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The VIII Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad

November 26 - December 4, 2012

organisation:
arrival/departure: Cox's Bazar and Chittagong
content: town of Cox's Bazar (South-East Bangladesh)


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Personal data questionnaire
and the order of their presenting

All teams have to inform the Olympic Advisory Committee (OAC) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) about their participation not later than the deadlines.

For the VIII APAO the procedure of the informing is the following:

1. Leaders of official teams of states have to present to the Olympic Advisory Committee the applying documents including necessary personal information about every participant: team leader, contestant and observer (if any).

The necessary for the OAC and LOC of the VIII APAO points are:
    1. Family name(s)
    2. First name(s)
    3. Date of birth (in format: DD.MM.YYYY.)
    4. Place of birth: Province (city/town), state, country
    5. Sex (male, female)
    6. Citizenship, visits:
      6.1. Current citizenship, since what year
      6.2. Former and additional citizenships (if any), in what years
      6.3. Ethnicity (national (ethnic) origin) (if not the same as citizenship),
      6.4. Previous visits to Bangladesh (if any, including visits to East Pakistan before 1972),
        if more than 4 visits: note the first visit and last three visits, in what months/years
    8.(*) Passport data:
      8.1.(*) Passport no
      8.2.(*) Date of issue of the passport (in format: DD.MM.YYYY.)
      8.3.(*) Date of expiry of the passport (in format: DD.MM.YYYY.)
      Passport must be valid at list 6 months after the last day of proposed visa
      8.4.(*) Passport issued by (as written in the passport)
      8.5.(*) City/town and country of the consulate where you plan to get Bangladesh visa
      8.6.(*) Name of *.jpg file of photocopy of two main pages (double-page scan, resolution should be at least 300 dpi) of the passport (to be enclosed with the application)
    9. Position at the organization of work or study (student, teacher, professor, etc.)
    10. Data about the organization of work or study (school, institute, etc.):
      10.1. Full official name of the organization of work/study
      10.2. Location of the place of work (study): Town (city, village), province, state
      10.3.(*) Address (incl. zip code) of the organization of work/study
      10.4.(*) Fax, telephone Nr., e-mail of the organization of work/study
      10.5. (for students) Month, year of proposed (i.e. in future time) graduating from the school
      10.6. (for students) In what previous IAOs or APAOs participated (write years and Diploma, like: IAO-2003, 2nd Diploma)
    11. Home where the applicant lives:
      11.1. Location of the home: Town (city, village), province, state
      11.2. Permanent home address (incl. zip code)
      11.3. Home telephone Nr. (if any)
      11.4. E-mail (if any)
      11.5. Mobile telephone Nr. (if any)
    12. Languages:
        For leaders:
      12.1. What official language (Russian or English) he/she will use while translate text at the olympiad and during the cultural programme
      12.2. For what languages he/she may translate tasks from the language mentioned at p.12.1.
        For students:
      12.1. What official language (Russian or English) he/she prefer for the originals of texts on the rounds and during the cultural programme
      12.2. What native language he/she will use at the Olympiad's rounds
    13. Food requirements. Choose one of three diet alternatives:
      - Standard
      - Vegetarian
      - Avoid pork

    See below an example of the form filling
2. On arrival to the Olympiad the delegation head of each participating team should in any case (i.e. once more) hand over to the organizers a list containing all personal data on the leaders, participants and observers.

Notes how to answer the questions
    A. One have use usual case of letters: capital letters should be used only in the adequate places. TO USE ONLY CAPITAL LETTERS IS WRONG. See an example below. One may use only 26 symbols of English alphabet.
    B. Write only answers (do not copy questions).
    C. There should not be filled answers for "#." if the "#.#." question exists. For example, one has to fill "6.1.", "6.2.", etc, lines but there should be not "6." line in answers.
    D. Please, do not write "as last year" instead of actual data.
    E. All points (both bold and unbold) must be filled in any case. Nevertheless for the teams do not ask invitations for visa the points marked by "(*)" (unbold: 6.5-7, 8, 10.3-4) may be sent additionally (not later the "urgent deadline for for sending documents", 7 weeks before the Olympiad). All data necessary to get permission to visit cosmodrome Baikonur.
    For applications received later than 8.5 weeks before the Olympiad or application without all data at 8.5 weeks before the Olympiad the LOC could not give assurance about issuing visa support documents for the team.
    For applications received later than 7 weeks before the Olympiad or application without all data at 7 weeks before the Olympiad the LOC could not organise permission to visit cosmodrome Baikonur.
    F. Notes for actual points:
      1. To write all family names (as in passport).
      2. To write all first names (as in passport).
      8.4. Organization and city/town of issuing the passport.
      8.6. Colored photocopy of the main page of the passport, i.e. with photo, personal data and issuing data (in *.jpg format, at least 300 dpi resolution) should be enclosed, one should point the name of file here, better to name the file as "Pas-Family.jpg".
      12. Languages:
      12.1. Official documents of the Olympiad will be done him/her in the mentioned language.
      12.2. Leaders of the team are responsible to translate tasks from Russian or English to native languages of participants.
    G. Please, do not send large-size files and raw format files like *.bmp, *.tif, etc.
    H. Missing or uncorrect filling the point of food will lead to "standard" food.
      "Vegetarian" and "Avoid pork" diets will be served on separate tables.
      Choosing/changing diet is possible in advance only (not on arrival).
    I. If some information appears wrong and you have to change it, please, do both procedures:
      1. Write where the uncorrect data (what was written) should be replaced by correct data (write coorrect data)
      2. Resend all the list with the personal data.

Example of the form filling:
    1. Svanidze
    2. Sidor Vassiljevich
    3. 29.01.1959
    4. town Montargis, Loiret department, Centre region, France
    5. Male
    6.1. Argentina (since 1996)
    6.2. French (1959-1982), Spain (1982-1996)
    6.3. Georgian
    6.4. July 1989, ..., January 2000, March 2004, May 2006
    8.1. 45 N 596827
    8.2. 07.03.1998
    8.3. 07.03.2008
    8.4. Police office EFS 528, town Rawson, Chubut province, Argentina
    8.5. Buenos Aires, Argentina
    8.6. Pas-Svanidze.jpg
    9. Associate professor
    10.1. Rawson Pedagogical University, Physical Faculty
    10.2. Rawson, Chubut province, Argentina
    10.3. Gagarin avenue 15, AR-85001 town Rawson, Chubut province, Argentina
    10.4. Fax: +54-85-22-34-55, Tel: +54-85-22-34-99, e-mail: ssv@phys.rpu.ar
    10.5.
    This point only for students, in the case Mr.Svanidze is a student this line should be, for example, "June 2009"
    10.6.
    This point only for students, in the case Mr.Svanidze is a student this line should be, for example, "IAO-2006, Diploma of participating"
    11.1. village Pervomajskoye, Chubut province, Argentina
    11.2. O.Bender street, 24-18, AR-85334 village Pervomajskoye, Chubut province, Argentina
    11.3. Tel: +54-85-64-11-90
    11.4. E-mail: svsvanidze@mail.ru
    11.5. Mob.tel. +54-99-44-01-79
    12.1. Russian
    12.2. Georgian, Spanish
    13. Standard
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    Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO)
    ISSP of Russ. Acad. Sci., Institute street 2, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia.

    URL: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/apao/2012/
    e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru
    fax: + 7-(496-52)-28-160