E-ballots
If you have not already done
so, create an account on tabroom.com. Simply click on “sign up” at the top of
the page and follow the instructions. Both judges and students should have unique
accounts in their own names.
All judges should come
prepared with electronic devices capable of entering results. There is wifi
throughout the campus, and any device—smartphone, tablet, computer,
Chromebook—will do. Make sure that it is charged, and that it works.
E-balloting does not necessarily mean that you need to bring a computer to
rounds for flowing or whatnot; the device you decide to use, and how you
adjudicate a round, is up to you.
The tournament will not be
able to accommodate paper ballots in LD. Judges who are unprepared to judge
will be taken out of the tournament, and their schools fined the full hired
judging cost for any students left uncovered by the removal.
One half hour before the
scheduled start of a round, pairings and assignments will be released, and all
participants will be notified of where to go. You will have plenty of time to
get there, especially if you use one of the maps that have been provided in the
invitation and on tabroom.com. We are using the fewest number of buildings
possible, in as close a radius to ground zero (McCosh) as possible.
Judges who have not gotten an
assignment shall remain on call in case an assigned judge does not show up. On
Friday and on Sunday the rounds are one after the other. On Saturday the rounds
are two hours apart. This means that on Saturday you will be enjoying what
might be the most leisurely schedule in the Northeast. Take advantage of the
breaks, but don’t leave town or go take in an All-Steve-Reeves movie festival.
Given how we are using rooms
(alternating novice and varsity on Saturday), combined with a desire to get
home before Christmas, we have no choice but to enforce strict rules on making
the rounds happen. Everyone is expected to be in the rooms and starting the
rounds at the posted times. Judges who are not in their rooms within five
minutes of the posted times will be replaced and fined. Students who are not in
their rooms within five minutes of the posted times will forfeit. If both
students are in the room and there is no judge five minutes after the posted
time, students are asked to report missing judges to tab for replacement.
Failure to do so will result in double forfeits.
Judges: The only way we can
measure what’s happening is by your correct
use of the start round button. Please do not hit the start button until you
and both of your competitors are in the room and, literally, starting the
round. If you press the button willy-nilly before the round starts, it
jeopardizes the scheduling of the rooms. If you don’t press the button as the round is starting, we will assume
that you are a no-show and replace and fine you.
The phone number of tab is xxx-xxx-xxxx. If there are
any problems, text us. What
constitutes a problem:
No judge in room five minutes after start time
All competitors not in room five minutes after start time
As we say, scheduling of the
rooms is tight. We ask judges to limit critiques as much as possible so that we
can turn the rooms around in a timely manner. Results will be posted on tabroom
as soon as they are all in after each round, and, of course, you can write
critiques on your e-ballots, which means that not only will the debaters
receive them, but so will their coaches. Judges can add to or modify their comments on
e-ballots until the "end of tournament" results are published, which
means they can add to them over a cup of coffee during the two hour gaps
between rounds on Saturday, although, of course, they cannot change
decisions or points.
Thank you. We realize that
all of this sounds draconian, to say the least, but for e-ballots to work with
this many people in this many buildings requires everyone to be on the same
page. The goal is a fair, on-time tournament. Let’s make it so!
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