CCCFA Tournament Invitation
Woodland Hills , CA 2007

November 9, 2006

Colleagues,

On behalf of the California Community College Forensics Association, I am pleased to invite you and your forensics team to the 2007 California State Championship Speech Tournament.

Dates:

Wednesday, March 7 th through Sunday, March 11 th 2007

Hotel:

Marriott Warner Center Woodland Hills

21850 Oxnard Street

Woodland Hills , California 91367

www.warnercentermarriott.com

Telephone: (818) 887-4800

FAX: (818) 347-0907

Make your reservations before Monday, February 12, 2007 at 5pm in order to get the guaranteed rate of $89.00. Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes currently 14.09% in effect at the time of check in.  Please call the hotel and ask specifically for the CCCFA State Champs Tournament rate.

Parking:

Overnight self parking is $12.00 per night and overnight valet parking is $16.00 per night. A 10% City Parking Tax will be added to the parking rates.

Moorpark is excited to be your host for this State Tournament.  We know you will have a great time in this location. If you have questions about the hotel or the Los Angeles area please contact Jim Wyman at Spk2wyman@aol.com or call him at (805) 378-1471.

In addition to the hotel information, you will find enclosed all of the information needed to enter your team in the tournament. For a complete description of tournament events, please refer to the current CCCFA Constitution and By-laws. If you do not have a copy, you can download it at http://www.cccfa.net

If you have any questions regarding your entry to the 2007 CCCFA State Championship Tournament, please call or email me (714) 432-5580 Ext. 2 or fcoco@occ.cccd.edu

Felicia Coco President, CCCFA-- Tournament Director

Dates and Deadlines:

Judging Assistance forms are due by February 12 th at 5pm you can complete the form on line with the link below or email to fcoco@occ.cccd.edu

JUDGING ASSISTANCE FORM

Entries are due by March 1, 2007 at 5pm you must use the web entry form which you can access from the link below.

All Entries Due Via Web Entry

Email the names of students who will be staying in your competition rooms to fcoco@occ.cccd.edu . Once competition rooms are set by the tournament they may not be changed. In an effort to have all competition rooms on the first floor these forms are critical to create a cleaning schedule and keep the tournament on time.

Entries:

If the above link is not working go directly to the webpage. All entries will be handled via the web. Please visit the following website to enter: www.forensicstournament.net
No Hassle Entry Drop Deadline March 5 th by 5 PM

STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO DOUBLE ENTER IN CA/STA & IT per Phi Rho Pi change for this year.

Email drops to fcoco@occ.cccd.edu

You can download the student eligibility form from the link below. Bring this form with you on March 7 th and give it to tournament in person. Do not fax or email. Form must have Registrar's Seal and cannot be a photocopy.

STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FORM

Students will not be allowed to compete without this form verifying student enrollment.

Judging Commitment:

You owe 6 rounds of judging for every Interpreter's Theatre entered.

You owe 3 rounds of judging for every debate team or LD debater you enter.

You owe 3 rounds of judging for every 4 individual events in each pattern.

All Judges are committed through elimination rounds.

If you don't have at least 1 judge for every four students you're bringing, you need to send in the Judging Assistance Form (Due 2/12/07). If sent in on time, you will be charged $100.00 per slot in your heaviest conflict pattern. If late or not turned in at all, you will be charged $125.00 per slot in your heaviest conflict pattern.

Competition Rooms:

You owe 1 room for every 4 entries in your heaviest pattern. If you have 5-8 entries in the heaviest pattern, you owe two rooms. If you have 9-12 in your heaviest pattern, you owe 3 rooms.

Fees:

School Fee $ 25.00

Individual Events $ 8.00

Duo Interpretation $ 16.00

L.D. Debate $ 12.00

Team Events: Parliamentary Debate, Policy Debate, and IT $ 35.00

Uncovered Judging with Notice $100.00 Per Slot

Uncovered Judging w/out Notice $125.00 Per slot

Nuisance Fees* $ 10.00

First Time Missed Ballot $ 20.00

Subsequent Missed Ballots $ 50.00

TOTAL $_______

*Nuisance Fees are charged for each dropped event after 3/05/07 at 5:00pm.

Tentative Schedule of Events

Printable Schedule

Wednesday, March 7, 2007
5:00-7:00 pm Registration (Posted Location)
8:00 pm Orientation for Hired Judges
8:00-10:00 pm Opening Reception for Faculty in Host's Suite

Thursday, March 8, 2007
7:30-8:00 am Late Registration
8:00 am A1, CA1, PARLI LD 1, Policy Team 1

8:45 am IT1
10:00 am A2, CA2, PARLI LD 2, Policy Team 2

10:45 am IT2
12:00 am C1, D1, Pers, Impromptu, Duo, Drama, Info, POI
1:30 pm B1Extemp draw Prose, Poetry
2:00 pm Extemp speak
3:00 pm E1, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD 1
4:30 pm B2 Extemp Draw, Prose, Poetry
5:00 pm B2, Extemp speak
6:00 pm E2, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD 2

