NEWS
NEWS
coin -op industry. "
in to the AMOA Chicago office.
CMI
Summit Amusement and panelists Joe
Summit
Amusement and panelists Joe coin-op
industry."
into the AMOA Chicago office. NCMI
Carol Lally, publisher of Play members meeting AMOA membership
Dillon of Williams, Craig Johnson of
Dillon
of Williams, Craig Johnson of Meter
Carol added,
Lally, "At publisher
of
Play
members meeting AMOA membership
a recent annual qualifications \\~ II
Tataka
Amusement,
and
Steve
become AMOA
Tataka
Amusement, and Steve Meter added, "At a recent annual qualifications will become AMOA
Blattspieler,
Bally
Midway
Bally
Blattspieler,
Midway
Manufacturing.
Manufacturing.
To gain insight into the latest and
To gain insight into the latest and
most
effective marketing
marketing strategies
strategies
most effective
and how they can improve business,
and how they can improve business,
attend "How
"fl ow Promotional
Promotional Activities
Activities
attend
Can
Boost
Y
our
Bottom
Line",
free
Can Boost Your Bottom Line", a a free
session \\~ th speaker Ma rk Whittaker
session with speaker Mark Whittaker
of Baily's Aladdin's Castle.
of Bally's Aladdin's Castle.
Other scheduled speakers and their
Other scheduled speakers and their
topics arc: Bill Nemgar of Salmon
topics are: Bill Nemgar of Salmon
Rive r Amusements, "Increasing Profits
River Amusements, "Increasing Profits
Through Leagues: Make Them Wo rk
Through Leagues: Make Them Work
For You";
You"; Frank
Frank Seninsky
Seninsky of of Alpha
Alpha
For
Omega Sales, "Cutting Expenses and
Omega Sales, "Cutting Expenses and
Increasing Profits"; John Huddleston
Increasing Profits"; John Huddleston
of
Williams Electronics
Electronics Games,
Games, Inc.,
Inc.,
of Williams
"Private
Pay
Phones:
Where
Is
This
"Private Pay Phones: Where Is This
Industry Now?";
Now'"; Sharon
Sharon Harris
Harris of of Stan
Stan
Industry
Harris
&
Co.
and
John
Purcell
Harris & Co. and John Purcell a a
Penn . State
State Legislator,
Legislator, "Legislative
"Legislative
Penn.
pdate"; Rich Babich of Babich & &
Update"; Rich Babich of Babich
Associates/ Colorado Game
Game Exchange,
Exchange,
Associates/Colorado
"flow
To
Evaluate
Y
our
Business
and
"How To Evaluate Your Business and
Plan
For
Future
Growth
";
Todd
Plan For Future Growth"; Todd
Erickson , of
of Summit
Summit Amusement,
Erickson,
Amusement,
"Maximizing
Profits
From Pinballs";
Pinballs";
"Maximizing Profits From
Bill
Cravens
of
Capcom
U.S.A.
Inc.,
Bill Cravens of Capcom U.S.A. Inc.,
"Protecting
L
ocati
ons
Through
Locations
"Protecting
Through
Agreements/ Us ing Contracts as Sales
Sales
Agreements/Using
Contracts
as
Tools";
Ted
Furkin
of
Al
l
Star
Tools"; Ted Furkin of All Star
Amuse ments,
"Computerizing Your
Your
Amusements, "Computerizing
Business"; and Howard Levine, "Taxes
Business"; and Howard Levine, "Taxes
and
Accounting for
fo r the
the Operator".
Operator".
and Accounting
AC
M
E
'87
co-sponsors
are the
the
ACME '87 co-sponsors are
A
merican
A
musement
M
achine
American
Amusement
Machine
Association (AAMA) and Play Meter
Association
(AAMA) and Play Meter
magazine. Acco rding to David Weaver,
magazine. According to David Weaver,
executive vice president of AAMA,
executive vice president of AAMA,
"With 35 .)5 percent
percent ot ot total
total salable
salable
"With
exhibit space contracted for already,
exhibit space contracted for already,
we're strongly
stron gly encouraged
encouraged by by the
the
we're
early return s. Havi ng the ACME '87
early returns. Having the ACME '87
New Orleans
Orleans is is just
just the
the 'frosting
'frosting
in in New
on
the
cake'
fo
r
what
we
expect
on the cake' for what we expect to to
better than
than ever
eve r show
show for
for the
the
be be a a better
trade event
event it it was
was clearly
clearly evident
evident members.
members.
trade
that
business
was
good,
and
there
that business was good, and there
was a
a positive
feeling among
was
positive feeling
among
exhibitors
and
attendees
alike that
that
exhibitors and attendees alike
they
were
encouraged
by
the
they were
encouraged by the
direction
business
was
heading.
