From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Mon Nov 2 14:03:55 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:03:55 -0800 Subject: [CEDA-L] Tournament invitation hosted by Augustana IL Message-ID: <164FB06C375E4F5DAC19233761B4DEEB@AD.FULLERTON.EDU> Name:Viking Debates Starts:1/29/2010 Ends:1/31/2010 Hosted by: Augustana IL Contact: Max Archer Address: 639 38th Street Rock Island, IL 61201 Phone: 309-794-7717 On-line entry allowed: True AFA Open tournament (open to non-AFA members): True Divisions Offered: Varsity with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Octos Junior Varsity with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Quarters Novice with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Quarters Other details are available at: http://www.debateresults.com This tournament may be offered in conjunction with an individual events tournament. If so, you will be notified by a separate email. From delliott at KCKCC.EDU Tue Nov 3 15:22:01 2009 From: delliott at KCKCC.EDU (Darren Elliott) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:22:01 -0600 Subject: [CEDA-L] FW: NFA Schools... A request for information In-Reply-To: <8CC2AD8DF6323BE-E00-14090@webmail-d080.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CC2AD8DF6323BE-E00-14090@webmail-d080.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: This was posted to the IE list serv. Anyone in that area able to have any influence to keep Marist? chief ________________________________ From: bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu [bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of audrad75 at aol.com [audrad75 at aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:10 PM To: ie-l at cornell.edu Subject: NFA Schools... A request for information Hi All, Marist is in the middle of re-assessing forensics and they know they want to transition away from Policy (NDA/CEDA), but are wanting some data and recommendations, which is where I come in. I've been tasked to put together a series of recommendations for them in really rebuilding what they're going to do with forensics here. To that end, I'm trying to collect some anecdotal information about program participation in NFA, in particular and so if you would like to be included as an anecdote or aggregate of information :) :) :), any information you could send me on the following would be greatly appreciated. Not surprisingly, there's no deadline, but the sooner I can get it in the better (translation, they'd like it two days ago :) ), so if you get an immediate chance for feedback fantastic. I'll also be trolling the NFA meeting for feedback as well. Points of commentary: 1. Why NFA versus or in addition to AFA, NPDA, Policy, etc. etc.? 2. What range of salary is appropriate AND realistic for a DOF (not asking how much you make, though that could be a good gauge :) )? 3. Do you think NFA offers any unique benefits for competition and participation among diverse populations of students--compared to AFA, NPDA, Policy, etc. etc.? 4. How much of a difference would it make/ does it make to have an administrative assistant doing the paperwork for the team? (versus doing it yourself) 5. And the catch all--what else do you think an administration should know about supporting and re-tooling a forensics program? Thanks in advance! Audra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Wed Nov 4 16:02:26 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:02:26 -0800 Subject: [CEDA-L] Council of Tournament Directors, full message Message-ID: At the 2009 Wake Developmental Conference, the Best Practices Working Group - a robust group whose membership included Ross Smith -- produced a list of 7 recommendations, the first of which was: "A council of tournament directors should be convened to review tournament practice and publish a 'best tournament practices' document." There was a strong feeling that there needed to be a forum to discuss many issues of tournament procedure and a document in which consensus opinions could be recorded. This document, it was felt, would greatly assist tournament directors in determining how their tournaments would be run. I will take the initial step of convening the Council of Tournament Directors this January in between the two halves of the Cal swing. Most broadly, our agenda will include: (a) defining a governance structure for the Council - officers, meeting dates voting procedures, etc. (b) identifying issues for the Council to include in the Best Practices document, and (c) if deemed appropriate, appoint working groups to produce sections of the Best Practices Document. The original 7 recommendations included general goals, as well as specific recommendations about a 100 point ballot, ordinal ranking, judging commitments. Issues I hope to codify include: Rules, including questions of mavericks, hybrids, bracket breaking, etc. Pairing, including which rounds should be high-high, how to count a bye in terms of opponent wins, etc. Judge Placement, including the number of categories, what criteria should be used to determine a "good" judge, how to avoid judge compression (the same judges hearing all the good debates), how to deal with high-commitment judges that don't fit into any rounds, etc. Schedule, including the appropriate number of preliminary rounds, time to allot for each, the 2:45 rule, etc. As soon as a meeting place is finalized I will publish it; as soon as a formal agenda is finalized I'll publish that as well. I welcome all input on how to convene the Council and how to increase participation. My intention is that some means of remote participation will be available (webcast or something). I will also try to draft some working documents for circulation to get the ball rolling. Please plan on attending if you can, and share any ideas you have about maximizing the