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Subject: Re: WCCC 2003 Starting List

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 18:59:15 11/18/03

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On November 18, 2003 at 16:20:58, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 18, 2003 at 16:11:38, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>Of course not.  But traveling to europe EVERY YEAR FOR A DECADE is somewhat not
>>feasable/justifiable from a financial and/or marketing POV.
>>
>>Now, if the event were in North America every other year, the picture is very
>>different from a News-coverage/marketing standpoint.  It is much easier to get
>>sponsors for high performance, high-tech engineering involvement.  And it is
>>much easier to engage global media interests in the USA.
>
>Besides, if this is true, why is there no serious event in the US?
>
>I've said it before and I'll say it again: if the event would be in the
>US instead of Austria, I'd still go in a hartbeat. And so would Brutus,
>Fritz, Shredder, Diep, Junior and if I'd have to guesw, probably ParSOS
>and Falcon too.
>
>We want to _play_. We don't care _where_ it is!
>
>Is that so hard to understand?

Would you do it every year... For maybe 8 or 10 years in a row?

Eventually, we are talking about a $50,000 investment when we consider time,
travel, hotels, etc..

That's a lot of money to spend pushing little wooden horsies around on a
checkerboard.



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