AMCA Website Suggestion?

[T. Cotten]

Golly Chris,

A "restoration" is not the real thing either!
That's why the AMCA restoration rules have destroyed far more History than they have saved.

....Cotten

[Chris Haynes]

Rustoration is making something appear to be what it is not. In other words counterfeiting. I certainty wouldn't promote a practice that is made to deceive someone.

[stevekleincustom]

I wish to applaud Executive Director Keith Kizer and the entire AMCA Board for designing, building and maintaining a new fresh and very high quality website for all AMCA Members. It is bright, easy to navigate, and has a multitude of representative pictures of the wide cross section of the AMCA membership interests. It was long overdue and most people have no idea how much work it takes to do a website. The end result is something for all to be proud of.

Thank You
Steve Klein, President / Editor
Cherokee Chapter of the AMCA
www.CherokeeAMCA.org
AMCA #12176
The Klein Collection
TXUSA

[Keith Kizer]

If you want to attract younger people to the forum, you need to include a twitter feed
Kevin Sisterson

Good idea Kevin. I hate twitter myself, but you are correct it is a better way to communicate SHORT messages to members and especially the younger ones. I'll work on that.

[kjsisterson]

If you want to attract younger people to the forum, you need to include a twitter feed somehow. Younger people don't like the old bulletin board style news updates. They don't want to receive an email or have to go to a link, then scroll through messages.
Kevin Sisterson

[fillibuster]

Good idea for seminar. I'm sorry I will not be at the Viking meet this year due to overlap with Rhinebeck but I will next year. Let me add that to my list of seminars to develop and hopefully we can make that work. Cushman Drags! I'm sorry I missed that. Was there any nitro involved?

No nitro, but we laid some rubber!
Most of the bikes there did a hot lap, ... or two!

[Keith Kizer]

Keith, I've made a timid suggestion several times with regard to a "tech session", a little seminar that would help illiterates like me learn how to navigate and appreciate the contents of our web site. Perhaps the web site IS full of what I want; I just can't find it, maybe.
Must admit, though, at a swap meet I'm so interested in real things that I would probably skip "class". .. but maybe not... If you send a tutor to the Viking meet I'll be in the front row with my laptop. ...... see you there?
btw, we hosted the Cushman Nationals Drags at our spring break-out last weekend. Pretty informal, lots of fun, ...... no casualties.

Good idea for seminar. I'm sorry I will not be at the Viking meet this year due to overlap with Rhinebeck but I will next year. Let me add that to my list of seminars to develop and hopefully we can make that work. Cushman Drags! I'm sorry I missed that. Was there any nitro involved?

[fillibuster]

Ouch! Okay point taken.

We spent a couple of hundred hours rebuilding the new website a few months ago and I have to admit that getting back to keeping fresh content on the home page is my fault. I need help! I can easily post new chapter news if I can get in the habit of requesting it from the chapters. I'll work on that and see if the "Club News" section on the front page can start to have current information, at least on a weekly basis. As they say, "not enough of my butt to go around." - Keith

Keith, I've made a timid suggestion several times with regard to a "tech session", a little seminar that would help illiterates like me learn how to navigate and appreciate the contents of our web site. Perhaps the web site IS full of what I want; I just can't find it, maybe.
Must admit, though, at a swap meet I'm so interested in real things that I would probably skip "class". .. but maybe not... If you send a tutor to the Viking meet I'll be in the front row with my laptop. ...... see you there?
btw, we hosted the Cushman Nationals Drags at our spring break-out last weekend. Pretty informal, lots of fun, ...... no casualties.

[NiteOwl]

I need help!

Not certain if this was a request for help or just a comment, If you ever need assistence I have experince in webs and forums, not looking for full time work but could certainly assist if the going gets tough.

Bob

[Keith Kizer]

Ouch! Okay point taken.

We spent a couple of hundred hours rebuilding the new website a few months ago and I have to admit that getting back to keeping fresh content on the home page is my fault. I need help! I can easily post new chapter news if I can get in the habit of requesting it from the chapters. I'll work on that and see if the "Club News" section on the front page can start to have current information, at least on a weekly basis. As they say, "not enough of my butt to go around." - Keith

[fillibuster]

The AMCA web seems real sluggish the past couple days, don't think it's my pc as all others seem to work ok.
Are website changes pending? The home page is B O O O R I N G . . .

I can't agree with the "sluggish", since I'm pretty slow anyway.
I see new colors, maybe a few newer videos, a few new items in the library, but since I don't visit the library often enough to keep current I just don't feel qualified to say anything.
But as an un-qualified flame-thrower I'll say it anyway: there is a same-ness to the new-ness, and I'm still in-equipped to tell the diff.

[frichie68]

The AMCA web seems real sluggish the past couple days, don't think it's my pc as all others seem to work ok.
Are website changes pending? The home page is B O O O R I N G . . .

[shelbyinparadise]

Thank you Keith, problem solved, Some times a wheel has to squeak to be heard and fixed, Bill Wood and Fred Davis have always helped promptly with materials from National in my efforts to Grow the National Club, With all due respect, I did not say it was a conspiracy, just a repetitive problem for a local Chapter. We had 31 renewals or new members at Pate Event last weekend, and we used the new system to get AMCA #'s quickly.

[Keith Kizer]

...We have had enough problems with the National Board's fear of our growth success, but to continue to publish the wrong Website information issue after issue is just wrong...I know I have even spoke directly with Magazine Personnel on this issue while obtaining AMCA materials for our events. Guess I will have to wait 4 more months to see a correction. www.cherokeeamca.org NOT www.cherokeeamca.com

Shelby Withrow, Cherokee Chapter Membership and Events Director. www.cherokeeamca.org

Shelby, With all due respect, a simple email directly to the magazine (Bill Wood) saying, "Bill, The Cherokee website address is wrong in the magazine on the Chapter page. Can you please change it to .org instead of .com?" If you talked to anyone at the magazine, it would have been Bill and he does not have any recollection of talking to you about it, not denying it, he just don't remember. The Cherokee website address and link is and has been correct on the AMCA website so this is not a conspiracy, just a typo.

[shelbyinparadise]

I guess it is time I have to go public with my personal and Chapter objection, to the continued effort in our club magazine to refuse to correct our incorrect website information, either by design or error, the result is the same to us. We have had enough problems with the National Board's fear of our growth success, but to continue to publish the wrong Website information issue after issue is just wrong. This is the Find a local Chapter page in every issue.

I have not tried to use the new sign up system, but I am told that the new system is working well to give new AMCA members we recruit at our events their AMCA number, But I remain unsure how easy the National is making new members know they can join any chapter, multiple chapters or chapters that may not be the closest but hold events of National Interest to the member signing up.

I know I have even spoke directly with Magazine Personnel on this issue while obtaining AMCA materials for our events. Guess I will have to wait 4 more months to see a correction. www.cherokeeamca.org NOT www.cherokeeamca.com

Shelby Withrow, Cherokee Chapter Membership and Events Director. www.cherokeeamca.org