From: SalvaAC AOL COM> Date: 26 mar 1998 Subject: Re: US Shogi Championship, LA, 25/26 April 1998 I was wondering about the decision making process. It is difficult because there is no American governing body (a flaw we should be correcting?). To have the Nationals that are being held next month in CA would make some sense, but that tends to skew things to that side of the country? I don't know if (probably in the future) having an eastern US and western US region, each half deciding on one representative. But very honestly, this information was dropped out of the blue on me, so I'm not sure how best to go about it. I would figure we five would need to have some serious discussion on this, and probably not through shogi-l? BTW I will be unable to get to the Nationals, and my being only shodan on a good day would preclude my having any serious chance to do well. Having played with the DC and Ohio clubs, I know that there are many excellent players in DC, and Chicago and Ohio are much weaker in comparison on the whole. Let's banter over the next while. Tony