Wanted: Go Volunteers - DC Area Wanted: Go Volunteers - DC Area
The Year Round:
Rockville Barnes & Noble.
Monthly demonstrations/lectures. At the corner of Randolph Road and Rockville Pike. Every 4th Monday of the month. 7-9 PM. For more information, contact John Goon at 301-315-8297. Ester Simmonds is the Rockville Barnes & Noble Community relations Manager. Demos started in Sept 2000.Lake Forest Mall Food Court. Casual drop-in play will be available on Monday evenings from roughly 7 to 930. Look for the congregation of chess players near the side entrance and you may find a go player lurking about. Contact Todd Heidenreich (301-519-7386) for more information.
Capital Children's Museum. First Capture Go is taught to children by Museum staff at this Downtown DC location as part of their Japan exhibit. Local volunteers are welcome to help. For more info, contact John Goon at 301-315-8297. This project started June 2000.
Rockville Chess and Go Group. Weekly. Friday nights, 630 to 1030 PM. 401 South Horner Lane. Introduce/demo Go to the surrounding Rockville community. The group attracts young children and students from the neighborhood. Montgomery College is nearby, as are several public and private schools. The Rockville Rotary Club Foundation provided a $500 grant to establish this site. For more info, contact John Goon or Todd Heidenreich. This site opened June 22, 2001.
Montgomery County Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity. The Arthur Lewis Go Club held its first meeting on September 12, 2001. The Center is located in the Wheaton business district within two blocks of the Wheaton Metro station. Regular weekly meetings, workshops, tournaments, professional visits, etc. are planned. The County and the American Go Foundation provided $3900 in grants to establish this Go Program. Volunteers, especially students, are needed for a variety of tasks. Please contact John Goon for more information.
Robert Frost Middle School Chess Group. This group met last year every Monday from 7 to 8. The start up this semester is unclear. It started in Fall 2000. The school is located off Scott Drive in Potomac/Rockville. If it begins again, they can use volunteers to guide play on 13x13 boards. Contact Mike Pak at michael.pak@uspto.gov for more information and directions.
Sandy Spring Friends School. This private school is located near Olney MD. They started an informal Go club in the Fall of 2000. The group needs experienced volunteers to help continue their development. Contact Chris Spears at fenris749@aol.com for more information.
Frederick Go Club. This fledgling club is dormant and needs support. Contact Bob Mills at frederickgo@earthlink.net to lend a hand.
Hebrew Day Institute. Contact John Goon for more information.
Metropolitan Police Boys & Girls Clubs of DC. A pilot weekly go program in Anacostia that started in February 2001 and concluded in May 2001. Contact Brian Kleiner at BKle479839@aol.com for more information.
DC Public Schools. Liaison needed to propose and coordinate pilot programs with school administrators. Contact John Goon for more information.
Chinese Community and Cultural Center. Coordinator and liaison needed to develop and implement pilot teaching programs at local Chinese language schools in MD and Northern VA. Contact John Goon for more information.
Washington School of Chinese Language and Culture. This school holds classes every Sunday during the school year at the Wootton HS. With the Fall 2001 semester, they added a new weiqi class and assistant instructors are needed. Contact John Goon for more information.
Web Researchers and IT Support. Help needed to locate schools and organizations receptive to Go demos, and private/public foundations with an interest in Go/Chess mission. Contact John Goon for more information
October 2000:
Capital Children's Museum. Conducted two week Go demo program. Last two weeks of October. Downtown DC. Contact John Goon at 301-315-8297.
Rockville Senior Center. Workshop. Conducted Oct. 11 and 18. . Contact John Goon at 301-315-8297.
NOVA Quarterly Go Tournament. TD: Allan Abramson at 703-684-7676.
November 2000:
December 2000:
12th Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship. At the U of MD, College Park, MD. Date: 12/9-10. Place: Tortuga room of the Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Contact: Ken Koester,
January 2001:
NOVA Quarterly Go Tournament. TD: Allan Abramson at 703-684-7676.
February 2001:
Rockville Senior Center. Go Demo. Held on Feb. 7, 1130 to 1330. Organizer: John Goon at 301-315-8297. The Rockville Senior Center project manager is Ms. Chris Veirs, 301-309-3060.
