Belgian Go Federation

Lucas Neirynck (6d) is 10 times champion of Belgium & French Open champion 2020.

Topic: Modern joseki / fuseki / what has changed since Alphago

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To be allowed to participate, you have to be a Belgian Go Federation member.

Please fulfill this form: https://forms.gle/2C2pvziwPdhWK52JA
For the lessons, you will need a KGS account and Discord installed (preferably).

Kim Ouweleen is the co-author of a series of go books that will be published by Kiseido, called Weird and Wonderful. The first volume will appear in a few months.

After a first lesson, about some amazing and strange moves that were played by professionals, this session will be dedicated to game reviews. Participants can send their games in sgf format to "kim.ouweleen@gmail.com" and Kim will highlight and comment interesting situations from there.

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To be allowed to participate, you have to be a Belgian Go Federation member.

Please fulfill this form: https://forms.gle/2C2pvziwPdhWK52JA
For the lessons, you will need a KGS account and Discord installed (preferably).

Lucas Neirynck (6d) is 10 times champion of Belgium & French Open champion 2020.

Topic: Fundamental shapes of go / A way to see the game
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To be allowed to participate, you have to be a Belgian Go Federation member.

Please fulfill this form: https://forms.gle/2C2pvziwPdhWK52JA
For the lessons, you will need a KGS account and Discord installed (preferably).

The annual General Assembly of the Belgian Go Federation will be held on line on 17/01 at 2 PM

All member are welcome: share your enthusiasm and your projects to shape up the future of the Belgian go life !

If you wish to participate, send to us an e-mail to « board@gofed.be » with your name.
You will then receive an invitational e-mail with a hyperlink to join the meeting.

If you are late you can reach us on Discord: (Belgian Go Federation Discord)

Agenda :
1. report on the 2020 activities (by the president) and financial report 2020 (by the treasurer)
2. projects for 2021 (and later) and adoption of the 2021 budget
3. election of the Board of Administration

***** European Tournaments Calendar *****

https://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/

Why become a member ?

By becoming a member, you get access to all the services provided by the Federation (getting news from the Federation, getting a ranking, possibility to play Go tournaments, teaching courses, etc.) and moreover you contribute also to the development of Go (material, advertising, organisation of activities...). Last but not least, it is possible to buy a goban and/or a stones set at a reduced price (via your club).

How become a member ?

You simply become a member of the Federation if you're also a member of an affiliated Belgian Go club.
You need to pay the membership fee of the Federation + the membership fees of the local club (if any) and get registered.
Please ask your club president.

Membership fee amount

The go club asks for a membership fee, of which a part is your membership fee for the Belgian Go Federation, the other part being a specific fee for the club (varying from one club to another, between 0€ to 10€, usually around 5 €).
Each year, the amount of the membership fee is decided at the Annual General Meeting.

Since 2023, the membership fee to become member of the Belgian Go Federation until the end of year is 20 EUR, or half-price 10 EUR if you register for the first time and during the last 3 months of the year

It is possible to become a member of the Federation while not being a member of a Belgian go club. Then you have to pay 30 € the membership fee (20 €) + a small Federal "virtual club" fee (10 €) onto the BGF account IBAN : BE24-7755-9621-2238 BIC (SWIFT code): GKCCBEBB.

The Annual General Assembly of the Belgian Go Federation will take place on
Sunday 19 January at 15h00 in Brussels.
at:

La Bécasse
Chaussée de Boondael/Boondaalsesteenweg 476
1050 Ixelles/Elsene

https://la-becasse.com/en

You may simply be
- curious about the Go Federation activities
- willing to participate as volunteer
- interested in joining the board
everyone interested to participate in the organization of the Belgium Go Federation activities is welcome !

The Belgian Go Federation is an amateur and friendly association that is always searching for volunteers in many different areas:

- Organization of tournaments: room reservation, follow-up, refereeing
- Promotion of Go, presentation in festivals or schools...
- Infographics, Internet communication or editing tasks
- Translation Dutch/English/French
- Administrative tasks
- Pedagogy, Go teaching
- IT development, maintenance of Internet site
- Transportation, logistic and stock management
- Accounting

...

Do you have a couple of hours per week (or more) free ? Do you feel you can handle some of these tasks ?
To help the Federation, you don't need to be a Go expert: the main qualifications are enthusiasm, the ability to communicate and to perform the tasks you have chosen to handle.

Please send an email to the Federation board (board@gofed.be) and we will take care to find a place for you in our organization.
You are welcome :)

The Annual General Assembly of the Belgian Go Federation will take place on
Saturday 16 February at 2:00 PM in Brussels.

The exact location is:
Association Belgique Chine - Vereniging België-China
Avenue Paul Deschanellaan 92
1030 Brussels

From Gare du Nord/Noordstation: 20 mn walk, 10 mn with tram 25 (station Coteaux/Wijnheuvelen)

Everyone interested to participate in the organization of Belgium Go Federation activities is welcome !
Also with the EGC, this year 2019 will be very busy.