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Dear Go Center Members,

The Rural Electrification Committee will be meeting on Saturday, April 1, at 1 pm to discuss options for upgrading the wireless and internet connections at the Go Center.  All members are welcome. We currently have “pair bonded dsl” for our internet.

Regards,

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,

Bian Wenkai, the young pro from the Nihon Ki-in, is now in Seattle.  He was a very friendly and patient teacher at the McDonald Go Club this afternoon. Bian Sensei started playing Go in Shanghai China when he was 5 years old.  His family moved to Japan when he was 8.  Later on, he got serious about Go, and became an insei when he was high school aged.

Here is his schedule at the Go Center:

Saturday, March 25: simultaneous games at 2 pm. ($10)

Sunday, March 26: Free lecture at 2 pm.  He will review two of his games.  The first game he played many years ago, and he lost by .5 point.  It is burned into his memory.  The second is a recent game from the young professional’s tournament.

Monday, March 27:  Nick’s Class, starting at 6:30.   Free Lecture for DDK players, and players up to 5 kyu, probably on tesuji.

Tuesday, March  28: Simultaneous games at 7. ($10)

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,

I am pleased to announce that Lucy Lu Wang was elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting yesterday.   Lucy has been a great volunteer for the Go Center, as a day manger on Thursday afternoons, at outreach events, and also as a Go teacher with Sonny Cho at the Northwest Chinese School in Bellevue.  In addition, she speaks Chinese, which is very helpful for the Go Center.  She is a graduate of MIT, now working on her PhD at UW.  Please welcome Lucy!

Dengda (Dan) Tang has finished his second three year term as Director of the Go Center, and is retiring from the Board.  We appreciate his steady support of the Go Center, and we hope that we will continue to see him at our tournaments and events.

Lee Anne Bowie and Bill Chiles were re-elected to the Board at the Annual Meeting.  At the Board of Directors meeting following the Annual Meeting, the officers were selected.  They are:

Lee Anne Bowie – continuing as President

Bill Chiles – continuing as Vice President

Hikojiro (Hiko) Katsuhisa – continuing as Treasurer.

Lucy Lu Wang - Secretary

By the way, the Seattle Go Center is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington.  Our formal name is the Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West.  We are governed by a 9 member Board of Directors.  Three Directors are elected each year by the yearly and lifetime members.  Our building is owned by a nonprofit in Japan, the Nihon Ki-in.  We have a long term management contract and lease with them for the use of the building.

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 Go Players,

We will be watching the 2^nd day of the World Go Championship tomorrow evening at the Go Center, in addition to our regular Tuesday events.  The games start at 6:30 p.m. our time.   As I write this at 10:15 pm Monday, the first day games are still being broadcast on youtube.  There are two games.  At times, there is commentary in English by Michael Redmond, 9P and Antti Torman 1P.  At other times, the channel just shows the players of the games, or the boards themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iohS6jbLOoA

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,

Here is a friendly reminder that the Annual Meeting of the Seattle Go Center will be on Sunday Afternoon, March 19, from 2 - 3 p.m. All members are welcome.  We will have a short slide show, including some images that we will never put on the internet.  There will also be snacks, and reports on the year, and elections to 3 board positions.  Donors to our Go board refinishing project will be asked to sign the backsides of our newly redone boards.

If you are a voting member of the Go Center (yearly or lifetime member), and you are not coming to this meeting, please give your proxy to a voting member who is coming to the meeting, so that we can make our quorum – that is, have enough members represented so that the meeting is legal.  You can do this by email.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian Allen Photo

4301 2^nd Ave NE

Seattle, WA  98105

206 632-1122 (office at home)

206 370-1069 (cell)

brian@brianallenphoto.com

www.brianallenphoto.com

Dear Go Players,

The Go Center will be open today, Thursday,  from 2-9 pm as usual.  Dan player Chris Kirschner will be available for teaching games in the afternoon.  Our volunteers lead complicated lives, but I think we will have some other Go instructors there as well in the afternoon.  Larry Eclipse will be teaching beginners and advanced beginners in the evening, starting at 6:30.  Usually these are individual lessons or small group lessons.  This is a great opportunity if you want a regular weekly lesson.  The lessons are free, and your first 10 visits are free as well.

