GSA BEYOND

About Beyond Resolved
Beyond Resolved is a student-led organization that advocates for all marginalized groups in high school speech and debate by raising awareness of often overlooked disparities, creating inclusive spaces, and building resources for the debate community. You can learn more about us and get involved by visiting our website: www.beyond-resolved.org.
Additionally, a huge thanks to the Golden State Academy for sponsoring this event and helping us put it together. This wouldn’t be possible without their support!

Tournament Details
Events and Divisions
We will only be offering one division in Public Forum, on the April NSDA Topic. This tournament is intended for debaters to practice for other April tournaments in the season, such as TOC.
Entry Eligibility
While this is intended to be a practice opportunity for other tournaments, anyone is allowed to compete. Entries from any state are allowed. Independent and hybrid entries are allowed. Mavericks are allowed.
Rules
We will be holding the tournament from March 27th – March 28th. There will be 5 preliminary rounds. All 5-0 and 4-1 teams will break (we expect to break to quarterfinals, but this is subject to change based on the number of entries).
All teams must be in the room by the check-in time. Judges must check to make sure cameras/mics/email chains are working before the round start time. If everyone is ready, you may begin before the listed round start time.
The forfeit time will be five minutes after the round start time.
Technology
The tournament will be held on Discord. Further information is pending.
Judging Requirements

Judges may not be a high schooler.

Awards
We will be running this as a stakes tournaments.
Top speakers will get one free BR Georgia sticker of their choice!
Discrimination/Harassment Concerns
A Google Form to report instances of discrimination, harassment, etc. is forthcoming. We will have the option for it to remain anonymous, but cannot guarantee action if you choose to remain anonymous.

In Round Policy
Observer Policy

All debaters and judges in the round must consent to having observers.
Observers must join the room with their name and school displayed.

Recording Policy

Prelimination rounds will not be recorded or live-streamed.
Elimination rounds may be livestreamed to the Beyond Resolved Georgia YouTube channel with the consent of all debaters and judges. In this case, the round will be moved to Zoom.

Coin Flip

Coin flips for PF are to be done in the room.

Evidence Exchange

NSDA evidence rules require that all students have evidence immediately ready to go when requested. If evidence is paraphrased, it is required that the competitor has the specific text from the original source which is being paraphrased clearly indicated and immediately available. If it takes teams more than one minute to find and send evidence that is requested, the team looking for the evidence must take preparation time to find it. Any reading of evidence produced at a team’s request must be done within the requesting team’s preparation time. These requirements are to ensure that we stick to the schedule and avoid keeping students and judges in competition longer than their commitment.
Debaters must send original sources via PDF or Word document; no links directly to online articles may be shared due to paywalls, subscription restrictions, and the inability to highlight the sections read or paraphrased. Evidence must be shared as a PDF or Word document through a link in the virtual room chat box or through an email chain. Students who plan to use the email option are recommended not to use their personal email address, and instead, to create a Nationals-only account to use. The email chain should be created in the time between tech check and the round start time. Judges should be added to the email chain if they so request.

Partner to Partner Communication

We recommend that all debaters be socially distanced. All in-round partner communication is to be done virtually via phone calls, messaging, etc.

Outside Assistance

Participants in the National Tournament will be reminded of their commitment to the NSDA Code of Honor. During the course of a round, receiving outside assistance from any non-participant in the round, including coaches, teammates, and family members, is strictly prohibited. Any allegations of a rule violation should be submitted through the online protest form and will be handled through the adjudication panel process. Students found to have violated tournament policy may face loss of round, disqualification from the tournament, and/or notification of coaches.

Content Warnings

In the spirit of creating a safe, respectful and inclusive space in every debate round, teams reading sensitive content ought to offer content warnings before a debate begins. If you are unsure of whether a content warning is appropriate, offer one. Debaters or judges who believe they will be psychologically harmed by hearing the content as described should be given an opportunity to indicate so in time to allow the debaters offering the warning to remove the triggering content.
Content warnings can be offered via Google Forms, text messaging, or verbally asking before a round. Please ensure that you have received a response from all parties.
Failure to offer anonymized content warning for arguments that are clearly triggering could subject you to disqualification.
Any concerns about if your argument necessitates a trigger warning or opponents running psychologically harmful arguments without a trigger warning can be directed to tournament advisors.

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

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27-28 Mar 2021

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