effectiveness of the initial meeting. The full proceedings of the Wake conference are soon to be published, but I will include the appendix of the Best Practices Working Group to give you an idea of the range of issues the Council might address: APPENDIX: ORIGINAL AGENDA The following is the informal range of topics the Best Practices Working Group considered as a possible agenda. It is presented here so that future bodies, such as the Council of Tournament Directors, have a documented list of possible issues that they might consider. Proposed Agenda: Tournament Scheduling and Entry Considerations Available divisions: Is a shortage of novice or JV divisions a problem? If so, what can be done to encourage these divisions and to encourage entries in them? District tournaments: What, if any, problems do we presently have with numbers of regional/district-level tournaments? What could be done to encourage greater participation in such tournaments? Qualification systems: Should the NDT reconsider the first or second round at-large qualification system? Tournament Atmosphere/Structure (Big Picture): How can we best make a debate tournament a livable experience? How many prelim rounds/tournament days are optimal for the invitational tournament? Eight? Seven? Six? Tournament Communication: How should tournaments communicate to participants procedures etc. Academic accountability: Are changes necessary in competitive practices relating to academic eligibility? Are changes necessary in applicable rules controlling the number of semesters of tournament eligibility? Allowing hybrid/maverick debaters: Do invitational tournaments allow this practice? Is there a reason to make a recommendation to invitational tournaments concerning this practice? Judging obligations: Are changes in judging obligation systems necessary to improve the availability/quality of judging at tournaments? What is the state of web-based tournament entry systems? Are changes necessary? What does the future hold? Tab Room Procedures What is the future for tournament tabulation software? What changes are on the horizon? CAT, STA, TRPC Jon Bruschke has an important projector-based demonstration here. Ballot retrieval: Are there superior ways to distribute ballots and retrieve results? Given the digital transition, what is the future? How should rounds be paired? Should preliminary rounds be random or seeded? If seeding is the answer, how should seeding be determined? What power-matching systems should be used? High-high versus high-low How should brackets be evened? Pulling up the weakest opposition records: where should pullups be placed in the new bracket? Pulling up middle to middle Bringing leftovers down Judge assignment systems Philosophy of Judge Assignment: Brent Brossmann has prepared some comments for this section. Assignment by ordinal judge rankings: The NDT experience. Gary Larson, John Fritch, and Rich Edwards will discuss the experience at the 2009 NDT and the plans for the future, with an invitation for feedback. Mutual preference: How many categories? What category sizes? Mike Hall and Kris Willis have been working on a research project comparing judging experiences in prior decades to current practices; I presume that discussion would best go at this point in the agenda. Director's notion of judge quality: Evaluating past practices (and often current high school practice) Random: Can a case be made for a return to this practice? Could it be done in some rounds, if not all? Is speaker point inflation a problem? If so, what is the solution? Higher point ballot Alternatives Opposition Win Combined number: Opposition win & high/low speaker points Deviation from judge mean points Ranks Tournament Rules & Procedures Post-round comments: What feedback system(s) would best provide sound forensic education? Does our community have a problem with civility? Would recommendations in this area be useful? Do we need a community norm concerning the amount of time allocated to post-round discussion. What should be the rule for online access during a round of competition? Is there a way to allow online access without facilitating delivery of briefs from out-of-round researchers/coaches? Is this even desirable? Are community norms a strong enough corrective against abusive practices? What should be the rule/norm for judge conflict? Are there issues that should be discussed here, or are present norms working sufficiently well? Should competitors be allowed to register a web-based conflict with a judge, or should such a report always come from the judge? For judges who might be unsure of the community norm, should the norm be made specific? Debate Program Management The digital transition: What are the problems (transporting tubs, environmental implications of paper use, copying costs, in-round management of briefs)? What are the available solutions? Recruitment: Is there a need to discuss recruiting practices? Evidence collection: Does our community need a standard for source credibility/qualification/conflict of interest or is this properly an in-round subject for argument? From hallsherry2 at gmail.com Sat Nov 7 12:45:31 2009 From: hallsherry2 at gmail.com (Sherry Hall) Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:45:31 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] NDT Dues Update November 7 Message-ID: <22f9d1610911071045v6f5acf6dk5670998e90784f70@mail.gmail.com> Hello Everybody: Below is the list of all of the schools that paid their NDT dues before the November 1 deadline. If you are not on this list and believe that you paid, please contact me directly at hallsherry2 at gmail.com. If you have not yet paid your dues, I encourage you to do so promptly. The amount due between now and December 15, 2009 is $100.00. From December 15 through January 15, 2010 this will increase to $150.00. You may not attend the NDT, participate in Districts, count toward your districts number of eligible teams in the bid allocation process, or appear in the final rankings without subscribing. You may pay with credit card on the AFA website. Alternatively, you can send a check made payable to the "National Debate Tournament" to my home, Sherry Hall, 324 Franklin St, Cambridge, MA 02139, or you can give me a check or cash at NCA or Wake Forest. 