Notre Dame Parli Warm Up
2024 — San Jose, CA/US
Notre Dame High School is pleased to invite you to the Parliamentary Debate Warm Up tournament on September 14-15! This in person tournament is open to Varsity and Novice students in hopes of preparing for a rigorous tournament season! We recognize that many students are either new or out of practice in regards to in person tournaments, so this tournament is a great way to jump back into in person competition.
Please contact Mariel Cruz (mcruz@ndsj.org) if you have questions
Covid Safety Procedures -
-Masks will be recommended for all participants in round. N95/KN95 or surgical masks are recommended. Masks must be worn in round, but may be removed only when speaking.
-Outdoor space will be provided for eating and drinking. Parli Prep will also be conducted outside.
Topic Announce Doc - Please check here for topics and prep times - will be updated the week of the tournament
Tournament Rules and Procedures - Please see this doc for the tournament's rules and procedures. Please note, updates may be posted the weeks prior to the tournament.
Help desk:
If you encounter any problems during the tournament, please email ndparliwarmup@gmail.com.
Please see this document for the Rules and Procedures for the tournament.
To report an incident to the Belonging and Inclusion Station, please fill out this form - will be updated week of tournament
About the Tournament Location:
This tournament will be hosted in person at Notre Dame San Jose.
Address: 596 S. 2nd St.
San Jose, CA 95112
All students and judges must have Tabroom accounts in order to register for the tournament.
Schools may initially register 4 teams per division. Additional school entries will be waitlisted and can be added at tournament director discretion. The maximum capacity of the tournament in both divisions is 80 teams.
Students do not need to dress formally-this is a fun tournament, so casual dress is encouraged!
Topics
Topics will be announced 20 minutes before each round and students may use the internet, pre-prepared briefs, downloaded or paper articles to formulate arguments. Students can only prep with their partners, so no coach or team prep. Debates will utilize the 7-8-8-8-4-5 format for speech times.
Topics will be drawn from current events and topics of current relevant interest. Awards will be given to finalists and champions in the Open and Novice divisions.
The topic committee consists of coaches and former debaters. More information about the topic committee will be released closer to the tournament.
Judge Requirements
Varsity Judges: Please note, this year for varsity debate judge requirements, we will be asking for varsity debate judges to stay until the FIRST FULL elim round. This means, if Elim 1 is a partial doubles, all judges will be expected to stay until Elim 2, octofinals.
Novice Judges: Novice rounds will be Saturday only, and novice judges are obligated for all rounds on Saturday.
We also ask that schools provide judges that are unconflicted from the field. Judges with too many conflicts or constraints are just not usable, and makes the tournament harder to function, especially since this is a parli only tournament, and I don’t have other judge pools to use to borrow “clean” judges from.
If you have a judge that you think may have several conflicts that may cause issues with judging, please email the tournament director, so we can determine if your judge will be able to judge enough rounds for the tournament.
Schedule: All times are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)
PLEASE NOTE: NEW SCHEDULE FOR 2024-2025
Saturday Sept 14:
Registration: 7:30am-8:30am
Round 1 Topic Announcement & prep: 9:00am
Round 1 Starts: 9:20am
Round 2 Postings/Topic Announcement: 10:30am
Round 2 Starts: 10:50am
Lunch break: 12:00-1:30pm (longer lunch break to ensure time for participants to take advantage of downtown SJ food spots)
Round 3 Posting/Topic Announcement and prep: 1:30pm
Round 3 Starts: 1:50pm
Round 4 Postings/Topic Announcement & prep: 3:15pm
Round 4 Starts: 3:35pm
Round 5 Postings/Topic Announce - 5:00pm
Round 5 Novice and Varsity starts: 5:20pm
Novice Awards after conclusion of Round 5
Sunday Sept 15
School Check in - 7:30am-8:20am
Round 6 Varsity Posting/Topic Announcement and prep: 8:30am
Round 6 Starts: 8:50am
Elim 1 - Breaks Announced - 10:15am
Elim 1 Varsity Posting/Topic Announcement and prep: 10:30am
Elim 1 Starts: 10:50am
Lunch break - 12pm-1pm
Roll call, Elim 2 - 1:15pm
Elim 2 Topic Announce - 1:25pm
Elim 2 Round start - 1:35pm
Elim 3 announcement/prep: 3pm
Elim 3: 3:20
Elim 4 announcement/ prep: 4:50 pm
Elim 4 Start -5:10 pm
Elim 5 announcement/prep: 6:30
Elim 5 Start - 6:50pm
*elim round schedule may be adjusted, depending on entry size for varsity
Please note, ideally ND would like the tournament to end by 8:30pm on Sunday night. The Sunday schedule has been adjusted to hopefully allow for all elims to be completed. HOWEVER, if the tournament gets delayed to the point that a round would have to start after 8pm, the tournament staff reserves the right to waive all remaining elim rounds, and name the remaining competitors as co-champions, regardless of whatever point deductions may occur, due to NPDL point rules.