Meeting Minutes
Working Group Updates
2028 WRC Qualification Cycle
Still debating what to do with excess of 32 WRC seats for 2028
Will have a vote for pushing to Quality Point system, as well as for a bucket swiss potentially for qualifier
Tech
Had a bunch of updates for Quality Points, as well as bug fixes
Planning to add non-club organizations (Professional Organizations)
Getting a template made for all things a TO would need to submit post tourney
Communications
Updated the 2028 qualification cycle results with several tournaments
One Page Printout for conventions was made! Working on getting it on Website
US Rankings
Starting weekly meetings for organized discussion, stay tuned for more updates!
Education
Still working on tile set educational document. Stay tuned!
Professional Organizations
World Riichi Pros
Pro Exam signups are closing soon (in two weeks!)
Practice test for the pro exam is up!
Saikouisen
Shinki-sen tournament starts in October
Saikouisen Festa will be early next year
For any Saikouisen pros on the east coast, message Luke about a future league!
ARML
Summer season is wrapping up with Fall season welcoming 21 new people!
Reminder that ARML will be giving out 4 seats to the 2028 ARA invitational!
Rules and judging
We are in the planning stages of a joint project for short form content for rules and judging based on etiquette and penalties
Community engagement
Working with rules and judging on short form content
Reminder about our office hours for open conversations!
Charity
No current updates
IORMC
About to start the qualifiers for the US team, sign up now!
General Updates and Events/Shoutouts
Planning calendar for 2026 On the ARA website. Also in the event-planning channel especially if you have a target weekend in mind and want to check if other weekends are close before committing to it
Notre Dame University now has a club, check it out if you’re in the area!
Closed Session
Discussion on certification related items
Discussion on various other topics