What's
direction business was heading. What's
really exciting is the high level of
really exciting is the high level of
confidence
and
determination
confidence
determination
and
proj ected within the industry as we
projected within the industry as we
move ahead
ahead into
into 1987."
1987."
move
Accent On ACME '87, a newsletter
Accent On ACME '87, a newsletter
providing
information
about
information
about
providing
exhibitors, seminars, tavel, housing,
exhibitors, seminars, tavel, housing,
and special activities planned for the
and special activities planned for the
event, has
has been
been published
published by by W.T.
W.T.
event,
Glasgow,
Inc.,
ACME
Show
ACME
Show
Inc.,
Glasgow,
Man age ment.
Management.
Operators who want to be added
Operators who want to be added
to
the newsletter
newsletter mailing
mailing list
list or or need
need
to the
more
information
on
ACM
E
'87
can
more information on ACME '87 can
contact
W
.T.
Glasgow,
Inc.,
Show
contact W.T. Glasgow, Inc., Show
Man agement, I 6066 S. Park Ave.,
Management, 16066 S. Park Ave.,
South
Holland, II 60473, or call
South Holland,
Il 60473, or call
(3
12)
.B.1-9292.
(312) 333-9292.
Mus1c·VEND/ DUNIS
DUNIS HAS
HAS
MUSIC-VEND
POST·AMOA EVENTS
EVENTS
POST-AMOA
Music-Vend/ Dunis Distributing
Distributing Co.
Co.
Music-Vend/Dunis
held post-AMOA and NAMA s h o\\~ n gs
held post-AMOA and NAMA showings
of amusement and music equipment
of amusement and music equipment
at
three of of its its Washington state
at three
Washington state
ces
November.
offi
offices in in November.
New equipment introduced at the
New equipment introduced at the
Amusement and Music
Music Operators
Amusement and
Operators
Association Expo in ea rly November
Association Expo in early November
and
the
National
Automatic
and
National
Automatic
the
Me rchandising Association Convention
Convention
Merchandising Association
and Trade
Trade Show
Show in in late
late October
October was
was
and
on
display.
Manufacturer
on
Manufacturer
display.
representatives were on hand to
representatives were on hand to
AMOA AND
AND NCMI
llCMI MERGE
MERGE
AMOA
The boards
hoa rds of of directors
directors of of the
the
The
A
musement
and
Music
Operators
Amusement and
Music Operators
1 ational
Association (AMOA)
(AMOA) and
and the
the National
Association
Coin Machine Institute (NCMI ) have
Coin Machine Institute (NCMI) have
voted to to merge
merge the
the two
two organizations.
organizations.
voted
AMOA
,
a
I,
500
member
AMOA,
a
1,500
member
organizati on of operators, distributors,
organization of operators, distributors,
and manufacturers,
manufacturers, is is headquartered
headquartered
and
in
Chicago and
and serves
serves
the
in
the
Chicago
coin -operated games, music, and
and
coin-operated games, music,
vending industry.
CMI , a 100
vending industry. NCMI, a 100
member organization representing the
member organization representing the
legislative, taxation,
taxation, and
and
public
legislative,
public
relations
interests
of
operators
and
relations interests of operators and
manufacturers
of
coin-operated
manufacturers
of
coin-operated
ciga rette, music, and other vending
cigarette,
music,
and
other
vending
presently located
located in in
equipment, is is presently
equipment,
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Following
the
merger,
two
Following
the
merger, two
designated NCM I members ~II be
designated NCMI members will be
elected to to the
the AMOA
AMOA board
board of
of
elected
directors.
NCMI
activities
now
merge
directors. NCMI
activities now merge
Vance West of Puyallup. Wash., left , tries 7l0
Vance
West of Puyallup, Wash., left, tries 720
/Je/(rec~ wi th Greg Ri ce of Atari nearby.
Degrees with Greg Rice of Atari nearby.
answer
questions
and
offer
offer
and
questions
"hands-on" experience for attendees.
"hands-on"
experience for attendees.
Among them were Greg Rice of Ata ri,
Among them were Greg Rice of Atari,
Jolly Backer of Bally Sente, and Jerry
Jolly
Backer of Bally Sente, and Jerry
Momoda of of Sega.
Momoda
Sega.
The Spokane office s ho\\~ n g was
The
Spokane office showing was
November 14; 14; the
the Seattle
Seattle office
offi ce show
show
November
was
November
18;
and
the
Portland
was November 18; and the Portland
s h o~ n g
was
ovember
21.
was
November
21.
showing
Refreshments
and
doo
r
prizes
were
Refreshments and door prizes were
included at at all
all events.
events.
included
answer
December 1986/ PLAY METER 9
December
1986/PLAY METER 9