Dear all,
There has been a proposal for an overhaul of the points system currently used
by SAGA to select the South African representative to the annual World Amateur
Go Championship. This system has gone through several changes in recent years,
and is a hotly debated and sensitive topic, with many people having strong and
differing opinions on it. While the proposal will be debated by the SAGA
Council, it is something that concerns all SAGA members, and as such I think
it is important for the council to base its decision on the opinions of the
membership. I therefore call on all interested members to voice their opinions
on this matter. Please answer any/all of the questions following the discussion below by
posting comments to this post.
regards,
Konrad Scheffler
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The current system awards each SAGA member up to
4000 points per year: up to 2000 “placing” points based on results in the South African
Championship, and up to 2000 “participation” points, which are awarded for
playing in rated club and/or tournament games (since there are not that many
tournaments to play in, players scoring the full 2000 points get most of these
from club games).
The argument for the new proposal (my paraphrasing) is that the WAGC
representative is ultimately a tournament player, and should be selected on
the basis of tournament play (with both results and activity of tournament
participation playing a role). The proposal calls for the system to be based
on participation and results in a larger number of nationwide tournaments, for
example by adding the new South African internet championship (details to be
announced soon) to the currently used South African Championship, and
excluding participation points from club games from the formula.
The proposal does not concern the current mechanism of deducting an increasing
number of points each time a participant represents South Africa through this
system. Thus both the current and the proposed system should ensure that there
is a rotation of representatives.
Questions:
1. Do you think that participation in rated club games should be considered in choosing the WAGC representative?
2. Do you think that other club activities (e.g. teaching, administration) should be considered?
3. Do you think that participation (as opposed to just results) in tournament games should be considered?
4. Do you think that games played with non-South Africans (e.g. over the internet) should be considered?
5. Do you think that more than one tournament should be used?
6. Do you think that internet tournaments should be used?
7. Any other comments?
Posted by konrad in SAGA
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