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    US CANADA VIRTUAL DEBATE SERIES IX

    13 February 2021

    DEADLINE
    10 February 2021
    NO REFUNDS after 9 February 2021
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to 5th-12th graders
    ​Public Forum only

    PLATFORM
    Online through TABROOM.COM and the NSDA PLATFORM

    Information

    The District of Columbia Urban Debate league has decided that this year’s experience online with the COVID19 Pandemic has created an online debate explosion, and there are many choices for coaches and teams to debate online. At one point in time and even now, the TOC and NSDA nationals have been the goal, but there is a 10,000 Black Debater Shortage in the activity. This Virtual Debate series seeks to raise funds to recruit Black debaters and train them to become competitive PF & Congressional debaters on the world stage.

    Based on the current state of affairs we have made the decision to move all of the 2020 Tournaments onto a NSDA CAMPUS and they will lead to a two Championships! We want to urge teams from our Mid-Atlantic region and our friends throughout the country to compete in our series to prepare for rigorous competitions!

    Certificates will be given out as awards in all prelim debates, and EXTRA large trophies will be given out in both championships. Read more below to find out if this series works for you!

    Yours in Debate,
    Julian Dotson
    President/CEO DCUDL


    Your goal is 12 total wins in order to make it to the Championships. The wins will add up from every round in the prelims.

    Best location
    It is advised to use your school as a first resort. If circumstances make your school inaccessible, a second-best option is PLUGGED INTO THE ETHERNET AT YOUR HOUSE. If those prove untenable, debating at home via strong WiFi signal is next best.

    Technology
    All students are expected to use laptops or desktops with Webcams. Debate series arguments about technology equity are moot, and will be considered MEME or K debates. We get it, students without advanced tech are at a disadvantage, which is the purpose of DCUDL. So entering into this tournament will assume that those involved are paying into a league that benefits students who can’t afford them. MONEY FROM THE TOURNAMENTS GOES TOWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO ENTER COSTLY DEBATES! (refer to above for fees)

    Cheating
    We are asking all competitors, judges, and coaches to participate and act in good faith to preserve the competitive integrity of the tournament. So any debaters suspected of using extra “help” in the form of parents, coaches, teachers, etc should be exposed and removed from the tournament with no refund.

    Students with excessive camera/mic issues will be removed from tournaments. This is not to punish students, but the issue may drastically throw off rounds. Try to reduce these issues by practicing online and getting tabroom, camera, mic, software, computer, wifi, whatever issues resolved before you debate.


    Public Forum (We will follow the NSDA TOPICS for all rounds) - FEB TOPIC
    NSDA rules for speech, preparation times and the coin toss.
    Times are all the same for PF except you will have 4 minutes of prep time


    Divisions
    PROPER ABILITY LEVEL PLACEMENT FOR PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
    • Middle School Novice
    • Middle School JV & Varsity
    • High School Novice: must be in 1st or 2nd year of high school if you debated in middle school or any 1st or 2nd year debater in high school can be in any grade
    • ​High School JV & Varsity: It is your choice, but you should have a good record in novice and you should be advanced

    ​
    Judging
    Please be sure that when supplying judges, each judge has a registered TABROOM account with a paradigm. There will be no judge training at any tournament. But the DCUDLPF guide is located in the uploads to the right of the tabroom site.
    The tournament will seek qualified hired judging to add expertise and flexibility to improve the experience for all competitors.

    Judge Philosophies
    Public Forum: all judges must submit a judging philosophy to Tabroom. There are no judge strikes.

    ​
    ​​This tournament is hosted by the Metro DC Speech & Debate League aka DCUDL visit DCUDL for more details.
    Be sure to test out connections for BEST results. Video must be on, and Mics must work 100% volume

    ​Entry Price

    All PF events $60
    If you don't provide a judge, you will pay an additional $70

    Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.
    All students who drop after Wednesday will not receive refunds and drop fees are $10 each.

    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

    Please note that all times are in EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST).

    NSDA PF Feb: Intra-African Policy
    ​
    Resolved: On balance, the benefits of urbanization in West Africa outweigh the harms.
    ​
    Round 1 - 10am
    Round 2 - 11:30am
    Round 3 - 1:15pm
    ​Round 4 - 2:45pm
    ​(subject to change)
    ​
    All rounds Eastern Standard time and subject to slight change depending on technical fluidity
    STUDENTS NEED 12 TOTAL WINS IN PRELIM TOURNAMENTS to qualify for the Championships

    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

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

    EVENT SELECTION
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    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 takes two minutes.

    ​First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

    Tournaments recommend judges to have a judge philosophy 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).

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Submit/take to payment

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Check our home page for the schedule!


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Telephone

510-270-8480
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Email (preferred)

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Locations

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

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