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Notice and Agenda of the 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Go Association The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Go Association will be held from 5:00pm on Friday 29 th September 2017 at the Australian Go Congress, Sydney University Building H70, Seminar Room 2290 (1st floor), The Abercrombie Business School, Abercrombie St & Codrington St, Darlington NSW. The Agenda is: 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the previous AGM 3. Reports a. President’s report b. Treasurer’s report and finance papers c. Secretary’s report 4. Election of Office Bearers President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer 3 to 5 Members 5. Proposal to Incorporate the AGA (detailed document attached) 6. Location of 2017 Nationals & AGM and appointment of Tournament Director 7. Any other business
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Notice and Agenda of the 2017 Annual General Meeting of the

Australian Go Association

The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Go Association will be held

from 5:00pm on Friday 29th September 2017 at the Australian Go Congress,

Sydney University Building H70, Seminar Room 2290 (1st floor), The

Abercrombie Business School, Abercrombie St & Codrington St, Darlington

NSW.

The Agenda is:

1. Apologies

2. Minutes of the previous AGM

3. Reports

a. President’s report

b. Treasurer’s report and finance papers

c. Secretary’s report

4. Election of Office Bearers

• President

• Vice-President

• Secretary

• Treasurer

• 3 to 5 Members

5. Proposal to Incorporate the AGA (detailed document attached)

6. Location of 2017 Nationals & AGM and appointment of Tournament

Director

7. Any other business

Australian Go Association ‐ Profit and Loss ‐ Year Ended 31 December 2017 (as of 28 September 2017)

2017 2016IncomeBulk Membership Fees $1,000.00 $800.00 (note 2)Sustaining Memberships $200.00 $150.00 (note 3)Individual Memberships $240.00 $290.00 (note 5)Tournament income $0.00 $360.00 (note 4)Specific purpose donations $0.00 $1,000.00General donations $127.90 $0.50 (note 1)Money to be held as agent $1,141.43 $0.00 (note 12)Interest $0.00 $0.00Sales of merchandise $75.00 $70.00 (note 6)Total Income $2,784.33 $2,670.50

ExpensesIGF Dues $292.00 $509.69 (note 7)Bank and Transaction Charges $144.80 $65.22 (note 8)Tournament expenses $200.00 $300.00 (note 4)Internet hosting $139.72 $609.75 (note 10)Sponsorships $0.00 $1,600.00Scholarships and Bursaries $250.00 $250.00 (note 11)Disbursement of money to be held as agent $570.71 $0.00 (note 12)Write‐offs and adjustments $79.47 $6.31Postage, freight and stationery $146.23 $92.50Software, data and media licensing $430.31 $0.00 (note 9)Cost to buy merchandise $0.00 $1,485.00Depreciation $0.00 $0.00 (note 11)Total Expenses $2,253.24 $4,918.47

Net Income $531.09 ‐$2,247.97

note 1: donations from David Mitchell via PayPal, and David Bofinger in personnote 2: bulk dues for players in Queensland Go Society, Victorian Go Club, Sydney Go Club, Sydney University GC, Sydney Korean Baduk Association at $200 eachnote 3: David Bofinger, Neville Smythe, B J Humphreys, Myung H Ahn at $50 eachnote 4: the AGA only directly runs the Australian Digital; the 2017 Australian Digital had not been run as of this writing, only leftover prize money to disburse from 2016note 5: 24 individual memberships including the ones paid post‐Nationals in December 2016note 6: lapel pins from inventory at $5 each, $20 to David Mitchell via PayPal and $55 sold for cash in person post‐AGM at 2016 Nationalsnote 7: paid as usual by Neville Smythe in person at the WAGC, reimbursed from the AGA bank accountnote 8: $10/month bank account fees to September, $2.50 misc transfer fees, the rest in PayPal chargesnote 9: the AGA bought screening rights for The Surrounding Game for its members (1 showing at nationals) and a media kit, by reimbursing David Mitchell who mail‐ordered itnote 10: $10.95 USD/month reimbursed to AHD from 8 December 2016 to datenote 11: we don’t have any capital assets, and so do not depreciate themnote 12: AGA was sent Amy Song and David He’s prize money from the 2016 World Pair Go Cup; Amy’s half has been bank transferred to her mother, waiting on David

