FGCCFL 2012 Grand Finals Invitation
Wharton High School
February 10-11, 2012
Friday 9:00 AM 8:30 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM 3:00 PM
Jennifer Bell, 20150 Bruce B. Downs
Blvd., Tampa, FL 33647
Fax: 813.631.4710
Cell: 813.785.4883
Events: All Events. No double entries. No more than FOUR entries per event.
Cost:
$20.00 per competitor including Friday lunch PLUS an additional $7.00 for each additional meal for judges and
observers. An optional dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday will be sold by
concession. Each school must also pay
a $100 bond which goes toward Grand Nationals registration fees. If your school has no qualifiers, this bond
amount will be returned. Checks should
be made out to FGCCFL for the full amount.
Food: Closed campus
(FGCCFL rule). Please remember to order lunches for all competitors, judges,
and coaches. ONE complimentary lunch will be provided to each school for the
head coach. Please email any special food requests and your total lunch numbers
to Jennifer Bell at jennifer.bell@sdhc.k12.fl.us by February 3, 2011.
Vegetarian selections will be made available, and private arrangements can be
made for additional allergies/needs can be made.
Judging requirements: One
(1) judge for every four IE entries. One (1) judge for every four Congress
entries. One (1) judge for every two LD entries. One (1) judge for every two
PFD team entries. One (1) judge for each TD team entry. COACHES: Do not count yourself in your judge quota as we must be able
to use you where needed!
REGISTRATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT:
Go to
the FGCCFL web site. Click on Online Registration. Download the registration
form. Fill it in completely. Save it. Email it to Bill Gibron at bgibron@verizon.net no later than 9 PM on the
Tuesday prior to the tournament.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31, 2012.
Please
be certain you send all required information including student names in correct
events, and judge names in pools of IE, Congress, LD, PFD, or TD. Your number
of judges in each pool must match the student entries. You will also be expected to bring original
source material for all IE events (e.g. the BOOK or SCRIPT of the original
work).
Please note: The
Executive Committee may levy additional tournament fees of $25.00 for late
registration, any changes made on the tournament morning, a dropped entry on
the tournament day, a dropped entry not declared before the start of the first
round, or a failure of a judge to report for a scheduled round.
Tournament Day Registration: 9:00am on Friday in
the media center. Only the team coach or designee should process
through the registration line. Please
use the attached pre-registration checklist to help expedite the registration
process. Students should report to the cafeteria. Judges should report to the media center.
STUDENT CONGRESS INFORMATION
Every
school entering Student Congress must supply one (1) piece of Legislation per
every two (2) participants in Student Congress. All materials, including
manuals, templates, and packets, will be posted online on the FGCCFL website
<http://www.fgccfl.org/> and/or on
the Congress site <http://sc.avipedia.net/fgccfl/>.
It is the responsibility of coaches and
students to check regularly for new and updated materials.
Every school
entering Student Congress must supply one (1) piece of legislation per every
two (2) participants in Student Congress. The deadline to submit Student
Congress legislation is Friday, January
27 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Legislation is to be e-mailed to Josh
Schneider <joshschneider@me.com> by coaches only. Late items WILL NOT be considered, nor will items
that have already been presented twice this year.
All legislation MUST be written using
the appropriate FGCCFL template. This
means that the legislation must be typed directly into the template following
the guide text. The formatting of the template must not be altered in any way.
Legislation that does not use the appropriate template as directed will be
returned for revisions.
Schools
will be given a chance to revise unsatisfactory legislation. Revisions must be
resubmitted no later than Tuesday,
January 31 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Late items WILL NOT be considered.
Coaches
may designate up to two (2) of their entries as eligible to serve as Presiding
Officer by e-mailing their selections to Josh Schneider <joshschneider@me.com>. Only students so designated will be allowed to preside at Grand Finals.
DIRECTIONS:
Directions from I-75:
Take
exit 275 (Land O' Lakes) and turn west (left) onto SR 56. When you reach Bruce B. Downs (you will see
The Shops at Wiregrass across the street), turn right and drive about a
mile. Wharton High School will be on
your right. Please park in the 3rd
parking lot (faculty lot, adjoining WalMart).
Traveling
from the south? Please note that you can also take the Bruce B. Downs exit, and
head north; Wharton would be on your left after about 4 miles. I am avoiding this route because of extensive
construction on BBD.
