Boston-2026 Go Congress: The Hype Begins
By
Trevor Morris
Posted: 2025-07-30T01:09:18Z
Shifting roles
Last winter, as I was preparing to co-direct the Boston-2026 Congress and turn my full attention in that direction, I asked Daniel Lambert if he’d consider stepping into the role of AGA Board Chair. He took time to think it over, but once he committed, he embraced the role fully. I’ve come to admire his thoughtful and deliberate leadership style, and I’m excited to continue working with him as Chair. He’ll also be taking over coordination of the Quarterly Chapter Meetings from me, helping to build a stronger, more connected AGA. Daniel's blog: A Go Streamer On The AGA Board
All the vendors!
Over the past four years running the New England Open, I've built strong relationships with nearly every Go vendor I could reach. Unsurprisingly, most have been eager to help—because the Go community is awesome like that! I have over two dozen vendors who regularly donate prizes. I hope to use these connections to build a prize pool for the Boston-2026 Congress that’s more exciting, more valuable, and genuinely different from what players have seen in the past. The system I use for prize distribution at the NE Open works well, but it likely won’t scale to Congress size. If you're interested in helping us figure out how to distribute donated vendor prizes in a way that connects each gift with a winner who will truly appreciate it—and helps promote the vendor in the process—please reach out: trevor.morris@usgo.org
Here’s a poster listing many of the past New England Open sponsors: Fourth New England Open Poster
Join us near Boston for the New England Open 2025 and try to claim one of these cool prizes! Aug 29–31, 2025: New England Open Registration
Boston-2026: Help wanted
We’ve got a lot of moving parts, and a lot of opportunities to help. Specifically, we need:
- A fundraising lead to seek sponsorships beyond the Go world.
- Volunteers for:
- Go vendor outreach
- Streamer outreach
- Prize and logistics planning (see above!)
- A Congress treasurer
- Many other volunteer opportunities - both large and small!
Volunteers: Sign up here!
Contracts take forever to finalize
The venue contract is still being finalized, but we’re getting close. You can find the anticipated dates and location in the volunteer signup form above!
Hype!
Let’s make Boston-2026 something special.
– Trevor