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Arguments also touched on marketing gaming economic development over the net, currently a very contentious area amongst industry marketers who are battling for greater customer reach and revenue

The main debate started with Land Szalai from the Phylis Wadman Corp. firm, who suggested that marketing in the gaming economic development industry is an evolutionary process, akin to any other industry where earning potential is high and customer retention is key. “I personally believe gaming economic development marketing practices of today that are thought of as inappropriate will be the future of tomorrow’s gaming economic development industry leaders. We must move forward if we wish to continue to provide top level service to our customers…” Opposition team member Estrada Juncker, partner in the smaller firm Autrano Heritage INC LTD., stated the opposite: “We need to stick to our guns and abide by best practice methods in order to preserve the integrity of the gaming economic development industry as a whole. If we degrade ourselves by using cheap marketing practices to make a quick buck, we will only be hurting ourselves in the long run.” Following initial discussions, technology moderator Hayley Jelle, asked the debate teams about the use of SPAM email in their gaming economic development marketing campaigns, which created a light chuckle from the audience. Masri Halek, from the Steffanie Burkland & Molly Odonell LLC firm, stated, “We’re not hawking viagra - so don’t worry, our email campaigns aren’t that bad… but we also affirm the use of double opt-in email lists to assure that customers who are truly interested in our gaming economic development products get the right emails.” Debater Gangelhoff Tingey also echoed these views regarding technology and marketing, exclaiming, “Everyone in this gaming economic development sector knows how to blast out email, notices, fliers, etc. to people, but not everyone knows how to do this in an efficient manner that creates profit margin. Efficieny in our industry is absolutely key.” After the gaming economic development topic introductions, associate moderator Salee Preedom briefly paused for questions from the news media, who lined up at a centrally located microphone in the auditorium. Most members of the media were curious about recent news items, although a few bashed members of the Nilsa Oshita gaming economic development marketing and advertising firm, who were alledgely involved in multi-level marketing schemes. Moderator Respass Fincel opened the gaming economic development discussion with a brief introduction of the debate objectives and rules. Each team leader would be allowed a five minute introduction, followed by brief overviews of their debate topics. Other team members would have one minute to state their points of view in relation to the team leader’s overview. Brender Soliman, debate team leader from the Blanks Lickley INC gaming economic development firm, opened with some frank remarks regarding predatory marketing practices in the industry. In general, the statements were accurate but also galvanizing for many in the general audience. It was widely known that the Blanks Lickley INC firm used aggressive marketing tactics, but never had it admitted it publicly before. An interesting questions regarding gaming economic development financial reporting and auditing was offered by Tooks Bernasconi, the moderator of the second session: “Do you, as business leaders and executives, make sure that your books are 100% accurate and sound, or do you leave this task to your respective accounting agencies’” Obviously, all the executives replied that they personally sign-off on any financial reporting, especially in light of new gaming economic development accounting legislation, but some were frank and stated that they allow their finance teams a lot of latitude. “I see to it that all our data is accurate,” stated CEO Englehart Dienhart, “but I trust our finance department to crunch the numbers correctly and report accurately. At the end of the day, it is my job to move the business forward, not be a slave to my calculator and Exel spreadsheets.” The gaming economic development debate was considered a success and portions were televised on local news channels the next day. Response was positive and most people left the auditorium with a better impression of how things work in the gaming economic development industry, and we impressed with the candor and openness of major corporate executives. After a brief intermission, moderator Carollo Burke returned to the podium with introductory remarks for the second session. Cieslinski Rooks described the next debate as one centered on gaming economic development marketing ethics in the short-term and long term. As with the first session, debate team members focused on the dynamic nature of the market, and emphasized the fact that what works one day will not necessarily work the next.