October 9, 1998 Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Submitted by Tom Harper In Attendance Bob Fincher and Ron Scaglione (TBS) Mirko and Mia Manfredi (Cash Cow ATM) Ed Bourgeois and Michael Brown (ATMi) Christine Ferrera (Universal ATM) Peter Skarpias (ATM Locator Services) Woody and Tom Alderman (Atlanta Computer Group) Cassie Metzger (Diebold) Steve Saltiel (Assist Companies) Patrick Merkley (Telmach Risk Management) Kenny Charbonnet (Concord EFS) Bernard Uiterwijk (Intellicash ATM) Hansup Kwon (Cross International) Randy Andrews (ATM Resources) Lyle Elias (Greenlink Technologies) Tom Harper (WaterMark Group) Randy Stratton (Electronic Cash Management) Roy Randel (Campbell Galt & Newlands) Kurt Helwig (EFTA) Nick Bergiadis (System 1 ATM) 23 total attendees.
Minutes • Tom Harper welcomed everyone and opened the meeting. • Randy Andrews spoke about the original intention of the association and what his vision is for ATMOA. • Tom Harper explained the relationship between WaterMark Group, ATMmagazine.com and ATMOA. The magazine is not the official publication of ATMOA; it is a separate industry magazine published by WaterMark Group. Any advertisers that appear in ATMmagazine.com are not necessarily members nor are they endorsed by the association. • Kurt Helwig, executive director of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association, spoke about the potential of ATMOA and how it can work with EFTA to provide guidance, products and services to the industry. • Roy Randel, a producer with Campbell Galt & Newlands, explained the details of the insurance policy and answered questions. Roy said that the underwriter is concerned with our policy because of our low volume of participating ATMs and the number of claims already filed. • We split into four groups and brainstormed on the following topics: 1) How should we grow the association? 2) How can ATMOA fund itself? 3) What committees should we form? 4) What should we do for our first annual meeting?
Brainstorming Summary Growth. We need members to volunteer their time to market the association to companies they do business with; we need to market ourselves in the media. Funding. Need to increase dues for certain classes of members; work with processors, vault cash providers and manufacturers to give us a small percentage of sales to ATMOA members. Committees. We need the following committees: finance, legislative, strategic planning, education, membership and executive. Annual Meeting. We should piggyback on Faulkner & Gray's conference again; we need to have some kind of meeting every six months, because the industry changes so quickly.
Miscellaneous • It was agreed that ATMOA change its name to the ATM Industry Association to broaden our appeal rather than restrict ourselves to just owners. • It was suggested that board members communicate with each other on a special password-protected message board. WaterMark Group will set this up. • An idea was presented that we host our own ATM trade show. • The new president is Lyle Elias of Greenlink Technologies, and the new vice president is Bernard Uiterwijk of Intellicash ATM. They will serve for a one-year term and may be reelected. • We need to hire an executive director and/or a management company.
Adjournment • The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 and a networking dinner followed. If you would like to make suggestions or ask questions, you may
e-mail Tom Harper directly.
