Registration procedures and deadlines

Wed, Aug 19th, 2009

•    Online registration begins at http://yale.tabroom.com

Tue, Sep 18th at 7PM

•    Congress bills & registrations due. Bills without authors or schools will be returned for revision. We will accept late additions in Congress by email until the 30th, but they will be added into existing chambers.  No legislation from late additions will be accepted.

Fri, Sep 25th

•    Congress chambers and dockets released on http://yale.tabroom.com.

Sun, Sep 27th at 11:59 PM

•    Varsity LD Entries and Judge Information due.   Schools not covered in their judging by now will not be eligible for community preferencing or advance strikes.

Tue, Sep 29rd at 7 PM

•    New entries due in all events (or as events hit their caps).  We fill fast so register early.
•    Registration fees and judge burdens are frozen. At this point, rooms are paid for, trophies bought, food ordered, and judges hired.  That means you owe us the money and the judges, whether or not you even come. If you do not meet your judge obligation or drop a judge after this deadline, you will be charged for a hired judge and a $100 fine.
•    LD judge strikes & ratings can be entered online. Judge strikes entered online will be guaranteed throughout the tournament; judge strikes can also be made at registration but strikes submitted then will not be guaranteed until round 3

Thu, Oct 1st at 7 PM
•    LD judge strikes & ratings due for those using online entry
•    All other division’s judge names & information due. We will likely run out of hired judges long before this; be sure to request hired judges early.
•    Drops can no longer be made online, but must be emailed to yale@tabroom.com.
$10 nuisance fines in addition to registration fees for each drop made after this time.

Fri, Oct 2nd     2:30-4:00 PM

Schools with Debaters’ Registration.  Debate drops will be fined $15 after 2:30.  Schools with debaters must register at Dwight Chapel by 4:00 PM, whether or not they have changes.  Please do not come to registration early.  You can also register your speech & congress entries now; the later registration is for schools without debaters.

Fri, Oct 2nd 7:30-8:30 PM

Speech & Congress Only Schools registration.  You can register in person at Dwight Chapel, or call in to the tournament number that will be posted on our website.  You must register to check in whether or not you have any changes.  Schools that call in should pay their registration fees on Saturday morning at tab between 8:00-10:00 AM.  Please do not come to registration early; that hampers our setup and our debate tabbing.