Coin Slot Magazine - #V8N7 - 1983 - March [International Arcade Museum]
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business, is a condition the National
Coin Machine Institute is fully com
mitted to stop."
Robert S. Reitman, the newly elec
ted First Vice President of NCMI
said, "As one of the many publicly
owned companies in this industry,
we believe it is unconscionable on
the part of government to use our
industry as its own private combina
tion
preserve and whipping
boy.
This organization is determined to
prevent every business from going
The newly elected officers are, (reading from left to right), Robert S. Reitman, First
Vice President, The AAV Companies; President, Van Myers, Wometco Enterprises,
Inc.; Arthur Fein, Second Vice President, The Wainrite Group; and Sonny Silverstein,
Treasurer. Not shown is Donald Brink of Parina Enterprises,
who was elected
secretary.
NCMI elects First Officers and
Board of Directors
under because of grass roots harass
ment, and unwarranted and unconsti
tutional state and local taxes ad
versely affecting cigarettes and
video games."
Arthur Fein, who together with
Messrs. Myers, Silverstein and
Reitman, was a co-founder of the
National Coin
Machine Institute,
added, "At a time when every other
industry is hard-pressed to add fig
ures on the black ink side of the
industry organization to serve the
elected Board of Directors of the
National Coin Machine Institute,
elected its first slate of interim Offi
combined needs of street operators
cers Those elected were Van Myers,
rette, music and games, is thriving.
of cigarettes, music and games, has
elected its first Board of Directors
and slate of Officers. This was an
President; Robert S. Reitman, First
Vice President; Arthur Fein, Second
Vice President; Donald Brink, Secre
tary and Sonny Silverstein, Treasurer.
We employ over 75,000 men and
The National Coin Machine Insti
tute, Inc. (NCMI), the first vending
nounced by Herbert Beitel, counsel
for the NCMI, which was founded in
June of 1982.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Beitel said the slate of Officers
Shortly after being elected Presi
dent of the NCMI, Mr. Myers said, "It
is our belief that the total industry,
ledger, the coin machine industry,
comprising street operators of ciga
women throughout the country in
over 6,500
businesses.
NCMI
is
determined to make certain that
none of those people will have to
stand in the long lines at the unem
ployment office."
which the NCMI serves, is going to
Mr. Myers said the NCMI is already
acting on its major action program
at which time new officers will be
face its most severe challenges in
1983. With the loss of a tremendous
amount of Federal monies, every
elected at the organization's first
state, municipality, city and township
annual meeting.
is going to attempt to recoup those
and Board of Directors will serve for
an interim period until June, 1983,
The interim Board of Directors of
of resolutions for 1983. "We've just
approved a hard-hitting campaign
of issues that go the heart of many
of the problems confronting our
Inc.; Arthur Fein, The Wainrite Group;
lost funds from the private sector.
We are convinced the cigarette,
music and games street operators
will continue to be unfairly singled
out for undue taxation, operating
Robert S. Reitman, The AAV Compa
levies, and a myriad of penalties not
to an urgently needed Dollar coin;
nies; Sonny Silverstein, Silco Corpo
imposed on other business sectors."
the ASCAP tax; an all out war against
ration; Jack D. Kerner, Mel-tone
Vending, Ina; Charles Snelson, Stan
dard Vending & Music Co.; B.H.
Mr. Silverstein also said, "Ironically,
while state and local governments
are imposing these discrimatory lev
the new eight cents increase in
the National Coin Machine Institute,
chosen by the membership, include:
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Corporations.
As its first official act, the newly
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This combination of bleeding our
fellow street operators dry, while at
the same time harassing us out of
fellow street operators in cigarettes,
music and games The National Coin
Machine Institute may be young,
but you better believe the country
is going to hear from us with regard
Federal cigarette taxes; and all the
anti-video game nuisance regulations
and ordinances springing up at the
grass roots level."
Mr. Myers said the organization
is ready to accept all members and
to offer assistance to any street
operator faced with legislative prob
lems in his or her home town. For
further information contact the Na-
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