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Subject: Re: Crafty playng at WCCC??? (NT)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:10:23 07/26/00

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On July 26, 2000 at 11:53:51, ujecrh wrote:

>On July 26, 2000 at 09:16:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On July 26, 2000 at 02:44:35, pavel wrote:
>>
>>>oh baby I love your way..........
>>
>>
>>Probably not.  ICCA has a rule that says the primary author must attend.  I
>>can't during the middle of classes, and even without classes going on, it is
>>an expensive trip.  Since it is never held in the USA, it is simply too
>>expensive to try to make each and every one of them.
>
>Rules are meant to be changed when they are bad (or maybe that is a good reason
>that I miss). Is it not possible to ask ICCA about that ? What about allowing
>the author of a program to nominate one person to act on his behalf ?
>
>Ujecrh


I asked last year and they said "no".  But then they let a couple of commercial
programs in without the author being present.  They said that this year they
were going to enforce the author must attend rule more carefully...

otherwise I'd be happy to find an operator and let him go...  probably could
find someone that lives in London in fact...



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