NSDA Canada National Qualifier Student Congress

2023 — BC/CA

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Varsity Student Congress

Event Description:

Same chamber for all 3 prelim rounds?

Yes.

Are students from the same school distributed to different chambers?

Yes, as much as possible, though if a school has equal to or more entries than the number of preliminary chambers, the tournament reserves the right to keep some chambers clear so that school’s judges may evaluate other schools. In elimination rounds, we endeavor to separate schools as much as possible.

Is there a predetermined agenda order?

No. Contestants may informally caucus and share ideas before the round begins; once the round begins, contestants may move agenda proposals, with the winning agenda adopted by a majority of contestants.

Is live Internet research allowed during the round?

Yes. This is now an NSDA rule. However, communicating (such as by email, text, or other means) with someone outside the chamber is prohibited.

How does preset recency work?

Preset recency preassigns each contestant with a numerical value, through the total number of contestants in a chamber, so that when several students seek recognition to speak, the PO will select the student with the lowest number among them. This helps ensure fairness through a truly random generation of such numbers through the Tabroom.com platform (similar to the random assignment of speaking order in Speech rounds. Each time a speaker is recognized, that determines order for subsequent recognition. Precedence (quantity of time speaking) always prefers those who have spoken least.

Does recency/standing time/etc. carry over between rounds?

No. NSDA rules are very clear that recency always resets each round, and “standing time” is not to be used as a method of determining recognition.

What is the tournament text hotline?

916.317.2872