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North Coast District National Forensic League Jason
Habig, Chairperson; Amy Roediger, Speech overseer, Gay Janis, Debate overseer You
are cordially invited to attend the 17th
NFL North Coast District Tournament on Friday, February 19 and Saturday, February
20, 2010 at Orange High School. The registration deadline is February 13,
2010 at the District Congress. The
NFL has made some changes this year, so please read the information (at least
the bold print) contained in this invitation carefully. 1. Using Joy
of Tournaments Please go to www.joyoftournaments.com to
register by February 13. If you haven’t used Joy of Tournaments to register for a
tournament, you will have to create an account 2. Forms Please submit your green registration form
and entry fees to me at Little Districts or by February 13. I have
to submit the registration forms to the NFL (even though Joy of Tournaments
will “manage” this tournament), so please complete them thoroughly. The students’ names must be typed exactly as
they are on record with the NFL. A
coach, the principal, and all competitors (even reserve entries) must sign the
form. You must list the title, author,
and source for all interp events. A fill-in
registration form is available at: http://www.nflonline.org/DistrictInformation/DistrictTourForms#dtforms Also note that this year because
our District Congress is before our regular National Qualifying tournament; if
your students qualify to Nationals in Congress and are competing at Bigs, you
MUST submit a “Single Entry Letter of Intent” form before the beginning of the
Big District Tournament. A
fill-in copy of this “Single Entry Letter of Intent” is available at: http://www.nflonlie.org/uploads/AboutNFL/dt403nt_slgentry.pdf 3. Student
Ratios Only students with NFL memberships who attend
NFL schools in good standing can compete at this tournament. This means that all
outstanding NFL fees and dues must be paid prior to the tournament or your
students will not be allowed to compete. The number of students who may compete in
this tournament is based on the number of members and degrees on record with
the NFL by February 13. Schools are limited to 4 contestants or teams in all
categories. There will be no double
entry at the District Tournament or the National Tournament. According
to the NFL, one entry = one solo event contestant or one debate/duo team. 1-15 members and degrees 3 entries 121-140
members and degrees 24 entries 16-20 members and degrees 5 entries 141-160
members and degrees 26 entries 21-30 members and degrees 8 entries 161-180
members and degrees 27 entries 31-40 members and degrees 10 entries 181-200
members and degrees 28 entries 41-50 members and degrees 12 entries 201-230
members and degrees 29 entries 51-60 members and degrees 13 entries 231-260
members and degrees 30 entries 61-70 members and degrees 15 entries 261-300
members and degrees 31 entries 71-80 members and degrees 17 entries 81-90 members and degrees 19 entries 91-100 members and degrees 20 entries 101-120 members and degrees22
entries 4. Schedule Friday
February 19 3:00 PM Registration
at Orange HS 3:45
PM Opening Assembly
at Orange HS 4:00 PM Rounds begin at Orange HS Saturday
February 20 8:00 AM Speech and Debate rounds
continue at Orange
HS Ideally,
all students will compete twice on Friday.
Please prepare your students and judges for the late nights and long
waits that are characteristic of Big Districts.
Students must not leave the tournament site during the tournament. If a student misses any round, the student
will be disqualified. 5. Resolutions: Public Forum
Debate Resolved: In the United States, organized political lobbying does more harm than
good Lincoln Douglas
Debate: Economic sanctions ought not be used to
achieve foreign policy objectives.. [Two top finishers in Lincoln Douglas will debate for the
Cleveland Debate Championship at the Cleveland City Club on March 19.] Policy Debate Resolved: The United States federal government should
substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the
United States. 6. Special
rules for NFL competition: In policy debate only, computers are allowed to be used during rounds,
but they may not be used to transmit or receive information. Debaters are responsible for bringing all
items necessary for their computers to work (including printers if
necessary). These will not be supplied
by the host school or tournament officials.
If computers have removable wireless cards, the cards must be removed
before the beginning of a round. Computers
with built-in wireless capability must have the wireless access disabled before
the beginning of a round. Using a
computer during a round gives consent for tournament officials to search the
computer’s files. In all three types of debate,
debaters are responsible for the validity of their evidence. During rounds of LD or PFD, debaters should provide author name and source title
for each piece of evidence presented.
