Fargo South Invitational
2016 — Fargo, ND/US
Nov. 2016
Dear Debate Coach:
You are invited to a debate tournament to be held at Fargo South High School on Friday, Dec 9 and Saturday, Dec 10. Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum divisions will be offered. In addition, we will also offer WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE (See the following page for details). LD and PF will offer Division I, II and III if numbers allow. Standard time limits will be followed. World Schools will be a single division.
Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas Debate will all debate the current DECEMBER topics as listed on the NFL website (www.speechanddebate.org).
Judging Requirements:
Teams will need to provide judges to cover their debate entries. One judge will be able to cover 1- 3 debaters in Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum. Judges should expect to judge all or most rounds. Elimination rounds are included in the total numbers of rounds in the tournament even if your teams have been eliminated you are expected to be available.
Judges will be scheduled to judge a variety of levels of debate (Division I, II and III). Please indicate if judges should be assigned to ONLY PF or ONLY LD. If the judges you list are only able to judge novice (perhaps they are only one year out of school), please indicate this on the registration form. PLEASE ALSO NOTE ANY SCHOOL CONFLICTS OR INDIVIDUAL DEBATER CONFLICTS FOR JUDGES.
A limited number of judges will also be available for hire from the tournament. The rate for hired judges is $150.00. I will need this information no later than December 2nd.
Cost
LD entries are 10.00 each and PF entries are 15.00 each.
Powering of Rounds
Rounds will be powered and elimination rounds scheduled as the registration warrants. This information will be available on the day of the tournament. A schedule including the powering and elimination schedule will be available at registration.
Concessions
The typical concession stand will be available for food purchases both Friday evening and Saturday until early afternoon.
Registration is due by Saturday, December 3rd. Please EMAIL the registrations to Gayle Hyde, tournament manager, or hand it to her at GF Central. Changes will be accepted without penalty until 5:00 PM on Monday, Dec 5th. After that time, teams are expected to pay for all registered students and judges requested.
Leah Juelke and Gayle Hyde
Contact Information
GAYLE HYDE CELL PHONE: 701-866-0148 hydeg@fargo.k12.nd.us
World Schools Debate
December World Schools will only use Impromptu resolutions. The Impromptu resolutions will be announced during the tournament.
Schedule
Saturday ONLY
8:00 – Judge Training
8:00-9:00 – Impromptu 1 Preparation
9:00-10:15 – Impromptu Round 1
!0:30-11:30 – Impromptu 2 Preparation
11:30-12:45 – Impromptu Round 2
1:00-2:00 – Impromptu 3 Preparation
2:00-3:15 – Impromptu Round 3
World Schools Debate Overview
1. Each team consists of 3-5 students. Only 3 students debate at a time.
2. Teams will be given an equal number of Affirmative and Negative rounds as much as possible.
3. Each team will participate in 3 Impromptu Rounds.
4. Judges will be drawn from the pool of judges. Some may be lay judges. We would prefer lay judges submitted as school judges.
5. Each school must provide at least 1 judge for every two teams entered in the tournament.
6. THERE IS NO FEE TO ENTER WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATE unless a team cannot provide a judge. Then the fee is 70.00 to hire the judge.
There will be an appointed Chair of the World Schools debate event at South and who will announce all impromptu rounds and pairings in the tournament. If you are interested in serving in this capacity, contact Gayle Hyde. Gayle Hyde is the tournament manager.