Announcing an enhanced logo and name contest, with entries due before May 15, 2012. Please read carefully and completely, including the expanded explanation at...
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WGPO Committees and Board of Player Representatives Meeting Phoenix, AZ February 19, 2012 Attendees: Laurie Cohen, Steve Pellinen, Rick Wong, Stephanie Steele, Larry Rand, Keith Hagel; Susan Hoehn (nonvoting), Bobbi Hendrickson (nonvoting), Janice Kaye (nonvoting), Melissa Brown (nonvoting). (Not attending: Susi Tiekert, Peggy Grant.) Keith called the meeting to order at 1 pm 1)...
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WGPO members recently APPROVED two proposals to change Article IX of the bylaws: Proposal 1. WGPO tournament directors may offer approved invitational tournaments (with further definition and approval requirements to be determined). Proposal 2. WGPO tournament directors may offer WGPO members-only tournaments. Proposal 1 received 69 YES votes and 18 NO votes. Proposal 2...
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PROPOSED That Article IX, Section 3, be amended as follows (revised wording between asterisks): ARTICLE IX Clubs and tournaments (3) WGPO-approved tournaments *normally* shall be open both to WGPO members and to players who are not WGPO members if those individuals agree to abide by the tournament rules and ethical standards of the WGPO....
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ANNOUNCEMENT By vote of 5-0, the Board of Players Representatives has recommended a change in the by-laws to liberalize the rules for individual competition and provide greater operational latitude to club directors in the conduct of tournaments. This proposal has been reviewed by the Executive Committee and forwarded to the Nominations and Elections Committee...
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As a start to the goal of moving the WGPO Word Cup around the continent, the 2012 version will be held in Bloomington, Minnesota, on August 3 – 8. Event details still need to be worked out, but there likely will be an Early Bird on Friday, August 3, followed by a five-day, 31...
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