Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 16:24:39 12/02/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 16:19:58, Amir Ban wrote: >On December 02, 2003 at 10:18:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 02, 2003 at 03:34:31, Roberto Nerici wrote: >> >>Again, the date is not the _only_ issue. It is a minor one. The time is >>the main issue, followed closely by the cost. For example, in the ACM events >>we alternated east coast and west coast. I managed to make it to almost all. >>One in Nashville TN was close. One in LA was a long trip. Next year NYC. >>Close. Seattle. Long trip. We balanced it and always had more local >>participation than remote participation. But it fostered the interest, which >>was the _point_. >> >>The ICGA used to do that as required by the charter. Somewhere that went >>in the tank. > >So there are three continents: the East United States, the West United States, >and the Rest of the World (called Europe for short) ? You don't teach geography, >I guess. Do you fail to understand Bob on purpose? >Notice that the event is being held in Asia for the third time in a decade. It >happens to be the largest and most populous continent. It's being held in a part of Asia that is right next door to Europe, I might add. Not to mention that Asia is even further away from North America than Europe is. It's not doing anyone over here a favor, for sure. I'm not against the event being held in Asia (or Europe) at all. But it should come to the western half of the world once in a while.
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