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• Added an Equipment Inventory module (aka Asset Management) that can be enabled in the club's profile. It provides a listing of club property and like the Library Catalog, lets club members borrow and then return club assets. Organisers can upload one or two photos of any asset for better identification.
• Added a warning if the AGA or club fees haven't been specified for the appropriate year when adding or updating an event or tournament.
• Added an email feature for club organizers to send 'one click' email reminders regarding any upcoming tournament or event to registrants. A prepopulated and editable email may be sent with the event's details and other remarks an organizer may wish to add.
• Added specifiable Table/Board Starting Nmbers in the Pairings Parmaeters for any section. Actual Table/Board numbers are assigned during the pairings process. By default numbers start at 1 (one).
• Allowed inclusion of live links in Tournament and Event Sponsor fields.
• Included lots of minor tweaks.
• Added tighter code over maintenance mode when updates are releasesd or sometimes tested.
• GoClubsOnline is now running on PHP v7.4.

• Added a new historical registration trend line comparison to show past trends for tournaments or events and better predictions of attendance.
• Adding an attendee to a tournament or event now has improved streamlined approach to finding a subscriber which also prompts to add a person when finding no one.
• Added a trap to prevent deleting attendees to a tournament when they have games paired or played on file.
• Added a PayPal option when editing transactions.
• Library loan period is now configurable by club.
• Library loans can be extended or renewed by Club Administrators.
• Included improvements to PayPal processing.
• AGA tournament results file name changed to YYYY-MM-DD-[city]-[o|h].txt, replaces the generic 'TournamentResults.txt' for easier processing at the AGA.
• Updated the AGA club codes.
• Included some improvements to self-paired tournament requested byes.
• Added a PayPal Donate button for supporters.

• While tournament directors can already 'Check missing AGA Nos.' they can now 'Find mismatched AGA names'. This new report lists everyone in the tournament whose GoClubsOnline account name doesn't match their AGA membership account name. This helps find persons who may have entered the wrong AGA No. EGF classed tournaments have the same feature with the EGF listing.
• Tournament planners can now refer to regression curves on the Registration Trends charts to make attendance predictions. Both straight line and exponential regression curves are offered.

• Self-paired Tournaments are now supported in GoClubsOnline: Tournament Directors can include a self-paired round in their tournaments or run a self-paired only tournament. Result statistics are available for Awards (see below) and current and final standings. Results from all rounds are compiled into a single emailable report for AGA and EGF purposes. (Even self-paired Rengo tournaments are supported.)
• Awards: we have added an additional report that can be examined any time during the pairings process showing the current and final status of awards for the customary Champion, Hurricane, Philanthropist, Dan Killer, Kyu Killer, Sensei and Straight Shooter categories. Opponents average entering rating is also calculated for tie-breaker purposes.
• More Rounds Options: we also extended the allowable number of (paired) rounds in a tournament to 0-12 from 3-10. Zero is used for self-paired only tournaments.
• Congress Bands: for larger tournaments – tested up to 400 players – we have added a new 18 band selection 'Congress' bands modeled on the US Open at US Go Congresses.
• Team Tournaments: we have improved the handling of team tournaments for both Handicap and Open section choices. For example, winning certificates for each team can now be printed: each lists all the members of the team.
• Miscellany: copying an old tournament [profile] will always put it into the next 12 months regardless of how long ago it was held.

• Custom images: Club Administrators can now 'brand' their club, tournament and event pages along with their membership cards, business cards and player/attendee badges. Club logos and graphics can be easily uploaded.
• A Home Club theme is now a subscriber's default theme after logging in. Subscribers can always change their Home Club selection under My Account > My Preferences. The club name will be shown prominently instead of 'GoClubsOnline'. Pages for tournaments and events hosted by other clubs will continue to sport their theme and club name.
• A Home Club Recent News panel is now available at the top of the Welcome page in a collapsible panel. Club organizers can specify how many news items to list from 1 – 10 in their club profile and whether to show or hide this feature altogether. Visitors unaffiliated to any club will naturally see no club news panel. Club volunteers can use this feature as a mini blog.
• Club News editing: we've upgraded the rich text editor that's invoked when adding or editing club news items to increase flexibility and give organizers much more control over the appearance of their Club News. Links, images and now videos and tables can be included in a news item for the benefit of club members.

