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2016
INVITATION
The
annual National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence recognizes the finest
competition in American parliamentary debate. Please read this invitation carefully--ESPECIALLY
SECTION 1 BELOW as we need to know if you will be attending BY THE DEADLINE
NOTED. The NPTE has rules and procedures unique to and in accord with its
objectives of excellence. The tournament is being
held at El Camino College. Sun. March 13,
registration Mon. March 14 through
Wed. March 16, Debates. The NPTE Board and El Camino College are ready to
host a great tournament of outstanding competition. Details about the tournament are below. Joe Gantt,
Tournament Director, NPTE President, at [email protected]
Jim Hanson,
NPTE Treasurer, at [email protected] Joseph Evans, El Camino
College at [email protected]
KEY SECTIONS OF THIS INVITATION
KEY SECTIONS OF THIS INVITATION ENROLLMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY CERTIFICATION DEADLINE TOURNAMENT LOCATION and DETAILS TRANSPORTATION AND DIRECTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES ENTRY CONFIRMATION DEADLINES
CONFIRMING YOUR ENTRY If
you have received a bid and you plan to compete at the tournament, you should
e-mail Jim
Hanson and
confirm including that you will pay fees and that you will provide judging
for your qualified teams (you may hire one judge unless you have at-large
teams). Entry is done via www.forensicstournament.net
JIM’S EMAIL IS: [email protected] NOTE:
You pay your entire fees via a credit card (we’ll send a link to do this; if
you are not able to use a credit card, we will work with you) BUT sending in your
confirmed entry obligates you to pay the entire fee for your team even if
they do not attend for ANY reason. FEES:
Schools must pay NPTE dues of $50; $250 per team; All observers pay $40 per
person fee; Programs agree to pay for any damages they cause during the
tournament. TOURNAMENT
GUIDELINES: Participants agree to abide by the NPTE guidelines. ALSO, ENTER AT http://www.forensicstournament.net/NPTE/16
DEADLINES FOR ACCEPTING BIDS 1. First Round Bids Acceptance Deadline: ACCEPT BY SUNDAY, JAN.
31, 5PM Pacific Coast Time. 2. Second Round Bids Acceptance Deadline: ACCEPT BY MONDAY, FEB.
22, 2016, 5PM Pacific Coast Time. 3. At large and Opportunity Bids Request Deadline: SUBMIT BY
MONDAY, FEB. 22, 2016, 5PM Pacific Coast Time. If
you request an At-large or Opportunity bid and receive one, you are required
to take it, including the team fee. If you do not plan on attending, please tell us as soon as possible. IF
YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS MEETING A DEADLINE, CONTACT JIM ASAP VIA E-MAIL AT [email protected] ENROLLMENT AND
RESPONSIBILITY CERTIFICATION
DEADLINE
Fax enrollment certification for each student attending the NPTE BY MONDAY, FEB. 22, 2016, 5PM Pacific Coast Time. (same day as at large/opportunity requests are due) Click here for the Certification Form Note:
If a student attended a different school during the fall and wishes to
receive points for the fall semester, you will need to complete and fax a
separate form from that school. Click
here for the Responsibility Form Note:
As part of your responsibility, you are expected to receive and maintain
written notice from each debater, coach, judge, and observer associated with
your program that they understand and will follow the NPTE Expectations noted
in the PowerPoints posted at: NPTE
Everyone Participates Page YOUR ENROLLMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY
CERTIFICATION MUST BE IN BY MONDAY, MONDAY, FEB. 22, 2016, 5PM Pacific Coast
Time. HOTEL INFORMATION
DEADLINE
MAKE RESERVATIONS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE, DEADLINES NOTED BELOW. Due to the lack of
affordable convention hotels near El Camino College, we have three separate
blocks of rooms available for NPTE participants. These hotels are all within
a 10 minute drive of El Camino. 25 rooms available at
the Baymont Inn and Suites (310-676-1111). Kings available for $89 plus tax,
Doubles for $105 plus tax and suites available for $115 plus tax. Breakfast
included. Rooms must be booked by Feb 28.
