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    EZY LEARNING ABODE SERVICES CHARITY FUNDRAISER INVITATIONAL ​

    21-22 May 2021

    DEADLINE
    12 May 2021
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to 6th-12th graders
    PLATFORM
    Online through TBD platform

    Information

    This tournament is run by Ezy Learning, an educational enrichment program started by dedicated high school students which offer a variety of course from STEM to Speech and Debate. These courses are designed to focus on what is specifically taught in school. We encourage you to sign up for our free classes, and for more information please visit www.ezy-learning.org. This year we are partnering with Abode Services, a nonprofit organization in Fremont CA, whose mission is to end homelessness by assisting low-income, un-housed people, including those with special needs, to secure stable, supportive housing; and to be advocates for the removal of the causes of homelessness. 100% of the money collected from this tournament will be donated to Abode services. In fact, the team and competitor fees themselves are paid directly to Abode Services themselves; so by being a part of this tournament you are helping many of our fellow Americans in need. Thank you so much for attending this tournament!
     - Ezy Learning Team


    EVENTS
             Individual Events
             Oral Interpretation/Declamation
             Original Oratory
             Humorous Interpretation
             Dramatic Interpretation
             Debate
             Public Forum Debate
             Lincoln Douglas


    DEBATE TOPICS
    Public Forum Topic
    Resolved: The benefits of the International Monetary Fund outweigh the harms.
    Lincoln Douglas Topic
    Resolved: The United State ought to guarantee universal child care.


    AWARDS         
    ​For IE events, all competitors that make it to finals will get an award. In debate events, all competitors/teams that make it to semis will receive an award. The top 5 individual speakers will also get an award in debate events. Sweepstakes will be awarded to only one team in each Debate Event. All awards will be emailed to the school, and a youtube video will be recorded with all of the award winners and emailed to coaches on the Sunday after the tournament.

    We hope to see you with us virtually for our Ezy Learning Abode Services Charity Fundraiser Invitational. Thank you for your time and consideration!


    ​Judges Rules
    • I agree to show up and to judge all rounds expected of me on time
    • I understand that it is my responsibility to be checking tabroom pairings and rooms periodically
    • If the live-updates/email reminders are received by the judge late, and because of this, the judge doesn’t show up to the round on time, I understand that the judge will still be subjected to no-show fines. This is because signing up automatically means the judge agreed to check the tabroom periodically, and thus it is their responsibility to check tabroom and to get on the zoom call.
    • I agree to judge without any bias. Examples of this bias are, but not limited to; race, sexual orientation, or personal ideology.

    Competitors Rules
    • I agree to compete using the NSDA and NCFL official rules
    • I agree to not discriminate or make hateful comments against any people based on their race, gender, and sexual orientation.
    • I agree to make this a comfortable competing environment.

    ​Entry Price

    One event and parent is judging $30
    Two events and parent is judging $60

    If you are opting out of judging, you will pay an additional $140.

    Each person in a PF/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/Duo team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

    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

    **All Times in PST**
    Pairings are released at least 15 minutes before the rounds start.
    Competitors need to be in rooms 5 minutes before the rounds start.
    This schedule is tentative and may change the day of the tournament to accommodate rounds that end later than expected.

    Friday
    Slack check in → 4:30 pm 
    LD, PF round 1 → 5:00 pm

    Dinner: 6:30 - 7:15 
    LD, PF round 2 → 7:30 pm

    Saturday
    IE round 1 → 8:00 am
    LD, PF round 3 → 9:00 am
    IE round 2 → 10:00 am
    LD, PF round 4 → 11:00 am
    Lunch: 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
    IE round 3 → 1:00 pm
    LD, PF round 5 → 2:00 pm
    IE Finals → 3:00 pm
    LD, PF round 6 → 4:00 pm
    LD, PF Quarters → 5:30 pm
    LD, PF Semis → 7:00 pm
    LD, PF Finals → 8:30 pm

    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 less than a minute.

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

    ​Tournaments recommend 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".

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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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