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Responsible for maintaining our membership database, sending out renewal reminders, processing membership applications and issuing membership cards. Any enquiries about Go and the Association can be received and dealt with, especially those of the kind: "Is there a club or another player in my area?".

The Membership Secretary also looks for possibilities for formation of new clubs and provide contact information to those wishing to do so. Labels are provided for the despatch of mailings to the membership and currently despatch is arranged of the British Go Journal.

To encourage and support Go playing in clubs and schools; including organising visits, tuition and recruitment, promoting the formation of new clubs and teaching events.

To encourage and support Go playing in clubs and schools; including organising visits, tuition and recruitment, promoting the formation of new clubs and teaching events.

Main contact with the European Go Federation

The Marketing Manager is responsible for initiating, managing and monitoring of all marketing initiatives. These include

• encouraging and helping with publicity for our own tournaments and other events
• identifying and developing publicity for other target opportunities
• participating in exhibitions and other kinds of external events
• handling relations with other external UK organisations not directly covered by other officials, e.g. the Anglo-Japan Society

Acts as a first point of contact for members of the press. He or she also provides assistance to other Go organisers in preparing press releases.

Our representative to the Sports and Recreation Alliance (used to be called CCPR).

Administers the Gotalk email list, checking for bouncing addresses and incorrectly rejected messages.

Organises the BGA's online leagues.

Responsible for monitoring and administration of our britgo Twitter account

Responsible for the overall maintenance of the website. This policy statement describes the policy followed and lists those who are responsible for sections of the site.

Keeps the BGA website's index up to date.

Provides support for the training and encouragement of players at and below 10 kyu.

Organises the Online Study Group, formerly the Shodan Challenge, setting up and maintaining the list of challengers and their mentors.

Provides the BGA with training advice and material that can be used to run seminars or courses.

Selling books and sets at tournaments and other events.

The bookseller also wishes to help those organising outreach events of any form to achieve the benefits of bulk buying. Organisers are encouraged to contact the bookseller to discuss requirements and transport arrangements.

Advises and assists the editor of the Journal.

Responsible for producing electronic Newsletters per year and inserts into the BGJ. The Newsletter contains recent news and tournament results and also contact information for forthcoming tournaments.

GoDraw is the program that provides the draw for our McMahon organised tournaments. It has a Windows interface and is constantly being improved. You can download GoDraw via the BGA software pages.

Suggests and encourages referee training and provides material for referee courses.

Maintains our Tournament Calendar and provides support to tournament organisers. As there are less than 52 events in a year, there is an attempt to smooth out the calendar so some months are not too crowded with events. Certainly there should not normally be two events the same weekend, and especially not the same day.

To choose a date for your tournament, look at the calendar to see what is available, taking note of the geographic spread of events in a particular month as well as the date. Then check with the coordinator that your date is suitable and it will be added to the calendar, provisionally until you confirm the date and provide more information.

If your date is acceptable as fitting into our calendar, then the tournament will be listed and you will able to borrow our tournament equipment and even get assistance with running your event. In return you will be expected to pay the Tournament Levy and provide the results of your event electronically to us (primarily for rating purposes).

Collects the results from all UK tournaments and ensures that they are sent to the Web Site Editor for the results section and to the European ratings system in the correct format.

To increase the exposure of Go in schools and other educational facilities, by establishing and maintaining contacts with schools, education authorities and throughout the world of education and visits schools to give an introduction to Go.

Also gives advice to other Go players on teaching Go and setting up clubs for youth Go.

Develops and maintains the code of the SIG server.

Organises international matches with other countries, normally via the Internet.

Maintains contact lists of school clubs, teachers and junior players; and sends out information on junior Go via the youth-go list

Co-ordinates contact with schools in a particular area, providing advice and help where needed.

Co-ordinates contact with schools in a particular area, providing advice and help where needed.

Co-ordinates contact with schools in a particular area, providing advice and help where needed.

Organises online teaching sessions for promising junior players