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URL: http://www.ndtceda.com/pipermail/ceda-l/attachments/20091110/9679cca5/attachment.htm From dperkins at fas.harvard.edu Mon Nov 16 10:00:00 2009 From: dperkins at fas.harvard.edu (Dallas Perkins) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Wake Hotel Message-ID: Harvard has one female debater who we would like to have share a room with one debater from another school at the marriott in Winston Salem this weekend. Any takers? dp From andy.edebate at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 10:11:15 2009 From: andy.edebate at gmail.com (Andy Ellis) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:11:15 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] FW: NFA Schools... A request for information In-Reply-To: References: <8CC2AD8DF6323BE-E00-14090@webmail-d080.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <9368bc9b0911170811l1f6a9fb3k1d5b11639ef8841d@mail.gmail.com> What possible reason would anybody on this listserv have for supporting them in this move. I can understand why the nfa listserv would be intersted and any members that have dual membership might see it as part of the goal of promoting forensics but this is a list for the cross examination debate association. It seems silly to use it to help people who are explicitly in opposition to cross examination debate promote their agenda. On 11/3/09, Darren Elliott wrote: > This was posted to the IE list serv. Anyone in that area able to have any > influence to keep Marist? > > chief > > > ________________________________ > From: bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu > [bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of audrad75 at aol.com > [audrad75 at aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:10 PM > To: ie-l at cornell.edu > Subject: NFA Schools... A request for information > > Hi All, > > Marist is in the middle of re-assessing forensics and they know they want to > transition away from Policy (NDA/CEDA), but are wanting some data and > recommendations, which is where I come in. I've been tasked to put together > a series of recommendations for them in really rebuilding what they're going > to do with forensics here. > > To that end, I'm trying to collect some anecdotal information about program > participation in NFA, in particular and so if you would like to be included > as an anecdote or aggregate of information :) :) :), any information you > could send me on the following would be greatly appreciated. Not > surprisingly, there's no deadline, but the sooner I can get it in the better > (translation, they'd like it two days ago :) ), so if you get an immediate > chance for feedback fantastic. I'll also be trolling the NFA meeting for > feedback as well. > > Points of commentary: > 1. Why NFA versus or in addition to AFA, NPDA, Policy, etc. etc.? > 2. What range of salary is appropriate AND realistic for a DOF (not asking > how much you make, though that could be a good gauge :) )? > 3. Do you think NFA offers any unique benefits for competition and > participation among diverse populations of students--compared to AFA, NPDA, > Policy, etc. etc.? > 4. How much of a difference would it make/ does it make to have an > administrative assistant doing the paperwork for the team? (versus doing it > yourself) > 5. And the catch all--what else do you think an administration should know > about supporting and re-tooling a forensics program? > > Thanks in advance! > Audra > -- Sent from my mobile device From andy.edebate at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 10:17:25 2009 From: andy.edebate at gmail.com (Andy Ellis) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:17:25 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] FW: NFA Schools... A request for information In-Reply-To: References: <8CC2AD8DF6323BE-E00-14090@webmail-d080.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <9368bc9b0911170817j1f7f53afq3090b192e6aa361a@mail.gmail.com> What possible reason would anybody on this listserv have for supporting them in this move. I can understand why the nfa listserv would be intersted and any members that have dual membership might see it as part of the goal of promoting forensics but this is a list for the cross examination debate association. It seems silly to use it to help people who are explicitly in opposition to cross examination debate promote their agenda. On 11/3/09, Darren Elliott wrote: > This was posted to the IE list serv. Anyone in that area able to have any > influence to keep Marist? > > chief > > > ________________________________ > From: bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu > [bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of audrad75 at aol.com > [audrad75 at aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:10 PM > To: ie-l at cornell.edu > Subject: NFA Schools... A request for information > > Hi All, > > Marist is in the middle of re-assessing forensics and they know they want to > transition away from Policy (NDA/CEDA), but are wanting some data and > recommendations, which is where I come in. I've been tasked to put together > a series of recommendations for them in really rebuilding what they're going > to do with forensics here. > > To that end, I'm trying to collect some anecdotal information about program > participation in NFA, in particular and so if you would like to be included > as an anecdote or aggregate