Author: Don Beal
Date: 14:41:32 05/29/00
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On May 29, 2000 at 14:55:59, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On May 29, 2000 at 13:51:40, Don Beal wrote: > >>Some ICCA facts. >> >>The "ICCA" consists of the "Board": >>1. David Levy - president and sponsorship finder >>2. Monty Newborn - vice president >>3. Don Beal - secretary/treasurer >>4. Martin Zentner - programmers representative >>plus >>5. Jaap vd Herik - Journal editor >>plus >>Johanna Hellemons or deputy - a part-time paid assistant to typeset >>the Journal, and do some administration. I should have added: plus The MEMBERS! The ICCA is an enthusiasts club as well as a journal-publishing and tournament-organising committee. >>People also say "you should accept subscriptions by credit card". Well >>we'd like to, and have been intermittently checking on this. Ten years >>ago we were too small - the banks refused to allow us to operate credit >>card transactions. Five years ago, they acknowledged that perhaps our >>business would be acceptable, but their charges would have gobbled up >>about 25% of the payments. Currently credit-card bank charges would >>consume about 5% of payments. >>[snip] >I would like to offer to make it even easier by handling credit card >transactions in the US. People can pay me and I'll pay you. There are web >sites that allow you to do credit card transactions for free, as long as both >parties are located in the USA, and I'd like to volunteer to be the collection >point for US credit card subscriptions. Bruce, I personally think that's a great offer, and I will check with the other board members to see if we can go forward with that until the ICCA has its own facility. >>Now some of my opinions. >>[snip] >>I don't think any of the board members has such a strong motive to do >>this voluntary work that we would continue against serious opposition. >>[snip] >We've gotten rid of the "nutters" here, and if someone tries to engage you in a >pointless conversation you can evade it without much fear of being permanently >tormented. So I suggest that CCC is now a safe place for discussion. > >However, I am concerned by this implication that the boat should not be rocked >or current board members will abandon ship. I don't want to be responsible for >the timing of a board member's retirement, so if that's going to be a constant >undercurrent of any discussion, I can't discuss anything. When I wrote the comment about board member motives, I intended only to reinforce the volunteer aspect, and dispell ideas that we have any exploitative motives that we would grimly hold on to. I didn't mean it as a threat to abandon ship, or to stiffle discussion. I didn't notice this interpretation until I saw your reply. The biggest threat to the ICCA is purely and simply financial. If we don't get another chunk of sponsorship income, or some other source of income, we have trouble ahead. Bruce, thanks for your comments. Don Beal.
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