COMPETITION
TABROOM.COM TIP: Entering Judges for the 2020 National Tournament The 2020 Online National Tournament judge obligation has changed! Here’s what you need to know.
Log in to your account at www.tabroom.com to get started.
What’s Changed?
Instead of entry numbers being used to determine a number of rounds owed, entry numbers will be used to determine a number of days owed. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the tournament (plus Saturday for Extemp Debate only) are each considered one day. A judge who is covering one day of LD judging will be available to judge all LD rounds held on a single day of the tournament. One judge can cover up to three days of judging for a school.
LD, PF, and CX obligations must be covered by a schoolprovided judge. Speech, Congress, and Supplemental Event days may be bought out at a price of $120 per day. Judges from any event pool may be chosen to cover a school’s supplemental event obligation.
How do you know when your judging obligation has been met in Tabroom.com? Look for the green checkmark on the General tab of your tournament registration!
Encourage judges to fill out the diversity questionnaire in Tabroom.com so our pools can be as representative of our community as possible! Judges can fill out this questionnaire, nominate themselves to judge late elimination rounds, and fill out their LD and Policy paradigms by logging into Tabroom.com and clicking National Speech and Debate Tournament under Judging.
STAY INFORMED
In a virtual tournament model, it’s even more important that your school and judges take advantage of the unique features designed to keep you informed on Tabroom.com! Review the “Using Online Ballots on Tabroom.com” handout to learn how to get your judges signed up for online ballots, tournament notifications, and alerts for topic release and pairings!
Similar to the previous requirement that a school covers a minimum of six rounds with a schoolprovided judge, each school is required to cover a minimum of two judge days in any event to be eligible to compete in the National Tournament.
DON’T FORGET
OUR GOALS – simplify judging requirements, ease the number of days a judge must commit to being online, and ensure we have enough judges to give students a high quality competition experience.
Find this handout at www.speechanddebate.org/ using-online-ballots-on-tabroom-com
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Tabroom.com features and support, visit http://docs.tabroom.com.
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