Four of the seven WGPO Board of Directors’ positions were on the ballot. We had five good candidates. Current board members Steve Pellinen and Laurie Cohen were re-elected. They’ll be joined by Conrad Bassett-Bouchard and Kathleen Murphy. Congratulations to the…
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WGPO Board Nominations are in: Here are the Candidates
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Updated December 3: The terms of four board members; Steve Pellinen, Keith Hegel, Laurie Cohen, and Helen Flores, expire at the end of the year. Steve and Laurie are running for re-election, Helen and Keith are not. We have three additional…
Deadline for Nominations for WGPO Board Of Directors is Approaching
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The Word Game Players’ Organization (WGPO) Annual Election of Directors will be held in December 2022 Board Positions Open: Four Board of Director positions are open for election/re-election to serve for a two-year term, 2023 – 2024. Current Board members…
Updated WGPO Sanctioned Tournament Requirements
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Updated WGPO SanctionedTournament Requirements Effective: January 2, 2022 Requirement #3 Amended effective: April 1, 2022 Requirement #2 Amended effective: May 21, 2022 Requirements #2 and #3 Amended effective: November 1, 2022 These requirements amend and supersede Updated Tournament Rules issued by…
Updated WGPO Sanctioned Tournament Requirements
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The Board updated the WGPO Sanctioned Tournament Requirements again on May 21, 2022, adding vaccination requirements for players from countries outside of North America. The document linked to here supersedes the policy previously posted on the website in its entirety. Tournament Req. Amended May…
Updated WGPO Tournament Rules
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Updated WGPO Sanctioned Tournament Requirements Effective: January 2, 2022 Requirement #3 Amended effective: April 1, 2022 These requirements amend and supersede Updated Tournament Rules issued by the Board of Player Representatives (BPR), effective September 1 – December 31, 2021. Rules apply to…
Jacobstein, Anderson, Cardia elected to WGPO board
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The results are in. It was a tight race. Bennett Jacobstein, Will Anderson, and Jan Cardia were the top three vote-getters and will serve two-year terms on the board. The changes to the bylaws were overwhelmingly approved. View the election…
Nominations are in – We have six candidates
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The election of the WGPO Board of Directors will take place from December 11 at 2 PM through just before midnight on December 15 Central Time. The WGPO board will consist of current Executive Committee and Board of Player Representatives Steve Pellinen, Keith…
Word Cup 10 New Dates: Main Event July 9-13, 2022
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Due to the continued uncertainty regarding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Directors of Word Cup 10 and the WGPO Executive Committee have decided to once again postpone Word Cup until next year. The new dates for the Word Cup Main…
WGPO Election 2020
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It is time for our annual election. Your vote matters. This year there is a referendum concerning the creation of an independent WGPO lexicon, as well as elections for an Executive Committee seat and 3 candidates for the two open…