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MDTA is hosting an online tournament in conjunction with the Minnetonka Tournament.

Format: ONLINE

Events offered are LD, PF and Congress.

NOTE: Public Forum debate will follow MDTA rules and sides are set by tab (coin flip is NOT used).

Resolutions & Entry:

Lincoln Douglas Novice:"Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be mandatory."

Lincoln Douglas JV/Varsity:"Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative."

Public Forum: "Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction."

Congress: See Attached File

Judges:
You are asked to provide one judge for every two entries LD or PF and 1 per 4 Congress.

Please make sure that judges arrive on time. Teams that arrive without their full complement of judges may be charged for hiring of additional judges or asked to drop entries to allow the tournament to run on time.

If you have questions about your judge commitment, please let me know.

Registration occurs from 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM.

LD/PF Schedule:

Round 1 (LD) - 8:30 AM
Round 1 (PF) - 8:45 AM
Round 2 - 9:45 AM
Round 3 - powered
Round 4 - powered
Round 5 - powered
Finals
Awards at approximately 4:15 PM

Congress Schedule

Session One - 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Session Two - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Students should take a break mid-session for lunch of 30 minutes
Finals - 1:45 to 3:45 PM