[Newsletter] President's Message.

[Jil Segerman]

Just seen your March 3rd email, I will include the bit about Conversion.

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 at 12:46, Jil Segerman <jil.segerman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Toby
> Should we include any of this in the Newsletter?  That would make it a
> permanent record on our website, which I imagine your email is not.
> Jil
>
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 18:34, TobyManning via Newsletter <
> newsletter at lists.britgo.org> wrote:
>
>> I am writing to update members on two important issues.
>>
>> Conversion to a Company Limited by Guarantee.
>>
>> On 27 January I wrote to you to initiate the consultation process
>> concerning our detailed proposals to convert the BGA from an Unincorporated
>> Assocviation to a Company Limited by Guarantee. Our proposals were
>> published at www.britgo.org/conversion , and we asked for your comments
>> by the end of February. We received several thoughtful and helpful
>> comments, which can be seen at www.britgo.org/council/comments . Also
>> shown on that page are our responses to those comments, shown in italics.
>>
>> There are still a couple of comments to which responses are in
>> preparation, so we are extending the period for comments by a week. We then
>> intend to publish our revised proposals, which will take account of the
>> comments which we have received. We still intend to put forward a
>> substantive motion to the AGM which we are scheduling for late May.
>>
>> Russian Invasion of Ukraine
>>
>> Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Council took the view that we
>> should take action against the Russian Go Federation. There has
>> subsequently been a debate, on Go Talk and elsewhere, with views ranging
>> from the hawk - Russia should be expelled from the European Go Federation
>> (EGF) - to the dove (we should keep politics out of Go).
>>
>> This debate has now come to a head, as Ukraine has called for the
>> expulsion of the Russian Go Federation from the EGF, and the EGF has called
>> an emergency meeting for this coming Thursday to discuss it. Council has
>> considered its position, and intends to support the Ukranian resolution.
>>
>> The results of this vote will be published on our web site (see “Latest
>> News” on the home page).
>>
>> --
>> Toby Manning
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>> Newtown Linford
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>>
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