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Dear Go Players,

In a change from our normal routine, the next Rating Tournament will be on the second Sunday of the month: April 12, stating at 10 am.  This is because we have lots going on with Sakura Con Outreach during the first weekend, Friday April 3 – Sunday April 5.   The first weekend is also Easter weekend for many, but Go Center will be open normal hours on Saturday, April 4, from 1-7 p.m.

At Sukura Con, we will be in the same room as last year, near the escalator: room 305.  You do not need a pass to reach us, so come help out! Here is our schedule:

Friday, April 3: 10 am to 10 pm

Saturday, April 4: 10 am to 10 pm

Sunday, April 5: 10 am to 4 pm (moving stuff to Go Center afterwards)

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

General Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

Our one hour annual meeting is coming up this Sunday, March 24 at 2 PM.  If you are a voting member of the Seattle Go Center, and you are not coming, please arrange for a voting member who is coming to vote your proxy.  (An agreement by email is sufficient.)  We need to meet the quorum requirements of our bylaws.

The annual meeting will feature a short slide show of recent Go Center events, plus some images from our opening in 1995 with Iwamoto Sensei.  We will have reports on the activities and budget of the Go Center, and the election of three people to the Board of Directors, which has 9 members total.  All three of our current Board Members with terms finishing are willing to serve again, but we are open to new nominations as well.  The three up for re-election are: Chris Kirschner, Oren Laskin and Michael Cho.  We are also happy to know about people interested in joining the Board next year, in 2016.

There will be a Board Meeting following the annual meeting at 3:00 p.m.  The rest of you can play Go!

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

The author of “Misaeng”, Yoon Tae Ho,  will be visiting Seattle from March 28 to April 1.  “Misaeng” is a popular manhwa (Korean graphic novel) about a talented and dedicated baduk (Go) player who does not achieve professional status, and who starts working for an international trading company.  It is now a very popular K-drama on cable TV.

Several of our members have been following it.  Brian Kirby observes, “The series is about go, but more about life in the office.  The go analogies used throughout are fun, nonetheless”.

Mr. Yoons’s visit has been organized by the University of Washington East Asia Library.  They are also presenting an exhibit of Korean Manhwa.  Here is the visit schedule:

http://guides.lib.washington.edu/k-manhwa

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

The author of “Misaeng”, Yung Tae Ho,  will be visiting Seattle from March 28 to April 1.  “Misaeng” is a popular manhwa (Korean graphic novel) about a talented and dedicated baduk (Go) player who does not achieve professional status, and who starts working for an international trading company.  It is now a very popular K-drama on cable TV.

Several of our members have been following it.  Brian Kirby observes, “The series is about go, but more about life in the office.  The go analogies used throughout are fun, nonetheless”.

Mr. Yung’s visit has been organized by the University of Washington East Asia Library.  They are also presenting an exhibit of Korean Manhwa.  Here is the visit schedule:

http://guides.lib.washington.edu/k-manhwa

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

I got the dates muddled in the middle of my previous message.  The correct schedule is:

Friday, April 3, 10 AM to 10 PM (or later, if we have the volunteers)

Saturday, April 4, 10 AM to 10 PM (or later, if we have the volunteers)

Sunday, April 5, 10 AM to 4 PM (Moving stuff to Go Center 4-6 PM)

Please note that this weekend also has the Easter holiday, so watch out for schedule conflicts.

My apologies for the confusion

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Players,

Once again, we will be teaching and sharing the game of Go at the Sakura-Con, which is happening this year on Friday - Sunday, April 3-5.  The Con is an amazing gathering of Japanese anime and manga fans, many of them in costume, at the Washington Visitor and Trade Center.  Here is their website:

http://www.sakuracon.org/

You do not need a pass to reach the room where we teach.  But our best volunteers do get passes for the rest of the convention.  We usually play teaching games on the 9x9 and 13x13, since many of the visitors to our room already know some Go.

If you can volunteer at least 4 hours, and would like a pass to the full Sakura Con, please contact me at manager@seattlego.org.  Since this is a very popular privilege, priority will be given to volunteers who commit to helping at one of our other outreach events (such as the Cherry Blossom Festival, April 24-26, and the UDistrict Street Festival, May 16-17).  We need the names of volunteers who want passes by this Friday, March 20.  Please tell me when you think you will be coming.  (You can adjust your schedule later, if things change.)  Once again, you do not need the pass to reach our room, if you just want to volunteer, or to watch the costumed crowds on the escalator.

Our hours will be as follows:

Friday, March 29, 10 AM to 10 PM (or later, if we have the volunteers)

Saturday, March 30, 10 AM to 10 PM (or later, if we have the volunteers)

Sunday, March 31, 10 AM to 4 PM (Moving stuff to Go Center 4-6 PM)

Please note that this weekend also has the Easter holiday, so watch out for schedule conflicts.

Regards,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

The Osaka Go Camp now has a website:

http://www.osakago.com/

June 28 - July 18, 2015

The website for the Nihon Ki-in Go Camp in Tokyo is:

http://www.summer-go-school.info/#/home

Aug 26 – Sept. 4, 2015

Last year, three of our members went to Osaka, and one to Tokyo.  They all had a good time.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

Our Yearly meeting is this coming up in 10 days, on Sunday March 22, at 2 p.m.  We will have snacks, a short slide show of recent events, and a business meeting that includes the election of three board members.  It should take about an hour.  We will stay open so you can play Go afterwards (of course).

Everybody is welcome, but we especially encourage voting members (yearly and lifetime members) to attend.  We need to get a 25% quorum of all our voting members to make the meeting official.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Seattle Go Players,

The Portland Go Club will be hosting Jennie Shen 2P for a workshop on the weekend of April 18th-19th, 2015.

Jennie Shen is a professional Go player, originally from China, who lives in California.  She led a fine workshop at the Seattle Go Center five years ago.  The workshop is in English, and she is very easy to understand.  She also teaches online through KGS.

Cost for the Portland event is as follows:

full weekend: $100

College student rate: 50% off

Child/youth rate: 75% off

Please include your playing rank.

Your payment guarantees you a spot. First come, first serve.

Please make checks payable to:

Portland Go Club

c/oPeter Freedman

1710 SW Harbor Way #303

Portland, OR 97201

Registration limited to 25.

Find out more about Jennie Shen here:

http://www.usgo.org/go-professionals-us-and-canada

General Schedule:

Sat. and Sun., 9-5

Lunch 12-1

Location: Lewis and Clark College

Albany 218 and 220. Campus maps (and directions to campus) are here:

https://www.lclark.edu/visit/directions/maps/

Parking is free on the weekend.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

Our friend from Japan, Lisa Go, will be at the Go Center this Tuesday to play games with the very strong players, and teaching games with the rest of us.  Last week she arrived around 5:00 p.m.

Chris will be baking bread, and we will probably be ordering pizza at $2.50 a slice.  We have had a “quorum for pizza” the last two weeks, after a period of austerity in February.

So come visit!  We will be open from 1-10 p.m.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Members,

If you have friends or relatives with children at the nearby McDonald International Elementary school, please remind them that the Go Center has an active Go Club that meets on Thursday afternoons.

Registration for the Spring Session is happening right now, as part of the McDonald After School Activities program.   Parents can register through our website at http://www.seattlego.org/youth-go/mcd/

For the Spring, we have 8 returning students, but we have room for 6 more, including complete beginners.  Ben Resnick and I are teaching this club.  There is also a Thursday Go Club at John Stanford International Elementary, which is already under way.  Daniel Top and Jordon Betcher are teaching are that class.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

700 NE 45^th Street

Seattle WA  98105

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)