External Relations

Chairman:

Toby Manning [1]

The aim of getting Go as well known with the British public as chess is a long way off; but that is the direction in which we are aiming. We do this by talking to the press and radio and TV with the aim of encouraging coverage of Go and Go events, and by lobbying local and national politicians. The committee is always looking at new ways to get publicity.

We are also represented from time to time at appropriate exhibitions and fairs and we maintain an archive of books, magazines and publicity material for these purposes.

The linked pages contain material to assist with the creation of press releases and other publicity material.

Some useful Publicity and Press Links:

Some articles on Go [3] which have appeared in the media
Some celebrities who played Go [4]
Some pictures of Go and Go events [5]
Frequently Asked Questions [6] about Go
Some sample press releases [7]
BGA Archive Contents [8]

Members:

Role	Job Description	Person	Trophy	Email
Archivist [9]	The Archivist looks after the BGA archive which contains material relating to the history of the BGA, including all old minuted book, and most English-language go publications. The job includes maintaining an inventory [8] of the contents of the archive. Please contact the Archivist before sending new items for inclusion in the archive.	Les Bock [9]	[10]	Email contact form [11]
EGF representative [12]	Main contact with the European Go Federation	Jon Diamond [12]	[13]	Email contact form [14]
Exhibitions [15]	Suggests and encourages publicity and teaching stands at various events.	VACANT
Mind Sports Council [16]	Represents the BGA on the Mind Sports Council (BGA plus English Chess Federation and English Bridge Union)	Toby Manning [16]	[1]	Email contact form [17]
Press [18]	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.	Peter Wendes [18]	[19]	Email contact form [20]
Publicity [21]	Suggests and encourages publicity events to be held around the country during the year.	Peter Wendes [21]	[19]	Email contact form [20]
Social Events [22]	Suggests and encourages social events to be held around the country.	Sheila Wendes [22]	[23]	Email contact form [24]
Sponsorship [25]	Solicits and encourages Sponsorship for the BGA and its events.	Jon Diamond [25]	[13]	Email contact form [14]
Sports and Recreation Alliance [26]	Our representative to the Sports and Recreation Alliance (used to be called CCPR).	Toby Manning [26]	[1]	Email contact form [17]