From: Pieter Stouten SHOGI NET> Date: 10 jun 2002 Subject: European/Worldwide Open Championship 2002 - Registration Fees On 02/06/10 at 21:38 +0100, Justin Hollingworth ukgateway net>: >A quick question about paying the registration fee in currencies other >than Euros that might be of interest to others > >Do I just take some kind of spot rate to pay the appropriate amount >to my national representative or is there some other system or >generic exchange rate in force? > It depends on how national associations handle this. Some require their members to pay the entire fee, some require only a deposit. Players that will have paid only a deposit prior to the ESC/WOSC will need to pay 100 Euro minus their deposit (after conversion to Euro using the OANDA interbank rate of Wednesday 21 August) when checking in at the RIKAB Institute. Players that will have paid their national association the equivalent of the total registration fee of 100 Euro in their own currency (using the OANDA interbank rate of the day before they pay) will not have to pay additional money as a result of an increase of the value of the Euro, nor will they receive a refund if the the value of the Euro decreases. Approximate exchange rates are as follows: 100 Euro = 92 USD = 64 GBP = 12,000 JPY. Please note that in order to take advantage of the low registration fee of 100 Euro, players will need to register with their national association (UK, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Canada, USA) or with Albrecht Heeffer pandora be> (if from any other country) BY SUNDAY 14 JULY. For registration details, please refer to . Hope to see you all in Brussels, Pieter Stouten (on behalf of the ESC/WOSC 2002 Organizing Committee)