Author: Tony Werten
Date: 02:57:27 02/11/03
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On February 10, 2003 at 14:50:21, John Merlino wrote: >On February 10, 2003 at 14:38:14, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On February 10, 2003 at 14:05:44, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>Yep, pretty annoying. Another hobby of mine (being an all-around nerd) is Drum >>>and Bugle Corps. The Championships are held every year in mid August. There have >>>been 30 of these now, and none of them have been West of Dallas, although over >>>1/2 of the Championships have been won by Corps from California. >>> >>>The point is that, literally, 90% of the Corps are based in the Eastern half of >>>the US, and these organizations are non-profit. Many of them, even the best >>>ones, are just able to survive through a competition season which lasts less >>>than two months, because trekking about 150-175 people cross-country for that >>>period of time does cost quite a bit of money. >>> >>>I guess the ICGA decision-makers are using the same (not entirely flawed) >>>reasoning as the DCI folks.... >> >>This makes good sense, but it is kind of a catch-22 (I think that's the right >>phrase). Perhaps the ICGA looks at the situation and says, "90% of the >>participants are from Europe, so we will not make the majority travel to North >>America." But, if they held the competition in North America, they might well be >>saying, "90% of the participants are from North America, so we will not make the >>majority travel to Europe." >> >>I don't think they'll ever know until they give it a chance. > >I don't think they're saying "90% of the PARTICIPANTS are from Europe", I think >they're saying "90% of the ENGINES are from Europe", or some such equivalent. > >Unfortunately, the whole (totally valid) argument is that the ICGA charter >explicitly says that the competition will alternate between Europe and North >America (or is it Europe and "not Europe"?). This is the reason for the >friction.... That problem has been solved. It has been taken out of the charter last august. Tony > >jm
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