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Subject: Re: Should we have a North American CC Association?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 15:49:07 11/19/03

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On November 19, 2003 at 18:21:16, Omid David Tabibi wrote:

>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!

I don't see the logic in paying ICGA gobs of money. What do you get in return?

I'm sure there are *some* overhead costs, which makes having some stable,
organizing body a requirement if the event is going to be more than a one or two
time thing, but many tens of thousands of dollars?

If we found a sponsor, or raised that money ourselves, couldn't we just run a
kick ass tournament, with a prize fund, and have significant money left over? I
think we could run numerous tournaments per year for the price ICGA asks for.



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