Summer of 2020 Cancellations and Changes

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Published: 04 July 2020

Just when you think things might be looking up, when events start shaping up, you get the rug pulled out from underneath you. Such has been the case with events for all of 2020.

To date, the following usual summer and fall BMW-related  events are cancelled:

• Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (PVGP) -- Limited events are planned for August or September; check the web site www.pvgp.org
  
• Gervasi Cruise-In
• Legends of the Autobahn
• Festorics
  
• O'Fest Forever

There will be a Third-Quarter virtual Board meeting on Sunday, 2 August 2020. If you wish to attend virtually, click the link for the event's page from under the left-side Upcoming Events.

We are trying to plan for a Shine N Show event for either September or October, but cannot finalize details yet.

We also have a tentative brewery visit planned, again, contingent upon the upcoming months and the host site.

Keep checking the calendar for changes and updates to 2020 events.

Meanwhile, the following events have been rescheduled into 2021:

• MX1 Enthusiast Weekend -- April 9-10, 2021 -- Greer, South Carolina
• ZFest 2021 -- July 5-11, 2021 -- Greenville, South Carolina
• Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (PVGP) 2021 -- July 11-25, 2021
• Legends of the Autobahn 2021 -- dates to be announcd
• Festorics 2021 -- dates to be announced
• O'Fest Forever 2021 --  November 3-6, 2021 -- Hilton Head, South Carolina

So let's look forward to better times and new adventures in the upcoming months and year.

And, as always, keep the shiny side up and stay safe!

Origins of Northern Ohio Chapter

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Published: 09 October 2016

When early BMW Car Club of America members joined the national organization in the mid-1970s, they became members of a local entity which was rather unique at the time. While most chapters were located around metropolitan areas, Ohio had one of the first—if not the first—statewide chapter, Buckeye.

After attending meetings and events in the Columbus area for a time, our lifetime member John Franklin contacted members in Cleveland, Akron, and other northeastern Ohio areas and created the Cleveland/Akron Area to have more localized events and management. At approximately the same time, members in the Cincinnati region also organized regionally as an Area within Buckeye.

Cleveland/Akron monthly meetings initially were held at the Franklin home and later in area restaurants. To pull members from Cleveland’s western suburbs, later meetings were held at the Elegant Hog—the current location of the Windham Hotel.

In the early 1980s, the Columbus Area turned over management of Buckeye Chapter to the Cleveland/Akron Area.  In the late 1980s-early 1990s, the Cincinnati Area became the managing force for Buckeye.

After Buckeye Chapter hosted their first BMWCCA OktoberFest, members of the Cleveland/Akron Area requested secession from Buckeye Chapter. The intention was to concentrate activities and governance in a more localized area, believing this would better serve local members. This request for secession was one of the first of its type for the national organization.

In late fall 1991 with agreement from the remaining Areas of Buckeye Chapter, Northern Ohio Chapter was formed, encompassing Ohio postal zip codes from 44000 to 44999, which corresponds to the northeastern quadrant of the state. The general territorial area covers from Castalia-Sandusky to Galion-Mansfield to Dover-New Philadelphia over to the Pennsylvania border and northward to the shores of Lake Erie.