2020 JACK HOWE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
    19-21 September 2020

    Welcome to the 28th Annual VIRTUAL Jack Howe Memorial Tournament!

     Friends and Colleagues,
    We hope that everyone has been keeping safe and healthy during the COVID-19 era. The faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the California State University, Long Beach would like to cordially invite you to attend the 28th** Annual Jack Howe Memorial, hosted by the CSU LB “Beach Forensics” Program on Saturday, September 19–Monday September 21, 2020.  Please note that the 21st is for policy and TOC LD only. As in past years, we will offer Parliamentary, Policy, Public Forum, Congressional, World School debate, and L-D Debate in addition to the TOC/ NIETOC Individual Events. We are also pleased to announce that we are offering qualifying bids to the Tournament of Champions in Policy, LD, Speech, and Public Forum debate! We also have NIETOC bids for Speech events that apply. Thank you for all of the returning schools and welcome to all of the newcomers! GO BEACH!

    All speech and debate rounds will be SYNCHRONOUS on the Campus Platform.

    ENTRY CAP: In each division, schools will immediately be able to add 3 entries and the rest will be wait-listed until judges are entered and ALL TBAs are cleared, but this will not happen immediately.

    Speech will ONLY have these events:
    Events that we will run: DI, HI, OO, Info, POI, Extemp, Impromptu, OI (Declamation)

    DOUBLE ENTRY POLICY: The following policies are in place for double entries this year:
    1.  Entries are not allowed to double enter two limited prep events (e.g., Impromptu, or Extemporaneous Speaking).
    2.  Entries are not allowed to double enter in Extemporaneous Speaking.
    3.  Entries in PF, California LD, and Congress may only double enter in one speech event.
    4.  Entries in TOC LD and Policy debate may not double enter in any event.
    5.  Speech-only entries may double enter in up to two speech events.
    Note: because of Tabroom.com settings, we cannot program the function of debate entries to only be allowed to be in one speech event. Limiting screen time for students and allowing for students to have a break during rounds is important for student learning and success. Coaches, please make sure your students adhere to the double-entry policy set above. Entries may be dropped at any time during the tournament weekend if they are found to not adhere to the tournament double-entry policy.
    NOVICE POLICY (entries not the division):  
    1. First year competing overall and have not finished 10th grade, or
    2. Second year competing, has not won the event they are competing in, and has not finished 9th grade.

    JUDGE OBLIGATION POLICY:
    Judges must be available for the whole three days.
    5.  All judges that need to have training should watch: NSDA Judge training

    OTHER POLICIES:
    1. Liability forms must be filled out at registration. 

    ALL people who intend on participating (competitors and judges) MUST have a TABROOM.COM account.

    If a judge or competitor has not shown up within 5 minutes please alert the tournament via the TBA helpline number/Campus mechanism so that we can route that information to the tab room.

    This year we will adapt the CHSSA Harassment and Discrimination Policy with some specific additions.
    Harassment and Discrimination Policy
    The California High School Speech Association is committed to providing its participants, judges, coaches, and members the opportunity to pursue excellence in their endeavors. This opportunity can exist only when each member of our community is assured an atmosphere of mutual respect. CHSSA is committed to maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of harassment and discrimination. Accordingly, all forms of harassment and discrimination are prohibited, whether committed by participants, judges, coaches, or observers. CHSSA is committed to the enforcement of this policy. Individuals who are found to have violated this policy will be subject to the full range of sanctions, up to and including removal from the tournament premises and prosecution by authorities. Any individual or group of individuals who believes they have been a victim of harassment and/or discrimination should report it to the Help Desk or appropriate authority immediately.
    The addition and specificity that we add to what all forms of harassment and discrimination includes but not limited to online bullying and harassment on social media of ALL kinds or within a round, zoom bombing, use of racial, ethnic, ableist, religious, gendered, and sexual slurs, and other inappropriate comments or “advancements” from or to ANY participant. All judges’ web cameras should ALWAYS be at eye level and on while judging. If any violations to these additions occur, the violator will be asked to no longer judge or be disqualified. I take this very seriously DO NOT take your chances. 
    We will be bringing back the following features of the Jack Howe:
    Sweepstakes calculation. We will use a percentile system to calculate the top debate program and the top IE program; we will use an "equalization" system to determine the top overall school. This new sweepstakes calculation system is a result of persistent errors in calculation that have resulted from the system we have used to calculate sweepstakes in the past.
    Over $5,000 in scholarships to students who win first place in a senior division event. Each top-place finisher will receive a renewable $500 scholarship to attend CSULB (upon acceptance) and compete on our nationally ranked forensics team, where they will be required to compete for a year. This scholarship is only renewable based on grades, competition, work ethic, and need.  

    All our best,
    Directors of Forensics of CSU Long Beach

    ​Entry Price/ Online Payment

    Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
    ​
    Registration fees: 

    Novice Lincoln-Douglas $125
    Novice Public Forum $90
    Open Lincoln-Douglas - CA $125
    Open Lincoln-Douglas - TOC $150
    Open Public Forum $100
    Novice Speech $65
    Open Speech $70

    If you don't provide a judge, you will pay an additional $100.

