AGA July 2011 minutes

[jts]

I am still very curious to know what sort of mix up led to the aga forgetting to send a u.s. Rep to Korea. Are these minutes a sign that we will never be told the real story?

[pwaldron]

I am still very curious to know what sort of mix up led to the aga forgetting to send a u.s. Rep to Korea. Are these minutes a sign that we will never be told the real story?

I'm still dying to know as well. It's a curious problem to have given how short the chain of responsibility for this item was. When I was tournament coordinator the procedure was that Korea would send an email to the president with an official invitation and forms, the president would pass it along to me and then I would forward it to the representative, who would then complete the form and send it back to Korea.

Compared to some other tournaments the KPMC is easy to keep straight--it's the top placing eligible player in the previous US Open. There just aren't (or at least weren't) that many steps for things to go wrong.

If anyone is a betting person, the next dispute may focus on the WAGC. Francis Meyer was clearly the top placing US citizen in the 2010 US Open but wasn't awarded any WAGC points. It will disrupt all the point distributions for the next five years and may actually affect the selection of a representative.

[gowan]

I am still very curious to know what sort of mix up led to the aga forgetting to send a u.s. Rep to Korea. Are these minutes a sign that we will never be told the real story?

Is it possible that someone was chosen as USA rep. but backed out at the last minute and a replacement rep couldn't be found?

[Javaness2]

I am still very curious to know what sort of mix up led to the aga forgetting to send a u.s. Rep to Korea. Are these minutes a sign that we will never be told the real story?

Maybe the email went into a spam folder?
Surely though, it's possible to work out who the representative should have been. Wouldn't there be a points table somewhere.... heh! i just found some

Code: Select all

1: Chen, Zhaonian               8d    15+/w0     5-/b0     4+/b0    13+/w0     8+/w0     2+/b0  5-1-0
  [color=#BF0040]2: Ge, Yongfei                  8d     9+/b0    13+/b0     5+/w0     3+/w0     6+/w0     1-/w0  5-1-0[/color]
  3: Yin, Mingming                8d    16+/w0    10+/b0     6+/b0     2-/b0     5-/w0     7+/w0  4-2-0
  4: Tang, Curtis                 8d    12+/b0     8-/w0     1-/w0    38+/b0    14+/w0     6+/b0  4-2-0
  5: Hu, Zi Yang                  7d    37+/b0     1+/w0     2-/b0    16+/b0     3+/b0     9+/w0  5-1-0
  6: Ko, Dae Hyuk                 8d     8+/w0    11+/b0     3-/w0     7+/b0     2-/b0     4-/w0  3-3-0
  7: Koh, Juyong                  8d    23+/b0    14+/w0    13-/w0     6-/w0    25+/b0     3-/b0  3-3-0
  8: Lin, Tianyu (Bill)           7d     6-/b0     4+/b0    15+/w0    18+/w0     1-/b0    16+/w0  4-2-0
  9: Zhang, Mengchen              7d     2-/w0    22+/b0    17+/w0    10+/b0    15+/w0     5-/b0  4-2-0
 [color=#BF0040]10: Shi, Gansheng                7d    40+/b0     3-/w0    14+/b0     9-/w0    13+/b0    25+/w0  4-2-0[/color]

red=canadian

Rules:
hold US citizenship
have been physically resident in the United States for six of the past twelve months
have held continuous AGA membership for the past year
have completed ten AGA-rated games within the past year
comply with relevant drug screening policies
not be selected for the WAGC tournaments immediate preceeding or following selection as the KPMC representative.

[hyperpape]

I am still very curious to know what sort of mix up led to the aga forgetting to send a u.s. Rep to Korea. Are these minutes a sign that we will never be told the real story?

Is it possible that someone was chosen as USA rep. but backed out at the last minute and a replacement rep couldn't be found?

It was stated the the fault was the AGA, not the rep.