Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:39:13 11/19/03
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On November 19, 2003 at 02:42:05, Tony Werten wrote: >On November 18, 2003 at 22:13:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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? >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >>You are making this into a personal war. It is not. It is just a simple >>contractural problem that the ICCA / ICGA has blatantly chosen to disregard. >>I was a charter member of the ICCA, formed in 1977 in Toronto. The charter >>_specifically_ mentioned the WCCC event to be held every three years, >>alternating between Europe and North America. The ICCA broke that contractural >>agreement years ago and have been doing so ever since. > >No Bob, they stopped doing that a couple of years ago. They found it was easier >to take that line out of the charter. > >Tony I wonder what group of members did that? The charter can't be changed "just because". IE I certainly fell that _I_ have a contractural agreement from them since I have paid my dues and have never been notified of any pending charter change other than the name change a few years back. But I would not be surprised... And I won't be renewing either. > >> >>If they would drop the "you pay our way over there" fee stuff, sponsors are >>available. IBM has been great for computer chess. Intel also. Probably AMD >>could become interested. Remember who sponsored the fritz vs kasparov match >>and where it was held. So interest _is_ here. But the ICGA actively organizes >>things in Europe, but says "someone else has to do it if it is going to be done >>in the US." >> >>I've reached the point where I don't care. I won't be renewing my membership, >>and I'll continue to play in ICC events as they come up, or any other event that >>looks reasonable. But I'm not taking two weeks off from classes to go to >>Europe, to play in a chess event. >> >>The internet is _too_ handy...
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