Author: Pete Galati
Date: 13:56:37 05/31/00
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On May 30, 2000 at 15:47:41, Ed Schröder wrote: >On May 30, 2000 at 10:04:43, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On May 30, 2000 at 01:16:18, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>On May 29, 2000 at 18:12:30, Don Beal wrote: >>> >>>>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. >>> >>>Don, >>> >>>Perhaps you can search (ask) for someone who is qualified and is willing >>>to improve and maintain the ICCA web-site. For instance I do believe the >>>least the ICCA should have is its own message board. >>> >>>Keep up the good work. >>> >>>Ed >> >>I aggree, a message board would be a great idea for ICCA, it would go a _long_ >>way towards promoting it. I'm betting that it's helped Steven's business a >>great deal by hosting this CCC forum. > >The ICCA could do several initiatives such as "topic of the month" where >programmers can discuss (for instance) a specific search technique (or >whatever) into deepest detail. At several times I thought about the >possibility to open such a board myself (the Programmers Board) but I >absolutely have no time to do all the work involved to introduce a new >topic each month and to make an overview of the most important points >of the topic thereafter. > >To setup the board itself is a 5 minutes job as we use the UBB software >which automatically allows multiple forums. But it should be a lot better >the ICCA does such a job as it fits them much better. > >Ed > Ok, I'm greedy, and I like getting things, so I'm sure someone here will hold me to this, but if ICCA; 1.) starts accepting credit card, and/or (hopefully both!) 2.) Sets up an ICCA message board, then I'll join. I don't think that's unreasonable. Am I wrong? Because those are 2 things that I believe will benifit them, so, either one or both of those things. An effort on their part to be able to survive, and I'll join. Pete
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