Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 16:37:07 07/17/04
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On July 17, 2004 at 19:17:52, Andrew Williams wrote: >On July 17, 2004 at 16:57:00, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On July 17, 2004 at 16:55:23, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:53:10, Matthew Hull wrote: >>> >>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:48:05, Peter Berger wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:10:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 11:38:32, Andrew Wagner wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Bob, do you think UAB would be interested/willing to host such an event? Say, >>>>>>>sometime next summer? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>It is certainly probable... >>>>> >>>>>Probable? Or possible? >>>>> >>>>>Don't forget there is also WCCC 2005 scheduled for next summer. On the other >>>>>hand, as it is not yet decided where it will take place, maybe you want to >>>>>organize it? >>>> >>>> >>>>One would think the ICGA would "organize" the event. What do the ICGA officers >>>>actually do? They must get paid for something. >>>> >>> >>>More unqualified anti-ICGA rambling - really: what's *your* problem with ICGA, >>>Matthew? Is it just for fun? >> >>Just wondering what they do. I could see that Omid worked his hinder parts off >>mightily, a virtual one-man band. It looked like they made him do all the work. >> >>It's an honest question. > >It's an odd thing about WCCCs that the organizers run around *constantly*, and >are working the whole time you see them. But outside of the event hall one gets >*zero* impression of this. I've been to WCCCs at London and at Maastricht and >both times, Jaap van den Herik and Jos Uiterwijk were working extremely hard for >the entire time I was present (I competed at Maastricht so I was present for the >whole tournament). Incidentally at Maastricht one should certainly add Joke >Hellemons to the list of extremely hard-working ICGA staff - I don't remember >seeing her in London, though she could have been there. Meanwhile, despite the >huge amount of effort being put in, people at CCC accuse the organizers of not >doing anything! Take my word for it, the organizers do a *huge* amount to make >the event run... That is interesting to know. Thanks for clarifying. If one is considering joining, then one likes to know a little bit about how that in which they are investing is run. Where I work, one likes to know whether or not people are working smarter rather than just harder. :) > >Andrew
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