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