(NEWS RELEASE)

Meeting at the Motorcyclepedia Museum in Newburgh, New York, September 7, the Antique Motorcycle Foundation Board of Directors returned its 2012 slate of officers to their posts for 2013. These are: President, Dennis Craig of Lakeland, Florida; Vice-President, Roger Smith of Clarkston, Michigan; Secretary, Tracey Powell of Westerville, Ohio; and Treasurer, Wanda Winger of Newport, Michigan.

Current Foundation directors re-elected to three-year terms on the Board include Jerry and Ted Doering of Vails Gate, New York, and Ed Youngblood of Inverness, Florida.

The AMF Board of Directors also voted to amend its by-laws to add an eleventh seat to the Board, which was filled with a unanimous vote for Jon A. Radermacher of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With a Master of Fine Arts degree, Radermacher is a metalsmith, an expert in digital communication, and currently an associate professor and head of the Media Arts Department at Robert Morris University. He has lectured at the Antique Motorcycle Foundation Leadership Forum and been the designer of web sites for national antique motorcycle clubs, including the Antique Motorcycle Club of America.

Radermacher says, “My first old motorcycle was a Suzuki GS750E. I bought it just for reliable transportation, not knowing that it would become the vehicle to carry me into the world of antique motorcycles.” Radermacher’s first leadership role in the vintage motorcycle community was to organize a national rally for Suzuki GS owners in 2004. In 2008, he became the web site designer and webmaster for the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club and served on the VJMC Board of Directors for four years. He later designed the web site currently used by the Antique Motorcycle Club of America.

About his love for old motorcycles, Radermacher says, “As a metalsmith, I appreciate the beauty and allure of an antique motorcycle, and I have a fervent interest in the technical innovations that have occurred throughout the history of motorcycle manufacturing. I am very excited about being elected to the AMF Board where I will have an opportunity to influence, improve, and perpetuated public understanding of antique motorcycles and their importance to our culture.”

About the Antique Motorcycle Foundation: The Antique Motorcycle Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization created to tell the story of antique motorcycling so that the role and influence of the motorcycle in our transportation history and technological development can be better understood and appreciated. The Foundation seeks to advance the interests of all motorcycle collectors, regardless of the interests in periods, brands, or motorcycle nations of origin. The AMF is supported solely by gifts and monetary contributions, for which contributors may receive tax-deductions. For more information about the Antique Motorcycle Foundation, Inc. go to http://www.antiquemotorcyclefoundaton.org.