Play Meter

Issue: 1985 July 01 - Vol 11 Num 12

Letters to
the editor • • •
Drycleanlng
I own a coin-op laundry and dry-
cleaning pick-up station in Annapolis ,
Maryland. Your articles have greatly
helped my business and I feel that my
business will prosper with the con-
tinued access to your information.
Neal Barrett
La undr y Ex perts
Anna po lis, Maryla nd
Promotion oriented
Good to see you're pushing for
promotions in arcades (Play Meter,
May 15). It seems that there are still
some arcades whose success with pro-
motions prove it can be done with
results .
Just wanted to remind you and
those promotion oriented operators,
Promoting Your Game Center is still
available. This book of promotion
ideas for game centers can be pur-
chased for only $5 from Business
Builders.
Ca ro l Kantor
Business Builders
C upertino, Califo rnia
Likes Sheraton
New Orleans
If I were you, I would have the
AOE either at the Sheraton or the
Marriott- absolutely perfect locations
for everyone.
PI.A Y METER. July 1. 1985
P lease don't frown on the Shera-
ton, because you may have to hold the
show on two floors. R emember
AMOA was held at the Conrad Hilton
for years and two or three noors were
used. It actually makes litt le difference
when there are convenient esca lators
and elevators to serve the two noors. I
don't know what other factors are
invo lved, cost, faci lities , etc., but
having either the Sheraton or Marriott
will enhance the prospect of mak ing
New Orleans a permanent place for
the AOE.
Convenience means plenty to
everyone - manufacturers, operators,
distributors- and is the name of the
game at either hotel.
Louis Boasberg
Ne w Orleans Novelty Co .
M et a iri e, Louisiana
Disagrees with
compromise
I move for the termination of Leo
Droste's contract with AMOA and
that of the law firm of Jenner and
Block. I would move for the impeach-
ment of president (John) Estridge, but
his term is up anyway. To think we
paid such enormous sums of money to
cut our own throats!
T he Copyright Tribunal was given
the right by Congress to do us in, if you
will, so I don't fault them for trying to
get all they can. However , our side
didn't have to second the motion. This
is America. We had the right to know .
This country was founded because of
Taxation without Representation , and
now we find we're victims of a secret
agreement.
We stick together like sheep with
AMOA because we feel we should
hang together and we like to meet at a
show. That is the only function we ever
got out of AMOA anyway and we've
learned to accept it.
But by being one voice, we can get
signed away by one stroke of a pen -
and worse yet - totally without our
knowledge . We were told to be quiet so
as not to upset negotiations that would
be to our benefit. Fine!
But we , who are responsible for
payment , should have been notified
before it was set in cement.
Millie McCarthy
Catskill Amuseme nt, Inc.
Hurleyville, New York
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AOE pays $6,200 to AMOA, NCMI
Operator attendance at this past
year' s Amusement Operators Expo
(AOE '85) resulted in a direct cash
payback of $6,200 to the industry 's
two national operator associations.
Carol P. Lally, publisher of Play
Meter magazine and sponsor of
AOE '85 , earmarked checks of$3,100
for (1) the Wayne E. Hesch Memorial
Education Fund of the Amusement
and Music Operators Assoc iation
(AMOA) and (2) the National Coin
Machine Institute (NCMI).
The total $6,200 donation repre-
sents a $5 donation from each of the
1,240 operator attendees at this past
spring 's industry exposition . Lally
wrote both trade associations ,
" Considering the present state of' -
the industry, we are very happy with
this strong attendance and expect
future shows and future donations
to your organization(s) to be even
greater."
Just before his death, Ralph C. ·
Lally II , Carol's husband and the
previous publisher of Play Meter
and sponsor of the AOE , had insti-
tuted the AOE promotion to benefit
both operator organization s " in an
effort to promote unity within the
industry and to share the success of
all future AOE shows."
He instituted a fee of $5 per per-
son be charged for each admission
badge to the exhibit hall for all non -
exhibitor personnel and pledged to
donate $5 for each seminar attendee
who entered the exhibit hall since
seminar attendees receive free
exhibit hall badges. In fact, the great
majority of AOE attendees are semi-
nar attendees .
" The entire amount of funds
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raised in thi s effort," Ralph Lally
pledged , " will be donated to the
betterment of the indus try through
the good works of thi s industry' s
operator associations."
With the half singled out for the
AMOA, Carol Lally earmarked that
money specifically for the AMOA 's
Wayne E. Hesch memorial education
fund . The AMOA established that
fund in late 1983 to honor Hesch , a
former association president who
died in 1982. AMOA , which is
administering thi s education foun-
dation as a division of AMOA ,
awards scholarships each year to
students who se applications are
approved b y an·AMOA sc holarsh ip
committee .
Application for these scholar -
ship fund s is open to the publi c.
Said Carol Lally, " I am happy to
donate to the AMOA's education
scholarship program, and I hope
this donation helps draw attention
and additional contributions to this
most worthwhile cause ."
Carol Lally went on to say,
" Ralph 's goal was always to give
something back to the industry and
to its program s. For my part, I plan to
continue that practice and make the
AOE a trade exposition which bene-
fits the industry and its programs." •
Jack and Carol Lally of Play Meter magazine deposit checks of $3,100 each to
the AMOA and NCMI as proceeds from AOE '85. The donation represented a
$5 donation from each of the 1,240 operators who attended the industry' s
springtime exposition .
PLAY METER. July 1, 1985

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