Aprlll , 1980
Vol. 6, No.6
Staff
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Vicki Darlington
International Editor :
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Correspondents :
Roger C. Sharpe
Pat Matthews
Dick Welu
Charles C. Ross
Art Direction :
Katey Schwark
Circulation Manager &
Classified Advertising :
Valerie Cognevich
Staff Writer :
Ray E. Tilley
Advertising Manager:
David Pierson
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER,
April 1, 1980.
Volume 6, No . 6. Copyright 1980 by
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PLAY METER
Promotions, "Harescombe" Watford
Road, Northwood Middx . England,
Northwood 29244 .
shops or seminars may be scheduled
at the cost of $35
A registration packet will be
waiting for advance registrants ,
including seminar-workshop tickets,
at the registration desk of the
Fairmont Hotel at 9 a .m . each day .
Exhibit hall admission is open to all
Expo registrants at no additional
charge . A cocktail reception , to
which all show-goers are invited, is
planned for Thursday , March 20
between 5 -6 :30 p .m.
Seminars and workshops are a
rich source of practical information
for the progressive operator. The
workshops and seminars slated for
Thursday, March 20 morning ses-
sions are: Location Cost Analysis ,
facult y to be announced; Bu siness
Forms and Record K eeping , faculty
to be announced ; The Mini -Tour and
General Foosball Promotions, Joe
M cCarthy , president , M&M Distribu -
ting; and It' s Time for Schooling. Art
Seglin . instructor , vending machine
repair . Hudson County Area Voca -
tional T echnical School.
Thursday . March 20 afternoon
workshops are : N egotiating Com -
missions with Locations, faculty to be
announced: Starting and Managing
the Arcade, T ed Olson , president.
Inter-Play. Inc.; How You Can
Benefit from a Pool League, Richard
Hawkin s. president , D&R Star; and
Token Operation s: An Alt ernative
for Profit. Virgil Van ce. president ,
Van Brook of Lexington.
Friday morning sessions . March
21. are : New Equipment Purchasing
for th e 1980s, Fred Skor , vice
president. W orld Wid e Distributors :
Internal Cash Controls and the
Absentee Owner, Jon Daugherty ,
LeMans Development Company ;
National Promotion - The Common
Denominator.
Millie
McCarthy ,
president . New Y ork State Coin
Machin e A ssociation. and a panel of
promotion experts; and Trouble-
shooting Concepts I , Bill Arku sh,
microelectronics division manager of
Exidy . Inc.
Friday . March 21 afternoon ses-
sions are: The Profitable Distributor-
ship. Chuck Arnold , general mana-
ger . Northeast region, Rowe Interna-
ti ona l ; Old Game Play App eal: Use
Your Imagination, Tom Howarth ,
chief engineer . Amusem en t Game
Services ; Creative Marketinq and the
Coin -Op Business, Carol J . Kantor ,
president , Business Builders ; and
Troubleshooting Concepts II. Bill
Arkush. microelectronics disvision
manager. Exidy . Inc .
Saturday . March 22 morning
sessions are : Depreciation Facts and
Fallacies. Charles C. Ross, instruc-
tor . finance and accounting. South -
west Texas State University: The
Pinball Tournament : A Practical
Approach. Steve Kirk . president.
Pinball A ssociation of Am erica. Inc .:
Th e
State
A ssociation:
Power
through
Cooperation .
Millie
McCarthy . New York State Coin
Machine A ssociati on: and Trouble -
shooting Concepts III. Bill Arkush .
microelectronics division manager ,
Exidy , Inc .
aturday, March 22 afternoon
sessions include : Retu rn on Invest-
m ent and Bu si ness Profitability ,
Charles C. Ross. instructor . finan ce
and accounting . Southwest Texas
University:
Amu semen t
Games :
Separating the Sheep from the
Wolves . Rufu s King . Esq .. King and
King . At1 orneys at Law: Shopping
C enters and Arcade Leasing , Jon
Daugherty . L eM ans Developm en t
Corporation. moderator . and a panel
of national arcade company execu-
tives and shopping center develop -
er : and Troubleshooting Concepts
IV . Bill Arku sh. microelectronics
division manager . Exidy. Inc .
The show. of course. is tax
ded uctibl e. Educa tional expenses.
in cluding travel. m eals and lodging .
when undertak en to maintain and
improve pro fessional skills, is con -
sid ered a d ed uctibl e item .
Write Conference Management
Corporation at 500 Sumner Street ,
Stamford , Connecticut 06901. or
ca ll 1-203 -356 - 1900, for further
information. See page fiv e of this
m o nth's Updat e for a regi strat ion
blank .
Drop in on New Orleans
Novelty during Expo
An invitation to visit New Orleans
Novelty Company offices at lQgj
Dryades has been extended to
everyone at1ending th e Amusement
Operators Expo in New Orleans
M arch 20 - 22 .
The building the firm is housed in ,
which was a railway express building
at onetime as well as the head -
quarters for W ells Fargo Express
Lines during the 1890's, soon will be
torn down to accomodate th e new
Mississippi River Bridge .
The company. which will be
moving sometim e late this year or
early next year, welcomes Expo
participants to visit the "old home -
stead" before it is sacrificed for the
new bridge.