Australian Go Association ‐ Balance Sheet – Year ended December 31, 2017 (as of 28 September 2017)

ChangeASSETSCurrent assetsTransaction bank account $7,229.23 $6,052.44 $8,243.95 $1,176.79PayPal balance $0.00 $0.00 $56.44 $0.00Amounts owed to AGA $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Inventory of AGA merchandise note 1 $2,355.00 $2,430.00 $0.00 ‐$75.00Total current assets $9,584.23 $8,482.44 $8,300.39 $1,101.79

Fixed assets note 2 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Fixed assets accumulated depreciation note 3 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00TOTAL ASSETS $9,584.23 $8,482.44 $8,300.39 $1,101.79

LIABILITIESCurrent liabilitiesPrepaid dues note 4 $0.00 $0.00 $200.00Hosting reimbursements owed to AHD $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $500.40Money owed to be paid onwards $570.71IGF dues reimbursements owed to Neville $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $243.69Total current liabilities $570.71 $0.00 $944.09 $570.71

Long‐term liabilitiesUnrealised profit on unsold AGA merchandise note 1 $986.58 $986.58 $0.00Total long‐term liabilities $986.58 $986.58 $0.00

TOTAL LIABILITIES $1,557.29 $986.58 $944.09NET ASSETS $8,026.94 $7,495.86 $7,356.30 $531.08

EQUITYOpening balance $7,495.86 $7,356.30Change in equity $531.08 $139.56Closing balance $8,026.94 $7,495.86

note 1 we value lapel pins at $5 sale price inc GST each, bought 500, so far have sold 14 ($2.70 + GST cosnote 2 we don’t have any fixed assetsnote 3 ...therefore we don’t depreciate themnote 4 Victoria Go Club paid $400 in FY2015 to cover 2015 and 2016 and $200 in FY2016 to cover 2017 d

2017 2016 2015

September 2017

AGA Secretary’s Report for 2017 David Mitchell The Australian Go Association is an association of members, its strength and future is in the hands of those

members. On 4th September 2017 we have 345 members, 261 are in NSW, Victoria 41, Queensland 23, ACT 9,

WA 4 with SA 5 and Tasmania 1. There has been a slight increase since last year but membership numbers have

been in the 300 range for many years.

AGA membership does not represent the prevalence of Go in Australia, there are many millions of people in

Australia with a cultural background that includes Go – however very few of these people know that Go is

played in Australia or that there’s a national organization.

Right now, people who play Go in Australia must have two aims, to improve their own skill and to spread the

game to others (and not necessarily in that order). Members need to promote the game and bring in more

people, this means setting up a club at your university or in your home, teaching absolute beginners to play and

sharing your knowledge, books and time with people so they can learn and improve.

For parents, it means approaching the school your children attend and asking if Go/Baduk/Wei Chi can be

included into their language or cultural program. In N.S.W. the cultural curriculum for Asian studies includes

learning a pastime – many schools pick on kite making or mah-jong because they don’t know any better. The

AGA has limited resources – both people and money but we do have information and some equipment that can

help teachers.

The only way things will change is if the current membership follows the example of Cindy Xu (the founding

president of the University of Sydney Go Club) and Daniel Li who give their time to promote the game and

inspire people to learn. The University of Sydney club enrols 100+ beginners each year and has regular lessons

to help the newbies learn. Sure, there’s churn but there are always 10 to 15 who continue and those that tried

and gave up are not a lost cause, they know about the game and may return in the future because they are

aware.

Money or more accurately resources is also a problem.

The Korea Baduk Association (KBA) continue their strong support for the AGA and Go players in Australia. Their

assistance and that of the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the National Sports Promotion

Corporation have been of great value to Go in Australia.

Raphael Shin and his business enterprises make ad-hoc cash donations, and support tournaments such as the

Australian Go Congress and Hanho cup with very large sums of money and resources.

The KBA and Raphael deserve high praise for their support of the AGA but the AGA or more correctly its

members are not doing much to help themselves. We, the members of the AGA need to take action, promote

the game, get sponsors, set up clubs and teach people young & old otherwise we will continue to have around

300 members in 2030 and beyond.

AGA committee activities There have been four committee meetings so far in 2017 and another is scheduled just prior to the AGM.

The committee selected Justin Shao to attend the Kuksu Mountain Cup and the Promising players program

studying with up and coming Korean players and top professionals and we have established more clubs using

the sets provided by the KBA.

