Wednesday October 12, 2022
Clossius Go Tournament Deal: Shawn Ray – aka Clossius – is offering a discounted 6-Lesson bundle pack to raise funds so he can attend a tournament. “I am well known for my Clossi Approach for Kyu players,” says Ray.
photo: Shawn Ray at the 2022 U.S. Go Congress.
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Monday February 22, 2021
The AGA is looking for someone to help with our Drupal upgrade. We are looking to take our install to Drupal 9 and make it more efficient. You can help drive the look of the AGA’s web presence to the world. The AGA Website is visited by over 20,000 visitors per month. Knowledge of Drupal needed, will need PHP knowledge for site theming. We integrate with WordPress and other custom code. If interested contact Steve Colburn to find out more.
Friday November 15, 2019
To put the time in and help this great organization? The AGA is continually looking for new talented leaders to help with our programs. We are a small core group that wears many hats. Our listing of open positions is always growing.
If you are interested please email volunteer@usgo.org for more information
Here are a few of the folks that are on the top of our search list:
AGA Treasurer
Looking for someone with a minimum 2-3 years Accounting/CPA experience. Will assist the organization in day-to-day operations with members and chapters for payment issues. Person will help run reports for various administrators for operations activities. Person will work on tax documents yearly. This position has a two year commitment.
AGA Ratings Officer
Assist current Ratings Officer. Knowledge of how ratings works is advantageous. This person will be communicating with membership and other AGA officers to answer member issues relating to tournaments. Required: programming ability including perl, mysql, version control, and linux. This person will work with our current Ratings Officer and potentially take over the position.
Drupal Developer
Looking for someone to help with our drupal upgrade. Looking to take our install to v9 and make it more efficient. Help drive the look of the AGA’s web presence. Knowledge of Drupal 7/8 needed, Helpful to have include PHP, WordPress, Drupal 8 front end development.
Monday July 8, 2019
To volunteer and help the AGA. We have a lot of moving parts and who we have now wear many many hats. Check our job posting for something that may interest you or contact volunteer@usgo.org.
We have an immediate need for the following job:
AGA Treasurer
Looking for someone with a minimum 2-3 years Accounting/CPA experience. Will assist the organization in day-to-day operations with members and chapters for payment issues. Person will help run reports for various administrators for operations activities. Person will work on tax documents yearly. This position has a two year commitment.
During the Go Congress the E-Journal is always looking for game recorders. Email the Journal to find out more information!
There will be an AGA Volunteer fair at the US Go Congress on Tuesday July 16 from 3-4PM CST in the Council room.
Wednesday May 29, 2019
-by Paul Barchilon, AGF Vice President, KGS Liaison
As many of our readers are aware, the American Go Foundation (AGF) agreed to take on ownership of the KGS Go Server in 2017. Our goal was to stabilize and grow the server, and also provide a financial buffer for the service after its creator, Bill Shubert, no longer wanted to run it. We think KGS is the best place for reviewing games online, with unparalleled game review tools, and terrific chat features that allow people to build real community. Although there are many other go servers out there, including Asian ones with beautiful graphic design and strong players, we think KGS is still a unique and valuable server. A common complaint has been that many high level dan players have moved to other servers. The AGF’s mission focuses on education and learning, and we think KGS is the perfect place for beginners and more advanced kyu players to learn and grow. Dan players are important too, but we think the server can grow more of them, and that more strong players will come back to the server if we can revitalize it.
We had hoped that by providing financial security for the server, it would be able to survive and grow on its own. However, as time has passed, it has become clear that we need more support from the community to make that a reality. Our team of programmers (all volunteers) have busy day jobs, and although they do their best, there is too much work to be done. Our admin team has also become smaller, and is greatly in need of an infusion of volunteers.
The go community should have lots of programmers out there who can help. We should also have lots of people who are willing to be admins. If you are interested in volunteering to help make KGS the best possible server it can be, please email me at kgs@agfgo.org.
