Nihon Ki-In Go Institute of the West Inc.

“The organization has members. There are six classes of members with voting rights at membership meetings: individual lifetime, pair lifetime, individual yearly, household yearly, individual quarterly with 93 or more days of consecutive membership, and board members. The board determines the cost of these memberships, which costs it may prospectively (but not retroactively) adjust from time to time. - lifetime memberships. Lifetime memberships may be held by people over age 18 who are qualified for seattle go center membership and who agree to receive all required notices via electronic transmission. A lifetime membership entitles the holder to free or discounted access to the seattle go center and seattle go center activities, for their entire lifetime. These memberships are personal to the holder and cannot be transferred. Pair lifetime memberships are available, at a cost set by the board, pursuant to article 2.1.2, to two people, each of whom is over age 18, who are both qualified for seattle go center membership and who wish to purchase their memberships together. - yearly memberships. Individual and household yearly memberships are available to qualified people who agree to receive all required notices via electronic transmission, at a cost set by the seattle go center board pursuant to article 2.1.2. Household memberships are available to groups of two to six people who share the same physical home address. All yearly memberships, and associated voting rights, lapse 365 days after payment of the yearly dues. - quarterly memberships. Quarterly memberships are available to qualified people who agree to receive all required notices via electronic transmission, at a cost set by the seattle go center board. Quarterly memberships, and associated voting rights, lapse 90 days after payment of the quarterly dues. - additional non-voting membership classes. From time to time, the seattle go center board may create other, additional classes of membership as it sees fit; however, these classes will not have any voting rights.”

“The members elect the board of directors at the organization's annual meeting. Decisions of the board are subject to review by the members at the annual meeting.”

“The board reviews the form 990 for accuracy prior to filing.”

“The organization requires its board and employees to disclose on a signed form if they have a conflict of interest annually. Any director, principal officer or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has direct or indirect financial interest is an interested person. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or agreement. After disclosure of the interest, he/she shall leave the governing board or committee meetings while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee member shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. If a conflict of interest exists, the interested person may make a presentation to the governing board or committee meeting, but after the presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990 is available at www.guidestar.org.”

“The seattle go center continued to ramp up our programs from last year after covid, started hosting more tournaments, conducting more outreach events, and starting more meetups in nearby communities that find it more difficult to come to sgc regularly. Our general attendance is up over the past year. Our most attended days are tuesday (25-35 attendees) and saturday (10-20 attendees). We motivated and help create several meet-ups to promote go and spread our community to places where folks find it harder to attend sgc regularly, providing equipment, teaching, and hosts. There are now six different meetups, up from two, and we are working on more in farther places from seattle. We continued our monthly ratings tournaments for members to record national rankings. In july 2023, we hosted a go professional and workshop for 35 members. In july 2023, we had a party for members and to thank volunteers. In july 2023, we did outreach at the bellevue, wa japan fair and taught go to 200+ new people. In july 2023, we did outreach at the bon odori festival and taught go to 50 new people. In august 2023, we participated in the from hiroshima to hope remembrance ceremonies, discussing our founder, origin story, go, and promoting go to attendees. In september 2023, we did outreach at the bellevue college japan week, teaching go to 130 people. Sep 2023 - may 2024 we ran a kids time program focusing on teaching kids and families with several people attending weekly. In october 2023, we held a small party for our 28th anniversary. In november 2023 we held our anniversary tournament with 36 participants, with more attendees watching games. In december 2023, we hosted our the annual state championship for the aga. There were 39 participants and more attendees watching games. In january 2024, we hosted a go professional and held a two-day workshop with 21 participants. In january 2024 we started a weekly class for single-digit kyuu players, including a study group, lectures, and recording lessons. In february 2024, we had our winter tournament with our usual monthly handicap section and an open section for strong players. In march 2024, we had our first lighting tournament (blitz) that was very popular. In march 2024 we started teaching go at an elementary school's afterschool program, teaching 10-15 kids each week. In march 2024 we did outreach at sakuracon over three days and taught go to 150+ attendees. We also hosted a handicap tournament with prizes from the sakuracon organization. In april 2024, we ran a lightning tournament just for fun (no ranks or prizes) that was very popular with 33 participants. In april 2024, we did outreach at cherry blossom festival where we taught go to 240+ attendees. In may 2024, we did outreach at the u district street fair teaching go to 300+ attendees. In may 2024, we did outreach at the japanese community and cultural center for their kodomo no hi festival, teaching go to 250 attendees. We were the most popular station at the festival. In may 2024 we held our spring tournament with 22 attendees. In may 2024 we held a workshop as part of the local school district's focus week program, teaching go to 22 kids. In june 2024, we held a 2 day class at the international community school. In june 2024, we taught go at a school for a multicultural night, reaching about 15 kids.”