SF BAY

SAN FRAN BAY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

15-16 March 2024

DEADLINE

8 March 2024
NO REFUNDS ALLOWED AFTER THIS DATE

ELIGIBILITY

Open to Alsion high school students ONLY

LOCATION

Online on Friday
In-person @College Prep School, Oakland on Saturday

Information

Welcome to the NSDA San Francisco Bay District Qualifier Tournaments!
Debate Tournament -- Friday, March 15 (online) and Saturday, March 16 (in person) at College Prep School, Oakland

AUDIT PROCEDURES
As required by the NSDA, we will follow strict audit procedures to minimize the chances of any tabulation errors. It is critical that all coaches pay close attention to these matters.
After each debate round, we will make ballots and results available to all coaches for review. It is the responsibility of every coach to carefully review results for his/her students and raise any questions or concerns with the tab staff promptly.
Rounds 1 and 2 are pre-set, but beginning with round 2 we will allow a 15-minute period after publishing round results to coaches for any protests before proceeding with pairing the subsequent round.
And it will be particularly important for coaches to review results after round 4 because those results will determine which debaters advance to elimination rounds.
Thanks for your help ensuring that we have the best possible national qualifying tournament!

DEBATE TOURNAMENT PROCEDURES
For our 2024 qualifier, we will be employing the NSDA's option for a single-elimination bracketed tournament with four preliminary rounds.
All debaters will compete in four preliminary rounds, after which all debaters/teams with prelim records of 4-0 or 3-1 will advance to a single-elimination bracket.
We will use three-judge panels in all rounds of all debate events.

BELONGING & INCLUSION STATION
The Belonging and Inclusion Station (BIS)--formerly Equity Office--exists to address violations of harassment and discrimination policies and provide a safe space for individuals who report harassment and discrimination incidents at NSDA district and national tournaments.
The BIS may serve as a resource for any student, coach, judge, or official participating at an NSDA-sponsored tournament. Complaints may be filed if an individual feels as if an instance of harassment and/or discrimination has occurred. Examples include:

Perceived discriminatory practice on the basis of (but not limited to) race/color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity/expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, and/or veteran or military status.
Perceived retaliation, harassment, or intimidation due to an individual’s filing of a complaint or participating in an intake regarding a violation of the NSDA’s harassment and discrimination policies.

There will be a Belonging & Inclusion Advocate onsite at the following locations:
Saturday, March 16 -- College Prep School (location TBA)

Belonging & Inclusion Advocate: Justin Kurup ([email protected])
Other BIA include Dr. Tommie Lindsey, Jr. & Kimberly Fradelis

National Speech & Debate Association Harassment and Discrimination Policy
The National Speech& Debate Association is committed to providing its participants, judges, coaches, and staff the opportunity to pursue excellencein their endeavors. This opportunity can exist only when each member of our community is assured an atmosphere of mutual respect. The NSDA prohibits all forms of harassment and discrimination. Accordingly, all forms of harassment and discrimination, whether written or oral, based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by any applicable federal, state, or local law are prohibited, whether committed by participants, judges, coaches, or observers. 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.
Disclaimer: Individual school district policies may vary. This policy is not intended to replace established school district procedures. If you adopt this policy, please replace our name with your tournament or school name.

Judge Resources
A free cultural competency & judge training online program is made available by the NSDA.

Entry Price

PF debate and parent is judging $60
PF debate and parent is OPTING OUT OF JUDGING $220

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

We will use three judges in every round and all teams/debaters will compete in the four prelim rounds.
All teams/debaters with prelim records of 3-1 or 4-0 will advance to elimination rounds (which will be a single-elimination bracket).

FRIDAY, March 15 -- ONLINE COMPETITION
5:00PM -- Debate Round 1 (CX, LD, PF) (double-flighted, except CX)
7:00PM -- Debate Round 2 (CX, LD, PF) (double-flighted, except CX)

SATURDAY, MARCH 16 -- IN-PERSON COMPETITION AT COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL (LD & PF ONLY); ONLINE COMPETITION (CX ONLY)
8:30AM -- Debate Round 3 (CX, LD, PF) (double-flighted, except CX)
11:00AM -- Debate Round 4 (CX, LD, PF) (double-flighted, except CX)
LUNCH
2:30PM -- Debate Elim Round 1 (CX, LD, PF) (single-flighted)
4:00PM -- Debate Elim Round 2 (LD, PF ONLY) (single-flighted)
5:00PM -- Debate Elim Round 2 (CX ONLY)
5:30PM -- Debate Elim Round 3 (LD, PF ONLY) (single-flighted) (if necessary)
7:30PM -- Debate Elim Round 3 (CX ONLY) (if necessary)

Although the tentative schedule lists the start and end times, please keep in mind that there are various factors that may arise during a tournament that can cause rounds to be delayed. Therefore, if you are signing up for this tournament, please make sure you do not double book yourselves on these dates. Keep your schedule open and DO NOT leave the tournament without notifying the GSA chaperones first.

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: [email protected]
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: [email protected]
Or [email protected]

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

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

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.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION

Partner Name *

First

Last

Choose your event *

Public Forum

JUDGE PROVISION

Are you (parent) going to be judging at this tournament? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Have you entered your judging paradigm/philosophy on your Tabroom account? (this tournament requires it) *

Yes Not judging

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?
This is a great collection of short videos that one of the leagues have put together to learn each event: click here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.
Click here to find other training and official certification resources. Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

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

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

Submit/take to payment

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

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: [email protected]

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

Dublin: Loving Tree Academy, 6693 Owens Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588

​SAN FRAN BAY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

15-16 March 2024

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule

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

SAN FRAN BAY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

Entry Price

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