[Seattle Go Center] Closed Memorial Day; Lost & Found; Tournament; Board Meeting; RenGo; Japan Fair; Fundraising

Hello Go fans,

Closed 5-27
The Go Center will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, and Nick Sibicky's DDK class is canceled that day. The DDK class will resume Monday, June 10 at 6:30 PM. If you want to study Memorial Day, check out some of Nick's previous lectures:
https://www.youtube.com/NickSibicky

Lost & Found
If you left a USB battery pack at the Go Center last week, it's locked up in the office.  Describe it to Mike (on Tuesdays) or Dennis (on Wednesdays or Saturdays) to claim it.

Ratings Tournament June 2
The Go Center's free monthly AGA ratings tournament will be Sunday, June 2. This is a great way to get in some intense face-to-face games. Register on-site, 10:00-10:45 AM; and the first round begins at 11:00 AM. No cost to play, but your AGA membership should be up-to-date (see https://www.usgo.org/join-aga-today for AGA membership info) and Go Center admission policies apply (first 10 visits free; after that, select the membership option https://www.seattlego.org/membership/ that works best for you). Full details are on the Go Center calendar: https://www.seattlego.org/events/

Board Meeting June 3
The Board of Directors will meet at Seattle Go Center on Monday, June 3, 6:30-7:30 PM.

Rengo
Our annual Rengo shindig will be Saturday, June 8. (If you're wondering "What is Rengo?", it's a kind of team Go, where a team of two players faces off against another pair of players; and it's a *lot* of fun!) If you want to play but don't have a partner, that's ok -- we'll be forming teams at the event. $10 per player (or $5 for youth 17 or younger, and for Go Center voting members) gains entry to the tournament, plus decadent dessert and a chance to win prizes: books on Go! Register 5:30-6:00 PM. The first round begins a few minutes after 6:00, and we're generally done about 10:00 PM.

Japan Fair
Our Go outreach program is going strong. We reached hundreds of new players at Sakura-Con and Cherry Blossom Festival in April, and another 150+ at the U District Street Fair this past weekend. Next up is Japan Fair at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue: http://japanfairus.org/
We will have volunteers staffing our table Saturday, June 29th 10:00am - 6:00pm and Sunday, June 30th 10:00am - 5:00pm. (If you'd like to help volunteer, please reply to this email and let me know.) There will be lots of Japanese food, cultural exhibits, and demonstrations. Unfortunately, there will be no free parking this year; but there will be on-site and nearby paid parking, and the venue is a short walk from the Bellevue transit center.

Fundraising & Plumbing
We are close to the $8000 needed to replenish the "rainy day" fund we had to expend on emergency plumbing repairs. (I still think it should be called the "snowy day" fund, because the problem happened during Snowmaggedon.) That's counting both monies the Go Center has already received, and funds that have been pledged but not yet received. But a new plumbing problem has appeared over the weekend -- which is why one of the bathrooms is marked "out of order". I'm not sure how serious it is -- Brian will have to evaluate it -- but we soon may be asking you to help replenish the fund again.

Thanks for your attention. See you soon at the Go Center,

Mike Malveaux
Seattle Go Center Programs Manager

email: programs@SeattleGo.org
web: www.SeattleGo.org
Go Center phone: 206-545-1424

PS -- Remember, it's better to dip your fingers in the coffee than it is to drink the stones.

(Yes, I'm still recycling old Go jokes. If you've got new material I can plagiarize, send it to me! :-)

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