Hello everyone. I thought setting up a topic for Learn Go Week might help get the ball rolling (see GoGameGuru's page http://gogameguru.com/learn-go-week/)

This is a place to share what you are doing for Learn Go Week and a place to share ideas and suggestions. This way we can work together towards making this a truly exceptional international event.

For example:

Australia: Sydney: stall around the Opera House and The Quay teaching and playing demonstration games with pamphlets on how to play for beginners and information on our club - Sydney Go Club (http://sydney.baduk.org.au). Possibly adverts in local papers/posters around town.

Also suggestions on how to get the word out there very welcome.

So add whatever ideas come to mind to make Learn Go Week a great experience for all.

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Andrew

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: hanging out at the Go Lounge on the Saturday and teaching go to all the other gamers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/692630224123657

Hello again,

Here is a link to an OGS post about what they're up to for Learn Go Week

http://forums.online-go.com/t/learn-go- ... er-20/1589

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Andrew

... and here is what BritGo are up go :^)

"Also, during Learn Go Week and the following week, we will be offering online teaching sessions for beginners via the britgo teaching account on Kiseido Go Server (KGS). This will be geared at new people to the game, and therefore in the run up to this we would be looking for volunteers that might be able to help Roger Huyshe, should we have a fairly large influx of games to organise during the week."

http://www.britgo.org/learngoweek2014

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Andrew

Here's a link to the US Go Association article:

http://www.usgo.org/news/2014/07/learn-go-week/

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Andrew

Does playing go in your local park count?

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Absolutely

The more people out there playing in public the better - parks, cafés, pubs, anywhere people gather to enjoy themselves.

GoGameGuru has a nice page set up with suggestions and material to give out ... So when passers by ask what are you playing you have material on hand to give them.

https://gogameguru.com/how-to-run-a-go-demo/

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Andrew

Hey everyone! Also for this thread:

Just wanted to announce that Online Go Server (OGS) is taking part!

We will be holding a lot of totally free public lectures from Dans and SDKs alike, in total six official tournaments in all three categories (9x9, 13x13, 19x19) a cool drawing contest and a lot of other fancy stuff that will be announced in time!

Click here for the official Schedule and Announcement!

Let's make this week a success, and see you around!

To all you volunteers out there, it would be great if you could announce your event on the LGW website as soon as you are able. Doing so builds momentum, and encourages other volunteers to do the same. The more events there are (listed!), the easier it is to gather local, national or global media interest in advance of the actual week. ...which will in turn help your event. Smilies..

Where is this LGW website?

Thx

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I will try to introduce Go at my Office...
Started gently today by just putting a message near the coffee machine that says

"Win a coffe today... just come at my desk and see how..."

Here I have a goban with the first problem of cho chikun...

Click Here To Show Diagram Code

[go]$$B
$$ | . . . . . . . . .
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$$ | . X . . . . . . .
$$ | . . . , . . . . .
$$ | . X X X . . . . .
$$ | O O O O X X . . .
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if they find the correct answer, they got a coffee for free...

that way, I introduced go to 8 people in less than one hour... (2 correct responses so far)

I will try to do something bigger for the go learn week but still don't know exactly why...

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There is no single “Learn Go Week” Web site that I know of but several that participate.

Cordially, Tom

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The #1 hit on that google search at gogameguru.com is the original web site for Learn Go Week. I'm not sure whether it was David's or Jing's idea.

That's a fabulous idea!

I think I'll try something like that at my work

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Andrew

Thanks Tom ... thought I'd missed it

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Andrew

Hello all again,

Just found this page on the International Go Federation site

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Andrew

So, September 19 is International Learn Go Like A Pirate Day.

Sorry, I should have said the LGW "page". The main website is of course GoGameGuru as LGW is David Ormerod's initiative, although information is being disseminated elsewhere.

Onya (or roughly translated from the Australian "Well done!") Bay Area Go Players Association and the San Francisco Go Club:

http://www.usgo.org/news/2014/08/sf-org ... n-go-week/

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Andrew

... and here's the Sydney Go/Baduk Club's event

http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Go-Baduk-W ... 204392312/

See you there

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Andrew