Notes related to preparations for Team Santa Fe's "Complexity in Cuba" Trip
- Participants requesting invitation to attend the Seminario in Camagüey
- Camagüey calendar-important dates
- Financial Planning Spreadsheet for Team Santa Fe - Camagüey project
- Complexity Classroom in Camagüey
June 23-Complexity in Cuba FUNDRAISING PROPOSAL.rtf
Items needed from each team participant (or others[1]) to generate invitation letter from Cuba's Ministry of Education:
- Full name
- Surface mail contact information
- Place of work
- Activities which could explain the relation to the workshop.
- Passport number
- Fill out the form here
Process for requesting "licence" to travel to Cuba from the U.S. Dept. of Treasury. (NB: at the very best, this application process will require at least two weeks. Please start right away.)
- Marcelo Chacon wrote: TO TRAVEL TO CUBA, YOU SHOULD CONTACT omar.iglesias@reduc.edu.cu . HE WILL EXPLAIN ALL THE OPTIONS YOU HAVE, HE IS THE PERSON WHO ORGANIZES THE TRAVELING ISSUES.
Please DO NOT contact Sr. Iglesias. TJ will get in touch with him.
- Also, it's a good idea to read the OFAC regulations on who can legally go to Cuba. You will find those here:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1097.html#entry_requirements
and http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/
- Here is the letter that worked for Tom Johnson to get approval to attend the Havana meeting in Jan. 2008. Obviously, you don't want to copy this letter exactly.
JTJ letter to OFAC.pdf
Footnotes
- Marcelo Chacon writes on May 8, 2008: "Any other people from the U.S. that would like to participate in the seminar should send the same information to me (as soon as possible), and then I start the process to get the invitation letter." ▲