April 4, 2008

BOWLING BOOK COVERS are available again through a partnership with the Walraven Company and BPAA. Your center will soon receive a sample book cover and an order form to order directly from Walraven. Each cover costs less than the cost of a postage stamp, and you can advertise your center all year long to thousands of kids, teachers, and parents. HURRY! This offer expires May 31, 2008!

If your center utilizes GIFT CARDS you are paying a transaction fee (typically $0.30) each time the card is loaded, redeemed and/or for balance inquiry. If you do volume ask your credit card processor if you qualify for a monthly flat rate for gift cards instead. Most processing companies offer flat rates around for $15/month. For BPAA members using Smart Buy partner EMPS, your gift card rate was just negotiated to a flat rate for $6.75/month. Enjoy the savings! For more information email amy@bpaa.com.

It's Official: Budweiser is coming back as the OFFICIAL BEER OF BPAA/BOWL EXPO in 2008. Show appreciation for their tremendous support by ordering "Pin Beer Bottles," known technically as "silhouette bottles" that offers Bud, Bud Light and Bud Select. If your distributor says they don't carry it email frankd@bpaa.com.

 

January 29, 2008

A new website, www.9pinnotap.com, will be launching in February. This is a site where all No-Tap bowlers throughout the country will be connected.  Bowling centers will have the opportunity to list their No-Tap events free of charge.

 

To take advantage of this great offer send the following information:
Bowling Center Name:
Contact Name:
Tournament Coordinator's Name:
Time:
Day of Week:
Frequency:
Phone #:
Superpot: YES OR NO and details

Email this information to: info@9pinnotap.com.

 

January 28, 2008

The Board of Directors of the Bowling Proprietors’Association of America (BPAA), at its Board meeting on January 24, 2008at the Bowling Summit, unanimously endorsed the proposal for purchase of a building and land in Arlington, Texas for an integration of facilities with the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).

 

January 11, 2008

USBC now requires that all LANE CONDITIONERS MEET FEDERAL SAFETY GUIDELINES before they can be considered for approval and use in USBC-certified competitions. This requires that manufacturers of lane conditioners confirm with USBC that their products meet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) standards under the Code of Federal Regulations. The FDA uses GRAS guidelines to test substances such as food additives and chemicals for safe human use or to ensure no ill effects occur if there is human contact with certain chemicals.

 

December 11, 2007

Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s (MADD) president and CEO both testified in favor of universal ignition interlocks at a recent Senate hearing. The group has begun its newest campaign for much stiffer DUI penalties in all 50 states, an effort designed to increase public acceptance of the devices. MADD’s state affiliates have begun looking for sponsors in their states’ legislatures for ignition interlock bills targeting low-BAC, first time DUI offenders.