throughout the country and inter-
nationally. We participate in trade shows.
There’s two trade shows – one in
Amsterdam and one in Tampa. Then,
there’s two consumer shows that we
participate in, there’s the Fort Lauderdale
Boat Show and the Miami Boat Show that
we attend as an association. Sometimes we
also attend the Seattle Boat Show.We have a
bi-monthly publication called the Marine
Electronics Journa l (MEJ ) that i s
distributed to our membership. It is the
onlymagazine of its kind.
BUSINESS WORLD:
As far as the
content goes, do you hire people out to
write things? Or do the members submit
things?
SPITZER:
Both. Members submit
subjects and articles to Marine Electronics
Journal. The MEJ is its own separate
company. I write, the board of directors,
some dealers and some manufacturers write
articles, so it really is a member-driven
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