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Subject: Re: ICCA

Author: Don Beal

Date: 15:12:30 05/29/00

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On May 29, 2000 at 17:32:00, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On May 29, 2000 at 13:51:40, Don Beal wrote:
>>[snip]
>>Now some of my opinions.
>>
>>Like other readers of the CCC forum we choose whether to, when, and
>>when not, to read CCC messages.  I personally think it is not
>>reasonable of CCC members to expect that any message about the ICCA
>>will receive an ICCA response the same day.  So complaints about
>>"the ICCA should be here" I regard as mischief-making.  I AM here.
>>What's your grudge?
>
>I think you missed the point. Nobody (that I noticed) was complaining
>about the time it takes for the ICCA to reply to a post here. The
>complaint is that the ICCA does not have a "presence" here.

Yes, it is reasonable to ask for more ICCA "presence" here.

I think it would be helpful to distinguish between the ICCA board
and the ICCA.  The ICCA is _all_ its members as well as the board
members.  I'd like to encourage ICCA members to discuss ICCA matters
here. It doesn't have to be board members doing all the posting.
ICCA members could use this forum to discuss how to enhance the ICCA.
(BUT - please don't post "wish lists" that "someone else" "could do".
Much more welcome would be ideas combined with an offer that the poster
would do them!!)

>I don't recall ever seeing any CCC posts made by Levy, Newborn, or vd Herik.

They don't subscribe to this forum.  That's their choice.  Yes,
contributions here from them would be beneficial, but they do other
things of benefit to the CC community with their time.

>To reiterate Bruce's point, the bare minimum of activity would be to announce
>ICCA events here. Every time an event nears, there is a huge mass of confusion
>about the event on CCC. This is unnecessary confusion if the ICCA is here (as
>you claim).

Unfortunately that often reflects lack of positive information to post.
For example I'm still waiting to hear if we've got the sponsorship for
the WMCCC planned for August 2000 at the planned Computer Olympiad.
Sometimes we don't hear until the last minute.  The sponsorship for the
WCCC last year was still being negotiated months after the "deadline" we
had initially set, and after the date we should have been notifying
participants about the arrangements.

Don Beal.



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