of information :) :) :), any information you > could send me on the following would be greatly appreciated. Not > surprisingly, there's no deadline, but the sooner I can get it in the better > (translation, they'd like it two days ago :) ), so if you get an immediate > chance for feedback fantastic. I'll also be trolling the NFA meeting for > feedback as well. > > Points of commentary: > 1. Why NFA versus or in addition to AFA, NPDA, Policy, etc. etc.? > 2. What range of salary is appropriate AND realistic for a DOF (not asking > how much you make, though that could be a good gauge :) )? > 3. Do you think NFA offers any unique benefits for competition and > participation among diverse populations of students--compared to AFA, NPDA, > Policy, etc. etc.? > 4. How much of a difference would it make/ does it make to have an > administrative assistant doing the paperwork for the team? (versus doing it > yourself) > 5. And the catch all--what else do you think an administration should know > about supporting and re-tooling a forensics program? > > Thanks in advance! > Audra > -- Sent from my mobile device From andy.edebate at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 11:13:08 2009 From: andy.edebate at gmail.com (Andy Ellis) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:13:08 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] FW: NFA Schools... A request for information In-Reply-To: <9368bc9b0911170817j1f7f53afq3090b192e6aa361a@mail.gmail.com> References: <8CC2AD8DF6323BE-E00-14090@webmail-d080.sysops.aol.com> <9368bc9b0911170817j1f7f53afq3090b192e6aa361a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9368bc9b0911170913wa29e49r8dd7ce04df267762@mail.gmail.com> My bad. Too quick of a response. I got overwhelmed by the second part of it. And missed the first part On 11/17/09, Andy Ellis wrote: > What possible reason would anybody on this listserv have for > supporting them in this move. I can understand why the nfa listserv > would be intersted and any members that have dual membership might see > it as part of the goal of promoting forensics but this is a list for > the cross examination debate association. It seems silly to use it to > help people who are explicitly in opposition to cross examination > debate promote their agenda. > > On 11/3/09, Darren Elliott wrote: >> This was posted to the IE list serv. Anyone in that area able to have >> any >> influence to keep Marist? >> >> chief >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu >> [bounce-4526626-3411687 at list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of audrad75 at aol.com >> [audrad75 at aol.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:10 PM >> To: ie-l at cornell.edu >> Subject: NFA Schools... A request for information >> >> Hi All, >> >> Marist is in the middle of re-assessing forensics and they know they want >> to >> transition away from Policy (NDA/CEDA), but are wanting some data and >> recommendations, which is where I come in. I've been tasked to put >> together >> a series of recommendations for them in really rebuilding what they're >> going >> to do with forensics here. >> >> To that end, I'm trying to collect some anecdotal information about >> program >> participation in NFA, in particular and so if you would like to be >> included >> as an anecdote or aggregate of information :) :) :), any information you >> could send me on the following would be greatly appreciated. Not >> surprisingly, there's no deadline, but the sooner I can get it in the >> better >> (translation, they'd like it two days ago :) ), so if you get an >> immediate >> chance for feedback fantastic. I'll also be trolling the NFA meeting for >> feedback as well. >> >> Points of commentary: >> 1. Why NFA versus or in addition to AFA, NPDA, Policy, etc. etc.? >> 2. What range of salary is appropriate AND realistic for a DOF (not >> asking >> how much you make, though that could be a good gauge :) )? >> 3. Do you think NFA offers any unique benefits for competition and >> participation among diverse populations of students--compared to AFA, >> NPDA, >> Policy, etc. etc.? >> 4. How much of a difference would it make/ does it make to have an >> administrative assistant doing the paperwork for the team? (versus doing >> it >> yourself) >> 5. And the catch all--what else do you think an administration should >> know >> about supporting and re-tooling a forensics program? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> Audra >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > -- Sent from my mobile device From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Tue Nov 17 11:18:21 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:18:21 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Tournament invitation hosted by Texas Message-ID: Name:Texas Starts:2/6/2010 Ends:2/8/2010 Hosted by: Texas Contact: Joel Rollins Address: One University Station, A1105 Austin, TX 78712 Phone: 512-565-4532 On-line entry allowed: True AFA Open tournament (open to non-AFA members): False Divisions Offered: Other details are available at: http://www.debateresults.com This tournament may be offered in conjunction with an individual events tournament. If so, you will be notified by a separate email. From crb012000 at utdallas.edu Tue Nov 17 19:58:46 2009 From: crb012000 at utdallas.edu (Burk, Christopher R) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:58:46 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] UT Dallas Tournament Invitation - Fear and Loathing in Dallas 2010 Message-ID: November 17, 2009 Seventh Annual Fear and Loathing in Dallas Invitation to the University of Texas at Dallas Intercollegiate Debate Tournament Dear Colleagues, We present the following conditional tournament. The University of Texas at Dallas Debate Team invites you to join us January 9-11, 2010 for the seventh