Board Members In Attendance
Laura King
Harrison Corp
Tamas Erdos
Nathanael Kozinski
Steve Augistin
Jai Srivastav
Bichen Wang
David Bresnick
Jenn Barr
Elections Update
Three incumbents that applied for election, Steve, Bichen, and Claire, automatically repeat their seats
One special seat up for election coming July
Going to talk to the assembly about whether to delay the election or not
Working Group Updates
2028 WRC Qualification Cycle
Nobody else has signed up for hosting the 2028 ARA invitational
It’s been 6 months, so we are going to do an up/down vote to host the invitational at PML in 2028
Community engagement
Send pics of your events!
Congrats to Kaden for winning the Saikouisen Shinkisen tournament!
Tech
Tech still working on things, going to iron out small features over the coming months
Merged Claude for the coding side of things
Communications
Discord roles updated
Consider giving some boosts to the ARA discord server!
Education
Education got images in for the tile set, thank you for submissions!
Expected to be submitted by next meeting
Made handshuffle writeup and handed over to the rules and judging group
Rules and judging
Still working on ruleset tweaks and standardized penalties for an ARA guidelines
Incorporation
Kyle put together some pros and cons for options, expect more updates in the future!
Professional Organizations
Saikouisen
Pro exam - 21 new members.
Shinkansen last weekend (Saikouisen pro only tournament). Congrats to Kaden for winning it!
Pro AMA won by Kristy. Going to japan to compete among all the Pro AMA winners
WRPM
Huge event at the end of June is coming up!
New pros rolling around the world right now
Lots of engagement with WRL
Quincy won WRL 2025!!!
ARML
Sign up for summer session!
Stream wednesdays at twitch.tv/americanriichi
Open Discussion
Scoring software released by Kyle from BAMS
Recommended to talk to Rules and Judging as well as Tech on its ability to be used at certified tournaments, as technology at the table is a tricky issue
Assembly Recertification
Done first pass. Got responses from everyone basically. Probably be done shortly. A couple of assembly members who are switching. Making sure everyone filled out the form, etc.
Event Announcements/Reminders
World Riichi Online Champions League week 3 coming up
Of the US teams, DC, Riichi Nomi, and MARs (Boston) are all still in the tournament
Next round this Saturday!
WROTL sign ups are now open!
Airi has finished the Extra Life Open charity stream. Reached over double the goal!
IORMC happening at the end of the year. We are eligible and will be beginning the process for a team selection
DC’s Mega Mahjong Tournament 2nd Saturday of August (8th)
American, Hong Kong, and Riichi Mahjong for one big super tournament
Philly June monthly tournament is Sunday June 28th
Seattle happening end of September
Closed Session
Discussed certification of several tournaments
Discussed a complaint about a non-ARA related event
Charm City applied for Assembly
Next meeting voted on to be July 20th post meeting