During rounds of policy debate, debaters should provide author name,
source title, and complete date.
Complete citations for each piece of evidence presented must be
available in every round. Original Oratory Scripts are due by February 13 or at
the Congressional Debate Tournament (or fax them by that date to 216 320 8779). The maximum number of quoted words is
150. Please use the OHSSL format. Extemp files must not contain any
old speeches. Drama/Humor/Duo Interp: You must have the original published source and
a script which indicates every line spoken available at the tournament. All interps must have been published and
printed. If they are not published and
printed, the competitor will be disqualified.
If a script is not available at a tournament and it is protested, the
competitor will be disqualified. Videos
and internet selections are
unacceptable unless they also have been published and printed as "novels,
short stories, plays or poetry". Materials
which have been published in a high school publication are not allowed. 7. Cost The
entry fee is $8.00 per student
($16.00/Policy, Public Forum, or Duo team).
Fees are due with registration materials by February 13. Please make checks payable to NFL North Coast District. Please try to use the reserve list on your
green sheet. Last year there was a flood of competitor changes and judge
changes at the last minute, which screws up our strike sheets and slows down
the tournament significantly. If you drop
a competitor/team or judge after the registration deadline, there will be a fee
of $5.00. 8. Judging
information Policy and Public Forum Debate: Bring 1 judge
per 1 or 2 team(s). Bring 2 judges per 3
or 4 teams. Lincoln-Douglas: Bring 1 judge if you bring 1 or 2 LD debater(s). Bring
2 judges if you bring 3 or 4 LD
debaters. Speech: Bring 1 judge
for every three contestants/teams or any fraction thereof (4 extempers = 2 judges). When
you enter your judge names on the Joy of Tournament site, there is a place to
indicate if a judge is a parent or a former competitor. Please indicate in the “notes” box the former
competitor’s event if a judge is a former competitor. Judges
are needed for both days even if some competitors get eliminated on
Friday. Please make sure you have the
correct number of judges for the entire tournament, not what you have left
after one day of competition. All judges must have a working stopwatch. Please complete the judge form and submit it
with your registration. If
you know of neutral judges who would be willing to judge at this tournament,
please bring them. The district will pay
$35 for Friday or $45 for Saturday. In
speech we’ll use three judges starting with round 1. In all debates we’ll use three judge panels
as soon as the number of teams/judges allows for that or the rules force us to
do so. 9. Double
Entries We are not
having any! 10. Judge
Strikes Policy In debate we will be following the
same judge strike procedure as we are using for the OHSSL. In LD and PFD, each team/competitor will be
allowed to strike 2 judges. In policy
debate, given the potential for a very small judging pool, we may not allow any
judge strikes, depending on the total number of entries. A list of all judges in each debate event
will be emailed to out to all schools with competitors after registration
closes. Strikes must be emailed back to
Jason Habig (jhabig@hb.edu) before 4:00PM on
Wednesday, February 17th. Any
team that does not meet this deadline will forfeit the right to strike
judges. All judge strikes will be kept
confidential. Please note that if the
list of judges changes the day of the tournament, students will not be able to
alter their judge strikes at the tournament.
11. Set-up
Meeting Their
will be no set-up meeting this year. If
you would like to have input on the structure of the tournament, please email
me or attend the Congressional Debate tournament at Gilmour on February 13th. Please
do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions. Jason Habig Hathaway Brown 440-570-9026 North Coast District National Forensic League Jason
Habig, Chairperson; Amy Roediger, Speech overseer, Gay Janis, Debate overseer District
Tournament Invoice Number of policy teams @ $16.00 per team Number of Lincoln
Douglas contestants @ $8.00 per student Number of Public Forum debate teams @ $16.00 per team Number of Duo
Interpretation teams @ $16.00 per team Number of remaining
Speech contestants @ $8.00 per student Total Entry Fees
due Please make checks payable to “North Coast
District NFL.” Entry fees are due with registration forms by February 13,
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