Good morning! Thank you all for signing up to participate in the SpeakfortheArts Online Debate Tournament and helping Empower Expression grow; Empower Expression's team really appreciates your support. 

 

We have a few tournament updates: 

 

First, today at 7:00 PM EST is the deadline to enter entries for the tournament. If you are not sure if you are registered completely, please let me know.

 

Second, we currently do not have enough competitors in Congress to have break rounds, but we are vigorously contacting people to raise the numbers. I highly encourage you to persuade your friends and/or team members to sign up to allow for the coveted out round experience :). 

 

Third, we have posted the schedule on the tournament website for the prelim rounds/sessions on June 6th. All times are in EST. We will post the schedule for the second day soon, as it depends on entry numbers. However, it will most likely be from 10:00 AM to early afternoon EST. 

 

Fourth, we have changed the judge obligation in PF and LD to one judge per 1-2 entries, rather than the previous obligation of one judge per 1 entry. If you would like to hire a judge, we are requesting a $15 judge fee. Please contact us to take care of this. Given the fundraising nature of the tournament, we do not want this fee to hinder participation, so if this is a burden, please let us know. 

 

Fifth, all of the payable email invoices for entry fees have been sent out for competitors as of yesterday. If you are having trouble with this or did not receive the email please let me know. 

 

Lastly, we will be sending out more updates and information about the tournament in the next few days. We are beyond excited to have all of you! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Best,

Kate Li

SpeakfortheArts Tournament Director

 

 

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