THE FIRST PERSON TO EXPLAIN THE RULE BECOMES RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
They may resign only by teaching two beginners how to score.
Unofficial American Go Association gathering
THE STONES ARE SET.
NOTHING ELSE IS.
Go players, rules lawyers, wounded egos, and innocent bystanders converge for one night of beautiful strategy and administrative failure.
No rankREQUIREDNo clue preferred
* “Set” pending challenge, recount, and snack-table jurisdiction.
THIS IS NOT A CLUB NIGHT.
THIS IS A PROCEDURAL INCIDENT WITH GO STONES.
01
WHEN / WHERE / MAYBE
Next-ish gathering
THURSDAY.
DOORS AT 6:47PM.
The community room behind the community room. Follow the sound of someone explaining ko incorrectly.
Provisional agenda v. 8.2.final.REAL
A PROCESS DESIGNED
TO PRODUCE NO OUTCOME
- CHECK-INSign the wrong sheet. Receive an outdated badge.01
- MISUNDERSTANDINGSClarifications will be treated as new allegations.02
- GO, ALLEGEDLYAGA rules apply until a louder rule is remembered.03
- INACCURATE SLIGHTSOpen floor. Closed minds. Two-minute limit.04
- ADJOURNMENT APPEALMotion to leave tabled until everybody leaves.05
02
MINUTES FROM THE LAST DISASTER
Transcript reconstructed from six contradictory accounts
UNVERIFIEDCHAIR: The chair recognizes the player in the wet hat.
WET HAT: Point of order—I don’t have a hat.
BACK ROW: Is this about the ladder?
CHAIR: The ladder was tabled.
WET HAT: You can’t table a ladder.
SECRETARY: I have recorded that as a motion.
EVERYONE: What motion?
The beautiful machine
YOUR CONCERN
MATTERS TO FORM 19-B.
We believe every voice deserves to be heard, misquoted, routed to the incorrect subcommittee, and archived in a damp accordion folder.
HAVE
A CONCERN
→
A CONCERN
FILE
19-B
→
19-B
WRONG
COMMITTEE
↓
COMMITTEE
BECOME
THE CHAIR
←
THE CHAIR
LOSE
THE FORM
←
THE FORM
APPEAL
YOURSELF
YOURSELF
Rules of disorder
CALVINBALL
PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE
Every rule remains binding until anyone notices it. Tap the gavel to amend the bylaws without notice.
POINTS OF ORDER MUST BE MADE WHILE BALANCING A GO STONE.
Dropped stones are entered into the minutes as abstentions.
THE SECRETARY MAY INVENT ONE BYLAW PER WEATHER EVENT.
Indoor weather is determined by the vibes committee.
Attendance is nonbinding
SHOW UP WRONG.
No membership pitch. No rank requirement. New players get a nine-stone handicap and one free procedural error.
Current expected attendance: somewhere between 4 and a quorum.