BOARD MEETING POSTPONED, RECALL CALLED OFF: The upcoming American Go
Association board meeting, originally scheduled for December 4, has been
postponed until December 18. Sources tell the E-Journal that the meeting
has been delayed while the Board works out the process for replacing
recently resigned members David Dinhofer and Chendao Lin, both of whom
had more than a year remaining in their terms. Meanwhile, the effort to
recall the four Board members who voted to oust former President Chris
Kirschner has been called off. Although recall petitions with new
language had been filed to replace the earlier petitions that had been
declared non-legal, with the resignations of Dinhofer and Chendao and
the impending departure of John Stephenson (whose term expires on
12/31), the chapter reps felt "the point had been largely made (and) the
recall was no longer compelling," reports AGA Secretary Susan Weir.