From: Chiaki Ito MAIL COM> Date: 25 may 2001 Subject: Re: Mind Sports Organisation reborn! Liquidation of MSO? They have been financially in trouble? I didnt know that so I am just curious. Chiaki Ito At 11:38 01/05/24 +0200, you wrote: > Company Press Release: Tuesday 22 May 2001 > Source: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Life After Death > > by David Levy > > > As many of you know the Mind Sports Organisation has been through a > very difficult time but I am delighted to announce that it has now > been resurrected. > > Following the liquidation of Mind Sports Organisation Worldwide Ltd > (MSOW) on May 2nd, all the assets of that business have been purchased > by a Swiss company. This purchase includes all the intellectual > property rights acquired in 1999 from Mind Sports Olympiad Ltd > relating to the organisation of the Olympiads themselves. > > I have been invited to assist in rebuilding the organisation and to be > the Chief Executive Officer. I have accepted this invitation with > great pleasure. Fredrik Ramberg has been invited to be the Chairman > and he has also accepted. Already funding has been found to enable the > organisation of the Mind Sports Olympiad in Prague from July 1st-8th. > > The new Mind Sports Organisation is well placed to capitalize on its > assets - the Mind Sports Olympiad, of which the 5th edition will take > place this summer, and a web site which has won many accolades and has > been ranked by Infoseek as the best in the world for logic games. > Above all, there is a dedicated group of mind sports enthusiasts > wanting to help us, people who served MSOW loyally through the most > difficult of periods, in some cases making big personal sacrifices to > do so. > > How are we going to turn the Mind Sports Organisation into a great > success? Here are just a few of our plans: > > * The organistion will be treated as two separate divisions - the Mind > Sports Olympiad and the Web site. Every Mind Sports Olympiad will be > totally self-funding, from sponsorship and entry fees, so there will > be no drain imposed by the Olympiads on commercial revenues. > * We will massively expand the "Brain Power" section of the Web site > under the editorship of Lady Mary Tovey. This will broaden the > appeal of the site to everyone who is interested in how to make > better use of their brain, attracting many more visitors to the > site. > * We shall be adding a novel and highly entertaining section to the > site, one which can be enjoyed by everyone, not just Mind Sports > enthusiasts. This will further broaden the appeal of the site. > * We will develop several types of strategic partnership with > companies and organisations in different sectors. > * We will make commercial use of our assets to attract investment. > > Today is the first day of the future of the Mind Sports Organisation. > We are convinced that the future is very bright. We are not distracted > or hampered by the problems of the past. We are committed to making > the Mind Sports movement into a major global trend. We hope we will > have your support. >