annual Fear and Loathing in Dallas Intercollegiate Debate Tournament. Yes, somehow we still get to do this. Our tournament will be the second half of the Texas Two Step. The University of North Texas will host the first half. Teams attending both tournaments will have Friday, January 8th as a day off to relocate, rest, and research. We will offer debates in three divisions (open, junior varsity, and novice). We expect all three divisions to be large enough to remain distinct this season. However, we will collapse the Novice division into the Junior Varsity division if necessary. Please complete all entries by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. We will submit final orders for all food purchases that afternoon so correct information by the entry deadline is necessary. We will also need to close entries into order to begin the judge preference process. We definitely need final entries for both TEAMS and JUDGES by noon of January 6. Please use the famous Bruschke system for entering the teams and the judges. You can find that system here: http://commweb.fullerton.edu/jbruschke/web/Index.aspx ENTRY LIMITS: UT Dallas is experiencing a shortage of suitable classrooms. Therefore the UT Dallas Debate Team must unfortunately impose an entry limit of ninety (100) total teams at this time. There is a good chance that we might be able to secure access to a few more rooms but we cannot guarantee it at this moment. So we must impose an entry cap. Entries will be first come, first serve regardless of division until we reach our cap. So please enter as soon as possible. If we do secure access to more rooms and raise the cap, we will send emails to inform everyone of the change. FORMAT: There will be seven preliminary debates in the Open division with the tab room randomly assigning the sides to each team in round seven. The Junior Varsity and Novice divisions will have six preliminary debates. The schedule has changed slightly so be sure to examine the tournament schedule located at the end of this document. The tournament will use the 100 point RKS scale for speaker points. Judges should refrain from giving the same points to speakers in the same round. The teams advancing to the elimination rounds will be determined by the following criteria. The top half of the Open teams will clear. Each team must have a winning record (4 or more wins) in order to advance, even if that requirement results in a total that is slightly less than half of all Open teams. The maximum number of Open teams advancing will be 32. We will also hold an appropriate number of elimination rounds in Junior Varsity and Novice divisions. Seeding for elimination rounds will be determined using win-loss record, then opposition wins, then adjusted speaker points, total speaker points, double adjusted speaker points, adjusted ranks, total ranks, and then other criteria if necessary. ALTERNATE USE TIME: The regular time limits of 9 minutes per constructive speech and 6 minutes per rebuttal will be observed for speech times. Once again the tournament will use ?alternate use? prep time rules for all debates ? each team will have sixteen (16) minutes total to use for cross-examination and/or preparation. Cross-examination periods are allowed only after constructive speeches. Coaches should inform their debaters about the proper use of alternate use prep time prior to the tournament. TAB ROOM and TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION: Dr. Jeff Jarman of Wichita State University has agreed to join us in Dallas to direct the operations of the tabulation room. Justin Green of Kansas State University will also assist in the tab room. Dr. Jarman, Mr. Green and the UT Dallas coaching staff will resolve any tournament administration problems that arise. Current and former UT Dallas students will be available throughout the tournament to run ballots, give directions and, and generally provide any needed assistance. ENTRY FEES: Freedom isn?t free and neither is the ?Fear and Loathing in Dallas? debate tournament. The entry fees will be $150 per covered team, regardless of division. One team requires four (4) rounds of judging. Two teams require seven (7) rounds of judging. Uncovered teams will be assessed an additional fee of $40 per uncovered round. Please send your qualified judges instead of just paying the extra fee if possible. The UT Dallas debate team does not even come close to making a profit on this tournament. In fact, the hosting of the tournament generates a financial loss and some stern questions from our Dean. We believe that our tournament will provide both high quality hospitality and strong competition relative to total costs of attendance. We also politely request that all teams competing at the tournament update their affirmative and negative information on the open case list system by 12 noon on Friday, January 8, 2010. Cash is preferred. However you can make your checks payable to ?The University of Texas at Dallas.? Our University?s Federal Tax ID number is 75-1305566 if your institution requires such information. Our mailing address: UT Dallas Debate Team Department of Undergraduate Education P.O. Box 830688, GC 14 Richardson, Texas 75083-0688 We once again will go to great lengths to make special accommodations for teams with limited financial resources ? please contact us in advance for details. We attempt to ensure that entry fees will not exclude a school from participating in our Fear and Loathing tournament. We want to share our Fear and Loathing with everyone. HOSPITALITY: We take this extremely seriously. We are committed to providing a tournament experience that you will find both competitive and entertaining. We hope to earn a spot on your annual travel schedule. Those who have attended in the past have almost always returned with enthusiasm There will be a reception for all