Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 15:21:16 11/19/03
Go up one level in this thread
On November 19, 2003 at 18:05:32, Steven Edwards wrote: >Some items: > >1. There has been no physical CC event in North America since 1994; the >ICCA/ICGA in that time has helped organize muliple events, mostly in Europe, but >none in the western hemisphere. > >2. The Association for Computing Machinery apparently no longer has an interest >in CC, at least not the point of helping to organize or sponsor events in the >US. > >3. The United States Chess Federation is in dire financial straits and may not >be around in another year, so it is unlikely to assist with CC events. Indeed, >for the past two decades the USCF has made plenty of cash by selling CC software >and hardware but as far as I can remember has done little to assist with >organizing or sponsoring CC events. > >4. Money and other resources that in the past have assisted with North American >CC tournament events appear to have, in part, been switched to one human vs one >machine publicity events that do little to help either existing or aspiring >authors. > >---- > >I propose that if we, the North American CC authors and researchers, continue to >wait for others to resume organizational assistance, then we will be waiting for >a long, long time. > >I say that we should establish a North American CC Association. It would >include a website, a journal, and a mandate to organize periodic CC events in >North America for North American authors. If you want a North America WCCC, then find the sponsors and the ICGA will hold the event there. Simple as that. We wanted to host the event at our university here in Israel. For more than a year we have been going from one sponsor to another trying to raise the money. It is indeed very hard to find sponsors for the event, but if you raise the money, you will get the hosting. I would personally be most interested to come to North America for WCCC 2005. So, good luck finding sponsors!
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.