Meeting Minutes
Board Members In Attendance
David Bresnick
Nathanael Kozinksi
Tamas Erdos
Claire Pozniak
Harrison Corp
Jai Srivastav
Laura King
Steve Augustin
Working Group Updates
2028 WRC Qualification Cycle
Board voted to send vote out to assembly
Tech
Presentation about Database future as well as the website
WG is under-resourced
One coder, zero designers, limited input from board, no regular meeting schedule
Please reach out to Tamas if interested in helping!
Progress on several new features for DB
Let Tamas of Comms know what features you want to see!
Claire interested in picking up tournament lifecycle management
Communications
WRC USA rankings up to date on the website, several new tournaments added: https://www.nariichi.org/wrc-2028-qualification
Blog posts to go up soon!
If you know the dates for tournaments/events for your club, put them into the DB calendar!
Events don’t have to be ARA ratified to be on the calendar
US Rankings
Need help with data entry, if interested reach out to Kathy or Comms!
Education
Collating peoples etiquette points and moments for next month release
Professional Organizations
World Riichi Pros
Testing is done, next month we will announce new pros!
Dec. Sparrows nest open is both WRL and ARA event
Wait list is being ground through, may still have a chance to sign up!
Saikouisen
East Coast Pro Exam late February, stay tuned for more details!
ARML
Get your games scheduled! New playoffs in a month!
Rules and judging
Waiting to meet with WRC about rules stuff
Strike system - technical strikes not really worth using
Announcing behavior strikes caused people to not disturb others
Community engagement
Make sure you are putting events in the DB calendar!!!
Incorporation
Our first working group meeting will be 11/25 Tuesday at 10pm ET / 7pm PT
Assigning research on different incorporation models pros and cons with goal of presenting to December board meeting
IORMC
Survey going out in the next week or two for IORMC cycle and communications will circulate it
Focus on making next year’s more accessible to more participants
Open Discussion
Discussion around Open Riichi
Currently an allowable mod, you must show your whole hand, and judge marks any deal-ins
OK will run at their tournament, will be a good data point to gather more info
Event Announcements/Reminders
DCO 2026
10 guaranteed hanchan!!! Aka nashi!!! In the mid 60s atm. Early bird pricing until Feb 1st, $115 afterwards
Closed Session
Discussion around organizations being able to use database without being a club
Ok to do as long as Board has discretion with it
Tournament Certifications
Several tournaments to update tournament info and check back in for certification
Oklahoma Riichi Open 2026 approved!
Discussion on various rules topics
Community Engagement End of Year Check-in
Nate and Laura to host round table to engage assembly members
Will discuss what clubs did, what challenges they face, what they are looking forward to
Next meeting will be on December 15th