Continued from page 1
Volume 6,
Number 4
March 1, 1980
staff
Publisher and Editor :
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Vicki Darlington
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor , Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Zac Oliver
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Pat Matthews
Joseph Arkin
Charles C. Ross
Art Direction :
Katey Schwark
Circulation Manager &
Classified Advertising :
Valerie Cognevich
Staff Writer:
Ray Tilley
Illustrator:
Mars Walker
Advertising Representative:
David Pierson
Typography :
Ray E. Tilley
- - -~"" Representative :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER . March 1. 1980.
Volume 6, No . 4. Copyright 1980 by
Skybird
Publishing
Company.
PLAY METER ( ISSN 0162-1343) is
published twice monthly on the 1st
and 15th of the month . Publishing
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European office : PLAY METER Pro-
motions, " Harescombe" Watford
Road , Northwood Middx. England,
Northwood 29244.
Washington ; Twelve Signs , Inc ., Los
AQgeles , California ; United Billiards,
Inc .. Union, New Jersey ; The Valley
Company , Bay City, Michigan; Van
Brook of Lexington . Inc., Lexington ,
Kentucky;
Vectorbeam -
Cinematronics , Union City, Cali -
fornia; WICO Corporation , Niles ,
Illinois ; Wildcat Chemical Company ,
Fort Worth , Texas; Williams Elec-
tronics ,
Inc . . Chicago ,
Illinois ;
Zamperla , Inc., East Brunswick , New
Jersey.
Galaxy Design Company, Inc. ,
Brooklyn , New York; Split/Second ,
Inc..
Minneapolis ,
Minnesota ;
Summit Industries, Inc. , Van Nuys ,
California : Taito America Corpora-
tion. Elk Grove Village, Illinois ;
U . S . Billiards, Inc ., Amityville ,
New York : Universal Amusement
Distributors , Huntingdon , Pennsyl-
vania ; Universal U . S. A . , Inc .,
H o llywood , California; Universal
Visual Audiotronic s Corporation ,
Davenport . Iowa ; Waite Manufactur-
ing, Inc .. Brush. Colorado: Green
Duck
Corporation ,
Hernando ,
Mississippi ; Dynamo Corporation ,
Grand
Prairie ,
Texas ;
Kimco ,
Mentor , Ohio ; Merit Industries ,
Cheltenham , Pennsylvania ;
and
Ready Lift Company , San Jose,
California .
Seminars and workshops are a
rich source of practical information
for the progressive operator . The
workshops and seminars slated for
Thursday ,
March
20
morning
sessions
are :
Location
Cost
Analysis . faculty to be announced ;
Business Forms and Record Keep -
ing , faculty to be announced; The
Mini -Tour and General Foosball
Promotions , Joe McCarthy , presi-
dent, M&M Distributing ; and It's
Time for Schooling , Art Seglin ,
instructor. vending machine repair ,
Hudson County Area Vocational
Technical School.
Thursday, March 20 afternoon
workshops are : Negotiating Com -
missions , with locations, faculty to be
announced; Starting and Managing
the Arcade , Ted Olson , president ,
Inter-Play , Inc .; How You Can
Benefit from a Pool League, Richard
Hawkins , president , D&R Star ; and
Token Operations : An Alternative
for Profit , Virgil Vance , president ,
Van Brook of Lexington .
Friday morning sessions, March
21 , are : New Equipment Purchasing
for the 1980s, Fred Skor , vice
president, Woold Wide Distributors ;
Internal Cash Controls and the
Absentee Owner , Jon Daugherty ,
LeMans Development Company ;
National Promotion - The Common
Denominator,
Millie
McCarthy,
president, New York State Coin
Machin e Association , and a panel of
promotion experts: and Trouble -
shooting Concepts I , Bill Arkush ,
microelectronics division manager of
Exidy , Inc .
Friday,
March
21
afternoon
sessions are : The Profitable Distribu-
torship . Chuch Arnold , general
manager. Northeast region. Rowe
International ;
Old
Game
Plan
Appeal:
Use Your Imagination .
Tom
H owarth,
chief engineer ,
Amusement
Game
Services ;
Creative Marketing and the Coin -Op
Business . Carol J. Kantor , president ,
Business Builders ; and Trouble-
shooting Concepts II , Bill Arkush ,
microelectronics division manager ,
Exidy. Inc .
Saturday , March 22 morning
sessions are : Depreciation Facts and
Fallacies , Charles C . Ross , .instruc-
tor . finance and accounting , South-
west T exas State University ; The
Pinball Tournament : A Practical
Approach, Steve Kirk. president ,
Pinball Association of America ,
lnc. ;Th e State Association : Power
through
Cooepration ,
Millie
McCarthy. New York State Coin
Machine Association; and Trouble -
shooting Concepts III , Bill Arkush ,
microelectronics division manager ,
Exidy . Inc .
Saturday , March 22 afternoon
sessions include : Return on Invest-
ment and Business Profitability ,
Charles C . Ross, instructor, finance
and accounting , Southwest Texas
State
University ;
Amusement
Games : Separating the Sheep from
the Wolves , Rufus King , Esq ., King
and King , Attorneys at Law ; Shop-
ping Centers and Arcade Leasing ,
Jon Daugherty , LeMans Develop-
ment Corporation , moderator , and a
panel of national arcade company
executives and shopping center
developers; and Troubleshooting
Concepts IV , Bill Arkush , microelec-
tronics division manager , Exidy , Inc .
The Fairmont H otel ha set aside a
block o f rooms at special low er rates
for attendees . However , the officiar
entry form must be used to qualify for
the special rates .
It all promises to be educational
and en tertaining - so much that it's
difficult to decide which aspect of the
show is best. And as a bit of
lagniappe ( the " little extra ," as
native New Orleanians say) , the
entire event is tax deductible -
educational expenses , including tra-
vel. meals. and lodging , undertaken
to maintain and improve professional
skills may be deducted .
Write Conference Management
Corporation, 500 Summer Street ,
Stamford. Connecticut 06901 for
more information.