Well, Jaap originally proposed to raise the registration fee to semi-professional level for everyone. I complained and he went back to a more reasonable scheme. You can see his explanation there: http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=421808&t=39885 (and more discussion earlier in that thread)
Charging multiple times for multiple tournaments has existed for a few years now. The ICGA has always been a bit greedy with money. I'll forward your message to him. Maybe he is still ready to make a few concessions. Rémi On 23 sept. 2011, at 11:32, Erik van der Werf wrote: > I don't like it! So not only did they raise the price from 25 to 40 > euro *, but now they even want to charge triple for 3 inferior > mini-tournaments! > > In my opinion a one day 13x13 tournament really shouldn't be priced > the same as a full-scale 5-day event (e.g., such as in chess). I don't > mind some diversity in board size, but it's all still the same game. > With this pricing scheme I'd prefer to strike 9x9 and 13x13, and just > spend 5 days on 19x19 Go. > > And btw what's up with those 'fresh' amateurs??? The distinction used > to be quite clear: if you had no direct or indirect commercial > interests then you were an amateur. I haven't participated in recent > years, does that make me fresh again? or do I still stink because I > went to Beijing? Perhaps some deodorant will do the trick... > > Erik > > > * not counting ICGA membership > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Rémi Coulom <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have just posted this on the web site of the Olympiad: >> >> Schedule for Go tournaments: >> • 21-22 nov go 9x9 >> • 23 nov go 13x13 >> • 24-25 nov go 19 x 19 >> • 26 nov. 19x19 play-off if any, or a demonstration game >> >> Participants have to register separately for each tournament. Participants >> who wish to participate in the Olympiad don't have to pay a full >> registration for each tournament. One full registration has to be paid, plus >> 40 Euros for each additional tournament, regardless of category (see details >> in the registration form). >> >> http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/news_item.php?id=67 >> >> Rémi >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
