Author: José Carlos
Date: 10:07:27 05/15/01
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On May 15, 2001 at 12:53:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 15, 2001 at 11:49:56, Larry Proffer wrote: > >>On May 15, 2001 at 09:29:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 15, 2001 at 07:39:50, James Swafford wrote: >>> >>>>On May 15, 2001 at 06:12:51, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>> >>>>>1) World Micro will be in Maastricht, the Netherlands in August. Provisionally >>>>>Aug 19-23. Exact dates to be confirmed soon. >>>> >>>>Unfortunate (for me)... I was hoping to go to this one. :-( >>>> >>>>-- >>>>James >>> >>> >>> >>>I agree. This is the kind of foolishness that is going to cause me to really >>>consider my ICCA membership the next time it runs out. >>> >>> >> >>Can't you get someone in Europe to operate Crafty for you? >> >>Or even travel out here on an aeroplane. We Europeans don't bite. Maastricht is >>a great and culturally deep city. >> >>Hey Bob, did you ever set foot outside the USA? >> >> > > >Been outside the USA _many_ times. But the issue is _cost_. Why should >someone in North America have to pay travel across the ocean, year after >year, when the organization we founded 20+ years ago specifically addressed >this issue in the charter by saying the tournament will _alternate_ between >Europe and North America. > >At the university here, we don't do international travel except for very >good reasons. Computer chess doesn't qualify. I'm not willing to tell my >wife "Hey, our vacation is going to be to europe this summer, but we are >going to be stuck at a chess tournament for the week we are over there so I >can't travel very much. I don't think she would buy that as a "vacation". > >I think it a bit funny to hold the event closer to the very ones that are >making money from the field, and basically excluding the rest, due to high >travel costs. > >Just look at the sites used by the WCCC events through 1992 to see the >alternation. There it stopped completely. > >BTW, my passport includes visits to England, France, Scotland, former USSR, >South America, Canada, Mexico, Australia, China and Japan, to name a few. > >:) Ever been to Spain? You shouldn't miss it... and your wife'd love a vacation over here: sun, beach, parties... :) José C.
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