The Third Australian Go Congress has also seen great support, physical and financial from Raphael Shin and the

Hanho Newspaper. This year the Congress will be combined with the AGA’s National Championships.

During 2017 there have been new projects as well as the continuation of existing initiatives. In summary, the

AGA achievements are:

• The committee established guidelines and assistance for tournament directors. It is hoped this will

encourage more people to hold tournaments in Australia.

• The Youth sub-committee continues its work to promote Go to young people around Australia.

Members with young children are encouraged to ask teachers to include Go in their language and

culture subjects. The AGA has materials, advice and guidance ready to help teachers and parents alike.

• The staging of the third Online Go Tournament has been delayed until the end of 2017 for

organizational reasons.

• The AGA has invested in lapel pins which are available to all members at a cost of $5 each plus $2

postage and packing. The pins will also be used as small gifts to visiting professional and other valued

guests.

• In March, we established a learning web site (aga.baduk.org.au) to help low to middle level players learn

and improve their game. Articles have been written by James Kaaden and me (David Mitchell) and more

will be added in the coming months.

• A proposal to Incorporate the AGA was approved by the committee with no votes against and one

abstention. The proposal will be discussed and a decision made at the AGM.

• Updates and maintenance of AGA rating system (Agatha) continues thanks to Neville Smythe.

• The continued use of Facebook and other social media opportunities is proving to be a reasonable way

to engage with Go players in Australia (AGA members or not). Occasionally comments are made that go

against the spirit of Go and good fellowship but for the most part the presence is a benefit to all.

With the approval of the AGM, the AGA will become an Incorporated organization, this will give us the ability to

apply for grants and sponsorship but it’s only a single step. The important thing is the promotion of the game –

if in 2018 each AGA member taught just one friend to play and join AGA membership would double.

David Mitchell, Secretary, AGA

AGA Incorporation

Proposal

That the AGA register with the NSW Department of Fair Trading as a Tier 2 Incorporated

Association using the existing constitution under the NSW Associations Incorporation Act 2009

No 7.

That the AGA committee prepare a revised constitution should the existing constitution be

rejected by the NSW Department of Fair Trading and submit that constitution to an EGM no

later than 31st March 2018.

Proposed – David Mitchell;

Seconded – Neville Smythe

Voting Voting will occur at the AGM, in addition the AGA Constitution allows for absentee voting.

If you wish to vote by email, please use your AGA registered email address and send your name

and if known your AGA membership number along with your vote of either ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to

[email protected] by midnight on 28th September 2017.

Background

The Australian Go Association has a little over 300 members and has had a similar number for

many years. The potential number of Go players is much higher, probably around 20,000 (taking

into account the number of people with Japanese, Korean and Chinese heritage)

The AGA can continue as it is or it can prepare itself to grow and develop. The proposal to

incorporate the AGA and making it a legal entity is a small but necessary step to enable the AGA

to apply for grants, to engage in agreements in its own right and to protect its members from

legal action.

The proposal does not change the aims or governance of the organization. It will require a more

professional approach to meeting and records keeping but all of the requirements of

Incorporation seem to be straightforward. For example, keeping the names and addresses of all

members.

The reason for incorporating in NSW is simply that I accepted the task of investigating and

preparing the proposal. Incorporation the AGA in NSW covers the whole of Australia and indeed

the rest of the world.

Supporting information

The AGA is currently a common law association. This means that all actions by and against the

AGA are the responsibility of the officers and committee members from year to year.

Members of an unincorporated association are, subject to the powers of the association's

constitution, capable of entering into contracts and doing things on behalf of other people in the

association. Every member is individually and personally responsible for any debts incurred in

the name of the association. Where an unincorporated organization enters into a contract or other

commitments individual members are responsible and may be sued1.

If adopted this change will make the AGA a 'legal person' who can enter into and enforce

contracts, open a bank account, hold, acquire and deal with property, can sue or be sued and

exists in if the members, officers and committee change.

This year the AGA was asked to back the Ing Foundation's University Tournament. This is a

great opportunity but any commitments given to the Ing Foundation are those of individual AGA

members. A similar situation exists with obtaining rights to show ‘The Surrounding Game’

movie to AGA clubs and members. Because the AGA is not a legal entity individuals must give

their backing to the Ing Corporation, similarly commitments to the producers of the movie on

copyright protection must also come from individuals.

