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Our new setup with the club and foundation was not the board’s idea, but that of the IRS as explained in “Wheels in Motion” in the last magazine. There certainly is no hidden plot here, nor any attempt to bamboozle the membership. It’s just that is was confusing enough for 14 of us to sort through without involving the other 10,000 members. It was by far the longest meeting we had during my tenure as your president.
None of the good old boys, and I am one of them, dropped off the board because of this. It was just time, and getting younger people involved is a positive move. We are a growing organization, and need to move ahead. Unfortunately, if we don’t, we will eventually fade away. It has happened to other clubs like ours.
David Lloyd, our advertising manager, and Rick Schunk, our editor, resigned of their own volition. Both are hard acts to follow, particularly Rick Schunk, who has done a marvelous job over the last 18 years, bringing the Antique Motorcycle magazine up to the standards we all appreciate today. I will miss Rick personally, and have many good memories of the times we spent together working on articles, and traveling to such places as the Barber Museum. I wish him well in his future endeavors.
Fortunately none of us, including myself, are irreplaceable. Our new editorial team of Greg Harrison, Bill Wood, and Denny Thrush, formerly of the AMA are excited about the magazine, and will not only maintain its quality, but will continue to improve it as Rick did before them. Also, they are used to producing a monthly magazine so will have no problem in increasing to six issues when we wish to go there, which may happen before long, something our former editor would have found difficult to do. The editorial and graphics costs for our new magazine will actually be somewhat less than we have been paying.
The new foundation board may seem somewhat elitist to some, but it is important that it have people with influence in the motorcycle community, as that what it takes to raise the sponsorship, donors, etc. that is required to make our new museum within the magnificent AACA museum at Hershey an attraction we can all be proud of, and self supporting so there is no cost to the membership.
As to the museum, it will not be a mausoleum for old motorcycles, but will feature revolving displays of member’s machines, and a home for the AMCA. Hershey may not be near you or me, or in the centre of the country, but if you plot our membership population on the map as I have done, Hershey is at the epicenter. If you are too far away to get there, you will at least see and enjoy it in the magazine, or on this website. We plan to make it world class.
Future plans include more meets such as Rhinebeck, hopefully in Hershey and California. We may have our own field at the AACA Hershey swap meet, and plan events at the museum.
This is all started with about 20% of our AMCA treasury of approximately one million, much of which was accumulated before most of us were members, and so far has never been used. Its time it benefited the club in a tangible way.
The real numbers will appear in the next magazine, with no smoke and mirrors.
Pete Gagan
None of the good old boys, and I am one of them, dropped off the board because of this. It was just time, and getting younger people involved is a positive move. We are a growing organization, and need to move ahead. Unfortunately, if we don’t, we will eventually fade away. It has happened to other clubs like ours.
David Lloyd, our advertising manager, and Rick Schunk, our editor, resigned of their own volition. Both are hard acts to follow, particularly Rick Schunk, who has done a marvelous job over the last 18 years, bringing the Antique Motorcycle magazine up to the standards we all appreciate today. I will miss Rick personally, and have many good memories of the times we spent together working on articles, and traveling to such places as the Barber Museum. I wish him well in his future endeavors.
Fortunately none of us, including myself, are irreplaceable. Our new editorial team of Greg Harrison, Bill Wood, and Denny Thrush, formerly of the AMA are excited about the magazine, and will not only maintain its quality, but will continue to improve it as Rick did before them. Also, they are used to producing a monthly magazine so will have no problem in increasing to six issues when we wish to go there, which may happen before long, something our former editor would have found difficult to do. The editorial and graphics costs for our new magazine will actually be somewhat less than we have been paying.
The new foundation board may seem somewhat elitist to some, but it is important that it have people with influence in the motorcycle community, as that what it takes to raise the sponsorship, donors, etc. that is required to make our new museum within the magnificent AACA museum at Hershey an attraction we can all be proud of, and self supporting so there is no cost to the membership.
As to the museum, it will not be a mausoleum for old motorcycles, but will feature revolving displays of member’s machines, and a home for the AMCA. Hershey may not be near you or me, or in the centre of the country, but if you plot our membership population on the map as I have done, Hershey is at the epicenter. If you are too far away to get there, you will at least see and enjoy it in the magazine, or on this website. We plan to make it world class.
Future plans include more meets such as Rhinebeck, hopefully in Hershey and California. We may have our own field at the AACA Hershey swap meet, and plan events at the museum.
This is all started with about 20% of our AMCA treasury of approximately one million, much of which was accumulated before most of us were members, and so far has never been used. Its time it benefited the club in a tangible way.
The real numbers will appear in the next magazine, with no smoke and mirrors.
Pete Gagan
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