After more than a year’s hard work President Michael has received notice from the Indian Shuffleboard Founder and President, Mr. Yogendra Patil, to the effect that the two shufflers who were to come to St Petersburg, were both denied travel visas to the USA to participate in our World Championship.
Apparently the USA State Dept. is taking unusual precautions with so much terrorist activity around the world and now the ISA is caught up in this. An Inaugural to India just may be one way to assist in the establishment of Shuffleboard in the nation of India.
Here is Michael’s e-mail to President Yogendra of India: Yogendra,
I am sorry to hear this; the entire shuffleboard community regrets that you have been unable to obtain visas. Please cancel your hotel reservation by internet and they will not charge you anything. I will ask the ISA Treasurer to send your advance tournament payment back to you by bank transfer. Please send me the bank name, account number and ABA wire transfer code. The bank will tell you this code.
Apparently the USA is still taking unusual precautions because of terrorist activity around the world and unfortunately you are being affected by this.
Of course I will make a formal complaint to the USA State Dept. on your behalf. To do this I will need the information about your two visits to get Visas.
Perhaps it will be somewhat easier for you to get visas to visit Midland, Ontario Canada next August 2014 for the 33rd World Championship. I highly suggest you make a formal written observation to the Indian Sports Commission about the lack of success you had in dealing with the US Embassy in India.
In conclusion, let’s talk seriously about you hosting an Indian Shuffleboard Inaugural in 2014 in India and begin to think about attending the Midland, Ontario Event in August of 2014.
I am willing to work toward arranging 50 or so of the top players in the world from many nations to come with me to India to make a great shuffleboard performance for you. Such an event would attract the media and undoubtedly be positive in nature.
Please let me have your reaction to the idea of an Inaugural to India.
Warmest wishes, Prof. Michael Robert Zellner, ISA President
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
Categories
- 100th Anniversary of Shuffleboard
- 2013 Norway
- 2015 ENGLAND
- 2016 England
- 2018 England UK
- 34th ISA Clearwater
- 35th ISA
- 36th ISA
- 36th ISA Brazil
- 37th ISA High River
- 38th ISA Austria
- Archival Item
- CHINA
- CNSA General
- CNSA HISTORY
- CNSA IP
- EUROPEAN
- FSA (All Districts)
- GENERAL
- Historical
- INSTRUCTION
- ISA (INTERNAITONAL)
- Medal Winners
- SENIOR GAMES
- Slide Shows
- SOCHI 2011
- SPECIAL EVENTS
- TAFISA Lithuania
- Travel Personal
- USA NSA
Meta