Promoting Go in the UK and beyond

This is one of the BGA Job Descriptions pages.

Current List of Officers

Membership Secretary

The Membership Secretary is responsible for maintaining the BGAs membership database, sending out renewal reminders, processing membership applications and issuing membership cards. Any enquiries about go and the BGA can be received and dealt with, especially those of the kind: "Is there a club or another player in my area?". The Membership Secretary can look 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 BGJ. Currently the BGA also has an advertised London phone number belonging to another BGA member.

Recruitment

Suggests ways of and encourages recruitment to the BGA.

Club Development

Suggests ways of and encourages club development, possibly using the Regional Representatives.

Student Development

Suggests ways of and encourages development of Go amongst students.

Regional Representative

Usually known as "Uncles", representatives for ten areas of the British Isles are available to encourage clubs in their area. This system is currently under review whilst the post of Club Development official remains vacant. Depending on discussions with whoever volunteers for that post, it may be that the network of "Uncles" will be replaced by the Club Development post, or it may be that he or she will work to revitalise the "Uncles" system.