March 2001:
Hope Chinese Language School of Gaithersburg at Ridge View MS. They are looking for instructors to teach next Fall 2001. Saturdays for one hour. Contact John Goon for info.
Rockville Chinese Cultural & Community Center at Tilden MS. They conducted a Go demonstration/talk in March and are considering setting up a teaching program in Fall 2001. Contact John Goon for info.
March 31. Cherry Blossom Festival. The Sakura Matsuri had a Go demonstration booth. Mark Laing, Bruce McJelton, and John Goon participated.
NOVA Quarterly Go Tournament. Successfully organized by Allan Abramson and Directed by Chuck Robbins.
April 2001:
April 14. Japan Bowl. Sponsored by the Japan-American Society of Washington DC. Go demonstrations/lectures were given by Mark Laing, Craig Hutchinson, and John Goon.
May 2001:
26-27 May 2001.
Maryland Open. For more info, contact Keith Arnold at hlime@clark.net.29 May 2001. 6 to 830 PM. Gaithersburg Senior Center Dinner and Games Night. Go volunteers needed for demo booth. Contact John Goon for info.
June 2001:
SPARKS Go Demo. The SPARKS Program provides disadvantaged students in the Kensington MD area with focused attention and mentoring. Contact Josh Lieberman or Todd Heidenreich for more information (see e-mail addresses above).
July 2001:
July 15 - Hillandale Swim Club. Go demonstration from 4 to 6 PM. Contact John Goon for more info.
NOVA Quarterly Go Tournament. TD: Allan Abramson at 703-684-7676.
US Go Congress. York, PA. Contact Keith Arnold at hlime@clark.net, or visit the AGA web site at www.usgo.org.
August 2001:
September 2001:
LINCOLN PARK CC. Pilot New Start Introductory Go/Chess Program. Work with community activists to develop stable, long term group. Contact Brian Kleiner at
BKle479839@aol.com for more details.ARTHUR LEWIS GO CLUB at the Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity opened on Sep 12. This program is well stocked and only needs players and volunteers to sustain the weekly meetings, monthly workshops, information management, grant writing, and ethnic community liaisons.
DREAM WIZARDS STORE. The store on Parklawn Drive offers both Chess and Go play during the week. The Go playing date/time is every Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM. Volunteers are needed to provide a presence while the store expands its marketing of the game. The sale of Go equipment is apparently brisk.
CHINESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL. Details pending. Go demonstration booth in downtown DC. Sponsored by the Greater Washington Chinese American Community. For more info, call John Goon at 301-315-8297.
ADELPHI ES. This Prince Georges County school needs weekly volunteers to set up and sustain a Federal/State supported after-school program for the 2001-2 school year. Contact John Goon for details.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. Meets every Sunday at the Wootton High School on Wootton Parkway. A 14-week Weichi class for high schoolers started in September 2001. A 7-week class will begin in November. Contact instructor John Goon to offer your support. Classes last for one hour during the mid-afternoon. Class size may vary from 20 to 25. The class will also be taught in the Spring of 2002.
OTHER SCHOOL NEW STARTS DEPENDING ON INTEREST DEVELOPED OVER THE SUMMER 2001. Prospects include Redland MS (Gaithersburg), LuxManor ES (Rockville), Chelsea School (Silver Spring), Richard Montgomery HS (Rockville), Clopper Mill ES (Germantown), Albert Einstein HS (Kensington), and several Chinese Community Language Schools (located at Hoover MS, Ridgeview MS, West MS, and Tilden MS). VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED!!!
October 2001:
City of Gaithersburg Introductory Go Class. Contact John Goon for info.
NOVA Quarterly Go Tournament. TD: Allan Abramson at 703-684-7676.
November 2001:
ARTHUR LEWIS GO CLUB Beginners Workshop and an Open House Tournament. In planning.
December 2001:
MID-ATLANTIC GO TOURNAMENT. Date, time, and site pending. Likely location will be the University of Maryland at College Park.
Links to Other Local DC-MD-VA Area Go Clubs...
Created on October 15, 2000. Revised Sep 21, 2001. Mail comments to
jgoon@erols.com.