Greetings WGPO members, Nominations for the WGPO Executive Committee and Board of Player Representatives are now open. There is 1 seat open on the Executive Committee and 2 seats open on the Board of Player Representatives. Each leadership position has…
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WGPO Lexicon Survey and December Referendum
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WGPO Lexicon Survey Results In July 2020, WGPO sent out a survey to its membership to ask for their opinions on whether words deemed slurs and/or offensive should be removed from the lexicon. The purpose of the survey was to…
Word Cup Cancelled for July 2020
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Dear Friends, With sadness, the WGPO Executive Committee and Board of Player Representatives have voted to cancel this year’s Word Cup event in Naperville, IL due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our intention is to reschedule in Naperville, IL for Summer…
WGPO Election Results
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The annual WGPO election closed at midnight December 14. The bylaws revision passed overwhelmingly. Henceforward, players in WGPO tournaments will be required to be members of WGPO. All incumbents won reelection to their seats. Mike Johnson and Steve Pellinen had…
Share your news via a new WGPO group forum
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Dear Friends, Yahoo recently announced that it is winding down its yahoo-groups forum and listservs. While WGPO’s current yahoo-groups listserv will likely be functional for at least the near future, it is time for WGPO to move to a more…
Janice is retiring – Can you help us?
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Dear Friends, This fall, Janice Kaye has let the Executive Committee know that after over 9 years as WGPO’s Treasurer, she has decided that it is time for her to step down from this role. The Executive Committee and Board…
Save the Date: Word Cup 10 – Chicagoland – West Suburbs
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New Words for Collins™ Too!
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Dear Friends, The updated international wordlist (aka Collins™ or CSW19) is now available, and we at WPGO are excited to start using the newly added words like EW, OK, and ZE. To match other organizations around the globe, WGPO will…
Tournaments will use updated word list beginning February 1, 2019
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Dear WGPO Members, In light of Merriam-Webster’s most recent update to the OSPD in 2018, the WGPO BPR/EC has approved the use of the new word list for use in all WGPO tournaments effective February 1st. Many clubs will start using…
WGPO Annual Election is Completed
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All candidates were unopposed. Out of 143 registered voters, 102 ballots were cast. No candidate received more than 87 votes, however. Elected to the Executive Committee: Deborah Baggett. Deborah is new to the board. For the Board of Player Representatives: …