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THE TACOMA FEBRUARY PARLI TOURNAMENT Held at University of Puget Sound Friday, Feb. 19 Tacoma, WA Version
2.1 We
are excited to be offering the February Tacoma Parli Tournament, a low cost
opportunity for an early February one day tournament. We will be offering excellent facilities at
the University of Puget Sound. WHEN YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TCC GILMORE DEBATE DIVISIONS, SPEAKING-PREP TIMES, MUTUALITY PREFS The tournament features: ·
Three rounds of NPTE-NPDA
and IPDA parliamentary debate in the afternoon and evening—avoiding rush hour
traffic. ·
Food is available at the
UPS Wheelock Center. There are also eating establishments within ten minutes
of the campus. ·
Please do not smoke within
25 feet of a building including an entrance. This is Washington state law. ·
Relaxed atmosphere and
interaction among coaches and debaters. ·
NPTE-NPDA Parli: Current
Event Topics, Warm room, Prep rooms, and 2 minute prep time/cross-examination
before speeches during the rounds. ·
IPDA: A good selection and
variety of topics for each round. Standard IPDA times. Please join us for a great debate
tournament finishing up the fall season. Sincerely, Jim Hanson hansonjb@gmail.com Tournament Tab Management, Debate Coach, Bellevue
College; also, Executive Director, Climb the Mountain Speech and Debate
Foundation, President, West Coast Publishing, and Professor of Rhetoric on
sabbatical from Whitman College. John P. Koch jkoch@pugetsound.edu Visiting Assistant Professor/Interim Director of
Forensics, University of Puget Sound Michael R Artime martime@pugetsound.edu
University of Puget Sound
Park in P1, P10, or
P11 lots and Wheelock (Campus Center) is a short walk. FRIDAY: Arrive by 1:45pm. Expect to finish
by 8:45pm.
Please
adhere to appropriate behavior during the tournament: Participants--students,
judges, observers, and coaches--are expected as a condition of participating
at our tournament to adhere to expectations for professional behavior and
caring treatment of others befitting a college event. Participants are
expected to assure a comfortable atmosphere for everyone. Participants shall
refrain from illegal drugs and alcohol consumption including being affected
by such vices throughout the tournament and being responsible and safe at
hotels. If schools have more restrictive policies, of course, schools should
follow those policies. We want and expect a professional tournament, safe and
responsible, and one we can be proud to show to administrators. Every Director/Head Coach at every school participating
is expected to have their participants read and agree to the following
expectations: For Judges & Coaches: nw-parli-ie-warmup-judge-coach-expectations.pptx For Students & Observers: nw-parli-ie-warmup-student-observer-expectations.pptx Comments-edits-suggestions for these PowerPoints?
Please email Jim at hansonjb@gmail.com We want to make these as helpful and
inclusive as possible.
NPTE-NPDA
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE 1. DIVISIONS:
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NOVICE (first year of
debating; advanced to elims 3 or less times) ·
JUNIOR (no more than 4
semesters of college debate; has not been in elimination rounds of college
junior or open division debate more than 3 times) ·
SENIOR (open to
anyone) 2. TIME LIMITS:
Topic
Centrally Announced 20
minutes Prep 7
min. PMC 2
min. prep/cx 8
min. LOC 2
min. prep/cx 8
min. MG 1
min. prep/cx 8
min. MO 4
min. LOR 1
min. prep/cx 5
min. PMR POIs
still occur as is normal in parliamentary debates. Prep-CX does not replace
it. CX
works as is normal with the speaker who just spoke taking questions.
“Tag-team” CX is fine too but the person speaking next should not be expected
to participate. IPDA
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE Standard times, topics, and procedures. ·
NOVICE (first year of
debating; advanced to elims 3 or less times) ·
JUNIOR (no more than 4
semesters of college debate; has not been in elimination rounds of college
junior or open division debate more than 3 times) ·
SENIOR (open to
anyone)
1. PREPARATION BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT:
The tournament will choose resolutions based on important, widely publicized
events from the months of January 2016 and early February 2016, political
news events, domestic and international news and events. NPDA topics will be policy focused. IPDA
topics will include options for significant social, sports, and entertainment
issues. The resolutions and
topic areas will not be announced before the tournament. 2. RESOLUTIONS
Teams will debate resolutions that the tournament will announce online at The TCC Warm Room Page
and in a central location 20 minutes before rounds begin.
TEAM AWARDS
will be based on, in order, the following: Win-loss record; Adjusted speaker
points (drop high-lows); Total Speaker points; and Win-loss record of opposing
teams. SPEAKER AWARDS:
Adjusted speaker points (drop high-lows); Total Speaker points;
Double-adjusted speaker points (drop two highs; two lows); Z score. DEBATE AWARDS:
Recognize top half of competitors. NO ELIMINATION ROUNDS AT THE
TOURNAMENT
Take I-5 to the 16. Take the Union Avenue
exit.
After exiting on Union Avenue, turn right,
and head north. At 11th St. make a right, and then at Lawrence
street—make a left and head toward the Parking Lots. P1, P10, P11.
FRIDAY,
FEB. 19, SCHEDULE
1:45PM - 1:55pm Registration, Wheelock (Main Campus
Center building)
2:00pm – 3:45pm Parli Rd 1 with comments and redos
3:45pm - 5:30pm Parli Rd 2 with comments and redos
5:30pm - 6:30pm Break, Eat dinner at Wheelock Campus
Center or nearby locations. Note that dinner is on your own.
6:30pm – 8:15pm Parli Rd 3 with comments and redos
8:30pm – 8:45pm Awards and Recognitions Ceremony
Enter your teams and judges by
emailing Jim Hanson at hansonjb@gmail.com
–include debater first and last names and division of NPDA or IPDA. Entry Deadline is 5pm, Tuesday, Feb.
16 FEES School Fee: $30 Each NPTE-NPDA Debate Team is $30 Each IPDA Debater is $15 Each uncovered NPTE-NPDA team is $80. Each NPTE-NPDA debate judge covers 2 teams. Each IPDA debate judge covers 4 debaters. Each uncovered IPDA debater is $40. NOTE You may not hire for more than 2 uncovered NPTE-NPDA teams (UNLESS * below). Only 1 of your judges may be “JV/Novice” only judges. In NPTE-NPDA debate, JV/Novice judges are those with 2 or less years of coaching and/or debating. *If you have more than 3 judges and more than 6 teams, those additional judges MUST be able to judge your own teams (otherwise, we have trouble placing those judges). Write checks to Climb the Mountain. DO
YOU HAVE A JUDGE WE CAN HIRE? Please e-mail Jim at hansonjb@gmail.com Got a judge willing to judge rounds? We pay
$17 for each round plus free food that is offered by the tournament. |
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