Registration happens at the Baymont. 12 doubles available at
the Best Western Plus South Bay. $85 for two double occupancy, $10 per
additional guest. Breakfast included. Contact Noel (310-644-9888) for
reservations by Feb 19. 15 rooms available at the
Best Western Redondo Beach Galleria Inn. $112 for doubles, $105 for kings
with pullout sofas. Breakfast included. Contact Lance (310-370-4353) for
reservations by Feb 21. MOST PEOPLE CHECK-IN
SUNDAY, MARCH 13 AND CHECK-OUT THURSDAY, MARCH 17. PLEASE TRY TO MAKE HOTEL
RESERVATIONS ASAP or RIGHT AFTER YOU ACCEPT YOUR BID. TOURNAMENT DATES
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 7:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Registration at the
Baymont Inn and Suites (if you will arrive after 9:00pm, please tell us) MONDAY, MARCH 14, 8:15
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 5 preliminary rounds. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 8:15
a.m. to 7:30 p.m. 1 prelim round, 4 elim rounds. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 8:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. 4 elim rounds. TOURNAMENT LOCATION and DETAILS
Main Gathering Area: Courtyard between Music
& Business building (in case of inclement weather, inside Music building) Food Served: Music Building tba Tab Room: Music Building tba Participants with disabilities: Please notify Joe Gantt
for any issues. Joe Gantt is at [email protected] Parking Location: Lot H or Lot L. Parking
is $3 per day per vehicle. The kiosks will only take cash. Debates in these Buildings: Social Sciences, Art,
Music, Business Campus Map: El Camino
Campus Map Wireless: There will be guest
account(s) created for participants. More information will come closer to the
tournament. Smoking?: El Camino College is a
smoke free campus. Those who wish to smoke must go to a city sidewalk. COSTS OF PARTICIPATING
--NPTE
Membership $50 per school --$250 per team (includes food for both debaters and the judge covering the team if you bring a judge). --Additional observers or judges beyond one judge/coach per team are required to pay $40 per person (food provided as noted below). --Food. --Participants
with disabilities --All participants—students, coaches,
judges, and observers are required to adhere to the NPTE guidelines. See NPTE Everyone Participates page. --Hired Judging Fee: $500 per uncovered team. Please avoid hiring judges. Our high fee is charged so that we can avoid shortages of judges and so that, if needed, we can fly in quality critics for judging as our local supply of judges is very limited. NOTE: You must bring at least one judge and you may only hire one judge. Each team needs one judge to be covered as rounds are double judged. --EXAMPLE FEES: You have two teams and two judges plus one observer. Total fee is $50 for your school; 2 x $250 plus $40 food fee for your observer. Total: $590. --You make your entire payment via credit card prior to the tournament. If you cannot use a credit card, we will work with you to resolve this. Jim Hanson will provide a link to you for paying the credit card fee. --We
do not need a deposit. However, when you confirm your entry, you owe the fees
even if your team does not attend for any reason. --In
attending, you agree to pay for any damages caused during the tournament. --In
attending, you agree that you, your students, your judges, and your observers
will abide by the tournament guidelines. ENTER AT http://www.forensicstournament.net/NPTE/16
JUDGING REQUIREMENTS
1. You must bring at least one judge to the NPTE. 2. You are required to provide ONE QUALIFIED JUDGE FOR EACH TEAM you bring to the NPTE. 3. Each judge must submit a judging
philosophy at least one week before the tournament. When you don’t submit,
you hurt teams trying to do preferences and you are subject to fines and
disqualification. 4. Only qualified judges may judge; Qualifications for judging are listed below. 5. YOU MAY NOT HIRE MORE THAN ONE JUDGE. 6. Judges are required to give one team the win and to give the other team the loss. 7. JUDGES ARE REQUIRED to judge 2 rounds after their teams have been eliminated from competition. Highly preferred judges are expected to continue to judge after that and will be compensated for doing so. 8. If you need to hire a judge, the fee is
$500. PLEASE AVOID HIRING JUDGES. Our high fee is charged to avoid judging
shortages and to hire people who may need to fly in to the tournament. 9. Judges are required to adhere to the
NPTE guidelines. See NPTE Everyone
Participates page. NPTE encourages Directors to reach out
to persons from underrepresented groups such as based on race and gender to
encourage them to be a judge and/or coach for their programs. DETAILS,
JUDGING QUALIFICATIONS The
NPTE President shall ensure all judges used are qualified according to the
following criteria: a.
Judges must have at least two full years experience coaching, judging, or
competing in intercollegiate debate. b.
Judges with remaining eligibility to compete in undergraduate parliamentary
debate shall explicitly forfeit all such future eligibility before being
deemed qualified to judge at the NPTE. c.
Judges with only non-parliamentary debate experience must agree to attend a
short training exercise about the rules and conventions of parliamentary
debate prior to the tournament. d.
All judges shall be required to submit a judging philosophy two weeks prior
to the NPTE tournament. e.
The NPTE President may give special consent to particular judges deemed
qualified for the tournament or, if in an emergency, for judges needed to
keep the tournament running. f.