coaches during registration during the evening of the Friday, January 9 at the Crowne Plaza Suites. There will also be a large tournament-wide survivors? reception for all participants during the evening of Monday, January 11. We invite all debaters, coaches, and judges to stay for the reception. Those who have remained in Dallas for the Monday night reception have not been disappointed. Lunches will be provided to all tournament participants on Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10. Breakfast will also be provided at the campus on those days. Please indicate any special dietary needs when entering the tournament. We will also provide some light snacks on Sunday evening prior to first elimination round. The vast majority of last year's participants found the provided food and beverages to be high quality. Also, the city of Dallas has many excellent options for dining and entertainment. A packet full of suggestions will be provided to all teams at registration. Scott and Chris are also available to answer your questions ? we know where to go in Big D. JUDGING: One pillar of a successful tournament is quality judging so please bring your least sketchy judges. Each team seeking to enter should provide a qualified judge who will be available to judge at least four (4) preliminary rounds and who will comply with tournament rules. A judge covering the requirements for two teams should prepare to judge seven (7) preliminary debates. A qualified judge is a currently active coach, graduate student, or former college debater. EVERY judge will be committed through the octafinal debates in the Open division. We will have very, very few hired judges available this year. Please inform the UT Dallas staff at least one week in advance if your team will need to pay the fee for uncovered teams. Monies gained by such fees will go towards to the hiring of qualified judges and the procurement of ether. Judges will be assigned on the basis of mutual preference. Teams will be allowed to strike a limited number of judges. The number of strikes will depend upon the size of the judging pool, the number of many sketchy people y?all bring, and the number of sketchy people we hire. Please, please, please indicate to the tournament administration if a judge cannot judge all three divisions. Please repeat any such limitation in person at registration. Judges assigned to a debate by the tab room will be responsible for submitting a correctly completed ballot at the end of that debate. Judges should not leave the tournament unless their commitment has been fulfilled. DON?T MESS WITH TEXAS: Any judge who is unable or unwilling to comply with these criteria should not register as a judge. Failure on the part of a judge to comply with these rules may result in a decision by the tab room staff and may also result in the top team from the judge?s school being removed from further participation in the tournament. Please do not enter unknown and/or sketchy judges for all seven round then have a highly preferred judge available for only one. That ain?t cool. And it makes it much more difficult for us to get highly preferred judges in every round to all teams, including your teams. Directors should ensure that each and every judge has a judge philosophy statement posted in the Bruschke system by Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Any judge still without a judge philosophy statement by that deadline will be dropped from the tournament. The rounds originally assigned to that judge will be redistributed to other judges representing that squad. HOST HOTEL INFORMATION: We strongly encourage all tournament participants to stay at the host hotel. Tournament registration, tournament receptions, and all rounds on Monday, January 12 will occur at the hotel. Please see the ?Hotel? section below for detailed reservation information. The Crowne Plaza Suites is located just north of the Westin Park Central and the LBJ freeway. It is a quick, easy twelve-minute drive from the hotel to the UT Dallas campus. Every room in the hotel is a suite. The rooms are quite large. The block rates are $80 for each double room and $75 for each king room. This rate will include internet access at no additional charge. The hotel offers ample free parking. While these rates are a slight increase over last season?s rates, this remains an exceptional value for this facility. Those wishing to access the block rate should reserve rooms using the specific website provided http://www.cpdallas.com/ and use the code ?DEB? when making reservations. Reservations can also be made over the telephone. We strongly encourage you to use the website reservation system in order to receive updates on the hotel and your reservation. While rooms may be available at the last minute, the hotel will only guarantee the block of rooms and the tournament rate for those reservations made before Friday, December 18, 2009. We suggest that your reserve your rooms as soon as possible. Rooms might be available after that date but room availability, room rates, and room type will not be guaranteed for those reservations made after December 18. The host hotel has a very limited number of smoking rooms available. Please do not smoke in the common areas of the hotel. Please do not smoke in the non-smoking rooms. Hotel Details: Crowne Plaza Suites - Dallas Park Central 7800 Alpha Road Dallas, TX 75240 Front Desk: (972) 233-7600 http://www.cpdallas.com/ http://www.crowneplaza.