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are 88 exhibi tors thi s year with 2 10 booths. Another
successful accomplishment thi s year was the mid ·year
seminar at Notre Dame . We had th e larges t attendance
ev r of an industr · wide . minar. I belie e the board
will vote to continu the seminars becau e it was so
ucce sfulthis year. W onl had one la t year , but in
pre ious years we had several.
PLAY METER: What wa covered at thi year ' s
seminar?
COLLINS: They change eac h year and h ave different
topics . This y ar the topics covered the general subject
of th . conomics of doing bu in s . And the seminar
speakers , who are usuall profe ors , have
en ridden
with operators on their routes to ga th er background
information .
PLAY METER: Does the everyday operator ha ve to
have any kind of educational background before
alt nding these seminars ?
COLLI S: I don't think ou wou ld ev n have to have a
high school educa ti on to understand these seminars.
They are conducted on a leve l that almost anyone could
understand . It has work hop and I cture . Th Y break
the group down into smaller one so that th ey can
discuss problems op nl , Developing account , co ntrol ·
ling operations , that ort of thing. Th officiators at thi
seminar ar actual professors a t Olre Dame . They
have both book and practical experience . Som guest
speakers w re Dave Apple , Bill exton , and Gerr
. aton ; he will be on the eminar at th conv ntion .
PLAY METER: What about membership?
COLLINS: We have had a continued member hip drive .
Our number is now over a thousand . Russell Mawdsley
was chieO re pon ible for th at. His membership driv
lasted all ear. He ' s a great guy and did a great job in
' 74 .
e have continued our development of tate
as ociations . As ou know Ohio now has its own
convention and that chart r wa organized in 1974.
Colorado and Arkansa were thi year.
PLA Y METER: Many of our readers are under the
impression that MOA is trictly for member of th
music industry . or operators of mu i machine.
COLLI S: u ic Operator of Am rica wa called that
in the days of its initial organization , but it is for people
of music and game allied industries a well a vendor.
PLAY METER: Ha there been any thought about
changing the name so that it do n't give that
impre ion ?
COLLI S: There has never be n an board legi lation
on that matt r . But , I do believe the MOA name i
antiquated , if for no other rea on than the fact we are
now an int rnational concern. We are no longer of
Am ri a onl . Perhaps we should call it Music and
Game Operators Int ernational. As of yet , we haven't
had any . ugge lion on it.
PLAY METER: How doe ' one go about joining the
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COLLIN :Y u have to acquire a memb r hip applica ·
tion by writing to MOA , 228 . La aile I., Chicago,
Ill. , and fill out name , firm addr s . iz of operation,
et c.
ow , ome peole ma
have an av r ion to
divulging the number of games the operate , but the
nl reason w a k that is because our newsl tter ar
di ided into cia sifi at ions of over 50 . 0 er 100 , tc . Th
due start at 50 per year for those with under 50
machines and go up to J ,DOD or more , which is 1,000
per year .
PLA Y METER: What doe the MOA have to offer
today ' s opera tor ? What are th advantage of
becoming a member ?
COLLIN : The purpo
of MOA i to foster the
int rests of those opera ting coin·operated mu ic and / or
game ma hin s , estab li s h uniform rules and regula ·
tions in relation to f deral laws and try to run our
busin sses productively. MOA maintain a public
r lations program that will acquaint the public with the
jukebox and games industry' a tivitie . At the national
convention each y ar we bring people together for an
e x hange of ideas and introduction of new product .
We have benefit like group insurance for the employes
and dependents of m mbers . We hold busines
<;eminar and meeting ju t lik any other association
for an y other trade .
I think any time people come together for a common
purpose with a common goal , yo u have to learn and it
has to be beneficial to ou . The p ople who aren ' t
acti e don ' t know what they are miss ing because you
get out of it exactly what you put into it. You ca n b a
member and pay your due or you ca n get involved and
o;erve on one of the panels or commi ttee .
PLAY METER: . What have ou been doing this yea r ?
COLLINS: This year I have been traveling around
giving bu in s talk to organization and I have stay d
'itrictl with the oin machine indu try. Of course , I
have stayed on the business nd of the indu try. That is
what other operators eem to want to hear about ·· the
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"the pllrpose of MOA i to foster the interests of those
op e rating coin · operated mllsic andl or game machines,
es lablish Llniform rilles and regulations in re/atioll to federal
Illws and (ry (0 rllll our bll inesses productively. "
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