• Any Events that are open for online registration
• Participating clubs
• Recent Tournaments and Events managed inside GoClubsOnline
• GoClubsOnline News

• * TDs can choose how paired games are assigned to board (or table) numbers. Traditionally, stronger players are assigned to lower board numbers. New options are available in the Pairings Parameters so that games can be assigned by White's last name, by White's Entering Rating, by White's Band/Wins/Rating record or randomly
• * An 'Auto' option has been added to the handicap options when adjusting pairings manually. GoClubsOnline will set the handicap for two players based on their entering ratings and the Pairings Parameter Handicap Calculation setting for the tournament.
• Club Administrators can now see what Payment Form (e.g Cash, Check or PayPal) was exercised when working on transactions.
• * Club Administrators can choose to export information on the registered attendees at their tournaments and events into a .csv file.
• * Players' Entering Ratings are now included in the tournament Check-in screen.
• * Subscribers' can now see attendees' playing strength when viewing the attendees of any event.
• * The number of rows selected to show in displays is now remembered between pages. For example, if the user selects Show 50 rows of attendees, this number will be used as a default for all other displays where the number of rows can be selected (e.g. Publications lists, Checkin lists, Meal Orders).
• Handling of membership dues, when Adult/Youth levels are free but other levels are not (e.g. Sustainer), has been improved.
• * Players' names have been added to certificates for winning teams in Rengo tournaments.

• the ability of clubs to include a PayPal account for club membership payment processing
• an extension to the Tournament Management and Pairings module allowing Tournament Directors to hold Pair Go or Rengo tournaments. Pair Go is a special instance of Rengo tournaments in which two players, usually a male and a female, form a team to compete against other similar teams. Gender requirements are the responsibility of tournament organizers to verify. Rengo allows for an unlimited number of players on a team without any other requirements for gender.

• Added improvements to the user interface using icons to support available user actions.
• Contact information (Tournament Director) is now included in the Tournament Details report.
• For added flexibility references to lunch or lunches have been changed to Meal allowing organizers to offer a Lunch, Supper, Dinner or any other kind of meal.
• Improvements to administration of Go Server information.
• Added a 'What is Go? page for pre-logged in visitors.

• Added PayPal integration so visitors can pay online for tournament and event registrations with a credit card or PayPal account. Organizers can optionally invoke this feature with their own PayPal account. None of these funds are directed to GoClubsOnline
• Subscribers can now cancel their participation in tournaments and events while preserving their registration record. Cancelled registrations are ignored from all other activities except in the Club Admin report on Cancelled Registrations. A subscriber can resurrect or undo this cancellation during the open registration period for any event or tournament.
• The main side bar navigation menu can be collapsed and expanded to show the features of the different sub-headings.
• A round of minor bug fixes and enhancements.

• added a reverse lookup for missing AGA Numbers against the AGA's TDList. (Menu item shows up for AGA Rated tournaments in Tournament Management Reports Panel.)
• included a warning on empty address fields in the AGA Dues email handling
• automated daily AGA and EGF TD List downloads. (Runs overnight, US Mountain Time)
• included a McMahon Bar to our Pairings Module to allow all games above a certain configurable rank be forced to even games in Handicap tournaments. In some cases this can avoid the need for a separate Open Section where games are generally played Even.
• added the option to email pairings of each round to all players to support online tournaments. (Menu item shows up when appropriate for each round in the Pairings Management page.)

• included a date range when searching book-keeping transactions. Club Admins can search transaction lists for their Club, any tournament or any event. The date range uses a popup date picker to set the begin and end dates.

• added a publications attribute of 'Comments' for use by the club librarian. It might carry references to almost anything, e.g. 'good for beginners'. The field is included in the Search function and column sorting.

Team Tournaments

Early Registration Discount

Tournament Pairings Module Updated

Event Attendee Badges

Tournament Pairings

Google Translate

QuickStart Mode

Library Catalog

Appearance and User Interface

• We use a calendar date picker for all date entry.
• In the pairings module, entering results for each round is easier with an improved interface and display.
• Membership card and prize certificate choices are improved.
• Tournament, event and club locks are now more accessible with icons.

