AMCA Magazine Reduced to Four Issues from Six

[hacksaw01]

I say cut the board members by 2 .
anyone thats too cheap to toss in another 10$ doesn’t deserve the magazine .
I am a former club member whom came back for the magazine. As a looong time subscriber to cycle world I rejoined when I saw the editor was Dave Edwards.
truth is quarterly makes the member want ads rather useless. I mean bi monthly at least there is a chance that the more familiar items for sale might still be available.
I don’t know how this club is run. How many of the actual membership is involved with judging? How many of the members actually attend the meets? How many actually read the magazine?
as the word antique becomes further diluted by the 35 year rule including modern motorcycles, the more disillusioned I have become. Now many of you would cut 2 issues and suggest the next step is to online only.
does that sound antique? NO!
I would like to see the club itself concentrate more on its core. That is those of you whom are seriously big on judging cut the categories and raise the fees.
do chapters pay dues to the parent org? Raise it.
raise the gate fee at meets.
if somebody has thousands into their Indian four they are going to cry over a couple extra dollars here or there to enter it?
besides does anyone here actually believe that cutting 2 issue of the magazine will save actually save the club ?
why not put the mag on news stands?
or make the magazine elective for members for ten bucks . You will get some if us to pay and a lot to opt out. Which saves money and earns it too

[T. Cotten]

....How many of the actual membership is involved with judging? How many of the members actually attend the meets? How many actually read the magazine?...

Are we allowed to asked these questions?

..Now many of you would cut 2 issues and suggest the next step is to online only.
does that sound antique? NO!

Wouldn't 'online' allow for expansion of the mag? It would certainly open the door for more contributors, and perhaps advertising.

I would like to see the club itself concentrate more on its core....

Don't look now, Hacksaw,
But the 'core' is dying off.

That is those of you whom are seriously big on judging cut the categories and raise the fees....

Sounds like falling upon its own sword.

do chapters pay dues to the parent org? Raise it.
raise the gate fee at meets.

Chief Blackhawk seceded because they felt they were being bled; They still need no gate fee; Vendors float the boat; The AMCA learned nothing.

...besides does anyone here actually believe that cutting 2 issue of the magazine will save actually save the club ? why not put the mag on news stands?...

Because then there is no reason to join?

..or make the magazine elective for members for ten bucks . You will get some if us to pay and a lot to opt out. Which saves money and earns it too

If we want anyone to opt in, including new members, the AMCA needs to offer something more than an elite, cost-prohibitive good-ol'-boys mutual admiration society. The judging system takes it to an extreme.

....Cotten

[exeric]

Personally, I dislike the internet on many levels. I do like it for some things but the internet (as a whole) has evolved into a corrupted, and dishonest well of . . . Well, fill in your own *$+% word. The difference between the 'printed' word, and the 'ethereal' word had been discussed by far brainer people than me and generally they discount the future honesty, and accessibility of the internet. I like a tangible document and I WILL pay more to keep getting an actual magazine. Real documents will outlive the current internet (soon to be replaced by the next wave of weird tech) and (God forbid holocaust) somewhere those ancient paper club magazine will still exist (Hello, i.e. hieroglyphics). I don't always agree with the direction, or ethos of the AMCA, and Antique Motorcycle magazine, but I have great respect for the Administration, Staff, Editor (David Edwards), and countless volunteers that keep these rusty 2 wheels rolling.