Jonathan S. and I drove to Tampa yesterday to visit their club.\u00a0 The Tampa crew are very energetic and eager to interact with other clubs in the area.\u00a0 They already have a strong relationship with the Sarasota club, and they were very hospitable to us.\u00a0 They are excited about the upcoming Orlando Go Tournament … for several of them, it will be there first Go tournament.<\/p>\n
Like us, they have a stable core group of attendees (perhaps six or eight) that come very regularly, and a larger group of people who come with varying frequency.\u00a0 Regulars concentrate in the single-digit kyu strengths, though they have one or two dan-level players, and they seem to have a good showing in the 12k range (I gather).<\/p>\n
I think they may be doing a better job of reaching out to new players, though.\u00a0 So it might be good to pick their brains a bit.\u00a0 Some things they do or are considering doing that we do not include:<\/p>\n
We all are hoping for more joint activity in the near future.\u00a0 They have a great place to play, and they’re really not that far (about 1hr 45min drive or so) … and also accessible for the Sarasota group.\u00a0 So we could even coordinate a three-way club meeting fairly easily.\u00a0 Obviously running down their every week is not an option, but I think regular (monthly, quarterly, etc.) trips seem feasible for various subsets of us, as we have time.\u00a0 They also indicated they’d like to come here … though we may have to adjust our “usual” Sunday time for them in such events.<\/p>\n
So I’ll probably do that again some time in the near future.\u00a0 Next time, I’ll try to give more warning, though.<\/p>\n
Paul.<\/p>\n
P.S.,<\/p>\n
Note that Sarasota meets at 11:30a on Sundays, Tampa meets from 3p-6p on Sundays, and we now meet (also) at 7p on Sundays.\u00a0 This also suggests the possibility (some time) of every now and then literally hitting all three club meetings one Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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