operat ing
Blossoming buds busy MOA board
Balmy, spring days turned the New
Orleans French Quarter into a bustle
of blossom during the annual Music
O perators of America's Baord of
Directors Midyear Conference March
6-8, sparking the directors into discus-
sions of new ideas for the upcoming
MOA annual convention and exposi-
tion in October.
On the conference's open ing day ,
Thursday, various MOA board com-
mittees reported on last year's exposi -
tion and recommended possible im-
provements for the coming gathering
in Chicago. The committees, and the
whole board, reviewed exhibit fees ,
membership and membersh ip dues,
suggestions for improving t he sem inar
held during t he convention and the
stage show.
MOA DIRECTORS who attended the
annual board meeting at The Royal
Orleans, New Orleans, La. March 6-8,
were (L to R, front row) Fred
Granger, MOA Chicago; Nels Cheney,
Ore.; Russell Mawdsley, Mass.; Presi -
dent Fred Collins Jr., S.C .; Ted
Nichols, Neb.; Leoma Ballard, W.Va.;
Garland B. Garrett Sr., N.C .; Leonard
E. Leonard , Mich.; John R. Trucano,
S. D. Second row : Donald A. Ander-
son, Ore .; 'Harold Heyer, Wash .; Fred-
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"Prices are going up on every-
thing," MOA Executive V ice President
Fred Granger told Play Meter while in
New Orleans, "including the cost of
putting on that annual exposition. We
had quite a lengthy discussion on
whether to increase the exhibit fee s.
"We decided that thi s year the
board will hold the line on the fees ; we
wouldn ' t Increase them . So the exhibit
fees remain the same ($500 tor si ngle
booths, $250 for additional booths) ,
which I think is a very sensible th ing
tor them to do," Granger said.
Many suggestions were thrashed out
concerning the industry seminar held
in conjunction with the yearly exhibi ·
tion and business meeting of MOA,
Granger said, but no final decisions
were made.
"We recognized that not all of our
seminars have been totally successful,"
G ranger admitted . "Some of them
bombed . But it's very diff icult to
come up with a good seminar ; so we
bra instormed the idea before the
whole board. We haven't done that in
the past; we've usually left it up to the
committee (the Exposit ion Com-
mittee. )," he added.
erick A . Zemke , Mich.; Don Van
Brackle, Ohio ; Clyde B. Love, Calif.;
Peter J . Geritz, Col. ; Wesley S. Law-
son, Fla.; Kenneth G . Flowe, S.C. (far
right!. Third row : Elmer Boyce ,
Mont.; Dorothy Christensen, Mont.;
Maynard C. Hopkin s, Ohio ; A . L. Witt,
S.C .; P. J. Stor ino, N.J .; A . L. Ptacek,
Jr. , Kansas; James Stevens, W. Va .
Fourth row: Wayne E. Hesch, III .;
Dock Ringo, Texas; Les Montooth,
III .; Joe C. Silla, Calif.; John H. Emick ,
Kansas; Jul ius Nelson, N.C.; Ron C.
Manoli s, S. D.; Roland J . Tonnell ,
Wi sc.; Nicholas E. Alle n, Washington,
D.C. (behind Tonnell) ; Walter H.
Borhe r, Wis. ; Harlan C. Wingrave , Kan·
sas. Fifth row : Fred E. Aye rs, N.C.;
Thedore H. Grant, Ma ss. ; John W.
St rong, III .; Gilbert Sonin , N.Y. ; Milli e
McCarthy, N. Y. Top row : Jame s C.
Donnelly, Va .; Robert E. Nims, La.;
Cla ude N. Smith, Va .; John H. Cam-
e ron, Va.; Clayton L. Norbert, Minn .;
J ames I. Mull in s, Fla.
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