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able foresight in preventing
additional complications.
I really am not a Chicago fan , but
as a member of AMOA I think the
• industry move must come ahead of
our personal travel preferences.
Again, thank you for putting the
industry first.
Richard S. Babich, President
Automated Amusements
Denver, Colorado
[Ed. note: The aeoue was an open
letter to Norman Pink, president of
AMOA.]
Only with you
AOE a 'forum'
Congratulations on your second
highly successful AOE. Our exhibit
personnel returned riot only with a
substantial number of new pros-
pects, but also with a tremendous
appreciation for what you and your
staff have done to better our
industry. You have provided us all
with a forum to exchange ideas,
educate ourselves, have fun , and
transact business, all in one place
and at the same time. We have found
very few places in the world, other
than at the AOE where this can be
done better.
One important item we learned at
the show, by exchanging ideas with
others is that in this early stage of
operator awareness of our cash
collection system: it is important for
the music and amusement industry
to standardize now, the collection
system of the future. If not, there will
certainly be chaos as we are at
present witnessing in the full line
vending industry.
Edward W. Schroter, Vice President
International Totalizing Systems,
Newton, Massachusetts
No-fan mail
I have just finished reading the
AMOA Location newsletter for this
month, and feel compelled to send
my congratulations. The AMOA's
decision to not move the 1982
Exposition to Las Vegas demon-
strates a great deal of insight into our
industry's problems and consider-
S
As a second year participant at the
AOE, we, as a major manufacturer,
feel that we wouldn't be here today if
it wasn't for you (the operator) out
there. We went to New Orleans,
bought space, invested our money to
show our goods and keep in touch
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with you. Those manufacturers you
"built your route" on did not exhibit
at the 2nd annual AOE. Those of us
who did, have not become' "fat;" we
still need you!
How many games did you buy
from your distributor of those
companies that exhibited?
Incidentally, we are a certified,
100% U.S. originator/ manuracturer.
(Name and address
. withheld by request)
[Ed. note: The aboue is in reply to
operator Gary Domino, Morgan
City, Louisana, who wrote (Play
Meter, June 1) about Amusement
Operators Expo/'81 , in pa'rt: "I was
disappointed not to see a lot of the
manufacturers that I built my route
on .. . Hauing the show in this part of
the. country is an asset to the
operator and to the distributor. I
hope to see these (missing)
manufacturers next year ... "]
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PLAY METER, July 15, 1981