Hotels Nearby:
Holiday
Inn Express New Tampa, 813.910.7171 (about $140 per night)
Wingate
Inn, New Tampa, 813.971.7676 (about $120 per night)
Best
Western Summercrest, Wesley Chapel, 813.345.2000
(about $72 per night)
Comfort
Inn Wesley Chapel, 813.991.4600 (about $79 per night)
Grand Finals 2012
Friday, February 10 Saturday, February 11
Wharton High School
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
Registration 9:00 AM
IE and Debate Congress
Round 1 10:00 AM Opening
Business: 10:00 AM
Lunch
11:30 AM Session 1 A: 10:30
12:00
Round 2 12:30 PM Session
1 B: 1:00
2:30
Round 3 2:30 PM
Round 4 4:30 PM Session
2 A 3:00 4:30
POSTINGS 6:00 PM Session
2 B 4:45
6:15
Semis/Rd of 16 7:00 PM Postings
for Super Congress 7:00
Supers
Opening Business: 7:30 8:00
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
Judge Call 8:00 AM
IE and Debate Congress
Finals/Round of 8
8:30 AM Super Congress 8:30 11:30 AM
Round of 4 10:30 AM Voting 12:00
Awards ASAP
ALL SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THEIR JUDGE QUOTAS FOR THE FULL
TWO DAYS OF THE TOURNAMENT.
CONCESSIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT PURCHASE FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. REMIND STUDENTS AND JUDGES THAT DINNER WILL NOT BE SERVED ON FRIDAY
AND LUNCH WILL NOT BE SERVED ON SATURDAY.
THANK YOU!
Registration Checklist
2012 FGCCFL Grand Finals
February 10-11 @ Wharton High School
Before the tournament:
▫ JAN 27: All legislation sent in for review to Josh
Schneider (joshschneider@me.com)
▫ JAN 31: Registration including judge names and
judging conflicts sent to league officers (bgibron@verizon.net,
tessspeak@aol.com, jcbell764@aol.com, jennifer.bell@sdhc.k12.fl.us)
▫ Fees
collected from students, school checks ordered (if applicable) made out to
FGCCFL. Be sure to include a $100 check
(can be separate or combined) which acts as a bond on registrations to Grand
Nationals. If you do not use the full
amount for qualifiers, the balance will be refunded.
▫ FEB
3: Send all meal numbers via meal order form
to Jennifer Bell at jennifer.bell@sdhc.k12.fl.us. As a back-up, feel free to send an additional
copy of your meal order to jcbell764@aol.com.
At registration (FRIDAY, FEB 10 @
9:00 A.M. IN THE WHARTON MEDIA CENTER):
▫ Please
have a copy of your completed registration form with you.
▫ Please
have your checks/money at the ready, pre-counted. Don't forget to account for any drop fees you
may have incurred.
▫ Please
confirm that all your judges are accounted for prior to registering.
▫ Please have
ORIGINAL source material for IE events (scripts, books, etc) handy in case of
protests.
Please note:
Registration fees are $20 per
student, which includes Friday lunch.
Additional lunches for judges and observers are $7 each.
Friday dinner can be pre-ordered
separately or can be purchased on-site via concession. If you pre-order, you are GUARANTEED an
upgraded meal. If you wish to opt
for concessions, you may purchase food as availability permits. Additional pre-ordered dinners are $7
each.
Saturday food will be sold on a
concession-only basis.
Meal Order Form
2012 FGCCFL Grand Finals
Wharton High School
Feb 10-11, 2012
Friday lunch (cost included in
student registration):
Number of regular (non-veg) student lunches:
Number of vegetarian student
lunches:
Number of regular (non-veg) adult lunches:
Number of vegetarian adult
lunches:
ONE COACH LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED
AT NO CHARGE.
Coach lunch (select one): Regular
Vegetarian
Friday dinner (optional, $7 each):
Please note that pre-ordered
dinners will be a full meal. Concessions
will also be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Number of regular (non-veg) student dinners:
Number of vegetarian student
dinners:
Number of regular (non-veg) adult dinners:
Number of vegetarian adult
dinners:
Please email this completed form to Jennifer Bell at jennifer.bell@sdhc.k12.fl.us AND jcbell764@aol.com by Feb 3, 2012.