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 Go Players,

Last Tuesday, it was very slow at the Go Center in the early afternoon, and it was still slow at 6:30 p.m.  Then everybody came at 6:35 p.m.  We had 35 players total, beginner to 5 dan.  English was the main language spoken but we also had players fluent in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French and German.

We will be open today, Tuesday, March 14,  from 1 to 10 p.m.  Chris K. will be baking bread.  Come visit!

Best,

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,

Deborah and I have reserved a camping spot at Marble Creek Campground in the Mt Baker Snoqualmie National Forest in the North Cascades for the nights of Thursday Aug 24 – Saturday Aug 26.   We encourage other Go players to come car camp with us at this small Forest Service campground.  It has really big trees, and it is next to the Cascade River, which has nice gravel bars.  This is usually a quiet campground.

The campsites do not have potable water.  Water is available in the town of  Marblemount WA, on Rt 20, which is about 8 miles away.  There is a lot of excellent hiking in the area, some of it quite challenging.  Or you can laze about the campsite, and play Go.

Last I checked, there were two more campsites available for reservations.  They are $14/night, plus the cost of a pass that is good for Forest Service facilities.  Other sites will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Here is the link:

https://www.recreation.gov/camping/marble-creek-campground/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=73773

Come join us!

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,

Let me remind you that Bian Wenkai, a young Nihon Ki-in pro who is fluent in both Chinese and Japanese, will be visiting Seattle March 23-28.   This trip has been generously sponsored by the Nihon Ki-in (of Japan).

We have scheduled a number of events for Mr. Bian.  All lectures will be in English, or they will be translated to English, and they will be free.  All simultaneous games will be $10.

Thursday, March 23.  Visit to McDonald Go Club

Saturday, March 25, 2:00 p.m., Simultaneous Games at Go Center

Sunday, March 26, 2:00 p.m., Lecture at Go Center (Topic to be announced.)

Monday, March 27, 6:30 p.m., Lecture to DDK class

Tuesday, March 28, 7:00 p.m., Simultaneous Games at Go Center

As usual, these events are posted on our Google Calendar at:

http://www.seattlego.org/events/

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 Parents and Players,

The Spring Children’s Tournament will be this Sunday, March 12, starting at 10:30 a.m.  All players  14 and under are welcome. There will be prizes – including trophies, medals, books and equipment.  There will also be free pizza!

Please note that this will be the first day of Daylight Savings Time, so 10:30 a.m. comes an hour earlier.

This tournament will have three sections, so that players at all levels can participate.  There will be 19×19 games for older players; 19×19 games for younger players, and 13×13 games for all ages.  We expect to finish around 4 p.m., but the 13x13 groups may finish earlier.  The 13x13 tournament will also be more informal – good for players who can’t stay the whole time.

This is not a rated tournament, so children do not have to be  AGA members to participate.

There is no charge for this event; registration is at the beginning of the day.  However, if you think your family is coming, it would be helpful if you sent me an email in advance.

Cheers,

Brian Allen

manager@seattlego.org

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 Teachers,

We are looking for an outreach volunteer or volunteers to teach Go for one session at Salmon Bay Elementary in Ballard.  This is for Pi Night: an evening of math games and pie, which runs from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.  I had a lot of fun there last year, and two kinds of pie.

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 Players,

The Hurry Curry meetup in South Lake Union is continuing, so come on by, and get dinner at happy hour prices, and also have a game of Go, or some informal instruction.  Look for Michael Zhang the next two weeks; after that, the lead volunteer will be Dan Top.

They will meet tonight on

Monday, March 6, 2017

5:30 – 8:00 PM

Hurry Curry of Tokyo

825 Harrison St, Seattle

Seattle, WA

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)

206 370-1069 (Cell Phone)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

Dear Go Teachers,

We need  second volunteers for two Friday evening outreach events.

On Friday, March 10, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Dan Top will be the lead volunteer at Japan Night at John Stanford International School.  We will be teaching Capture Go, and playing 9x9 games with students who already know the game.  We often have a Go Club at this nearby elementary school, and we hope to get it running again next fall.

On Friday, March 24, from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m., Dennis Wheeler will be teaching at the Cherry Blossom Festival at Kentlake High School, down in Kent.  Set-up is around 4:30.  It would be great if you could help will all or part of this event.

Please contact me at manager@seattlego.org if you are interested in helping out.

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)