Hello All,
I was not sure if this was the correct place to post this information. An easier to read format can be found by accessing the www.scbabadminton.org website.

Take care,
Toddster

WANTED:
VOLUNTEERS!!!
FOR
2005 "WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS"

WANT TO MEET THE WORLD'S BEST ATHLETES UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL?
WANT TO WATCH THE TEAMS TRAIN, ASK ATHLETES QUESTIONS, MEET AN OLYMPIAN CHAMPION, TRAVEL WITH TEAMS, AND BE A PART OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STAFF?

WELL, HERE IS YOUR OPPORUTNITY! A MINIMUM OF 40 PEOPLE ARE NEEDED AS LAISON OFFICER/HOSTS FOR THE UPCOMING "2005 WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS".


Requesting Volunteers as Liaison Officers and Interpreters
(College Age Preferred)
2005 Tentative Dates: Liaison Officers/Hosts required to be at the site every day with assigned team until the team is out of competition. DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. The final schedule will be announced at a later date.


August 13, 14 & 15 TBA (arrival & pre tournament)
August 16, Tuesday
August 17, Wednesday
August 18, Thursday
August 19, Friday
August 20, Saturday
August 21, Sunday
August 22, Monday (departure)

Site: Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
2695 Katella Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92806


Job Description: Approximately 40 individuals, men and women, preferably college age, are needed to serve as LIAISON OFFICERS. The Liaison Officers will serve as hosts and interpreters for the teams at the competition. The Officers are expected to be available daily and as long as their respective team remains in the competition. The Officers will be ask to provide translation (when needed), and serve as the tournament's official host for each team. You may be required to accompany teams to practice facility, competition venue, travel to and from the event hotel, and answer questions about the tournament schedules. Some teams will need the Liaison Officers to translate information. However, the majority of the LO will need only to serve as a team host and provide the team managers with tournament information and logistics. You will not be required to travel or transport teams to and from the airport, nor will you be expected to accompany teams on tours or to other activities scheduled outside the tournament format.

Languages Requested: Translators are needed for the following countries:
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesia, Vietnamese, Russian, Thai, French, and Spanish.

With Gratitude for Volunteers Services:


1. 2005 WC T-shirt or uniform…TBA
2. Lunch and/or dinner depending on work schedule
3. Special credentials admitting you to athlete's restricted area
4. Liaison Officials' team responsibilities conclude after their respective team is out of competition.
5. Hotel and transportation expenses are volunteers' responsibility
Credentials:

1. Special LO credentials will be issued prior to the tournament
2. $20.00 deposit required to secure credentials, which will be fully refunded upon return of credentials.
3. Credentials must be worn at all times
4. Credentials must be turned in when respective team is no longer in the tournament
5. Credentials will only admit you to specific areas
Work Schedule:

1. Scheduled days and number of days required to work are depended upon the teams' tournament schedule.
2. Official tournament schedule to be announced at a later date.
3. All Liaison Officers are expected to be at the site during teams' competition.
4. Specific work schedule will be determined as team information becomes available.



2005 WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Volunteer Liaison Officer Staff Application

Please cut and paste and email information to sting42@aol.com

Name Last__________________________ First___________________________

Home Address________________________ City __________________________

State____ Zip Code___________ HM Phone ( ) _________-____________

Cell Number: ( )________-__________

Email Address___________________________________________ _

PREFERABLE COLLEGE AGE

Check and complete the following request(s):

____YES, I am interested in volunteering as a Liaison Officer for one of the nine
requested languages. ( See the list above for requested languages)
___________________1st language choice
___________________ 2nd language choice


____YES, I am interested in volunteering as a Liaison Officer who will be team
host.( English is the only language needed).


Questions or Comments:_________________________________________ ______ __________________________________________________ ________________

No way! I'd totally do this to get the inside scoop on things! :D

Sounds very good.

Let me try my luck to apply. Hopefully, ppl won't think upper 20s is way too old. :D

Sounds very good.

Let me try my luck to apply. Hopefully, ppl won't think upper 20s is way too old. :D

If upper 20s is way too old, then I'm an old man at 34. :p

Last heard,
the person in charge is not accepting anymore people to be Liaison Officer(at least for the Chinese speaking teams)..One of my friend tried to apply for it last week and was denied.. :( I guess they've already ordered the clothings(Yonex) for all the LOs, because they will be sending them from Japan..
Sorry to all who is/are still interested..

Hello All,

All of the Liaison Officer and Interpereter Volunteer positions have been filled. :D

Please do not email me any more applications. :crying:

Thank you,

Todd Aubin

hey hey! i was wondering! how are they going to give out the uniforms? are u gonna send them to us? or hand them out when we get there?

To answer your query, I'm not sure how and when..
But as far as I know, the person in charge(Vicki Toutz) said there would be one last "large" meeting with the whole Liaison Officers involved. Whether this meeting will involve giving out the clothings to the LOs or not, I'm not sure. But i believe, ALL the LOs will need to attend that *mandatory* meeting, which hasn't been given any date *yet*..Perhaps during/after that meeting, we'll know if they've given the clothings or not..
We'll let you guys know when more infos come in..:).

hey hey! i was wondering! how are they going to give out the uniforms? are u gonna send them to us? or hand them out when we get there?

OK folks,
For those interested and are involved in helping out as LOs in the WC,
I just got new infos from Vicki regarding the next "big meeting for all LOs". According to her, the meeting will take place sometimes in August. There is no date set yet for that meeting, but I would guess it will be a few days or perhaps the week before the actual WC.

She also mentioned that she will be sending new email(s) within the next 2 weeks or so to all the LOs. The email will basically give the upcoming tentative dates for all activities as well as the job descriptions for all LOs. She will need to get some approval for the dates, from the organizing committe, prior to sending the emails out.