[Seattle Go Center] Sakura Con Volunteer Passes March 25-26 2016

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First Deadline for Pass Requests: Tuesday, March 1 at 7 pm

Dear Members,

Once again, we will be teaching and sharing the game of Go at the Sakura-Con, which is happening this year on Friday, March 25 through Sunday, March 27. 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, or in person at the Go Center on Tuesday, March 1. Since this is a very popular privilege, priority will be given to volunteers who are all already teaching at the Go Center, or who can commit to helping at one of our other outreach events, such as the Cherry Blossom Festival, April 22-24, and the UDistrict Street Festival, May 21-22. All folks who contact me before 7 pm on Tuesday will be given equal consideration. (It will not be first come first served.)

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 25, 10 AM to 10 PM (or later, if we have the volunteers)

Saturday, March 26, 10 AM to 10 PM (or later, if we have the volunteers)

Sunday, March 27, 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.

Cheers,

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)