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 nomination period was closed on 11/28/2010. We have 5 candidates running for 3 positions on the Executive Committee and 8 candidates running for 5 positions on the Board of Player Representatives. Candidates are given 1 week until 12/5/2010 to submit their campaign statements. For a list of candidates, click here. Candidates’ campaign statements...
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From Dick McHugh, Nominations and Elections Committee WGPO Nominations received as of November 29, 2010 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Vote for three) NAME WGPO MEMBER NUMBER HOME STATE Keith Hagel 100023 Maine Rick Wong 100002 California Stephanie Steele 100001 Minnesota Jeannette Kaufman 100256 Arizona Dan Pratt 100029 Virginia BOARD OF PLAYER REPRESENTATIVES (Vote for five) NAME...
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Very recently the WGPO Club Roster was launched on the WGPO web site. For months now the WGPO Tournament Calendar has been up and running with links and information about the growing number of WGPO-approved tournaments around the country. Our membership roll continues to increase steadily. This morning a new Yahoo listserv for WGPO-certified...
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It’s hard to believe how fast the time goes by! In May of this year, Stephanie Steele organized and directed the inaugural WGPO tournament in Bloomington, MN, drawing 52 players from far and wide to enjoy the game we all love. Just 6 months later, there have now been 26 more events held in...
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The existing North American rules are currently being used for WGPO events. The Executive Committee agreed that the committee’s focus in its first year of operations will be to develop and have adopted WGPO’s own initial tournament rules, which shall maintain in substance the position of the existing rules, but rework them, as necessary,...
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The proposed WGPO Bylaws have been ratified resoundingly by the members, by a vote of 68-3, or 96 percent. The 71 players who cast votes represented about 15% of the total membership. The Official WGPO Bylaws is now filed under the “ABOUT WGPO” section. The WGPO Executive Committee deeply appreciates both the long, hard...
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