Author: Omid David
Date: 13:20:49 07/17/02
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On July 17, 2002 at 15:48:52, Russell Reagan wrote: >On July 17, 2002 at 13:14:45, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>Good post. Perhaps a few too many titles, and I'm less concerned about trying >>to limit participation from outside. If someone wants to fly in, and there is a >>table, a chair, and an electrical outlet, I say go for it. >> >>But I think that we've gotten well ahead of ourselves by discussing spending >>money on air fare. >> >>bruce > >I agree that we shouldn't do anything to limit participation from any group, but >I think that IF we are going to do anything to encourage participation such as >free air fare, or whatever else comes up, that we should encourage the >participation of North Americans before participants from elsewhere. If we have >an excess of money (which isn't likely) we could either help outsiders or put it >in the pot for the next year, or increase the prize fund. It is assumed that we >will not have a shortage of beer, of course. The North-American pan of the tournament shouldn't be over emphasized, since 1. The tourney is intended to be a world championship. 2. Anyway most of the significant participants will be from Europe. All top programs (Junior[Israel], Fritz[Holland], Shredder[Germany], Hiarcs[England], Tiger[France], etc.) are Europeans. > >I think the real question is, if we have money to spend, do we spend it on >flying participants in, or on beer? In beer for sure! :-) > >Russell
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