On the programming level, we need people who can code in Java and Javascript. The code for ShinKGS is actually open source. Skilled coders could help us bring more features to the web compatible version of KGS and – most urgently – to create a registration module that can run from any web-browser and doesn’t require Java. If you are willing to help us with our task list, email kgs@agfgo.org.
On the Admin side, we need team players who have a helpful, forthcoming attitude, can stay calm under pressure, and are able to properly judge if, when, and how to intervene in public chats, deal with complaints and enforce KGS policies on escaping. A community only thrives with the support of those in it. The more people maintaining the spirit of KGS, the easier for all.
Admins need enough spare time to be on several times a week and should be able to keep an idle window open on the server. They should be quick to step in when needed. We also need admins in many languages and time zones, and would like to have at least one admin on at any given time.
While the AGF owns KGS and, with the help of many donors, provides the basic financial support, KGS really belongs to all of us. If the server is to move forward, we need help from the community.
Monday May 6, 2019
We here at the American Go Association do a lot of work for our members. We love doing it and we want to do more for you. We need your help. The AGA is looking for some good folks to help us out. There are a number of positions that we are currently looking for. If you think you would fit one of these roles please send us an email to volunteer@usgo.org. We’ve got a full list of open positions on our new Volunteer page. Here are two of the positions we’re actively looking for:
AGA Treasurer
Looking for someone with a minimum 2-3 years Accounting/CPA experience. Will assist the organization in day-to-day operations with members and chapters for payment issues. Person will help run reports for various administrators for operations activities. Person will work on tax documents yearly. This position has a two year commitment.
AGAGD Developer
Looking for a developer to assist with AGAGD programming and upgrades. Software is written in Django and CSS. Needs to also know some PHP and MYSQL for integration. Knowledge of docker/containers helpful.
Sunday February 24, 2019
Help with Leela Zero: Looking for assistance in installing Leela Zero on my MacBook Air (Mid 2013) running Mac OS X 10.13.5. Contact Arunas Rudvalis at rudvalis@math.umass.edu or call 619-985-4048
Wednesday September 19, 2018
Demo board wanted: “I’ve been scouring the Internet for one of those old, large, magnetic go boards that can be stood up on an easel,” writes Dirk Knemeyer. “I have learned that they are no longer easily available because the teaching methods in go have largely moved on from these large easels to computers and projectors. It seems likely that there are unused, unwanted magnetic go boards in closets or attics of go clubs around the U.S.” and Knemeyer is interesting in buying one. Reach him at dirk.knemeyer@gmail.com
Gobans & stones for sale: large lot of gobans, standard/undersize/custom boards, agate and Yunzi stones, portable complete sets, all for $300. Local pickup in West Virginia only, no shipping, near I-81 less than two hours west of the Baltimore and Washington DC beltways. Email gerratt5@aol.com or call 304-820-3167 and leave message anytime for photos. Cash, Paypal, or credit/debit card OK.
Go teachers wanted: An Oakton VA family is currently looking for a teacher for a 5-year old beginner; contact Mr. Zhang at zhiyuanz@gmail.com; a Fairfax County, Virginia non-profit weekend Chinese-language school is looking for a go teacher for a class with 6-12 students; contact Ms. Liu at 6yichunzi@gmail.com
Wednesday June 13, 2018
Seeking players in Jackson, Mississippi: I am in the metropolitan area including Jackson, Flowood, Ridgeland, Madison, and Clinton. Email Sydney Andrews at sydney.tinker@gmail.com
Monday March 19, 2018
Does Crazy Stone Deep Learning run on a Mac in Emulation? Looking for someone(s) who has(have) experience in running Crazy Stone Deep Learning on a Mac using emulation such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion.
Reply to rudvalis@math.umass.edu
Sunnyvale CA players wanted: Go players and wannabe Go players aged 50 years and over, please join us in the Sequoia Room of the Sunnyvale Senior Center, 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, from 2-4pm on Fridays. Contact: Jean deMaiffe, (408) 930-5888; jean@dougandjean.com