NYCUDL MSQI Debate Tournament #2

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a Middle School tournament in New York.

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NYCUDL MSQI #2 Tournament 

Brooklyn Technical High School

On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League, the Middle School Quality Initiative of the NYC Department of Education & Brooklyn Technical High School, you are cordially invited to the NYCUDL MSQI #2 Tournament on January 30th, 2016 for a day of exciting, fun and intense debate excitement.

We will offer one debate format: Public Forum, featuring 3 rounds of debate of public forum debate.

Judges’ training will be available for individuals interested in judging public forum

All questions, concerns and/or issues about the tournament should be directed to:

Tournament/Program Director: Aubrey Semple - aubrey@debate.nyc

Looking forward to seeing you all,

MSQI Literary Coach - Scott Moore / Middle School Quality Initiative - NYC Department of Education 

Program Director– Aubrey Semple / New York City Urban Debate League 

Executive Director – Erik Fogel / New York City Urban Debate League

Online Registration

Registration will take place on speechwire.com.

If you have any questions or issues regarding registration, please email the program director, Aubrey Semple at aubrey@debate.nyc 

ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS 5PM –January 20th , 2015

Once registration is closed on Wednesday January 20th at 5pm, you may still drop or change the names of your entries and judges, but you may not add any additional names.

Here is the link to the standard Middle School Permission Slip from NYC UDL: http://www.tfaforms.com/348080. You can also have students bring this to the tournament. Failure to completeing the consent form may prevent your debaters from competing at the tournament.

Judging Assignment

Each school MUST provide one judge for every three teams competing. Without the appropriate number of judges, we will have to waitlist schools that are below their required judge obligation. Coaches/Teachers can and should judge.    

There will be judge training for new/inexperienced judges.  Providing a judge for training may also count toward fulfillment of your judging assignment. 

Judges must check in on the morning of the tournament by 9:00am, the latest.

TOPICS

Resolution for the MSQI tournament will be based on the death penalty topic (Word Generation - Series 1 -  Week 13) - Resolved: The death penalty should be banned in the United States. 

LATE ARRIVAL POLICY

Once check-in closes (at 9:00am) – late arrivals will forfeit the first round and will debate round 2 (even if only late by a few minutes).  During round 1, late arrivals should observe and flow debates.

We must emphasize this rule in order to have an efficient, timely and well-managed tournament.  Please oblige to this request. 

AWARDS

Speaker points will be on the scale of 30 points.

We will provide awards for top speakers, top teams and sweepstakes for top schools.  Sweepstakes will be calculated based on the school’s top 5 team entries.

IMPORTANT DATES

ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS 5PM – January 20th, 2016

CHECK-IN / DAY OF TOURNAMENT CHECK-IN: Saturday, January 30th, by 9:00AM

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

SATURDAY – January 30th, 2016 (Tenative) 

8:30am - 9:30am - Registration and Breakfast

9:00am - Registration Closes

9:30am – 10:30am – Prep session for debate participants

10:30am – 11:30am – Round 1

11:30am – 12:30pm – Round 2

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm – Round 3

2:30pm – 3:00pm – Guest Speaker 

3:00pm – 3:30pm – Award Ceremony

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT

Location: Brooklyn Technical High School 

Address: 29 Fort Greene Place Brooklyn, NY 11217 

Train: 

2, 3, 4 & 5 Trains to Nevins St. 

A Train - Hoyt & Schermerhorn Ave. 

B, Q & R Trains - DeKalb Ave. 

C Train - Lafayette Ave. 

D & N Trains - Atlantic Ave - Barclays Center 

G Trains - Fulton St. 

LIRR - Atlantic Avenue 

Manager contact information

Aubrey Semple
Email address: aubrey@debate.nyc
Phone number: 347-589-3733

Mailing address

None provided