[Sserver-three-d] Fwd: [robocup2008: 84] RoboCup 08 News

[Sahar A. <sah...@gm...>]

Hi all,

The following is the forwarded message of the general chair of RoboCup08
Suzhou. Please read this message carefully.

Best,
Sahar

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From: Sahar Asadi <As...@kh...>
Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Subject: Fwd: [robocup2008: 84] RoboCup 08 News
To: sah...@gm...




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*Sahar Asadi

School of Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
University of Tehran

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-----Original Message-----
From: "XiaoPing Chen" <xp...@us...>
To: rob...@go..., rob...@go...
Cc: rob...@in..., of...@ro...
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:46:43 +0800
Subject: [robocup2008: 84] RoboCup 08 News


Dear all,

We have just sent the first group of type 1 letters to 200 participants who
have
completed on-line registration. There are some participants who have also
completed on-line registration and will been sent type I letters very soon.

It seems that too many people will visit China around Olympics, Beijing,
which
begins on 8 Aug. 2008. We got some messages that the visa application policy
may
change due to this huge number of visitors in this short period. Therefore,
we
suggest completing on-line registration ASAP and applying for visa
immediately
once you receive the invitation letter. It might also be helpful, though we
are
not sure currently, if you do NOT list, on your visa application form,
Beijing as
one of Chinese provinces/cities which you intend to visit.

But for a participant from Iran or Turkey, you still need a type 2 letter
for visa
application. You must submit some additional materials before the LOC can
issue
type 2 letters. Please see http://robocup-cn.org/travel/ for more
information and
contact LI Jing (li...@si...) directly.  Once receiving the type 1 letter,
a
participant from other countries/regions can apply for Chinese visa, if
needed,
according to the instructions on the same web page. If there is any problem
with
the type 1 letter you receive, please contact Zhiwei dirtily
(so...@us...).

Please note that we have also announced contact persons for other issues at
http://robocup-cn.org/News
& Announcements. In addition, we will announce contact persons for more
issues on
the same webpage very soon.

We also established a Mailing List for Participants so that each participant
can
get messages from the LOC directly and quickly. Welcome all participants to
join
it via the website http://groups.google.com/group/robocup2008-participant .

Please distribute this letter on your mailing lists. Thanks!

Best,
Zengqi and Xiaoping