GGSA Debate 2 Parli Congress
2024 — Danville, CA/US
The Golden Gate Speech Association is hosting our second Congress and Parliamentary Debate tournament of the school year at San Ramon Valley High School on Saturday, November 2, 2024.
ADDRESS
501 Danville Blvd, Danville, CA 94526
ELIGIBILITY
This tournament is open to all registered GGSA schools. Schools must have completed and submitted the league’s membership form for the new academic year. Links to GGSA/CHSSA registration & School Eligibility List.
ONLINE & ONSITE REGISTRATIONS & FEES
In addition to online Tabroom registration, coaches and judges must also check in by 8:00 AM on the morning of the tournament. Entry fees are $15.00 per student. Make checks payable to GGSA and mailed to:
GGSA
c/o Lowell Alumni Association
PO Box 320009
San Francisco, CA 94132
JUDGES APPRECIATION & EXPECTATIONS
Thank you for joining our all-volunteer organization in donating your time and energy to empower youth through speaking and listening!
*All judges must be entered on Tabroom and be familiar with the judge instructions and resources on the www.ggsa.org website.
*All judges must have Tabroom accounts unique to them, with cell phone numbers and email addresses.
*Please have access to a fully charged device(s)--laptop, tablet, and/or smart phone--to use to complete electronic Tabroom ballots. Good to have a backup. Laptop and tablet are better as they are easier to use, but it is still possible to use a smart phone.
*Optional But Encouraged: Please briefly fill out the paradigm ( several sentences or phrases about your judging experience and philosophy if any. Debaters are trained to look at their judge’s paradigm and tailor their arguments and delivery to their audience. Also, paradigms help Tab staff better place you at this and future tournaments. You'll find the "Paradigm" button on the right-hand side in Tabroom, under "Judging."
*Please address the above matters in advance of the tournament. Dealing with them on Saturday morning delays the start of the tournament and causes everyone to go home later.
DIVISION, A.I., & JUDGING REQUIREMENTS
*Divisions: Coaches may exercise their discretion to place a debater in Novice, JV or Varsity. GGSA bylaw: "A novice debater is one who 1) is in their first year of debate and 2) has not finished a GGSA debate tournament with an undefeated record...A team with an undefeated record in Novice or JV must move up to the next division for future tournaments."
*A.I. Use: Generative artificial intelligence should not be cited as a source; while something like ChatGPT may be used to guide students to articles, ideas, and sources, the original source of any quoted or paraphrased evidence must be available if requested. Students are prohibited from quoting or paraphrasing text directly from generative AI sources like ChatGPT in events in which speeches must be the original created work of a competitor.
*For Congress: One judge for every 10 entries in House; one judge for every 4 entries in Senate. Judges will be pre-paneled. Extra judges or judges not entered in advance will be placed in a “reserve pool.” Judge names must accompany entry. If your judge has a different last name than their child please note that in your judge entry notes. House or Senate? Remember that students who qualified for the Senate in the past will remain in the Senate this year. Varsity debaters should also be entered in the Senate. House should be reserved for novices and less experienced competitors. Students who qualified to the Senate as a speaker may not remain in the House as a presiding officer.
*For Parliamentary Debate: Judging Requirements: Please provide one judge for every three teams, or fraction thereof (e.g. 4 teams = two judges).
COACHES/CHAPERONES EXPECTATIONS
*All competitors and judges must have their Tabroom accounts linked to your school. Please see this video for the procedure.
*When you enter your judges, be sure that you do so using the same email address that judges use for their Tabroom account.
*Make sure that all judges know the email address and password for their Tabroom account. It is a problem when coaches or students create a Tabroom account for a parent judge.
*Please make sure your judges and their technology are ready to judge. In the event of a judge being unable to judge an assigned round, Tab staff reserves the right to substitute the coach from the school as the judge for that round.
*Per league rules, each school is responsible for providing an official non-judging coach/chaperone listed on your GGSA Membership Form and Tabroom in addition to meeting your judge quota. All coaches will be assigned tournament duties. Coaching assignments will be sent out to schools once registration is completed. If you are sending a coach or an official chaperone other than the one listed on Tabroom, please complete the second coach contact information section on the "general" tab when registering entries.
Congress Legislation - Congress 2 Legislation 2024
PO sign up - PO Sign Up Sheet
PO Meeting at 8:30 am. House in room D101, Senate in room D102.
Vote for the best Presiding Officer: https://bit.ly/povote
EVENT-SPECIFIC CONTACTS
Courtney Fradelis--Congress Director, cfradelis@srusd.net
Co-Parli Directors: Vy Linh Nguyen-- vnguyen@headroyce.org & Joel Jacobs, bhsdeb8@gmail.com
TOURNAMENT DOCUMENT WITH ALL ADDITIONAL DETAILS YOU NEED
-Best to navigate using document's left-side table of contents.