It is hard to say what could go wrong in either case but the concerns of most committee members

is that AGA members may be held liable and whether it's civil, criminal, a Tax Office

investigation or similar the committee members will be the defendants and will have to defend

themselves from their own resources. Even if there is no case to answer there will still be legal

costs for the officers, committee members and perhaps other AGA members which could be

substantial.

The AGA Committee is fully aware of this situation and pass a motion that the AGA should be

Incorporated as soon as possible. The vote was 7 in favour, 1 abstained and 1 didn’t vote.

The rest of this document is an extract of the key issues, there is also a complete list of

information sources and associated document reading order are at the end of this document. I

encourage everybody to read this material and make an educated decision.

Note: there is a list of supporting documents – details can be found at the end of this document.

1 http://www.lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/ch08s02.php)

http://betterboards.net/non-profit-fact-sheets/unincorporated-association/

The impact on the AGA Summary of Outcomes

A successful application would establish the AGA as its own legal identity separate from its

members, providing protection to members in legal transactions. An incorporated association:

1. Is a ‘legal person’

2. Can enter into and enforce contracts in its own name

3. Can open a bank account

4. Can hold, acquire and deal with property in its own name

5. Can sue and be sued

6. Continues, even though its members may change, and

7. Has to modify its name to Australian Go Association Inc.

8. Can take out public liability insurance

9. Pays fees to register documents (less than $100 pa – see below for details)

10. Is subject to penalties for non-compliance

11. Has a public officer resident in NSW

State or National organization

Incorporating in one state, in this case NSW means the organization is Incorporated for all of

Australia, there is no legal requirement to Incorporate in each state. The only commitment is that

the AGA will have a person in NSW who is the ‘Public Officer’ for the association. The

responsibilities of the Public Officer are detailed in the Incorporation Act.

Governance processes

A key requirement of Incorporation is transparency of decision making as well as finances and

financial management. Minutes must be kept of all committee meetings and the AGM and must

detail all decisions. Those records must be freely available to members within one month of the

meeting and may be subject to inspection by the Department of Fair Trading.

Note: The AGA currently keep minutes of the AGM and all committee meetings and the

Treasurer maintains the financial records but these are not currently published as required by

the Incorporation Act. The AGA Facebook group contains some of the documents but it is

unclear if this is enough to be ‘open to inspection, free of charge, by a member of the association

at any reasonable hour.

AGA Membership records

Incorporation requires membership records to be kept up to date and accurate. The minimum

requirement is that membership records contain the member name & address. Internet

information such as email addresses, Facebook id etc. are optional. A member may also request

that all information except their name is kept private. (It should be noted this is the current

default position and will not change with Incorporation).

There are 315 people register as AGA members (as 11th June 2017), the registration database has

postal addresses for 110 of those members. Whether the association is incorporated or not this

situation should be rectified.

Clubs

There is no change to the constitution, so the status of clubs, state organizations etc are

unchanged.

Audit of Finances

Section 47 of the Act covering the annual summary of financial affairs does not require an

independent audit for a Tier 2 organisation (less than $250k revenue p.a.). The Act does require

the Tier 2 financial report to be true and fair but it does not say how that is judged.

Insurance

Once the AGA is a legal entity it may choose to take out some sort of public liability insurance, this

would be a matter for each committee to decide.

Costs

The fee for lodging the application is $168.00. There is also an annual fee to lodge the financial

statements of $44 if lodged within a month of the AGM, if the records are not lodged within a

month the cost rises to $78.

Impact on members

Reduced legal liability

Officers, committee members and ordinary members are significantly reduced legal liabilities. Officers

and committee members must not be negligent or act in a fraudulent manner but even if they occur

such actions do not impact ordinary members.

Increased Costs

The association’s costs increase (see above). There may be an insurance payment for public liability

should the committee decide to take out a policy.

Administration

All members will have to supply their name and address, where possible an email address.

Members will be able to view the records of AGM and committee meetings, both the preliminary and

approved versions.

The AGA will be able to apply for grants from local, state and federal government bodies as well as from

other commercial and charitable organizations.

The AGA will be able to receive donations and bequests in its own right.

At least one of the management team must be a resident in NSW.

