From: Justin Hollingworth UKGATEWAY NET> Date: 12 jun 2002 Subject: Re: European/Worldwide Open Championship 2002 - Registration Fees Thanks Peter and sorry it isn't an MSO organised event - my mistake Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pieter Stouten" SHOGI NET> To: TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:31 PM 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)