AGA Go Congress in Seattle !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bill Chiles

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Apr 30, 2026, 2:11:31 PMApr 30
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TL;DR -- U.S. Go Congress in Seattle 16-25 JUL 2027 at the SeaTac Hilton, and we very much need volunteers to host the congress.  In addition to karma and giving back to the community, some bigger or more important roles have compensation (congress fee, room fees, banquet fee, etc).  Seattle also receives a VERY large donation from the AGA for our efforts.  Please see links/contact info below.  

MORE INFO:
Hey, all.  We are very excited to announce that we have negotiated with the AGA to hold the U.S. Go Congress in Seattle 16-25 JUL 2027!!!  Thanks to Ken Reppart and Tony Chick for signing up last year to be co-directors and doing a lot of footwork to review venues and contracts with the AGA to find a location (SeaTac Hilton at a light rail stop).  Chris K, founder and director, has been helping a ton with his decades of experience running Go congresses.  The Go Congress was in Seattle in 1986, 1995, 2005, and 2013.  It was the organizational ability of the Seattle Go community and the quality of the 1995 congress that was a key factor in Iwamoto Sensei deciding to locate a Go Center in Seattle.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS
We can only pull this off with the local Go community stepping up and volunteering.  Your efforts pay out in karma 😊, a sense of giving back to the community, and lead to a large donation from the AGA to Seattle to support Go here.  Also, some larger, key roles provide free congress registration, hotel room, banquet, or partial coverage of those.

Volunteer roles doc:

Most important roles to fill (all have full or partial compensation, see document):
 * Marketing Manager -- oversees messaging, promoting, and reaching out to community from now until JUL 2027
 * Volunteers Manager -- oversees all aspects of organizing and compensating volunteers 
 * UX Designer/Logo -- see below
 * Treasurer -- oversees all bookkeeping, budgets, and actuals
 * IT manager -- oversees tech, manages webmaster and A/V crew, internet, etc
 * Webmaster -- manages marketing website
 * Fundraising Assistant -- identifies and secures corporate, small business, and community support

Those are just the most immediate / big roles, but we need many folks at the event and in the days of head of it to make it all happen.  Please look at the documents to see how you can help.

LOGO HELP
We are looking for immediate ideas for a congress logo and would love to hear from anyone with a creative side.  Ultimately, we will need a designer to make a few final images and formats for different uses.  We don't know if we can pay for chosen ideas/designs or have a prize for a winning design, but if that's something you need, we would still like to hear from you.  Here are a few of our past designs:

Contact Info

Ken and Tony are point on the entire effort, but you can reply to this mail or check out the forms links (reach out any way that's easy for you).

Again, please reach out if you have any interest in helping in any way.  It will take many folks to make the Go Congress happen.  It is awesome to have it local for easy attendance.  It is great to receive the funds from the AGA for hosting the congress.  it is a win-win all around 😊.

Thanks,
Bill, Ken, Tony, and Kyle

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