Author: Tony Werten
Date: 00:21:35 11/17/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 23:06:04, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On November 16, 2001 at 18:27:28, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >bruce, the announcement was that 2002 maastricht is a WCC. >Not a wmcc. or did i misread? No you didn't. Tony > >>On November 16, 2001 at 16:47:51, Thorsten Czub wrote: >> >>>> Many of the rules we use today >>>>have been in place for more than two decades and although some of them are >>>>still applicable we feel the need to re-examine every rule. This task has >>>>been prompted to some extent by the fact that almost every ICCA tournament >>>>is preceded by a debate over one or more of the rules. >>> >>>the problem is not some old fashioned rule, but the people behind the rules. >>> >>>the debates happen because the people behind the rules, behind the events, >>>cause the debates. >>> >>>they do what they want, far from any rule. and they change the rules as they >>>want. >>> >>>the target is to misuse icca events for their own purpose. >> >>We're going to have a discussion about time controls, number of rounds, clock >>adjustment, who can operate, what a microcomputer is, and so on. >> >>I have been to most of these events, and I'm just as able as you to figure out >>that weird things happen at the events. >> >>I think that you might also agree that a discussion amongst likely participants, >>people who have all been there and all seen what happens at the events, is >>likely to do a lot of good. >> >>This is an attempt to formalize some stuff, and regardless of what else goes on, >>that can't be bad. >> >>bruce
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