Growing

Quick thanks to all that came to play last night. Glad to see lots of faces and four boards in at least partial action at once. As a reminder, there will be a tournament in Austin the last weekend of the month; if you want to play, register now. And if you have thoughts about improving what we have going on locally, feel free to share, or just take action!

Future activities

FYI, I (Roger) will not be able to make the next meeting (Sept. 22) due to other commitments. That being said, I'd like to start trying to record what goes on during our meetings (and possibly during the extra sessions that Landon's been hosting). It would be nice to have a record of games played, opponents, handicaps, results, etc. This would allow us to have a better idea of how much handicap would be appropriate for each match, and also show some progress against peers. If you think this is a good idea, toss out some ideas about how you'd like to see it done. Just a booklet kept with the boards, something tracked here in the blog, or a more formal game database.

Also, if you guys are interested, we could designate certain days as being "official" game days, where we would submit game results to the AGA for ranking (for AGA members, anyway). Also, we may want to consider hosting a tournament again. Did it a while back with support from the Austin club, so we could give it another shot. Think it over and let us know what you'd like to see happen here at the club to help generate interest in both existing and new members.

Club Schedule Change

The SA Go Club has decided to switch to meeting on Wednesdays starting in May. We are still hosted by Dragon's Lair from 6-9pm. This will be a trial change to facilitate attendance, but if you are a San Antonio resident that would prefer to meet on a different day please state your preference in the comments below.