Tournament Invitation

FGCCFL All Events 4

Robinson High School
6311 South Lois Avenue
Tampa, FL 33616
(813) 272-3006

Saturday, 9 November 2024
Registration 7:15 – 7:45 AM
Host Coach: Melissa Golden (813) 245-7723 <Melissa.Golden@hcps.net>

Events: All NCFL Events. No double entries. No more than SIX entries per event, except Student Congress. No more than TWELVE entries in Student Congress. Lincoln-Douglas will use the November/December 2024 LD topic. Public Forum will use the November/December 2024 PF topic. Policy Debate will use the 2024-2025 NFHS Policy topic.

Cost: $30.00 per competitor including host/lunch fee PLUS an additional $10.00 lunch fee for each judge, including training judges. Fees can be paid via PayPal <@payfgccfl>, check for the full amount (payable to FGCCFL), or cash. All fees must be paid in full by the fourth round of the tournament. Late payments are no longer accepted.

Food: Closed campus (FGCCFL rule). No one may leave campus for lunch, and no one may have lunch delivered during tournaments. Lunches are automatically ordered for students and judges as part of registration; ONE complimentary lunch will be provided to each school for the head coach. Coaches must order all vegetarian lunches on Tabroom. Lunch will be a hot pasta lunch with a vegetarian option provided.

Judging requirements: One (1) judge for every five (5) IE and Congress entries combined; schools with Congress entries must designate at least one Congress Scorer. One (1) judge for every two (2) LD and PFD entries combined; LD and PFD judges must be cross-trained. One (1) judge for each Policy entry. COACHES: Do not count yourself in your judge quota as we must be able to use you where needed! All coaches should be prepared to serve as a Parliamentarian, supervise Extemp Prep, or judge if needed during the fourth round. Judges should be cross-trained in all events. Remember to list conflicts (by STUDENT FULL NAME) in the “Judge Notes” space on Tabroom.

Electronic balloting: All events at this tournament will use Tabroom for electronic ballots. Judges must have a linked Tabroom account and provide a suitable connected device (laptop or tablet). Paper ballots will be available in the event of an equipment outage.

REGISTRATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT:

Go to <http://fgccfl4.tabroom.com/>. Be sure to register for the correct tournament. Registration must be submitted online by the school’s coach only. Registration will not be accepted once registration is closed or by any other means other than Tabroom unless directed to do so. Pay attention to your school registration for students, judges in correct pools, and total lunch orders. Tabroom registration will close at 9 PM on the Thursday prior to the tournament week. Please have registration confirmed before registering the team on Tabroom. The registration deadline for this tournament is October 31, 2024.

Coaches must set up their team and judge rosters on Tabroom before attempting to register. All students and judges must set up their individual Tabroom accounts.

TITLE REQUIREMENT FOR IE: Selection titles, authors, and publication information (where applicable) must be specified for all entries in OO, Dec, DP, OI, and Duo. For OI, please list the two program titles (separated by a slash) in the Title field, then list all included works in the Bibliography field.

Drops may be made online until 9 PM on Monday of tournament week. All other changes made after the close of registration, but before tournament day, must be reported to Jym Froelich by email at <James.Froelich@sarasotacountyschools.net>, and Josh Schneider at <josh@fgccfl.net>. Schools will forfeit registration fees for all drops made after the close of online registration on the Thursday before tournament week.

Please note: The Executive Committee will levy additional tournament fees of $25.00 for any dropped entry on the tournament day including drops after the first round begins, and for each registered but missing judge.

Tournament Day Registration: 7:15 – 7:45

Only the team Head Coach or Assistant Coach should proceed through the registration line. Coaches should have invoice and registration forms printed from Tabroom and correct fees in check/large bills or paid online via the website.

Head Coaches or Assistant Coaches should register outside of the 400 building. Students will report to the cafeteria. Judges will report to the Judges' Lounge in Room 403 the Media Center. Please bring a copy of registration from Tabroom and a check payable to FGCCFL (or cash), or a PayPal receipt from the League website.

Schools MUST be registered no later than 7:45 AM. Announcements for students and judges will begin at 8:00 AM. Rounds should begin by 8:30 AM.

CONGRESS RULES:

Each school registering Student Congress entries MUST provide at least one (1) piece of satisfactory legislation. Schools may submit up to six (6) items, but no student may sponsor more than one (1) item. Congress entries will be waitlisted until at least one (1) item of legislation from the school has been submitted and approved.

All legislation must be written using the templates on the FGCCFL website or on Tabroom and uploaded to Tabroom by the registration deadline (9:00 PM on the Thursday before tournament week). Late, frivolous, stale, or unsatisfactory legislation will not be considered. The legislative docket and chamber assignments will be published on Friday evening.

RECOMMENDED: Coaches may email legislation to Josh Schneider for review; allow 48 hours for a response. This is NOT a substitute for uploading the legislation to Tabroom.

DIRECTIONS:

FROM I-75 (SARASOTA/BRADENTON)

Following I-75N and FL-618 toll/Selmon Expressway to US-92W/W Gandy Blvd in Tampa. Take exit 1B from Fl-618 toll.

FROM GANDY BOULEVARD/DALE MABRY HIGHWAY

Traveling south on Dale Mabry Highway, take a right onto Mango Avenue. Continue west on Mango and turn left (south) on Lois Avenue. Robinson is immediately on your right. Continue past the main campus building, then take the slight right turn into the student parking lot.

PARKING: Please park in the student parking lot on Lois Avenue.