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    GGSA STATE QUALS​

    5-6 March 2022

    DEADLINE
    25 Feb 2022 @NOON
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to 5th-12th grade Alsion students only
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    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 INFORMATION
    Only students who go to this school are eligible for this tournament.
    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 so make sure to list it correctly.

    EVENT SELECTION
    Make sure you have checked the double-entry policies above. We are not responsible for any disqualifications due to not abiding to the rules.
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    Make sure you will be available to judge the entire tournament schedule.​

    ​​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!


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Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
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Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

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