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The Chinese Culture Center in Brussels will be opened. As part of the opening ceremonies there will be 2 visiting Chinese professionals (3 actually, counting Fan Hui).
These are two very strong pros: Mr. Wang Runan (8-Dan Pro, President of the Chinese Go Association) and Mr. Zhang Wendong (9-Dan Pro, Manager at China Qi-Yuan).
They will give a lecture in which they will be commenting on a pro game, as well as playing a simultanious game.

Date

Thursday July 9th

Location

Rue Phillipe Le Bon 2
1000 Bruxelles

Schedule

Start: 13:30
Finish: 17:30

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Participation is free.

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The Chinese Culture Center in Brussels will be opened. As part of the opening ceremonies there will be 2 visiting Chinese professionals (3 actually, counting Fan Hui).
More information can be found here

We will have our annual general assembly, discussing the previous and next year of the BGF activities.

It will be held at "Het Warm Water - L’Eau Chaude", Rue des Renards/Vossenstraat 25, Brussels

The yearly General Assembly 2013-14 will be held on Sunday 19/01/2014 at 3 PM in "l'Egalité"
Parvis de Saint-Gilles, 1060 Bruxelles.

All members of our federation willing to contribute are welcome.

Ordre du jour:
1. bilan des activités de 2013 (par le président)
2. rapport financier 2013 (par le trésorier)
3. discussion sur les activités futures de la Fédération
4. fixation du budget 2014 (y c le montant de la cotisation)
5. élection statutaire du conseil d’administration

Op de agenda:
1. Activiteitenverslag 2013 (door de voorzitter)
2. Financieel verslag 2013 (door de penningmeester)
3. Discussie over de toekomstige activiteiten van de BGF
4. Vastleggen budget 2014 (incl. vastlegging lidgeld)
5. Verkiezing van het bestuur

Find here the report of the General Meeting 2012-13:
http://www.gofed.be/en/members/reports

Two Korean professionals will visit Belgium from Friday 25th until Sunday 27th October 2013.

• 윤영민 (Yoon YoungMin) 3P
• 이영신 (Lee Youngsin) 5P

They will participate in the following activities:

• On Friday night, they will give a lecture from 20:00 until 23:00.
• During the Brussels tournament, they will give game commentaries (to be confirmed).

Details of the professional lecture:

• When? Friday 25/10, 20:00-23:00
• Where? Youth hostel De Blauwput, kleine zaal
• Cost? 2 euro per participant

The Belgian Go association has the honour to welcome for a few days (from Wednesday 4 /7 to Mondat 9/7) , 2 Korean professional young women, Park So Hyun and Ko Ju Yeong.

See a picture of them here: http://www.egc2012.eu/congress/professionals

More specifically:

1. Next Wedmesday (from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM) in Brussel

They will play simultaneous games in the go club "Phenix - Outpost".
Every members is invited. This activity is free of charge.
Please come and experiment personally the strenght of a professional go player !

2. During the forthcoming tournament of Antwerpen on 7/7 and 8/7:

They will comment various games during the tournament and Saturday night, they will play simultaneous games and/or comment a game of the tournament played by some dan level players.
One more reason to participate in the tournament of Antwerpen !

(Tekst in NL hieronder)

Atelier par Xie Guochen (7-d) le dimanche 13/05

Une occasion unique à ne pas rater : Maître Xie Guochen est un des meilleurs joueurs actifs aux Etats-Unis.
Il est actuellement de passage en Belgique et animera pour la fédération un atelier destiné à tous les joueurs quelque soit leur niveau.

Le dimanche 13/05, de 10h30 à 17h (pause repas de 13h à 14h) au bar–resto « Babbelaar » Kerkplein 3 à 1601 Ruisbroek (salle de fête à l’étage)

Plan d’accès : http://fr-be.mappy.com/#d=kerkplein+1601&p=map; accessible par bus STIB n° 50 ou SNCB gare de Ruisbroek. Possibilité de se parquer sur la Kerkplein.

PAF : 6 € pour les membres FBG, 10 € pour les non-membres FBG. A payer sur place. Réduction de 2 € moyennant préinscription avant le 9 mai (simplement en envoyant un courriel à "board@gofed.be")

Remarques :

1. L’atelier sera animé en anglais (une connaissance limitée suffit).
2. Les participants sont priés de consommer sur place (ce qui nous permet de bénéficier de la gratuité de la salle)

Workshop door Xie Guochen (7-d) zondag 13/05

Een unieke en onmisbare kans: een workshop door Meester Xie Guochen.

Xie Guochen telt onder de sterkste Amerikaanse spelers.
Hij verblijf enkele dagen in ons land en zal een workshop, gericht naar go spelers van alle sterktes, animeren.

Zondag 13/05 van 10u30 tot 17u (lunch van 13u tot 14u), op de bar-resto “Babbelaar” Kerkplein 3 te 1601 Ruisbroek (festzaal op verdiep)

Toegangsplan: http://fr-be.mappy.com/#d=kerkplein+1601&p=map; met openbare vervoer: bus MIVB nr. 50; NMBS: station van Ruisbroek. Parking mogelijk op Kerkplein.

Deelname in de kosten: 6 € voor leden BFG; 10 € voor de anderen. Ter plaats te betalen. Korting met 2 € indien preregistratie voor 9/5 (gewoon door een e-mail naar "board@gofed" te sturen)

Opmerkingen:

1. De workshop zal in Engels gegeven worden
2. De deelnemers worden verzocht de maaltijd / draken ter plaats te consumeren (dat was een voorwaarde om de zaal gratis te kunnen boeken)

Find here full information about the Yunguseng Dojang
Practical information about the league and lessons

Attention! Belgian players don't have to pay directly to Switzerland, but to the BGF bank account before the first of the participation month (ex: if you want to take part in January we should receive your money latest on Dec. 31st). Please write an explicite communication and send the money to 775-5962122-38. You have to be a regular member of BGF (until February you have to be regular member in 2011 or 2012, in March and later you have to be a regular member in 2012)

Starting from 2012, Belgian players can take part to the Swiss Yunguseng Dojang. They even benefit a 15€ discount (once per year). That means that the first time you take part in 2012, you can pay 15€ less than the normal price. That subvention is offered by the Belgian Go Federation to enhance studying Go.

Length	Standard price	Student price	Spectator price
1 month	95€ (80€ first time)	50€ (35€ first time)	40€ (25€ first time)
3 months	240€ (225€ first time)	135€ (120€ first time)	100€ (85€ first time)
6 months	420€ (405€ first time)	240€ (225€ first time)	-