People standing for a management role or committee membership will have greater protection from legal

action.

Administrative obligations and penalties

The Act requires the officers to fulfil the requirements of the Act. Offences for which a penalty

notice may be issued and the amount of the penalty from the Schedule 4 of the Associations

Incorporation Regulation 2016 are as follows:

section 13(1): Notification of change of official address $200

section 28(5): Former committee member to hand over documents $50

section 29(1): Register of committee members to be kept $50

section 34(1): Public officer to be appointed $50

section 34(6): Public officer to notify Secretary of appointment $50

section 35(2): Former public officer to hand over documents $50

section 35(3): Vacancy in office of public officer to be filled $50

section 37(1): First AGM to be held within 18 months $50

section 37(2): AGM to be held within 6 months of end of financial year $50

section 41(1) Where name must appear $50

section 43(1): Tier 1 financial statements to be prepared and audited $200

section 44: Submission of statements and reports to AGM $200

section 45(1): Tier 1 documents to be lodged with Secretary $200

section 47(1): Tier 2 financial statements to be prepared $200

section 48: Submission of financial statements to AGM $200

section 49(1): Tier 2 financial statements to be lodged with Secretary $200

section 50(1): Records and minutes of proceedings to be kept $200

section 51(3): Direction by Secretary to audit must be complied with $200

section 90(1): Offence to use certain names $50

section 101(2): Documents to be brought to attention of committee $50

How to relinquish Incorporation

If the AGA enter into Incorporation and at some time in the future find the process onerous or

too complex then we can unincorporated the association in the following manner.

We must pass a special resolution at an AGM or EGM that:

• approves the cancellation of the AGA’s registration, and

• proposes the distribution of its assets, consistent with the association’s constitution.

An Application for voluntary cancellation of registration of an association (form AP4550G - un-

incorporation form.pdf) must be completed and lodged with Fair Trading. The application must

include:

• a copy of the special resolution that was passed

• a detailed list of the surplus assets and their proposed distribution for Fair Trading

approval

• a statement, verified by statutory declaration by a committee member, that the association

has no outstanding liabilities, and

• the association's certificate of incorporation (if still held), or a statement that it has been

lost or destroyed.

There is no fee for an application to voluntarily cancel incorporation.

Information sources

The information I've collected comes from -

http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Cooperatives_and_associations/About_associations.page;

http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Cooperatives_and_associations/Incorporating_an_associa

tion.page? and http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2009/7

The un-incorporation information is from the following URL.

http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Cooperatives_and_associations/Closing_an_association/

Voluntary_cancellation.page?

The NSW Department of Fair Trading have been contacted to clarify some of the finer points.

The following documents are available at http://aga.baduk.org.au/category/aga-documents/ -

please click on ‘Read more’ and you will see a list of all documents.

My suggested reading order of the attached documents is:

• About_associations.pdf

• Before_incorporating_a_new_association.pdf

• 2009-7.pdf – the 2009 Act

• About_the_constitution.pdf

• Current AGA Constitution.pdf

• Issue_of_penalty_notices_policy.pdf

• AP4550.pdf – Application Form 2

• AP4550l.pdf – Tier 2 Application

• AP4550G – un-incorporation form.pdf

Australian Go Association ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Go Association 2017

The meeting opened at 5:00pm on Friday 29th September 2017 at the Australian Go Congress, Sydney

University Building H70, Seminar Room 2290 (1st floor), The Abercrombie Business School,

Abercrombie St & Codrington St, Darlington NSW.

Minutes & Chair

David Mitchell

Apologies Apologies were recorded from Erli Qiu, Yoko Usami and Mark Ahn

Minutes of the 2016 AGM The minutes of the previous meeting were read. DGM moved the minutes be accepted as a true record; Tony

Purcell seconded the motion. The proposal was passed unopposed.

Reports There was no President’s report.

The Treasurer’s report is attached.

• The key points were the investment of $431 to purchase ‘The Surrounding Game’ movie which will be

shown in clubs in Queensland, Victoria and NSW.

• The Digital tournament will be held in December so there was no income of expense for that yet.

• The sale of lapel pins was slow but steady.

• The overall financial position was slightly up with enough in the bank to cover approx. 10 years of

expenditure.

The Secretary’ report is attached.

Election of office bearers The meeting thanked the existing office bearers for their efforts over the past year.

