New Board Members and Working Groups formed

After reviewing the volunteer applications submitted to us, we're pleased to announce some additions.

We are very happy to announce that we have accepted three new members onto the ARA board:

  • Steve Augustin

  • Claire Pozniak

  • Max Suddendorf

All are very qualified members of the community, and I believe I can speak for both myself and all the existing board members when I say that we are looking forward to working with them and continuing to help grow Riichi mahjong in the US.

We'll also be establishing two working groups for specific projects over the coming year:

  • A technical working group based around player registration and tracking of WRC Qualification Points

  • An outreach working group for work on communications, public awareness and general Riichi promotion

If you're interested in contributing to either of these groups, please reach out to the ARA board and we can put you in contact.

It's been great to see so much support from the community and we're excited to have new members on the board and a set of projects to move forward with. The full list of applications will be released to the public shortly.

North American Open Location Announced

After reviewing all submissions, we've settled on the proposal submitted by the Pacific Mahjong League. It was a difficult decision as we received quite a few competitive proposals and we very much appreciate the effort and thoroughness that went into all of them.

We're very excited to have PML hosting the North American Open and hope to see you all there!

Request For Proposal process for NAO 2024 begins

We have opened the doors on the RFP process for the 2024 North American Open! Any organization interested in hosting the event may now submit a proposal via our Proposal Submission Page. The page itself has details about fixed requirements for the event as well as what pieces of information are required to constitute a complete proposal.

Note that all proposals submitted will be released to the public to ensure transparency in the selection process. There will also be at least one clearly posted public meeting during the selection process to ensure that feedback from the community can be heard.

If you have any questions or issues, you can contact the ARA board via a few pathways:

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