New Lower Rates

• To help TDs register new GoClubsOnline (GCOL) Registrants, TDs may activate the unactivated account of any subscriber who can provide their userid and password. New GCOL subscribers who may not yet have received their activation emails can have their account activated by their Club Administrator/Tournament Director (TD).
• TDs can offer their attendees up to four Lunch Choices. Such options can include a list for each choice that could be used for up to four courses or used to specify beverage options in addition to other options.
• Requested Byes by round and Bye Volunteer status can now be edited on one page. 'Mass editing' of many attendees' bye information makes this a faster process.
• TDs can set/edit band separations (Initial McMahon scores) manually. Our pairing algorithm favors finding pairs with players of similar strengths. By setting bands with larger initial score separations, e.g. 2 points between bands instead of one, tends to require winning players to win more games before meeting players in the next band up.
• TDs can choose to pair within bands as well as prevailing score-groups (default). Generally, pairings are favored among players in the same score group. A score groups consists of players with the same score - initial score + the number of wins.
• TDs can choose to avoid forcing a bye on a player who has a requested bye in a future round (preferred). Or TD's can ask the pairings algorithm to ignore any future requested byes.
• TD contact information is now automatically added to the AGA tournament results report. The TD contact information includes available address, email and any phone number. This information is shared with AGA membership and database managers.
• TDs can choose from several options for how colors are set for Open Tournament games with the corresponding printable Results Slips capturing the colors under the 'Players Choose' option. Other options are 'Random', 'Stronger Player', 'No Same Color 3x' (part of the AGA spec.)
• TDs can choose whether tournament round results are published within GCOL to other subscribers. GCOL subscribers can see tournament results by round as they are posted from links in their home page. If a TD wishes, this information is not made available.
• TDs can print Special Award tournament certificates with their own title or choose from a list including the 'Youngest Player', 'Champion', 'Dan Killer', 'Kyu Killer' and so on. These are in addition to Prize Band certificates and are printable in a similar format.
• an improved pairings algorithm that generates fewer forced byes. Additionally, the algorithm is becoming more and more robust for a wider and wider variety of tournament circumstances.

• publish your tournament,
• accept on-line registrations,
• check-in players on-site,
• manage rounds,
• generate pairings,
• identify winners in a tiebreaker reports
• email results to the AGA (for AGA rated tournaments)
• print winners certificates
• check tournament Profit and Loss

Extra Options

• A club's Theme can now be chosen from previews (shown right), under the Club Management > Preferences.
• Nine new Club Themes (club color scheme and banner images) have been added for a total of 18:
  • Desert
  • Tundra
  • Tropics
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Ikken Tobi
  • Joseki
  • Kakari
  These themes may also be used in Membership Card printing extending the number of Membership Card options. You may now choose a theme in one of three series: Ecology, Seasons or Go-related.
• We have also significantly increased the number of (non-theme) Membership Card background designs from 5 to 30.
• We have significantly increased the number of Prize Certificate borders from 13 to 60, ranging from Classic to Contemporary.
• ISO standard stationary sizes (i.e. A4) can be selected for all stationary printing options (Membership Cards, Mailing Labels, Prize Certificates). Corresponding Avery label template numbers are provided.
• Some Club Administration pages now have the option to show either AGA credentials or EGF credentials.

New Tournament Management Features

• Tournaments must now be 'Published' before regular subscribers can see them for online registration or planning purposes.
• Tournaments can now be 'Cancelled' preventing any more online registrations but keeping existing registrations for email purposes or possible refunds.
• A separate fee/price structure can be included for persons registering on site (at-the-door). Either this can be represented as a 'late fee' or normal online registration can be 'discounted' from at-the-door fees.
• Line feed characters are accepted in critical Tournament Profile fields obviating the need to use the HTML <br> tag.
• Club Administrators can now access a Tournament Profile from the Tournament Management page avoiding extra clicks to visit the Club Management page.
• Prize Certificate choices (border and paper size) are consolidated and can now be accessed in their own page directly from the Tournament Management page.
• 'Box Lunch' is now just 'Lunch' in tournament profiles and tournament listings.
• The pairings program PyTD v3 export is now up to date.

New Club Management Features

• Added a new Dashboard feature for Club Management showing a wide variety of charts including membership history and comparisons of the club's tournament trends on attendance, registration and finances. Charts may be chosen for different periods, different line styles, and in either normal or printer friendly versions.
• Subscribers may now set the Home Club more simply under Preferences instead as part of their Profile.
• European Go Federations (EGF) PIN numbers can now be included on Membership Cards (as well as AGA membership numbers).
• Membership Card choices (background, layout and paper size) are consolidated and can now be accessed in their own page from the Club Management page avoiding a visit to the Club's Profile.
• Club Admins may now edit member and affiliate records with relaxed criteria for required fields (e.g. postal address is not required).
• Sales records may now be deleted in case of errors.

New Email Features

• Included salutations and sign-offs are now shown in email preparation pages.