    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.

    Deadlines

    Registration will close September 4th. No student will be added after that date. The drop deadline is September 4th 11:59PM. 
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    Payment deadline: If you do not pay in the next page we will drop you from the entry list. Email may not be sent to confirm drop if payment is not confirmed.

    The last day in to drop from the tournament with a full refund is September 11th, 11:59 PM. After that date you are required to pay the full amount. All drop requests should be made to Nadia and Victor.

    Drop Fee's

    Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

    ​Pick up, drop off, & Transportation

    Given this is an online tournament, there is no pick up or drop off just make sure you are online and present during the times listed below.​

    Schedule

    ​There are different schedules for this tournament:
    (1) Individual Events, Novice and Open PF, Novice and CA LD, and Parliamentary Debate
    (2) TOC LD
     
    Please refer to the event schedule below for your event and division, and make sure you are looking at the correct schedule for the correct event and division.
     
    Note: times are in Pacific Daylight Time. Click here to find out times in your local time zone.
    Early Registration/Registration will be held on Friday on ZOOM: More details will be provided the week of the tournament.

    1. Individual Events, Novice and Open PF, Novice and CA LD, will have the following Schedule:

    Saturday (9/19)
    7:00 AM         Registration
    8:00 AM        Round 1 LD/PF topic announce (7:45AM Flight 1, 8:35AM Flight 2)
    10:00 AM      Round 2 LD/PF topic announce (10:00AM Flight 1, 10:50AM Flight 2)
    12:00 PM       Extemp Draw 1
    12:00 PM       Round 1 All IE’s (Extemp Speaks at 12:30PM)
    1:30 PM         Round 3 LD/PF topic announce (1:15PM Flight 1, 2:05PM Flight 2)
    3:15 PM         Extemp Draw 2
    3:30 PM         Round 2 All IE’s (Extemp Speaks at 3:45PM)
    5:00 PM         Round 4 LD/PF topic announce (4:45PM Flight 1, 5:35PM Flight 2)
    6:30 PM         Extemp Draw
    6:45 PM         Round 3 All IE’s (Extemp Speaks at 7:00PM)
    8:00 PM         Round 5 LD/PF topic announce (8:00PM Flight 1, 8:50 Flight 2)
     
    All individual event elim breaks will be posted Saturday night as soon as they are available.
     
    Sunday (9/20)
    7:45 AM        Extemp Draw for Elim 1 in Open and Novice Extemp Finals
    8:00 AM        Novice Finals for Individual Events (Extemp Speaks at 8:15) & Elim 1 for Open Events
    9:45 AM        Round 6 LD/PF topic announce (9:30AM Flight 1, 10:20AM Flight 2)
    11:45 AM      Extemp Draw for Finals
    12:00 PM       Open Elim 2 for Individual Events
    1:30 PM          Open Elim 3 for Individual Events (only for events with 72 or more entries)
    1:45 PM         First Debate Elim Topic announce (1:30PM)
    3:00 PM         Second Debate Elim Topic announce (3:00PM)
    4:45 PM        Speech Awards
    4:45 PM         Third Debate Elim Topic announce (4:45PM)
    6:15 PM         Fourth Debate Elim Topic announce (6:15PM)
    7:45 PM         Fifth Debate Elim (if necessary)
     

    2. TOC LD will have the following schedule:
    Saturday (9/19)
    7:00 AM        Registration
    8:00 AM        Round 1
    10:00 AM      Round 2
    12:00 PM       Lunch
    1:30 PM         Round 3
    4:00 PM         Round 4
     
    Sunday (9/20)
    8:00 AM        Round 5
    11:00 AM      Round 6
    2:00 PM         Double Octos (top 32 teams with at least 4 wins)
    Speaker Awards will be announced prior to Octos
    5:00 PM Octos (Double Flight)
     
    Monday (9/21)
    9:00 AM        Quarters (Single Flight)
    11:00 AM       Semis (Single Flight)
    1:00 PM         Finals

    Location

    Online through
    Tabroom/Zoom/Campus Platform

    Contact Info

    Victor Rivas Umana
    Contact email:  vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
    Nathan Leal
    Contact email: nleal@tgsastaff.com
    Or info@tgsastaff.com

    Registration

    Before you proceed with the registration form, make sure you have signed the liability forms. Failure to do so may result in us removing your entry and forfeiting payment. Please email completed form to Nadia @ nbudiman@tgsastaff.com

    Liability form DocuSign

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
​510-890-6665

Email (preferred)

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

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Radiant Kidz(Cupertino): 991 Saratoga Ave #140, San Jose, CA 95129 

Morning Light Education: 6690 Amador Plaza Rd, Suite 230, Dublin, CA

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135 

Loving Tree Academy: 36601 Newark Blvd, #83, Newark, CA 94560