ARA Meeting Agenda
October 22, 2024
ARA Monthly Meeting
October 22, 2024
Board Attendance: Claire, Aldwin, Edwin, Steve, Max, Bichen, Dave
Open Session
2028 election form/survey being sent out
Suggestion for a list of working groups available publicly so the community can identify what categories of work are being done and join if desired
Working group updates
Tech
Close but not quite finished
Current name “ARA Community Portal”
Demo including player spotlight and other features
Tournament placement form
Outreach
Content featuring players in the invitational, including player profiles
End of year surveys for tournament preferences
Harrison is currently just pinging/DMing each club contact, could add a club liaison ping or a club chat channel
More work is needed on socials, Laura volunteers to work on them
Rules/Judging
Meetings mainly between Steve, Gemma, and Sylvain
Lower penalties adjusted to needs of US opens, plan to go live Jan. 1, 2025.
An empty call is now a dead hand, which solves the community complaint about bad calls being warnings and wasting time
Warning/Strike system can be developed now that it is clear what infractions are warnings
Work on changing the mentality on dead hands in the US - a judge doesn’t need to call it
Resources
Tournament in a box is ready
Used at GLRO with customization and it was useful
The spreadsheet could use entry by table with a table checksum
IORMC
Coming up on 11/2. All players have confirmed they can play.
Other business
Board Elections
3 vacancies. The new bylaws increase the size from 10 to 12
Zac (Oklahoma Mahjong) is stepping down from the board. Thank you Zac for your service!
Nomination form to be sent out, currently can only self nominate because of required questions.
Pro Orgs - no additional news
Open Floor
Email advertising the working group for the 2028 cycle
This meeting was the first some assembly members had heard of specific working groups. Suggested making a public facing informal list of WGs
Closed Session
Discussion on nominating new board members
Audit of 2025 numbers, and registration process for the invitational
Creation of a temporary working group for the invitational - discuss what work needs to be done and create timeline.
Next meeting November 18, 2024, 9pm ET / 6pm PT