Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 16:51:47 11/19/03
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On November 19, 2003 at 18:21:16, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >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. So we do the work, hand over $50,000 to the ICCA, and they will hold the event here? :) Think I'll pass on 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 would rather spend $50,000 to give each participant a new machine rather than giving it to an organization that is ignoring us in the first place..
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