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    MVLA DIY DEBATE FESTIVAL

    15 May 2022

    DEADLINE
    10 May 2022
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle and high school students
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus or Zoom

    Information

    ​GENERAL
    • The event will be held in Zoom if <40 total entries, or NSDA Campus otherwise.
    • Unless divisions both (1) have more than 10 entries and (2) have no schools with more 30% of entries in the division, we will allow same-school entries to hit each other
    • Unless as outlined above, we may allow judges to judge their school, especially in case of same-school match-ups.
    • ​We will take registration separately for novice and open but may collapse depending on interest.
    • A team can compete in novice only if they have been competing for a year or less in the event that they are registered for.

    LINCOLN DOUGLAS
    • NSDA LD Mar/Apr
      In a democracy, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy.
    • Lincoln-Douglas Length and order of speeches for Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Affirmative Constructive 6 minutes Cross-examination 3 minutes (negative questions the affirmative) Negative Constructive 7 minutes Cross-examination 3 minutes (affirmative questions the negative) 1st Affirmative Rebuttal 4 minutes Negative Rebuttal 6 minutes 2nd Affirmative Rebuttal 3 minutes Preparation Time: 3 min. total per debater.

    PUBLIC FORUM
    • NSDA PF Apr
      Resolved: Japan should revise Article 9 of its Constitution to develop offensive military capabilities.
    • All rounds will be pre-assigned sides and speaking order.
      New NSDA times with 3 min Summary and 3 mins of prep.

    JUDGES
    • Judges must have/create personal Tabroom accounts before the tournament and have personal devices that can connect to the internet. We will be doing e-ballots.
    • If a judge does not show up for a round, they will have to pay a $50 fine.
    • ​Judges must judge one round beyond the elimination of GSA's competitor/team in that event.​

    ​Entry Price

    LD and parent is judging $60
    LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $160

    PF and parent is judging $55
    PF and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $155

    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

    Please note that all times are in PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).
     
    Sunday, May 15th
     7:45 am: Judges check-in
    8:00 am: Round 1
    9:45 am: Round 2
    11:30 am: Round 3
    1:15 pm: Lunch
    2:00 pm: Round 4
    3:45 pm: Round 5 (hidden semis)
    5:30 pm: Finals

    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
    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.

    EVENT SELECTION
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    ​
    ​
    Judges must review this slide before proceeding.
    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oKM_nFtwlbqIRUUkq6htJGgENDCgeIYWSfyeXkMZu1Y/edit?usp=sharing

    ​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!


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 
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