ozibg - Australian Internet Backgammon

("ozzy-beejee")

The ozibg virtual community is encompassed by a mailing list, administered here at Ranking Software. Please look below for details on how to subscribe. The ozibg mailing list serves these ends:

• To provide a universal address, ozibg @ listbot.com , for people to mail to and be assured that they haven't forgotten anyone who might be interested. Mail sent to ozibg @ listbot.com will be automatically forwarded to everyone on the mailing list. (Note that the space has been inserted to deter spammers who scan web pages for addresses ... :-()
• To keep abreast of Internet backgammon events involving Australians, for example the Internet Team Championship and the Australian Internet Backgammon tournaments (entries now open!). Details regarding the Australian team, which now has around 30 interested members, can be obtained from the captain (position currently vacant).
• To inform each other about backgammon happening over Real Boards (TM) :-) ... new clubs, regular gatherings, tournaments, book-signing tours (?!); anything to do with backgammon and its promotion in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Canberra's Greg Ash maintains a list of clubs around the country, and additions are very welcome.
• To provide a market for selling, buying, and trading of backgammon merchandise, including books, computer programs, and equipment. I imagine that the interest here won't be all that large, but I'm happy to be surprised.
• To actively recruit new people to the game of backgammon, whether or not they have internet access. Pointers on how to do this are also welcome.
• Generally, to help foster a spirit of community amongst local backgammon players, who have for years been isolated by geography and by the collapse of previously large clubs around the country.
• The list discourages discussions of specific backgammon positions and other more general questions which are not directly relevant to the Australian scene. Please direct these to the rec.games.backgammon newsgroup, which is always worth reading in any case.

Please feel free to contribute more points to the mailing list's "charter" - I'm merely the person who provides the address (in Melbourne, incidentally), and this list needs a collaborative effort to be as valuable as we know it can be.

How to subscribe

Thanks for your interest in the Australian Internet Backgammon community. All requests regarding new subscriptions (got any connected backgammon friends?), change of address, or unsubscription, should be directed to the ozibg ListBot page

Who's on the list?

This list has been removed from the public page. We have had over 80 people on the list from all states and territories, but with the move to listbot we lost a few. We may instead put a list of primary contacts from each state here.

Vital links

• Stephen Turner's excellent backgammon page.
• Greg Ash: information on clubs, particularly the one in the ACT.
• The aborted, 70% completed, WBF-sponsored WAUC97 ("Australian Championships on the Internet").
• The inaugural Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The second Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The third Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The fourth Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The fifth Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The sixth Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The seventh Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The eighth Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The ninth Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The tenth Australian Internet Backgammon competition.
• The eleventh Australian Internet Backgammon competition (just started!).
• MelbourneBG backgammon club (my local)