Play Meter
Issue: 1978 May 15 - Vol 4 Num 9 - Page 15
OPERATING
AMOA overhauls trade show
committed to the Conrad Hilton
through the 1980 show , but there
have been complaints from exhibitors
that the A.M.O .A. should start
looking now for another site for the
show after 1980 .
The complaints from exhibitors
point to the fact that three separate
rooms are needed to house the entire
convention , that the rooms are small,
and the food service slow .
On this matter, Granger research-
ed several other possible locations in
the Chicago area but his findings
were that other arrangements would
be complicated and would probably
necessitate having the show at one
site and having the accommodations
at another .
Bob Nims , secretary of the
A.M.O .A, suggested the site be
switched to New Orleans, and the
attitude of the board on this proposal
was th at it was worth considering
(Note - The board echoed the senti-
ments expressed by PLAY METER
in past editorials that the expo should
be moved around to different cities to
£lxpose more operators to the show) .
The Notre Dame seminar (PM,
Mar, page 24) was discussed at
length also by the board . Because of
the drop in attendance in recent
years- this past year's attendance
was 56 - it was proposed that
perhaps the seminar should be
abandoned or else changed to a
once-every-other-year proposition .
The board decided against both of
these suggestions, saying that as long
as the A.M.O .A. was not losing
money with the seminar, it should
hold the seminars on an annual
basis . Granger told PLAY METER
that attendance could possible drop
as low as 45 before the seminar
would be a money-loser .
In other business, the board
elected Roland Tonnell of Wisconsin
and John H. Cameron of Virginia as
co-chairmen of this year's exposition
and trade show . The board , how-
ever , has not finalized its plans for
next year's board meeting . That
meeting will be held in either
Orlando , Florida or Williamsburg ,
Virginia in either March or April.
Granger also reported to the board
PLAY METER, May, 1978
that the mechanics schools spon-
sored by the A.M.O .A. are becoming
increasingly difficult to put together
because of last-minute cancellations.
But again the consensus was that as
long as the A.M .O .A. was not losing
money , it should continue to sponsor
the schools on electro-mechanics.
The A.M .O .A. schools, Granger
said, are booked through July , but
he noted there would soon be
another type of school conducted by
Don Miller, this one dealing with
solid state .
The AM.O.A 's new assistant executiue uice president Vic Rye and his
wife attended the recent board meeting in Scottsdale , Arizona. Rye has
seuenteen years experience in association and conuention management.
The board of directors of the AM.O.A
17
AMOA overhauls trade show
committed to the Conrad Hilton
through the 1980 show , but there
have been complaints from exhibitors
that the A.M.O .A. should start
looking now for another site for the
show after 1980 .
The complaints from exhibitors
point to the fact that three separate
rooms are needed to house the entire
convention , that the rooms are small,
and the food service slow .
On this matter, Granger research-
ed several other possible locations in
the Chicago area but his findings
were that other arrangements would
be complicated and would probably
necessitate having the show at one
site and having the accommodations
at another .
Bob Nims , secretary of the
A.M.O .A, suggested the site be
switched to New Orleans, and the
attitude of the board on this proposal
was th at it was worth considering
(Note - The board echoed the senti-
ments expressed by PLAY METER
in past editorials that the expo should
be moved around to different cities to
£lxpose more operators to the show) .
The Notre Dame seminar (PM,
Mar, page 24) was discussed at
length also by the board . Because of
the drop in attendance in recent
years- this past year's attendance
was 56 - it was proposed that
perhaps the seminar should be
abandoned or else changed to a
once-every-other-year proposition .
The board decided against both of
these suggestions, saying that as long
as the A.M.O .A. was not losing
money with the seminar, it should
hold the seminars on an annual
basis . Granger told PLAY METER
that attendance could possible drop
as low as 45 before the seminar
would be a money-loser .
In other business, the board
elected Roland Tonnell of Wisconsin
and John H. Cameron of Virginia as
co-chairmen of this year's exposition
and trade show . The board , how-
ever , has not finalized its plans for
next year's board meeting . That
meeting will be held in either
Orlando , Florida or Williamsburg ,
Virginia in either March or April.
Granger also reported to the board
PLAY METER, May, 1978
that the mechanics schools spon-
sored by the A.M.O .A. are becoming
increasingly difficult to put together
because of last-minute cancellations.
But again the consensus was that as
long as the A.M .O .A. was not losing
money , it should continue to sponsor
the schools on electro-mechanics.
The A.M .O .A. schools, Granger
said, are booked through July , but
he noted there would soon be
another type of school conducted by
Don Miller, this one dealing with
solid state .
The AM.O.A 's new assistant executiue uice president Vic Rye and his
wife attended the recent board meeting in Scottsdale , Arizona. Rye has
seuenteen years experience in association and conuention management.
The board of directors of the AM.O.A
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