CPS

COLLEGE PREP LD INVITATIONAL

17-18 December 2022

DEADLINE

10 Dec 2022
NO REFUNDS AFTER 6 DEC 2022

ELIGIBILITY

LD only

LOCATION

The Open division will be online through NSDA Campus

Information

THE 21ST ANNUAL COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE INVITATIONAL
Saturday and Sunday, December 17-18, 2022

The College Preparatory School Debate Team is pleased to invite you to its twenty-first annual Lincoln Douglas debate invitational. We will offer five and six preliminary rounds of competition. The Open division will be hosted online on NSDA Campus.

Tournament highlights include:
*Experienced judging pool.
*Meals provided free of charge to all judges, coaches, and competitors at the in person competition. Additional meals for observers may be purchased.
*High quality awards for all elimination round participants, plus a repeat of our tasty speaker award cakes in the open division!
*Small, self-contained campus, perfect for sending students with parent chaperones if the coach cannot attend.

Our purpose in hosting this tournament is to provide a competitive opportunity on the West Coast for Lincoln Douglas debaters.
We like hosting an all Lincoln Douglas tournament, a tournament at which Lincoln Douglas debate is treated with respect, rather than as an afterthought. We are a TOC bid tournament at the quarter-final level in the TOC division.

DIVISIONS

The Novice division is limited to debaters in their first year of competition. First year competitors may participate in the Novice division regardless of how many previous tournaments they have competed in.
Debaters who debated during the 2021/22 school year must compete in the Varsity division unless they have competed in no more than 5 debate competitions over the length of their debate career (this includes ALL forms of debate, including Policy, LD, Parliamentary, and Public Forum). This 5 tournament limit for Novice eligibility includes tournaments held in the 2022/23 school year. In other words, if the debater competed in 4 tournaments last year and will have competed in 2 this year before our tournament, s/he must compete in the Open division (online) or TOC (in person).
The TOC division is open to all interested debaters. It is a Varsity level division and Quarter Final level TOC qualifier.
The Open division is open to all debaters. The top performing novices in this division will receive awards if they do not reach elimination rounds. Please be sure to mark your novice competitors in this division so that they can be eligible for recognition.

JUDGE REQUIREMENTS
COMMITMENT
In Novice and Open, all schools are required to provide judges through the first FULL elimination round or one round beyond the elimination of their competitors, whichever comes later.
In the TOC division,all schools are required to provide judges through OCTOS or one round beyond the elimination of their competitors, whichever comes later.
IN PERSON
Please note that all in person judges are in a single pool in order to allow us to maximize preferences in the TOC division.
Judges covering in person entries must be available to judge in person. They may, on occasion, be assigned to an online ballot if necessary.
ELIGIBILITY
We care about our judging pool. Because of this, we request information on all of the judges you provide. Please indicate competitive and judging experience for all judges. Please also have each judge complete a judging philosophy in their tabroom.com account if the do not already have one. This information is important to teams as they complete their judge preferences in the TOC division. It is especially important to less resourced programs, as they often have less access to information about judges outside of their geographic area.
Entries in the TOC division will not have access to judge preferences if their judges do not have philosophies posted.

COVID PROTOCOLS
We will announce our precise COVID protocols closer to the tournament when we have a better idea of the public health situation at that time.
In the meantime, this is what we expect to do:

Weather permitting, everyone will be encouraged to eat outdoors. In the event that this is not possible, we will designate spaces where people can eat.
All classrooms should have windows open. Most campus rooms have excellent ventilation through the HVAC system. Those that do not have air filters. If there is an air filter, it will be turned on.
Everyone will be expected to mask indoors when in mixed (not just your school) company. Competitors may unmask while speaking, but should maintain social distancing while unmasked. If anyone in a room (judge/student/coach) is uncomfortable with this, everyone in the room should remain masked. We will always default to the most restrictive/safest standard requested by anyone in a given space. The rule of thumb is to be considerate of the needs of others.
Cloth masks ≠ masks. We will have masks available for those who forget to bring them.
We will try our hardest to avoid ruining your winter break by starting it with COVID.

TOPICS
The Open Online division will use the NSDA Nov/Dec topic, Resolved: The People’s Republic of China ought to prioritize environmental protection over economic growth.

Entry Price

Online Open LD and parent is judging $90
Online Open LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $200

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule

ONLINE SCHEDULE (OPEN DIVISION ONLY)

SATURDAY, DEC. 17 -- ONLINE OPEN DIVISION
7:45 AM Postings
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Round 1
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Round 2
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:30 PM Round 3
4:30 - 6:30 PM Round 4

SUNDAY, DEC. 18 -- ONLINE OPEN DIVISION
8:45 AM Postings
9:00 - 11:00 AM Round 5
11:00 AM -1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 PM Semis
4:00 - 5:00 PM Finals

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION
Suggested attire for the tournament can be found here.

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION

Choose your event *

Online Open LD (Nov/Dec)

JUDGE PROVISION
Keep in mind that if you are judging and you miss a ballot, the tournament will fine you $75 for each round.

Will you (parent) be judging at this tournament? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Has your judge added their judging paradigm on their Tabroom account? *

Yes Not judging

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.
You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It literally takes less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

This tournament requires judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

More tournament resources can be found here.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135

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