Judges shall judge two rounds past the elimination of their teams. Further, before
the third elimination round, a member of the tab room will request that
judges who are highly preferred continue to judge further elimination rounds.
These judges shall be compensated for extra rounds that they judge. Impairment
of Judges
– Judges have an ethical obligation to the debaters to ensure they are not
impaired by excessive alcohol or drug use.
If it should become apparent that a judge is unable to effectively
perform as a result of excessive alcohol or drug use, the judge may be
withdrawn from the tournament by the NPTE and appropriate judging fees
assessed. TRANSPORTATION AND DIRECTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT
El Camino College, host
of the 2016 NPTE, is located in Torrance, California (between the Los Angeles
Airport and Long Beach on the 405). FLIGHTS: LAX (Los Angeles) International Airport is about 20 minutes away. You might try: www.expedia.com or www.travelocity.com or www.priceline.com to check on the best prices. TRANSPORTATION FROM THE AIRPORT: You can rent a vehicle or use a taxi. THE
HOTEL LOCATION: Find map
information for your hotel at google maps at www.google.com
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
BEFORE FRIDAY, MARCH 11,
2016, 5pm Pacific Coast Time, COMPLETE YOUR JUDGE PREFERENCE FORM
(emailed to you). SUNDAY NIGHT, MARCH 13,
2016 7:00-9:00
p.m. Registration AT THE HOTEL If you will arrive after 9:00pm, please email Jim at [email protected] MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016 8:15 a.m. Breakfast provided by the tournament
at Dining Location TBA 8:45 a.m. Introduction to the tournament and announcements 9:00-10:30 Round 1 (pre-matched) 11:15-12:45 p.m. Round 2 12:45- 1:30 Lunch provided by the tournament Dining Location TBA 1:30- 3:00 Round 3 3:45- 5:15 Round 4 6:00-
7:45 Round 5 Dinner on your own TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 8:15 a.m. Breakfast provided by the
tournament at Dining Location TBA 8:30 a.m. Announcements 8:45-10:15 Round 6 11:15- 12:45 p.m. Elim 1 12:45- 1:15 Lunch provided by the tournament Dining Location TBA 1:45- 3:15 Elim 2 4:15-
5:45 Elim 3 6:45-
8:30 Elim 4 Dinner
on your own WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16,
2016 8:15 a.m. Breakfast for those in Elim 5
provided by the tournament at Dining Location
TBA 8:30 a.m. Announcements 8:45-10:15 Elim 5 11:00- 12:30 p.m. Elim 6 12:30- 1:15 Lunch for those in Elim 5 or 6
provided by the tournament at Dining Location
TBA 1:15- 2:45 Semis 3:30- 5:15 Finals 5:15 Celebrations, Desserts and Awards for
all (expected finish 6:30 p.m.) TOURNAMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES
Videotaping – Both preliminary and
elimination rounds may be videotaped by the NPTE and/or tournament
hosts. All video or audio recording by
others must be specifically approved by the NPTE and copies of all such
recordings must be made available upon request to the NPTE. Debaters who do not wish to be videotaped
must notify the tab room before the first preliminary round. While coaching and
casebooks and electronic files are permitted during the preparation time
immediately following a topic announcement, flows, outlines, arguments, artwork,
music, etc. used during debates must have been written/constructed by the
debaters during or after the preparation time. – Debaters in NPTE
rounds may not use materials prepared by anyone else during or before
preparation time and they may not use materials prepared prior to the
preparation time. Advocating the
Splitting of Ballots – Requests by debaters that judges in preliminary
round 6 or any round to “split” the ballots to ensure that both teams advance
to elimination rounds is considered by the NPTE Board to be a disqualifying offense. The NPTE Board also considers it unethical
for judges to collude regarding the splitting of ballots. Prior to turning in ballots, judges should
not discuss their decisions with any other person. NPTE Board members and staff may monitor
rounds to ensure that such practices do not occur. Use of NPTE Rules
for Debating and Judging – NPTE participants are reminded that NPTE rules allow
both debaters and judges to possess, refer to, and even quote the NPTE Rules
for Debaters and Judging in debate rounds.
Along with dictionary definitions, quotation of these rules is an
exception to rules barring the use of quoted evidence. NPTE Guidelines: The NPTE expects
excellence in the behavior of our participants during the tournament. Please
see the NPTE
Everyone Participates Page All website content and
ranking data is copyright © 2015 N.P.T.E. Reproduction in whole or in part in
any form without written permission from the N.P.T.E. board is strictly
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