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    GEORGETOWN FALL

    7-9 October 2022

    DEADLINE
    2 October 2022

    NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE
    WITHDRAWALS INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle and high school students
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    Topics:
    *The PF topic will be the September-October PF resolution (high speed rail)
    *The LD topic will be the September-October LD resolution

    Divisions -- PF
    VARSITY
    JUNIOR VARSITY
    HS NOVICE -- Brand New or Debated in MS
    MIDDLE SCHOOL -- Novice
    MIDDLE SCHOOL -- Open

    Divisions -- LD
    JUNIOR VARSITY

    *This tournament will be held online.


    ​Student judging restrictions (please ignore if parent is judging)
    -High School students CANNOT judge varsity debate divisions under any circumstances
    -Middle School students can NEVER judge in any division
    -9th graders can only judge only MS.
    -10th graders and above who have debated at least one full year prior to this year can judge high school novice and MS and only those two divisions.
    -11th & 12th graders and above who have debated at least two full years can judge JV, novice, and MS.​

    Programs that enter judges into divisions they cannot judge will be disqualified from the tournament.
       
     
    ​
    TECHNICAL SUGGESTIONS

    Suggest Gallery view
     
    Test volume -- ask each debater to read something at their "debate pace" for say 15-20 seconds to test volume and clarity.
    Explain that everyone muted except the speaker(s) and that they can see this when they are ready to speak by looking at the microphone settings for each person in the gallery.
     
    Ask the debaters if they have a prep method (phone call, or separate chat)
     
    Ask for any clarifications or questions.

    Monitor what happens in the debate room.  Even if you don't want on the email chain, you should be to monitor arrival times of email and format of exchange.  Feel free to pause before a cross fire or a speech if an observer has entered the room that is not correctly identified by their name.

    PF Sides
    Sides will be set in PF

    ​Entry Price

    PF and parent is judging $115
    PF and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $240

    LD and parent is judging $125
    LD and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $240

    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 - EST

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

    *ONLINE SCHEDULE (NOT FINAL)

    Preliminary Rounds -- Friday -- October 7
    All online rounds are single flighted
    7pm -- Round 1 PF   --- 4:00 PM PST
    8:30pm -- Round 2 PF   --- 5:30 PM PST

    ​Preliminary Rounds -- Saturday -- October 8
    10am -- Round 3 PF/Round 1 LD
       --- 7:00 AM PST
    12pm -- Round 4 PF/Round 2 LD   --- 9:00 AM PST
    2pm -- Round 5 PF/Round 3 LD   --- 11:00 AM PST
    4pm -- Round 6 PF/Round 4 LD   --- 1:00 PM PST
    ​6pm -- Round 7 PF/Round 5 LD   --- 3:00 PM PST
    7:30pm -- Round 8 PF/Round 6 LD   --- 4:30 PM PST
    9pm -- Round 9 PF/Round 7 LD   --- 6:00 PM PST
    *we will try to accelerate this schedule as possible

    ​Final Elimination Rounds -- Sunday -- October 9
    8am -- Doubles (if needed) Flight A   --- 5:00 AM PST
    9:30am -- Doubles (if needed) Flight B
       --- 6:30 AM PST
    10:30am -- Octos Flight A
       --- 7:30 AM PST
    12pm -- Octos Flight B
       --- 9:00 AM PST
    1:30pm -- Quarterfinals
       --- 10:30 AM PST
    3pm -- Semifinals
       --- 12:00 PM PST
    4:30pm -- Finals
       --- 1:30 PM PST

    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
    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.

    EVENT SELECTION
    ​
    Got any questions? Please email nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com, vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
    Make sure you understand that this online tournament is live and takes place in Eastern Time.
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ​JUDGE PROVISION

    ​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.​

    ​Tournaments encourage 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
Submit/take to payment

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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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