Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:33:19 12/04/03
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On December 04, 2003 at 03:22:50, Roberto Nerici wrote: >On December 03, 2003 at 09:11:35, Matthew Hull wrote: > >[snip] > >>The charter said "North America...Europe", alternating. They are violating >>their own charter. > >[snip] > >>Why don't you address the issue of the ICGA charter? Why don't you address the >>auto-play issue? The length issue? The issue that ICGA should be drumming up >>sponsorships in the respective parts of the globe. > >A slight correction/clarification. >They *used* to be "violating their own charter". They have actually changed the >charter to remove the bit about alternating between North America and Europe. So >they have fixed the problem, just not perhaps the best fix... :-( I don't believe it is a valid fix. I believe that changes to the charter have to be voted on by the membership. _I_ have never had the opportunity to cast a vote for any charter change. Of course, a little thing like this would not stop the ECGA from doing what they want, I guess. But, as I said previously, if my vote doesn't count, my membership doesn't count. It will end as of December 31, 2003. > >Btw, this has been pointed out many times before, as has almost every other >point made in this thread (well, the ever increasing list of unacceptable dates >is newish). I don't say this as a criticism of you, rather as a despondent >reflection on the futility of constructive argument in this forum :-( :-( :-( >(many unhappy faces justified IMO). > >Roberto/. There are a few unhappy faces over here. I attended a computer chess every year, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994. Every year. It was always on my calendar. My wife and kids knew and expected it. But after 1992, the ICCA went South, dumped the charter and their responsibilities, and that was that. However, I will tell you this. I enjoyed attending those events. Bert Gower and I traveled every year and met Harry Nelson who also attended them all once he joined our team in 1980. I hated to see the ACM events end, just prior to the first Deep Blue match. I hated to see the ICCA stop holding events on this half of the world. However, fortunately, my penchant for competing can be satisfied regularly on the chess servers, so that I _really_ find the ECGA both superfluous and out of date. They refuse to mandate auto- matic interfaces, even if the tournaments are held local. They refuse to make the event short enough that everyone can attend without it costing a small fortune. They refuse to balance coverage around the world. They refuse.. they refuse.. Eventually that incurs a cost. I'll publish my papers elsewhere. I'll play my chess elsewhere. When enough reach the same conclusion, the result will be painful. And too late.
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