Nominations for the role of President were opened

DGM proposed Raphael Shin; James Kaaden seconded the motion) there being no other candidates

Raphael was elected unopposed.

Nominations for the role of Treasurer were opened

Anthony Purcell proposed Horatio Davis; Neville Smythe seconded the motion. There being no other

nominations Horatio was elected unopposed.

Horatio took control of the meeting for the election of Secretary

Nominations for the role of Secretary were opened

James Kaaden proposed David Mitchell; Anthony Purcell seconded the nomination; There being no

other nominations David was elected unopposed.

Matthew Crossman asked if he could understudy the role of Treasurer from Horatio. Horatio agreed.

Election of committee members Nominations for the five committee members were opened.

Neville Smythe proposed James Kaaden, Horatio Davis seconded

James Kaaden proposed Daniel Li, Horatio Davis seconded

Horatio Davis proposed Allan Hunt, David Mitchell seconded

Neville Smythe propose Erli Qiu, David Bofinger seconded

David Mitchell proposed Matthew Crossman, Horatio Davis seconded.

There were no other nominations so all candidates were elected unopposed to the AGA Committee.

Australian Go Association ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

A proposal to incorporate the AGA (full proposal attached).

There was a long debate on the subject. Concerns were raised about the amount of work and possible

fines if things were not done on time. Some of the key points were:

Horatio Davis pointed out that our current membership list missed contact details (postal address, email

address etc) for a large number of members the work to do this would take away from the Committee’s Go

tasks.

Anthony Purcell said that the collection of this information should be carried out by Go organizers around the

country, not the committee.

NS suggested there should be a Membership Registrar to coordinate and manage membership records. This

was accepted by the meeting.

Matthew Crossman volunteered for the role. The offer was accepted unopposed.

Allan Hunt was concerned the effort of incorporation would not benefit clubs

The motion was put to a vote, of the members present there were 14 in favour 2 against and no abstentions.

Email voting received by the secretary had 29 in favour and none against. There were no proxy votes.

The motion was passed 43 in favour 2 against.

Any other business

1. David Bofinger and Anthony Purcell are attending tournaments in China and Korea and asked that the

information be sent to all AGA members. Any responses should be sent to Anthony Purcell. Raphael Shin

knew of some people from the SKBA who were going so David and Anthony will liaise with Raphael. DGM

reported that information of both event had already been sent to members but there were no other

attendees at this time. Any enquiries will be forwarded to David and Anthony.

2. Horatio Davis reported that the Australian Digital Tournament will be held in December. This was one of

the most popular events on the tournament calendar and players and organizers were encouraged to

participate. Matthew Crossman and Anthony Purcell agreed to help Horatio with the next Digital

Tournament so that others can run the event in future.

3. Neville Smythe proposed a vote of thanks to Allan Hunt for the survey carried out a few months ago;

seconded by David Mitchell. The motion was carried unopposed. Horatio agreed to publish the results on

the AGA server along with David Mitchell’s analysis of some ‘free text’ answers.

4. Neville Smythe proposed a vote of thanks to Raphael for his support of The Go Congress and Go in

Australia; seconded by James Kaaden. The motion was passed unopposed.

Close

The meeting closed at 6:11pm

Australian Go Association ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Members present at the meeting:

Allan Hunt An Younggil Matthew Crossman

Markus Pache Raphael Shin Tony Oxenham

Anthony Purcell David Bofinger Huazen Liu

Yuhan Zhang Bowen Ge Cary Jin

Bekki Yu Daniel Li David Mitchell

Horatio Davis Neville Smythe

Australian Go Association ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Email votes for Incorporation proposal received prior to the meeting:

Member No. Preferred name vote

09-002 Bill Leveritt y

09-093 Cindy Xu y

09-100 Yoon Gook Noh y

09-105 Hak Beom Seo y

09-106 Won Joong Lee y

10-037 Chulhwan Choi y

10-045 Dae Hyun Cho y

12-028 Yu Won Kim y

13-022 Huazhen Liu y

13-045 Mark Ahn y

14-011 Jay Rie y

14-013 Jinyeon Jung y

14-037 Joseph Jeon y

15-011 Hwasoo Kim y

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16-024 Daniel Li y

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16-084 Bowen Ge y

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16-162 Jimmy Nguyen y

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17-062 Zhumin Yu y

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