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Subject: Re: 10th WCCC

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 10:18:17 11/14/01

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On November 14, 2001 at 12:52:14, Kevin Strickland wrote:

>On November 14, 2001 at 11:15:30, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On November 14, 2001 at 10:47:04, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>From 5 to 11 July 2002, the 7th Computer Olympiad will be held in Maastricht.
>>>Part of the olympiad will be the 10th WCCC.
>>>
>>>I'll give more information as soon as it's available.
>>>
>>>cheers,
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>1) You scheduled this so that travel for Americans will take place on a major
>>holiday.  I mean, why not hold this on December 26th?
>
>Better yet January 1.. would be better wouldn't it?
>>
>>2) This event has been held in Europe many consecutive times, which is contrary
>>to the ICCA charter.
>
>I would like to see it in North America. Then I could attend no matter where it
>is in NA. Travel would be easier.
>>
>>The first point may be moot because of the second point.
>
>I am begining to think that the ICCA is biased towards the european countries.

This is silly.  None of these organizers had 1 second of thought for Americans.
Whether that be operators, or people who just wanted to come.

I am guessing that ICCA's bias comes from the fact that most computer chess
programmers are from Europe.  And that is *GREAT*.  I can't wait to see Frans,
or Mathias, or Christophe, or Ed's next column in the journal.



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