Author: Tony Werten
Date: 14:44:57 11/17/01
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On November 17, 2001 at 17:07:20, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On November 15, 2001 at 20:33:28, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>On November 15, 2001 at 05:59:26, Tony Werten wrote: >> >>>July 5th is the opening of the Olympiad. Don't know when chess will start. >>>There >>>are over 200 countries in the world. Somebody will have an independence day >>>during the event as well. Last year, in august, you were the only american >>>operator.( How many were there in London ?) Now in July there is a problem >>>which >>>would keep all americans away ? >> >>So you make it extremely inconvenient for us to attend and then you point out >>that our poor attendance is the reason for more inconvenience? Am I the only >>person who finds this comment incredibly short-sighted? >> >>>True. Problem is that there are no sponsors in the US. As you might have >>>noticed, there hasn't been a major event in the US for over 10 years. >> >>And you admit in a later post that an attempt to find a US sponsor was "not >>entirely" made. Maybe if somebody had entirely attempted to find a sponsor over >>the past 10 years, a major event would have been held in the US in the past 10 >>years. >> >>>Irony is that the ICCA charter (alternate championships between europe and >>>america ) feels to me to, was meant to "protect" europe ie make sure that the >>>americans would not organise all the events. Now they do not return the favor. >>>Making sure you are being treated fair is easier than treating fair. >> >>Great, so the "fair" solution to make sure that the US doesn't hold all the >>events is to not hold any of the events in the US? >> >>-Tom > >The last time the WCCC was held in North America it was here in Edmonton, where >Tony and Jonathan and others put in a lot of time organising it. I'd guess >they're not going to volunteer for that much work again anytime soon. Given the fact that Edmonton was over 12 years ago, this seems to be an understatement. Nice way of discussing things BTW. One person who disagrees puts words in your mouth you didn't say, the next one responds to that mail, not the mail where it was corrected. Tony >I think >that the event will be held in North America again as soon as some Americans >demonstrate willingness to do some legwork for it. The fact is that lately it >has been Europeans that have been stepping up to the plate. > >Dave
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