5th Annual Farmington Invitational

November 1-2, 2024

Farmington High School Debate is excited to formally invite you to join us for the 5th Annual Farmington Invitational Debate Tournament! We will offer competition in CX (Policy), Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas and Congressional debate as defined by the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association. In Policy only, this tournament will be hosted in a hybrid format with Friday competition being online and Saturday competition being in-person. All other debate will be in person on Saturday only.

Entries: Novice A, Novice B, Novice C, Junior Varsity and Varsity divisions will be available in CX debate. Novice, JV and Varsity divisions will be available in Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas;. Congressional Debate will also be offered. The tournament director reserves the right to collapse divisions if entries warrant such a decision.

Format: To help encourage as much participation as possible, competition in Novice A, Novice B, Novice C and Junior Varsity CX divisions will be tabulated as two independent tournament experiences. Varsity CX will be tabulated as a single tournament spanning two days. A Final Round will run concurrently with Round 5.

For Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas and Congressional Debate, ALL divisions of debate will be tabulated as a single tournament experience held only on Saturday

Also, this is a VERY important reminder. It is ESSENTIAL that your students and judges have Tabroom accounts active and linked. They will not be able to compete or judge without one.

CX Debaters only, Students competing Friday night will need to be able to access the internet to debate online. Please ensure they do this before the morning of the tournament so we can get started on time.

Resolution:

CX will debate the 2024-2025 national resolution:Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

Novice A, B and C debate will utilize the MDTA Novice Packet

Public Forum debate will utilize the November-December NSDA topic: Resolved: The United States should substantially reduce its military support of Taiwan.

Lincoln Douglas debate will utilize the November-December NSDA topic: Resolved: The United States ought to adopt a wealth tax.

Congressional debate will utilize the bills linked here when they are made available to the tournament manager. An announcement will be sent to registered teams when the legislation becomes available

Fees: Entries in Rookie, and Novice debaters will be $10.00/day; Entries in open division PF or LD and CX entries are $15.00/day. Entries in 2 day CX debate will be $25.00

Deadlines: Registration opens October 1, 2024 on Tabroom, and the system will stop allowing new entries and fees will freeze at 5:00 pm on October 31. Judges are due at 3:00pm on October 31. Drops and name changes can be made until 3:00 pm on November 1. **If making changes after 3:00pm, you must talk to a human being in the tabroom to ensure confirmation of the change.

Judges: One judge will cover 2 entries (teams) or portions thereof. All judges must have linked Tabroom accounts,

Schedule:

Friday, November 1

CX Debate ONLY

Online Check in--3:00 pm

Any changes after 3:00 must be called in to the tabroom and confirmed by tabstaff

3:30 pm Tech Check

4:00 pm Rd. 1

6:00 pm Dinner Break

7:00 pm Rd. 2

Awards will be announced via Powerpoint at the conclusion of competition on Friday. Awards will be sent to the student’s school.

Saturday, November 2

CX, PF, LD and Congressional Debate

7:45 am Registration

Any changes after 8:00 must be called in to the tabroom and confirmed by tab staff

8:30 am Congress Session 1

8:45 am Rd. 1 LD/PF (all divisions)

9:00 am Rd. 3 Policy (Varsity)/ Rd. 1 (JV/Novice)

9:45 am Rd. 2 LD/PF (all divisions)

11:00 am Congress and Policy lunch

11:00 am Rd. 3 LD/PF (all divisions)

12:00 LD/PF lunch

12:00 pm Congress Session 2 and Rd. 4 Policy (Varsity)/ Rd. 2 (JV/Novice)

1:00 pm Rd. 4 LD/PF (all divisions)

2:30 pm Rd. 5 Policy (Varsity)/ Rd. 3 (JV/Novice)

2:30 pm Rd. 5 LD/PF (all divisions)

2:45 pm Congress finals

3:45 pm Final Round LD/PF (all divisions)

5:00 pm Awards

We look forward to debating with you on November 1-2, 2024! If you have any questions, please email me at rbaumann@isd192.org and we’ll be happy to help!

Rachel Baumann and the Farmington Debate Team

Farmington High School

20655 Flagstaff Avenue

Farmington, MN 55024

Phone: 651.252.2838 (school) 952.240.9551 (cell) Email: rbaumann@isd192.org