This is my favorite website, usually go directly to "new posts" to see what's interesting today. I know several members that don't use it and/or have never looked at the forum. Maybe they've looked a time or two and gave up.(?)
I've tried numerous times to "search" for info on the forum that I've seen before and know it's there...and failed. I get a list of threads (probably) containing the words in my search, but no way to know which thread-then, which page of that thread has what I'm looking for.
It's far easier (for me) to just google the key words and add "amca" at the end, that usually brings me back here to the correct post.
There should be an easier, more direct way. Being computer illiterate isn't helping.
And, I REFUSE to be a Twit.
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I never said there was anything wrong with the AMCA having a facebook page. Quite the opposite; I believe it is a useful distraction for the socially obsessed. My point was; the forum is a stable receptacle for information, photos, scans of rare literature, and technical data. All of this can be found with the search function and that makes it an actual useable tool. Social media may be a good recruiting tool, but my frustrating forays at facebook showed me plenty of icing, but no cake. I have over 2,500 posts on this forum so I've used it a lot, and I have learned a lot. Unfortunately, The AMCA seems to consider this a low priority function, and judging by the activity here, so do most of our members. I'll remind you again of the CAIMAG forum that is very popular and has devoted members who actively promote antique motorcycling. Many of their new members are young people who joined that forum because of the help they can get, and the searchable knowledge in the voluminous wealth of stored technical info, photos, and advice. So, I think the task of the AMCA is to define what kind of new members it wants. If we're just going for quantity of new members glued to an iPhone, then I think that course will lead to failure. If the AMCA can offer a gem of a club that can help struggling vintage bike enthusiasts who are alone in the wilderness, I believe the AMCA will continue to be the great club it has been.Leave a comment:
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Rich and Eric;Originally posted by sirhrmechanic View Post
Sihr is spot on here. I never said "STOP USING THE FORUM." We can augment it and improve the club by adding more tools in the clubs tool box.
If motorycle enthusiasts cannot find the AMCA easily, (I mean while they are thinking about it at a red light) we as a progressive 10,000 member strong organization need to make smart changes in our direction at times to "Go where they already are." The fact of the Facebook topic is that the 20 something's and thirty comething's crowds are fleeing Facebook because their parents (us old pharts) have learned how to use it and the younger gen does not want the older gen to know what they are posting! "Facebook is for old people now!" To get the younger crowd interested in the AMCA...Sihr is absolutely right about having Twitter in the AMCA toolbox. And while we are at it... Let's get the Instagram Tool as well? And watch for new social media tools in the future. (Does anyone still only use old hand tools in their shop... or do they have a few air operated or battery operated ones as well?
I bet if I had a time machine and went back to early internet times, the AMCA also had "died in the wool members" then that were "comfortable" with newsletters and the magazine and thought this "new fangled idea of a internet website called "www.antiquemotorycle.org" was sketchy as best? Also, as a parent of grown kids who grew up with social media, as owner of 6 companies that employ many hundreds of people who all spend far too much time on my clock checking their Facebook, Tweets, emails et all... No one is more frustrated with social media than I am. But its here to stay! It is a reality! It is the tool that an entire generation uses to access information immediately when they want it, & to post messages and formulate opinions on. We either participate or we lose that generation. They will not listen to a radio, or watch a TV. They have all their personal music and favorite TV shows on their personal smart device. This device also has their calculator, tape measure, level, camera, video recorder, calendar, all their photo albums, price comparison apps, movie review apps, retaurant guides and everything else at the touch of a button. Oh..I forgot..It is also a phone
Anyone want a good deal on a nice set of encylopedias real damn cheap? Free if you pay the postage! (This thread may get a few more opinions
All the Best to All our AMCA Members!Leave a comment:
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Rich and Eric....
That's because you aren't 20-something and hooked on da 'Book!
If the AMCA wants to stay in touch with younger members, then social media is a necessity. AMCA needs a Twitter account, too, if it's to connect with people younger than, say, me.... And probably you guys.
I find social media to be annoying, narcissistic, time-wasting and intrusive. But I also think that Hip Hop sucks and can't understand the attraction to vampire movies when Casablanca is so well-written. But then again, I am an old phart.
Good on AMCA for doing a FB page. I'll probably join. Under a pseudonym. ;-) And for the Utes who are using it... welcome to the world of Old motorcycles. And, sadly, early Ninjas are now considered antiques. But whatever brings you into the fold is ok with me. Sooner or later, you may discover hand-shift machines, leather belt drives and the beauty of a skirted fender. Prewar is where all the good sex and violence happens in the old vehicle world anyway. (Utes? Sorry... Youthhhezzzz, your honor.)
Cheers,
Sirhr
P.S. Rich.. can you send me the addresses of the hotties? I am looking for a cat-sitter.Leave a comment:
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I'm with Eric on Facebook, tried it briefly several years ago. I probably did something wrong (being mostly computer illiterate), and STILL get occasional emails from "Hotties looking for Hookups." Never again.Leave a comment:
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That sounds great, except for the Facebook part. I have never liked Facebook, and find it cumbersome, ever changing, and hard to navigate. Also, it is difficult to search and find an old entry, or picture. What's wrong with our AMCA forum? As a stable archive for photographs, and technical info, I have to believe the forum is far superior. I can see the appeal of Facebook for socializing, but it seems like many members are forsaking the forum and it's ability to aid restoration, and preservation research. I've heard time and again how the AMCA doesn't have a knowledge center for old motorcycles, and how disappointed new members are when they can't find data on their particular bike. When you look at how popular the CAIMAG forum is, and the amount of useful data, and fantastic pictures that exist there, I have to say the AMCA is failing it's mission to help it's members. But, I'm getting the impression that isn't the mission of the AMCA anymore.Leave a comment:
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Applause to Antique Motorycle Club Facebook Page
I recently took time to join the AMCA Facebook Page and encourage more AMCA Members to do so as well. Applause to Matt and Brittany Olsen and Buck Carson for pioneering and monitoring this effort. There are an ever ending progression of posts with Historic Photos, Photos of Members & their Bikes, AMCA Events etc... Just another great tool in AMCA's Tool Box to continue communicating with our membership worldwide and for all our members to communicate and share with each other.
As an example of how social media can work... AMCA Youth Director Buck Carson recently posted a challenge for AMCA Members to post pictures of Youth in Motorcycling so he could have some actual member photos to use in a future column in our AMCA Magazine. Within a few days there were untold numbers of photos from as early as 1904 up to present day grandkids on Grandpa's vintage motorcycle.
Young People.jpg Lets Race.JPGLets Play Indians.JPGIndian Boy.JPGFix It.JPG
The Future of Our Sport is In Youth!
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