GR- 2. INVITATIONS

[Jadranko Radovanovic]

2. INVITATIONS

Invitation should be sent to all ISSA country coordinators (chief and assistant), and could also be sent directly to all ISSA members.
To provide sufficient information to the participants and to have enough time for preparing travelling and visas the following schedule should be used:

1st announcement 9 months before
This announcement should contain: Name of contest, place, date, specification of events, the ISSA logo and a request to former Eastern block country coordinators (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and other states of ex USSR), to apply for personal invitations. The invitation could also contain other facts around the contest which could be relevant at that time.
This invitation serves the purpose of allowing the skater to select among the contests to be held in the coming season, and allow for publication of contest schedules in magazines.

2nd announcement 6 months before
This announcement should contain: Name of contest, place, date, specification of events, the ISSA logo, request to former Eastern block country coordinators to apply for personal invitations. The invitation could also contain other facts around the contest which could be relevant at that time.

3rd announcement 3 months before
This announcement should contain: Name of contest, date, specification of events, complete information on location, travelling information by car, train/bus and plane, the ISSA logo, entry fee, prize money (if any), type of surface, accomodations provided and cost of, complete addresses and phone/fax number to at least 2 hotels as an alternative. For former Eastern block countries this invitation should be addressed personally to each of the slalomers that have asked for it as well as to all ISSA coordinators. For them the invitation should state a contest period of 2 days before and 2 days after the contest plus the actual contest days, to allow for travelling.