Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:23:31 05/13/01
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On May 14, 2001 at 00:03:08, Peter McKenzie wrote: >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 I think the ICCA would probably be the straw that breaks the camel's back. They typically want 35,000 dollars up front for the ICCA. That is before any travel or anything else. I'm not sure that is going to be doable, or even thinkable. I'd certainly like to see it an ICCA event, but I am not sure how to make that happen unless somebody happens to be on the board of a wealthy computer company and is interested in seeing such an event in the USA. :) Bob
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