AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL: News from the American Go Association June 5, 2000 In This Edition: - CALENDAR OF EVENTS - GO NEWS: Go Camp Update, Go Congress Favorites: All Go All Day, Get The Word Out - CHAPTER NEWS: Two New Clubs in Maryland & Texas - SCOREBOARD: Maryland Open update; Go Camp Update - AGA OFFICER CONTACT LIST CALENDAR OF EVENTS THIS WEEKEND! June 10-11: BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN WITH THE BROOKLYN GO CLUB REOPENING CELEBRATION GO TOURNAMENT Brooklyn, NY Marc Palmer mailto:morrsarian@juno.com 718-636-6348 June 18: FATHERS DAY BARGAIN TOURNAMENT Lancaster, PA Sam Zimmerman mailto:szimmerman@wareunl.com (717) 892-1249 (Children with father half-price) JUNE 24-25, "SPRING" TOURNAMENT Raleigh, NC Joe Berry (919) 787-4358 mailto:jberry02@bellsouth.net July 8-9: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN GOE TOURNAMENT (AGTC) University of San Francisco, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA; Sponsored by: the American Go Association, The Ing Chang-Chi Goe Educational Foundation, American Ing Goe Pre-register by mailing fees to: American Ing Goe, 3848 Ceasar Chavez Ave., San Francisco, CA 94131 Info: Mike Bull, mailto:bull@lanminds.com JULY 9: MGA SUMMER TOURNAMENT Boston, MA Don Wiener (617) 734-6316 mailto:donwiener@earthlink.net JULY 13-16: YANG YI-LUN PRO WORKSHOP Mahwah, NJ Instructor: Yang Yilun, 7-Dan Pro. John Stephenson; mailto:jcs@nngs.cosmic.org August 5-13: U.S. GO CONGRESS Denver, CO Stu Horowitz, Director; gocongress2000@uswest.net 303-258-3624 http://www.usgo.org/congress/index.html NOTE: this listing is not all-inclusive, featuring only upcoming tournaments in the next month or events which require early registration. For a complete listing, go to http://www.usgo.org/usa/tournaments.html GET LISTED & BOOST TURN-OUT! Got an upcoming event? Email details to us at journal@usgo.org GO NEWS GO CAMP UPDATE Go Camp for kids is now filled and registration is closed, reports Susan Weir, who adds that "We are closing in on meeting our scholarship goals, but are still short $400 out of the total $1,000 needed for the children who need assistance." "We would like to gratefully acknowledge those who have generously donated to the scholarship fund: Dave Weimer, Phil Straus, Bill Cobb, Paul Bensen, Bob Barber, the Cleveland Go Club (Harold Lloyd), the Ann Arbor Go Club (from the Yang workshop), the Santa Fe Go Club (Willard Draisin) and the Lancaster Go Club (Sam Zimmerman). Thank you, thank you!" Go Congress Favorites: All Go All Day "My favorite parts of the Go Congress are waking up in the morning, knowing that I can play Go all day long," writes Jean, adding "and going to sleep at night, knowing I've played all the Go that day that I was capable of." What's your favorite thing about the Go Congress? Inquiring minds want to know! Email us today at mailto:journal@usgo.org GET THE WORD OUT Reach 1,300 readers coast-to-coast every week! List your Go event/news In the E-Journal! CLUB NEWS Two New Clubs Meet This Week: - Waco, Texas: the first meeting of the new Waco Go Club is this Saturday, June 10th, at 1:00 PM at the Compass Bookstore on Waco Drive. For details or directions, contact Steve Rich at mailto:steve_rich@baylor.edu - Frederick, Maryland: first meeting is this Wednesday, June 7, 7 PM. Directions: Bob Mills mailto:frederickgo@earthlink.net SCOREBOARD MD Open Update -52 players competed in the Maryland Open over Memorial Day weekend. 2000 Philadelphia Go Tournament and Vietnamese Banquet March 25; 35 players TD: CHUCK ROBBINS; Organizer: PHIL STRAUS 4 Game Winners: HUANG, Tong 3k 3 Game Winners: ZHU, Gordon 7D; BARBERI, Steve, 1K; HAMMERMAN, Joseph, 2K; ZIMMERMAN, Samuel, 3K; MOTT, Rick, 4K; WALKER, Mead 7K; NARUDZAY, John 9K. RATINGS UPDATE New ratings are out! Check the website (www.usgo.org) for the full list. The following members recently played in their first rated events and we're pleased to recognize their new official ratings: ZHU, Gordon, 6D; MIZUSAWA, Shuma, 6D; MOON, Tak Han, 6D; IEDA, Akamasa, 5D; WATANABE, Koichi, 4D; YAO, Hua, 3D; YOKOMICHI, Koni, 2D; PARK, Myung Kyu, 1D; TAKEICHI, Tetsuo, 1D; XU, Suquan, 1K; CARL Jr., Joseph, 4K; ZHANG, Yonghe, 4K; FERGUSON, John, 4K; WATTERSON, Scott, 4K; ISHIZUKI, Seiji, 5K; BRIDGES, Patrick, 5K; NOONAN, Matt, 7K; SCHULZGEN, Axel, 7K; TAKEICHI, Mizuri, 9K; TVEDT, Wayne, 9K; HECK, Gus, 10K; GONZALEZ, Javier, 11K; BACKUS, Matt, 11K; ROSEN, Nicholas, 12K; WESTFALL, Dan, 13K; GERNI, Gabriel, 14K; SCOTT, Bill, 15K; GRADY, Bill, 15K; MCCALL, Greg, 17K; LAU, Simon, 17K; JONES, Shay, 17K; BARCLIFT, Michael B., 19K; ZHAO, Jennifer, 22K; SHIPMAN, Matt, 24K; HALDEMAN, Kenneth, 30K; BURRALL, Julie, 30K; RATANATHARA-THORN, Rebecca, 32K. AGA OFFICER CONTACT LIST: President; Roy Laird: mailto:president@usgo.org Eastern VP; ChenDao Lin: mailto:vp-eastern@usgo.org Central VP; Jeff Shaevel: mailto:vp-central@usgo.org Western VP; Larry Gross: mailto:vp-western@usgo.org Ulo Tamm, Treasurer: mailto:UTamm@worldnet.att.net Membership Secretary; John Goon: mailto:membership@usgo.org Chapters Coordinator; Bill Cobb: mailto:chapters@usgo.org Mike Bull, Tournament Coordinator: mailto:bull@lanminds.com None Redmond, Education Coordinator: mailto:chinski@jps.net Chris Kirschner, Congress Liaison Officer: mailto:chrisk@accessone.com AGA website; Gordon Fraser and Chuck Robbins: mailto:webmaster@usgo.org American Go Foundation: Terry Benson mailto:terrybenson@delphi.com AGA Librarian: Craig Hutchinson mailto:crhutch@erols.com Published by the American Go Association Material published in " AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL" may be reproduced by any recipient: please credit the AGEJ as the source. 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