur-Mer – one of the first and oldest Newport Mansions, built before there was a Bellevue Avenue – and rumor has it that we’ll be in close proximity to displays from McLaren and Koenigsegg.
Park with us right in the middle and enjoy all of the attractions.
The 35th annual NER Ramble visits the Chatham Bars Inn Resort and Spa on Cape Cod for 2019. Registration sells out quickly so be sure to jump over to the event page now and get ready for sign up on January 23rd.
What better way to celebrate International Museum Day (May 18) than with our own guide to the car museums of New England and New York? We hope you’ll go and enjoy a few of these this year for yourself. Let us know how many you’ve visited so we can see who has been to the most!
Check out the Guide to New England Car Museums
Gunther and Maggie Buerman at the Newport Car Museum in Portsmouth RI