GEORGETOWN

GEORGETOWN FALL

6-8 October 2023 for PF
7-8 October 2023 for LD

DEADLINE

30 Sept 2023

NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS DATE
WITHDRAWALS INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

Georgetown University is honored to invite you, your students, and your judges to the Georgetown Fall Invitational 2023. This will be an ONLINE event hosted on the NSDA Campus.

DEBATE TOPICS
The tournament will offer a wide range of PF divisions along with JV LD: The divisions and resolutions are as follows:

PF: “Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its military presence in the Arctic.”
JV LD: “Resolved: “The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.”

Novice LD will not be offered at this tournament because they are using a different topic. If you are a beginner and would like to participate at this tournament, you can still sign up for the JV division.

DIVISIONS
The requirements for all divisions are as follows:

MS Rookie- No previous debate experience.
MS Experienced- Debaters entering their 2nd year of MS debate.
HS Novice- No previous debate experience at the high school level.
HS JV- Debaters entering their 2nd year of high school debate.
HS Varsity- Debaters entering their 3rd year of debate.

Debaters may “debate up.” For instance, a 2nd year high school debaters may debate in the varsity division. Debaters may not “debate down.” If you are in your 3rd year, you may not debate in the JV or Novice division. Teams of two debaters with different years of experience must debate to the level of the debater with the most experience. For example, a team that is made up of a 4-year high school student and a 2-year high school student must debate in varsity.

TOURNAMENT TIMES AND LOGISTICS

PF will use the standard 4-4-3-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2 time format with 4 MINUTES of in-round prep time.
LD will use the standard 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 time format with 5 MINUTES of in-round prep time.
Debaters and judges are expected to be in their online rooms 15 minutes before the round starts. Rounds are expected to start no more than 15 minutes after the blasted start time. Should a team not show up by the 15 minute mark, they will forfeit the round.
The tournament will allow 10 minutes of emergency tech time should a student’s computer or network/internet connection fail.

JUDGE OBLIGATIONS
All judges are obligated for Friday and Saturday (full days). Judges from schools that are in the last elim round on Saturday will be obligated for Sunday morning. So if you are judging, please make sure you will be available for all three days!

The tournament and the tabroom are not responsible for informing judges of their obligations. Questions such as “When am I done?” or “Why do I need to judge on Saturday?” should be handled by the GSA coach who is chaperoning.

It is the obligation of each school to provide a quality and trained PF judge. This includes information on the event, how to use Tabroom’s Online Ballot system, and how to use NSDA Campus.

During the tournament, the tab staff and tournament admins will be busy running the tournament. They will not be able to answer questions about judging or Tabroom/Campus on the day of the tournament or once the tournament has started.

Judges that do not meet the requirements of Tabroom/Campus use or the are unfamiliar and untrained in the event that they are judging may be removed and their school charged a hired judge fee, or their teams may be removed from the tournament if there the judge pool drops below the minimum.

Entry Price

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

LD and parent is judging $150
LD and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $310

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).

Friday, October 6th
7pm -- Round 1 PF --- 4:00 PM PST
8:30pm -- Round 2 PF --- 5:30 PM PST

Saturday, October 7th
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 -- Elim 1 PF/Round 5 LD --- 3:00 PM PST
7:30pm -- Elim 2 PF/Elim 1 LD --- 4:30 PM PST
9pm -- Elim 3 PF/Elim 2 LD --- 6:00 PM PST

Sunday, October 8th
10am -- Elim 4 PF/Elim 3 LD --- 7:00 AM PST
12pm -- Elim 5 PF/Elim 4 LD --- 9:00 AM 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

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

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
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.

Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

JUDGE PROVISION

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) *

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.

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

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

GEORGETOWN FALL

6-8 October 2023 for PF7-8 October 2023 for LD

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule - EST

Drop Fee

Contact Info

Registration Form

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

School year Hours

Telephone

Email (preferred)

Locations

6-8 October 2023 for PF
7-8 October 2023 for LD

Entry Price

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