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An update from the Publications VP, Ray Maxfield

- posted February 6, 2025

Photo of Ray Maxfield with his 1948 Ford back in 1983

I thought it might be a good idea to create an end-of-year report for 2024. It consists of my Fourth Quarter report along with my comments from committees and projects. Those reports are part of the October 23, 2024, Fourth Quarter meeting minutes you will receive after the minutes are approved at the First Quarter meeting in mid-February 2025.

This was my report. The VMCCA publications platforms are performing on track for the year. The Bulb Horn magazine is meeting publication deadlines. The website is updated frequently. Printed and website advertising is holding steady. The Touring Chronicle is published on time.

It seems short but still specific. The media presentations that I have responsibility to oversee as the VMCCA Publications Vice President are operating smoothly without much influence from me. I am extremely pleased to have a team so talented and dedicated. Thank you, Tracy Lesher, Brenna Olwine, and John Pendergast.

Two projects that involved the Publications team are the Bulb Horn digital copy membership level and the Revival AAA Glidden Tour® database project.

The Bulb Horn digital copy membership level project was managed by VMCCA Membership Vice President Clare Oestreicher. The website portion of the Membership/Renewal Application was completed by the cooperative work of Clare Oestreicher, website content contractor Brenna Olwine, and Arc Seven Technology. This committee worked closely with each other, sharing ideas and designs. The website page, including links to the printable application and all of the updated dropdowns, was prepared and went live on the website September 1, as planned! Again, this project concluded without much influence from me.

The Revival AAA Glidden Tour® database project is also being completed as data is available. The master database spreadsheet has been delivered to Arc Seven Technology for placement on their secure servers. The transition plan has included several conversations between Shirley Doherty, the author and keeper of the historical database, and Mike Welsh, who will be the exclusive administrator of the database after the 2024 data is entered. To give you an idea of the contents of this compiled information, Shirley has compiled a database containing all of the participants of the Revival AAA Glidden Tour® since 1948. The database contains 10,978 participant names, where they are from, and the years they participated, among other information. It is used to determine awards for years of participation and frequent other types of requests. The database is considered the most accurate and final word in the tour's history. Thank you Shirley Doherty for your diligent work.

Ray Maxfield
Vice President of Publications