[Newsletter] President's Message.

[Jil Segerman]

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
> 26 Groby Lane
> Newtown Linford
> LE6 0HH
> 01530 245298
>
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