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/daltx Our hotel contact: Karlene Summerall Her email: karlene.summerall at ihg.com TRANSPORTATION: Dallas is easily accessible by ground or air. The tournament hotel is directly east of DFW airport and it a mere 30 minutes away. Use the ?North? exit from DFW airport toward IH-635 and proceed East on IH-635. Exit at ?Coit? Road. All major national rental agencies have operations at DFW airport. The UNT campus is roughly an hour drive from the UT Dallas campus. Teams competing at both tournaments will definitely need to change hotels. Unfortunately, we at UT Dallas will not be able to provide ground transportation and the hotel will not be able to provide anything beyond the most basic local service. Nor will UT Dallas be able to transport teams coming from the UNT tournament in Denton. Participating teams should definitely plan to provide their own transportation throughout the tournament. Major rental agencies such as Enterprise, Avis, and Hertz have offices at both airports. Those seeking to rent large vans might try Capps at http://www.cappsvanrental.com/ AUDIO and VIDEO RECORDING: All rounds (defined as the speeches of the participants) are open to registered tournament participants and may be electronically recorded for private educational use by tournament participants (registered coaches, debaters and helpers, and UT Dallas tournament staff) only. Public distribution of such recordings is expressly prohibited unless prior written consent of all people on the recording is obtained and unless prior written consent of the University of Texas at Dallas is obtained. Private sharing for educational use is permitted. TOURNAMENT RULES: If you know us, then you know we love rules and we will enforce them. 1. The tournament will follow the CEDA guidelines on sexual harassment. 2. The topic for all debates will be the 2009-2010 NDT/CEDA policy debate topic. 3. Each judge obligated to judge a round will assignment a win to one and only one team and a loss to one and only one team. The judge will also rank each debater 1 to 4 and rate each debater 0-30 using quarter points. Each judge will have a maximum of 165 minutes from the official start time of the debate to record a decision for that debate. A judged assigned by the tab room to a particular debate will be responsible for the submission of a correctly completed ballot at the conclusion of that debate. Failure on the part of the judge to comply with these rules may result in a decision by the tab room staff and may also result in the top team from the judge?s school being removed from further participation in the tournament. 4. In order to enter and compete at the tournament, debate must be eligible according to CEDA and NDT guidelines. Each competitor should be currently enrolled undergraduate student (or, since the tournament occurs over the Winter Break, every competitor should have been officially enrolled during the previous semester and/or be officially enrolled in the upcoming semester). 5. Hybrid teams will be allowed to enter the tournament and are eligible to advance to the elimination rounds. Maverick debaters will not be allowed to enter the tournament and will not be allowed to compete ? a team consists of two and only two undergraduate students. Should one member of a team or both be or unable to debate in more than two rounds, that team will receive a loss for those rounds and will become ineligible for elimination rounds and awards. 6. While it is unlikely, one or more teams from UT Dallas might compete at the tournament. However no varsity UT Dallas team will compete in elimination rounds. If any UT Dallas teams are entered in the junior varsity or novice divisions, then they will be eligible to advance. No UT Dallas coach will determine judge placement for any round involving any UT Dallas participants. 7. Debaters, coaches, judges and all other tournament guests should not damage or remove any UT Dallas property. No smoking is allowing in any UT Dallas building. No food or drinks are allowed in any classroom. Please, please, please follow these rules. Please, please, please help us to keep the rooms and hallways clean. The room czars are reluctant to give us rooms even when they are in a good mood. And the debate tournament will be the only large event occurring on the campus in early January so the room inspectors will assume that someone involved with the debate community caused the damage. Many UT Dallas buildings are very new and we will not be allowed to use them in the future if damage occurs during the tournament. 8. Brackets will NOT be broken in elimination rounds. Teams from the same school that face each other in elimination rounds may either choose to declare a winning team or may choose to debate the round. 9. Unless the teams have met previously in the preliminary rounds, sides in elimination rounds will be determined by coin flip or an agreement by both teams. Please flip the coin and announce sides as soon as possible. We all want to expedite the rounds on Monday. 10. The eligibility rules for participation in the junior varsity and novice divisions will follow the CEDA standards. AWARDS: They will be cool and you will enjoy them. Trust us, we?re experts. We will once again present the traveling ?Texas Two Step? award to the Open Division team that gains the most preliminary wins at the two tournaments. R.J. Giglio and Nick Watts of the University of Oklahoma won the award last season with 12 total wins. Someone please remind Jackie to bring ?The Boots? to us in January. INFORMATION: We hope to make this seventh annual ?Fear and Loathing in Dallas? Debate Tournament reach the high standard established by our previous tournaments. Please contact Chris Burk or Scott Herndon if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding the tournament. We look forward to once again welcoming the college debate community to Dallas. Your lovely hosts, THE UT DALLAS DEBATE TEAM www.utdallas.edu/debate/ Christopher Burk Director of Debate crb01200 at utdallas.edu Scott Herndon Asssociate Director of Debate sxh021200 at utdallas.edu Justin Kirk Assistant Coach justinwkirk at gmail.com Todd Jordan Assistant Coach and Graduate Student