[Daanz-dip] GongCon 2006 - A couple of points

[William J Brown]

Tut, tut, language, there could be children reading this shit....

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From: "moag" <moag at ihug.co.nz>
Reply-To: DAANZ-dip Email Discussion Group for Diplomacy in Australia & NewZealand <daanz-dip at daanz.org.au>
Date:  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:17:24 +1200

>Hi All,
>
>I have kept quiet about this thus far but just want to bring up a couple of
>points regarding the original email that Greg has sent.
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>As many of you may know, after several consecutive years of success since 
>its inception, there is no current plan for the DAANZ to run GongCon in 2006
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>or beyond.
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>Greg, you stated publicly in December last year that you wanted to organize
>this event. You said that you were after encouragement from all to do this
>(as well as the email tournament) and I believe that you received it for
>both of them.  In addition to this you also sent a message to the executive
>two weeks ago saying that you would put something together in the next few
>days regarding this tournament. To now say that there is no current plan for
>the DAANZ to run GongGon in 2006 is a gross misrepresentation of the facts!
>You are the one who put his hand up to do this publicly and to the executive
>9 months ago. You were given ample opportunity to opt out of this or to
>advise the diplomacy community of its running a long time ago.  To blame
>this tournaments demise on the executive is fucking unfair... It is the
>executives responsibility to affiliate / endorse tournaments - not run /
>organize them.
> 
>Rather than let this tournament fall into the abyss, and as the most active 
>Wollongong player remaining in the hobby, I've been thinking about taking on
>
>the role of Tournament Director for this endangered event.  
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>You are the only active player who lives in Wollongong. It is your
>responsibility to organize this if you want it held in your home town. It is
>endangered as there are no other active players in the town. It is turning
>into the Wellington tournament of Australia, where the majority of players
>come from out of town (mind you not saying that there are others that are
>not in the same position).
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>To confirm that GongCon 2006 will go ahead, I require 2 things before 
>Tuesday the 26th of September (2 weeks time) :-
>1.  Official DAANZ approval and endorsement of the Diplomacy Tournament for 
>the purposes of both Bismark and Masterpoints.
>2.  At least 7 people confirm thier intention to participate in the
>Diplomacy 
>Tournament.
>
>Was this your official request to the executive? We were actually waiting
>for you to send something through to us first before officially announcing
>it.
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>In this particular case, and with only 3-4 people stating interest thus far,
>there is some uncertainty as to whether you can get enough players - and you
>can take that as a challenge to actually get them:-). At this time, I
>personally, would prefer that you had a definite confirmed seven players
>before this is even considered for affiliation in any way. 
>
>With regards to 2 rounds and restrictions this is something that I am not
>commenting on at this particular time.  I will soon though :-)
>
>Also, with regard to growing the tournament - how do you see this happening
>with only 7 players?
>
>In addition can you confirm that the winner of the Anzac cup will actually
>be present at GongCon?  It would seem rather strange to promote this
>tournament as the prize giving for an email tournament that only officially
>concludes a week earlier. Should we be not look at a ceremony taking place
>at an early tournament held next year, where you can have the presentation,
>as the Bismark Cup is done? You will also be in a position to canvas for
>more players for the next one (if you plan to hold it again)?
>
>Anyway these are just my thoughts.........
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>GrAnT
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