Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 21:03:08 05/13/01
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On May 13, 2001 at 22:28:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 13, 2001 at 22:01:42, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On May 13, 2001 at 17:10:14, Larry Proffer wrote: >> >>>On May 13, 2001 at 15:41:48, Alastair Grant wrote: >>> >>>>Are you talking about David Levy's company? >>> >>>I don't have the list of current directors, so I wouldn't like to say. I just >>>work from the available documentation. >>> >>>If yes, who is going to rescue the >>>>ICCA? >>> >>>Better ask Bruce or Bob. They specialise in ICCA matters, so they'ld know if it >>>was an ICCA issue. >> >>I have information about what this will do to the ICCA events. >> >>At the 1999 WCCC, there was an ICCA meeting where Levy was elected president and >>announced that the next few tournaments were going to be run along with his MSO >>thing. No MSO thing would seem to mean that the tournament plans have crashed. >> >>But that's speculation, not information. >> >>Does UAB want to do it this year, Bob? >> >>bruce > > >I'm pretty sure I could do the following: > >1. Provide space for the event and probably some area chess clubs would be >interested in attending. > >2. Arrange for reasonable local hotel rates, probably within walking distance >of the tournament venue. > >3. Find a good TD. I could certainly do it myself, but not if I am also >a participant as I don't like the potential conflict of interest. > >4. I can possibly arrange for some current hardware for those needing it. >IE we have contacts with folks inside Dell, Compaq, and others. > >5. I don't see any way to handle any other sort of expenses without some >sort of corporate sponsorship. It might be possible to get Compaq involved >since I am working on something related with them anyway... but I doubt they >will spring for $50,000 worth of travel. > >6. We could easily provide internet access for participants with remote >machines, as well as for outside contact. We might even convince a student to >establish a web site to follow the event. > >I organized one ACM tournament, and was involved in the organization of >several others. Organizing such an event doesn't seem to be particularly >alarming to me. There are lots of details of course... IE perhaps getting >a GM to attend for during-the-game analysis (Stuart Rachaels is from Birmingham >and might do this, or I might convince Roman to do it). > >It is doable if there is reasonable interest. I think interest would be very high, I'd even thing about coming over myself. Would you want to make it an ICCA event? Peter
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