Well, the time has come to make a decision whether The Space Coast Area Go Club is a real organization or just a name that costs me $35 a year to continue.I certainly don't have to maintain membership in the AGA and haul 50 lbs. of Go equipment all over Brevard County just so Bart and Jeff and I can play Go together.We can go to each other's homes and play more comfortably and conveniently.
Other than Bart and Jeff, the most "regular" players are Eric when he's in town from Gainesville, and Mike when he's in town from Pittsburgh.The rest of you 50 people on my distribution are much closer (well, okay, maybe not Yuji - he's in Japan) and don't show up at all.
So, we've tried moving around -- the Eau Gallie Library thinking maybe the Hungarians would come if we were closer; Books-A-Million in Viera thinking that easy access to I-95 might tempt Fred & Ginnie down from Daytona or some of you central Brevardians.We tried changing to Saturday so you folks who have conflicts with church (hello out there, Donna) might be able to come. But no matter what we do, no one seems to be interested in keeping Go alive in Brevard.
So, I'm telling you all now that the future is in your hands. I'm asking for your opinions on what it would take to make this a real club.What do you need to make you come to the game?Tell me what day(s) would be best for you - we're not restricted to any particular day(s).Tell me where would be best for you:Jeff and Bart and I are willing to travel anywhere
the consensus wants to meet (it's only a couple of days a month, after all) and now that the book stores won't accommodate us with setups of tables and chairs, we can go sit in any of their cafe's - Melbourne, Viera, or back to Merritt Island.Just let me know.
I don't want to hear from any of you telling me how you work 3 jobs and you're going to night school and you sing in the choir, or how your sickgreat-aunt Agatha has you commuting to Philadelphia to get her favorite brand of Swiss cheese, or how they foreclosed on your mortgage and you're living in a cardboard box.I would like to hear from you for two reasons:
One - If you have any suggestions for the future of this club.
Two - If you would like me to take you off this distribution.
If you've been getting these (admittedly, infrequent) notices because you just love my witty banter or because you're charmed by my boyish, good looks, you're better off letting me know and I'll put you on my *other* distribution list - arguably one of the finer humor distributions on the internet today.
But this list should be for people who want to play Go.Not you folks who saw us play one time at the bookstore and got put on the distribution and never came back.Not you folks who keep saying you'll come and never do. Not you folks who don't reply to e-mails even when I write to you personally.No.You folks need to be removed from this list.
So it's time to put up or shut up, fish or cut bait, or the third one that I won't list because we have some minors and persons of culture reading this. Let me know your vision for the future of this Go club, or tell me to take you off the list.
I anxiously await your replies...
george
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