FIDE arbitration seminar

The truth is I am salivating at this announcement by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP):

FIDE ARBITERS SEMINAR
by: Patrick Lee

The National Chess Federation of the Philippines, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, is hosting a FIDE Arbiters Seminar to be held on September 23 - 25, 2009 in Manila.

Participants may earn the FIDE Arbiter norms after passing the examination.

The seminar program is:
September 23 Lecture (Laws of Chess, Rapid, Blitz)
Lecture (Tournament Rules, tie breaks, basic principles for organizing
tournaments)
September 24 Lecture (Systems of playing, Round Robin, Swiss system, pairing rules)
Se[tember 25 Lecture (Title and Rating Regulations, Arbiter title regulations)
Examination

Arbiters Seminar course fee is Php 7,500 Exclusive of Board and Lodging.

The problem is . . . economics. The fee is simply unaffordable for a poor guy like me. So I am making an appeal to the Asian Chess Federation and the NCFP to please slash the seminar fee. Please, please, please.

By the way, I made a previous post about FIDE’s chess arbitration seminar. Please read it HERE.