<div dir="ltr">Just seen your March 3rd email, I will include the bit about Conversion.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 at 12:46, Jil Segerman <<a href="mailto:jil.segerman@gmail.com" target="_blank">jil.segerman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Toby<div>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.</div><div>Jil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 18:34, TobyManning via Newsletter <<a href="mailto:newsletter@lists.britgo.org" target="_blank">newsletter@lists.britgo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><span><span>I
am writing to update members on two important issues.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-weight:bold"><span><span>Conversion to a Company Limited by Guarantee.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>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 </span></span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/conversion" style="color:rgb(109,109,109);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span>www.britgo.org/conversion</span></span></a><span><span>
, and we asked for your comments by the end of February. We
received several thoughtful and helpful comments, which can
be seen at </span></span><a href="http://www.britgo.org/council/comments" style="color:rgb(109,109,109);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span>www.britgo.org/council/comments</span></span></a><span><span>
. Also shown on that page are our responses to those
comments, shown in italics.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>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.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-weight:bold"><span><span>Russian Invasion of Ukraine</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>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).</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>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.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>The
results of this vote will be published on our web site (see
“Latest News” on the home page). </span></span></p>
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Toby Manning
26 Groby Lane
Newtown Linford
LE6 0HH
01530 245298</pre>
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