oldcrowtodd at gmail.com Trevor Andreas Assistant Coach tandreas at gmail.com Kuntal Cholera Assistant Coach kuntal_cholera at hotmail.com UT DALLAS 2010 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: Friday, January 8 (Crowne Plaza Suites) 6:00 PM ? Tournament Registration and Coaches Reception 9:00 PM ? Tournament Registration Ends 10:00 PM ? Pairings for Rounds 1 and 2 release at hotel and on-line Saturday, January 9 (UT Dallas campus) 7:30 AM ? Breakfast available 8:30 AM ? Round One (pre-set) start time (all rounds on campus) 11:00 AM ? Round Two (pre-set) start time 1:30 PM ? Lunch provided at campus 2:30 PM ? Round Three (high-high) start time 5:30 PM ? Round Four (high-low) start time Sunday, January 10 (UT Dallas campus) 7:00 AM ? Pairings for Round Five released. Breakfast and coffee provided at coffee 8:00 AM ? Round Five (high-high) start time 11:00 AM ? Round Six (high-low) start time. Pairings based on results of all five rounds. 12:45 PM ? Lunch Provided 1:45 PM ? Pairings Released 2:15 PM ? Round Seven in Open (high-low, sides assigned by computer) start time 2:15 PM ? First elimination round in Junior Varsity and Novice divisions start time 4:45 PM ? Snacks provided 5:15 PM ? Pairings for Open Division Doubles Released (no round for JV & Novice) 6:00 PM ? Open Division Double Octafinal Rounds start time (no round for JV & Novice) Monday, January 11 (all events occur at the Crowne Plaza Suites) 8:30 AM ? Pairings Released for Open Division Octafinals 8:30 AM ? Pairings Released for second novice & JV elimination rounds 9:30 AM ? Open Octafinal Rounds begin 9:30 AM ? Second Elimination Rounds in Novice & JV divisions begin High Noon ? Awards Assembly Afternoon ? Elimination rounds continue Evening ? Tournament reception From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Tue Nov 17 19:54:12 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:54:12 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Tournament invitation hosted by Texas Dallas Message-ID: <9BE093D403244A5D97C8E5504606D9BC@AD.FULLERTON.EDU> Name:Fear and Loathing in Dallas (UTD) Starts:1/9/2010 Ends:1/11/2010 Hosted by: Texas Dallas Contact: Christopher Burk Address: Phone: 972-536-3995 On-line entry allowed: True AFA Open tournament (open to non-AFA members): True Divisions Offered: Open with 7 prelims, expected to clear to: Doubles Junior Varsity with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Octos Novice with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Semis Other details are available at: http://www.debateresults.com This tournament may be offered in conjunction with an individual events tournament. If so, you will be notified by a separate email. From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Mon Nov 30 10:28:26 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:28:26 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Tournament invitation hosted by Texas Message-ID: <0A2FD306148C481D9531A488BA61A56E@AD.FULLERTON.EDU> Name:Texas Starts:2/6/2010 Ends:2/8/2010 Hosted by: Texas Contact: Joel Rollins Address: One University Station, A1105 Austin, TX 78712 Phone: 512-565-4532 On-line entry allowed: True AFA Open tournament (open to non-AFA members): False Divisions Offered: Open with 8 prelims, expected to clear to: Doubles Other details are available at: http://www.debateresults.com This tournament may be offered in conjunction with an individual events tournament. If so, you will be notified by a separate email. From jd.rollins at mail.utexas.edu Mon Nov 30 10:35:06 2009 From: jd.rollins at mail.utexas.edu (Joel Rollins) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:35:06 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] UT entry Message-ID: <31FCCA2B-5A32-4AC4-AB96-34D35DA807B5@mail.utexas.edu> Al should now be working. please make hotel reservations soon. thanks, joel From gregachten at berkeley.edu Mon Nov 30 21:56:50 2009 From: gregachten at berkeley.edu (gregachten at berkeley.edu) Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:56:50 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Cal Swing Tournament Announcements In-Reply-To: <4AE8FDE7.4070001@wfu.edu> References: <4AE8FDE7.4070001@wfu.edu> Message-ID: Greetings, A couple of quick announcements about the tournament(s). First, the block for the tournament hotel is expiring very soon. Technically I believe it expires tomorrow so if you have not already made reservations please do so. You can make reservations by calling 1-888-236-2427 and asking for the Cal Swing Debate Tournament rate. Second, please enter your competitors and judges online if you have not done so already. I know we are still more than a month out, but I have to finalize catering plans and room reservations and with the Christmas break I need to do that sooner rather than later. Also, if you could to the best of your ability update the total number of people in your party on debateresults I would appreciate it. If you have need of hired judging please let me know and I will try to put you in touch with people I know who are looking to be hired. Third, up to this point I have asked people for a rough guess as to how many parking permits you will need for campus and/or whether you will need to use our transportation system. I am now at the point of needing firm numbers to put in the appropriate requests. Please email me your specific transportation needs keeping in mind that parking permits are $25 per permit and our transportation is $30 per person per tournament and only runs to and from the tournament hotel. Please send me this information even if you have already sent it to me before as most people were hedging their bets about how many people they were bringing or were trying to figure out their transportation. Finally, if there is anything I can do to assist you with your trip please let me know. Greg