Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Swarthmore Novice Info

Hi guys,

A couple things I'll briefly mention:

1. Sorry about that spam email last week. I made a mistake and a bot got onto the mailing list; hopefully none of you actually believed that you had won the Dutch lottery. (And if you did, I have some oceanfront property to sell you.)

2. Swarthmore Novice (aka Swat Novice) tournament is next weekend on September 28-29 - again, it's definitely a wonderful experience because you're only competing against other novices, and no other tournament during the year is like that. There's a real party on Friday night too. We will be leaving for Swarthmore about noon to 1 PM on Friday, and we will be back on Saturday about 3 to 4PM. (If you have a Friday class, tell your professor and he will almost certainly be okay with it.)

3. If you're interested in going, please respond to this email or email the debate account (debate@eden.rutgers.edu) with your Name, Campus, and Cell Phone #. Please do so as soon as possible - Swarthmore has capped their tournament this year to an abnormally small number of teams, and depending on how many people they will let us send, we may not be able to fit everyone. We will do our very best, however, and if we register with them earlier we are likely to get more slots. But if we can't squeeze you in, or if you just can't make it on Saturday, we will gladly take anyone willing to watch and not compete just for the Friday portion. Just let us know, either through email or at the meeting.

4. If you want to go to Swat Novice, you'll need three-four cases ready by that weekend. You should also definitely come to next Tuesday's meeting and the Thursday practices (see #6) - if you can't make it on Tuesday, let us know ASAP and definitely make it to the Thursday practices.

5. If you were not at last night's meeting - we still encourage you to go to Swat Novice. I would suggest, however, that you try to come to one of the Thursday practices (see below) - but at the very least you have to come to next Tuesday's meeting.

6. Our next administrative meeting is next Tuesday, same place / time (9:30PM at Hardenbergh B2). But I strongly encourage everyone to come out on Thursday nights as well for our practice meeting - we'll either run another novice training session, or alternatively run "pro-ams", where teams compoesd of one returning member and one novice debate each other. It's a great learning experience. (And if you want to bring a case to the Thursday practice, that would be awesome.)

Feel free to email me with any questions you have! Swat Novice has been one of the most enjoyable tournaments in years past, and we're hoping it's just as great this year.

-Ed

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