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Dear Colleagues:

The 2024 District IV Fall Qualifying Tournament will be held virtually on Sunday December 8th! This tournament is for teams from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin seeking qualifications for the American Forensic Association-National Speech Tournament.

You can find the full tournament invitation as a Google Doc via the link here: D4 Fall Qualifier Invitation

Please indicate through Speechwire if you plan on attending - even if you are not ready to submit your entry.

As a reminder, please ensure that your at-large qualifications have been documented and updated on the at-large qualification forms by Monday December 2nd. We will be doing our best to review and double check qualifications in the week leading up to the qualifier so we can appropriately account for those in documenting district qualifications.

We will be using Speechwire for entries, e-ballots, tabulation, extemp draw, and imp quotation dissemination, and we will use Zoom for our synchronous platform (please make sure that your Zoom applications are updated). If you have any questions about this Fall’s district tournament, the Spring district tournament, or the National Speech Tournament, please don't hesitate to contact interim D4 Chair, Chris Outzen at outzencp@uwec.edu or via cell phone at 563-219-0265

We look forward to seeing you virtually at the Fall District Qualifier!

Our Best,

Your 2024-2025 D4 Committee and Fall Tournament Hosts:

Chris Outzen

Interim D4 Chair | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Eau Claire, WI

Jennifer Torres

D4 Vice Chair | Doane University | Crete, NE

Thomas Muscha

D4 Committee Member | University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND

Amanda VonGoodrich

D4 Committee Member | University of Nebraska-Omaha | Omaha, NE

Andrea Carlile

D4 Committee Member | South Dakota State University | Brookings, SD

Darren Valenta

D4 Committee Member | Concordia College | Moorhead, MN

Austin McDonald

D4 Committee Member | Hastings College | Hastings, NE

Emma Arneson

D4 Student Representative | South Dakota State University | Brookings, SD