GGSA STATE QUALS

Good morning and welcome to GGSA State Quals! Remember we have three judges in each room. Do not start a round until all 3 judges are present.

You will find the various schedules and other pertinent information below. Please review for the the event you will be judging.

JUDGE REMINDERS:
1. Ballots can be accessed on your Tabroom Homepage.
2. Press Start Round once you have accessed your ballot so the tab staff knows that you are present and ready to judge.
3. Write notes for competitors during the round and submit your ballot within 5 minutes of the end of the round.
4. You must be present with your camera on during the entire presentation.
5. Make sure you press CONFIRM when you submit your ballot so your ballot goes through.

Thank you very much for judging!!!

CONGRESS JUDGE INSTRUCTIONS
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IixessMq_OcRBs-ADEmPy-7XmH7MF4Fi_McSmGEbtNA/edit?usp=sharing

Entry Price

These fees assume that you (parent) will be judging:
LD only $65
LD + 1 Speech $75
LD + 2 Speech $85

PF only $65
PF + 1 Speech $75
PF + 2 Speech $85

Congress only $65
Congress + 1 Speech $75
Congress + 2 Speech $85

One Speech Event $60
Two Speech Events $70

If you (parent) are OPTING OUT OF JUDGING and your child is doing speech only, you will pay an additional $70
If you (parent) are OPTING OUT OF JUDGING and your child is doing debate only, you will pay an additional $90
If you (parent) are OPTING OUT OF JUDGING and your child is doing speech and debate, you will pay an additional $150
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.

LD & PF SCHEDULE

Lincoln Douglas & Public Forum Debate Schedule for State Qualifying Tournament
*Coaches, Debaters, and Judges should check in no later than 7:45am.
*All judges need to know how to login to their own tabroom.com accounts to access their online ballots.

Judging Instructions 8:00am
Pairings Released 8:10am
Round 1 8:30am - 10:30am
Round 2 10:45am - 12:45pm
Lunch 12:45pm - 1:15pm
Round 3 1:15pm-3:15pm
Round 4 3:45pm - 5:45pm
Elimination Round (if necessary) 6:15pm-8:15pm

*All judges are obligated for the elimination round, even if the debater they came with does not advance to the elimination round.
*ONLY students with a 3-1 record or better will debate in the Eliminations. We will single flight when possible.

SPEECH SCHEDULE (SUNDAY)

All Judges need to press START ROUND within 5 minutes of receiving the round blast. Thank you!
For speech events with videos, you must enter the Zoom room and watch the videos with the students who are present. If you do not see a Zoom interface with participants/chat, you are not in the correct place.

Sunday, March 6

7:30 a.m. Extemp Meeting (all students report to the NX Prep Room in classrooms.cloud)
8:00 a.m. ALL judges report to Judge Lounge for Orientation and specific instructions for the State Quals tournament.
8:00 a.m. Round 1 Extemp Prep begins
8:30 a.m. Round 1 Begins
Updated: 10:15 a.m. Round 2 Extemp Prep begins
10:15 a.m. Round 2 Judge Standby begins. If you did not receive a blast, please head to Judge Lounge.
10:30 a.m. Round 2 Begins, Updated: Extemp will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Updated: 12:00 a.m. Round 3 Extemp Prep begins
12:00 noon Round 3 Judge Standby begins. If you did not receive a blast, please head to Judge Lounge.
12:15 p.m. Round 3 Begins, Updated: Extemp will begin at 12:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m. ALL judges report to Judge Lounge
2:30 p.m. Semi-Final Extemp Prep Begins
3:00 p.m. Semi-Final Round Begins
6:00 p.m. (Hopefully!) Awards. We provide updates on the tournament main page. Semi Finalists will be invited to a Zoom room and we will have a Livestream Youtube link for families and teammates to watch along.

CONGRESS SCHEDULE (SATURDAY)

State Quals Congress Schedule
Saturday, March 5

8:00 am: Judge Orientation
8:30 am - 9:45 am: Round 1
10:15 am - 11:30 am: Round 2
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: Round 3

Lunch Break / Coaches Audit Scoring
3:30 pm: Semis Judge Orientation

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm: Round 5 / Semi-Final 1
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm: Round 6 / Semi-Final 2

Coaches Audit Scoring

8:00 pm: Congress Awards

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 Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL, must have 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

Are you supplying a judge? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (MUST HAVE TABROOM ACCOUNT) *

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.

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

GGSA STATE QUALS

5-6 March 2022

Information

Entry Price

LD & PF SCHEDULE

SPEECH SCHEDULE (SUNDAY)

CONGRESS SCHEDULE (SATURDAY)

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

GGSA STATE QUALS​

5-6 March 2022

Information

​Entry Price

LD & PF SCHEDULE

​​SPEECH SCHEDULE (SUNDAY)

​CONGRESS SCHEDULE (SATURDAY)

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

GGSA STATE QUALS

Entry Price

SPEECH SCHEDULE (SUNDAY)

CONGRESS SCHEDULE (SATURDAY)

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