Friday, March 9, 2007
8:00 am B3 Extemp Draw, Prose, Poetry
8:30 am Extemp speak
9:30 am A3, CA3, PARLI LD 3, Policy Team 3

10:15 am IT3
11:30 am E3, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD 3
1:00 pm C2, D2, Pers, Impromptu, Duo, Drama, Info, POI
2:30 pm A4, STE1, PARLI LD 4, Policy Team 4

3:15 pm IT4
4:30 pm E4, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD 4
6:00 pm C3, D3 Pers, Impromptu, Duo, Drama, Info, POI
8:30 pm CCCFA Faculty Meeting/Reception
8:30-11:00 pm Student Dance or TBA

Saturday, March 10, 2007
8:00 am E5, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD 5
9:30 am A5, Policy Team 5, STE 2 , PARLI LD 5, Policy Team 5

10:15 am IT5
11:45 am E6, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD 6
1:15 pm A6, Policy Team 6, STE 3 , PARLI LD 6, Policy Team 6

2:00 pm IT6
2:45 pm Ballot Review for Patterns B, C, D, E Place TBA
3:15 pm E Elim #1, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD Elim 1
4:15 pm Ballot review for Pattern A
4:45 pm B C/D Finals, Pers, Impromptu, Duo, Drama, Info, POI
6:15 pm A Elim #1, CA Finals, PARLI LD ELIM #1, POLICY ELIM #1

7:00 pm IT Elim #1
8:15 pm Ballot Review for Pattern A/E, Place TBA
8:30 pm Remainder of Elim Participants Posted

Sunday, March 11, 2007
8:00 am Finals Extemp Draw, Prose, Poetry
8:30 am Extemp speak Clean out extemp files
9:30 am E Elim #2, Parliamentary Team, POLICY LD Elim 1
11:00 am A Elim # 2, Policy Team Elim #2, STE Finals, Parli LD Elim #2

11:45 am IT Elim #2
1:30 pm Awards/ TBA

PATTERNS

PATTERN A: IT, CA, STE, Parliamentary LD*, Policy Team

PATTERN B: Extemporaneous, Prose, Poetry

PATTERN C: Duo, Persuasion, Impromptu

PATTERN D: POI, Drama, Informative

PATTERN E: Parliamentary Team, Policy LD

Limited to four (4) entries. Sweeps weighted 1.5.

Entries limited to twelve (12) slots per pattern.

Pattern A limited to six (6) total team event entries and no more than a total of twelve (12).

Pattern E limited to six (6) total team event entries.

Students may not enter more than five (5) non-conflicting events. If a student is entered in five (5) events, one event must be declared as a non-sweepstakes event on the tournament entry in the special issues that you need to clarify section at the bottom of the web entry form.

 DEBATE:

Parliamentary Debate

15 minutes of preparation after topic selection

7 minutes Prime Minister

8 minutes Leader of the Opposition

8 minutes Member of the Government

8 minutes Member of the Opposition

4 minutes Leader of the Opposition

5 minutes Prime Minister

Parliamentary Lincoln/Douglas Debate

15 minutes of preparation after topic selection

7 minutes Government Constructive

9 minutes Opposition Constructive

5 minutes Government Rebuttal

6 minutes Opposition Rebuttal

3 minutes Government Rebuttal

Parliamentary Topics:

• Parliamentary Debate topics will be singular in nature and will alternate between metaphor, policy, and value resolutions (3/04)

Hotel and Competition Room Etiquette:

• Be silent or whisper when walking in hallways day or night where sleeping rooms are present.
• No large parties in hotel rooms. Avoid bringing in large quantities of alcohol.
• Don't allow doors to slam; please close them quietly.
• Don't keep doors propped open, wandering from room to room throughout the night.
• Limit full volume practice sessions to the hours before 11 PM.
• For competition rooms, the judge is the first one in and the last one out.
• Students should NOT be let into a competition room without a judge even if they say it's their room.
• In competition rooms, don't touch people's stuff, don't open drawers/suitcases, and don't use their bathrooms.
• If you have the honor of hosting events in your hotel room (competition room), please make beds, put stuff away, and bring keys to ballot table 1/2 hour prior to the first round of the day.

Directions to the Hotel: (directions are not my specialty feel free to mapquest yourself)

From So-Cal:

405 North to the 101 North toward Ventura

Exit Topanga Canyon Boulevard north (exit 27A) and turn right. Go to Burbank Boulevard and turn left. Go to Topanga Canyon Boulevard (yes, that is what mapquest told me to do) and turn right. Go to Oxnard Street and turn right. 21850 Oxnard Street .

From Central and Bay Area:

680 South toward San Jose to the 580 East toward Stockton . The 580 turns into 5 South take to the 405 South toward Santa Monica to the 101 North toward Ventura .

Exit Topanga Canyon Boulevard north (exit 27A) and turn right. Go to Burbank Boulevard and turn left. Go to Topanga Canyon Boulevard (yes, that is what mapquest told me to do) and turn right. Go to Oxnard Street and turn right. 21850 Oxnard Street .