Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 02:00:59 07/18/04
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On July 17, 2004 at 19:32:47, Robert Hyatt 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? >> >>Peter > > >The problem will always be the large cash payment the ICGA wants. IE 10 years >ago it was $35,000.00 US, paid by the host to the ICGA. That won't happen. >Which means if we were to do this, it definitely would not be an ICGA-sanctioned >event. > Interesting. Allowing for doubling of the real value of the money every five or ten years (so equivalent to $35 - 70k), what does ICGA do with all the money? Or is it needed to cover costs and travel assistance etc. I am assuming it is not just the ICGA fee for the right to play for the WCCC title.
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