[GFCA] Area 3 tournament-just delete if in another area

[Smiley, Adam]

First of all, I would like to thank Lisa for getting the ball rolling on
these discussions.  Hopefully, all of the areas will begin considering
dates and locations for the area tournaments.

 

One quick clarification/correction to this e-mail:  the bylaws state in
section 3.22(b) that area tournaments must be completed by 10 days prior
to the first day of competition, so the last day to complete any area
qualifiers would be on March 15th, which allows the March 11-13 weekend
available for area qualifiers.

 

Also, if anyone is not sure of which area they are in, the list compiled
at the beginning of the year is now posted at
http://thegfca.org/2010/12/gfca-areas-2010-2011/.  This may not include
some of the schools that are new to competition this year.  Those
schools are able to compete at area qualifiers and are welcome to e-mail
the Executive Committee with any questions about which area they would
be included in.

 

One last reminder, students that have qualified for State during the
regular season are not eligible to compete at the Area Qualifiers in
that event.  Schools with 4 or more teams/entries qualified for state in
an event are not eligible to compete in that event at the Area
Qualifiers.

 

 

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Subject: [GFCA] Area 3 tournament-just delete if in another area

 

Area  Fellows

 

As your tournament tour guide, I have been studying the calendar trying
to figure out the best date, time and format for our competition. I
would appreciate it if you would reply and indicate your preferences. I
listed the possible options that I see and my concerns about each
option. Let me know if you know of other possibilities or concerns.

 

As I understand the rules, we could compete on any agreed upon date
between Feb1 and March 12. We can have a single tournament or multiple
tournaments for different events. Please correct me if I have
misunderstood these rules.

 

Possible weekends then include:

 

Feb. 4-5 is already the date set for the GFCA first and second year
state competition. Can the Area tournament happen at the same time? I
don't really think this is practical, especially as we have
traditionally used experienced debaters to coach and judge at that
tournament. Moreover, I've agreed to appear in a production of Hairspray
that weekend.

 

Feb. 11-12 is at the same time as the Thespians conference, and I will
need to attend that event.

 

Feb. 18-19 coincides with the Harvard, Berkley and Liberty Bell
tournaments that some of us plan to attend.

 

Feb. 25-26 is the NFL district tournament for both districts.

 

Mar. 4-5 is the UGA tournament, and many of our policy teams will be
competing.

 

Mar.11-12 Can we compete on that Saturday? Does that fall within the
rules? Technically it is less than 14 days before the beginning of the
State tournament. Another concern is the GHSA Literary tournament. I'm
not sure how many of you will be involved, and how flexible your
Literary Coordinators are about working around us. Could we combine our
event with Literary if that is a conflict for some of you?

 

Would any of you be interested in a weeknight instead?

 

How would you feel about splitting the qualifier and competing non
policy on the UGA weekend and policy on the Literary weekend?

 

Please send me your thoughts.

 

Lisa Willoughby

 

 

 

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