The Free For Me IDT @ IVC
Friday, October 24, 2014
Dear Colleagues:
Irvine Valley College invites you to our “Free For Me IDT (Individual Debate
Tournament)” to be held on October 24, 2014. We hope to provide a solid fourround NFA-LD and IPDA experience for your students. Certificates will be
awarded to those debaters who win at least two rounds.
Please enter by TUES, Oct. 22 at 6pm on www.forensicstournament.net. If you
have any questions, contact Edwin Tiongson at etiongson@ivc.edu or 949/4515346.
Our campus is located at 5500 Irvine Center Dr, Irvine, CA 92618. Registration
will be in BSTIC 210. The BSTIC building is on Jeffrey Rd. next to the
Performing Arts Center. You will need to purchase a daily parking permit ($5).
Please park in Lot 5. For a campus map, go to
http://www.ivc.edu/resources/maps/map/map_2014.pdf
For more information regarding NFA-LD, go to www.socal-ld.net. The topic is:
RESOLVED: THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
INCREASE ITS DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH’S MOON IN ONE OR MORE OF
THE FOLLOWING AREAS: ENERGY, MINERALS, AND/OR WATER.
For more information regarding IPDA, please go to www.ipdadebate.info. In the
spirit of the standards adopted at the CCCFA and Phi Rho Pi national tournament,
we will modify IPDA standards to the following:
 One-on-one IPDA will be offered only. Team IPDA will not be available.
 No Professional Division will be offered.
 We will use three topics as opposed to five topics. Teams will go to their
posted room for topic strikes. The negative team strikes first and the
affirmative strikes last. The remaining topic will be debated.
 Preparation time will be limited to 20 minutes.
 Preparation is closed; however, debaters are allowed to use prepared
materials and other electronic devices.
Time format for IPDA
1st Affirmative
Negative Cross Exam
1st Negative
Affirmative Cross Exam
2nd Affirmative
2nd Negative
Final Affirmative
5 minutes
2 minutes
6 minutes
2 minutes
3 minutes
5 minutes
3 minutes
DIVISIONS: We will offer both Novice and Open divisions for each event. A
novice is defined as someone who is in their first two semesters of competition and
has not debated in elimination rounds at three or more debate tournaments or won
an elimination round at any state or national tournament.
NO FEES: In the spirit of being free, there are zero entry fees for this tournament.
We will not charge a school or team fee. We also will not charge any judging fees.
However, for each two debate entries (or fraction thereof), you must provide
one judge to be available for all four rounds. You must cover your debate
entries. Due to an anticipated lack of judges you cannot buy out of judging. We
encourage and accept lay judges.
REVISED Tentative Tournament Schedule (as of 10/16/14)
12:00
Notify last minute drops and get team rooms in BSTIC 210
12:15
Postings
12:30
Round 1: NFA-LD and IPDA
1:30
Round 2: NFA-LD and IPDA
2:30
Round 3: NFA-LD and IPDA
3:30
Round 4: NFA-LD and IPDA
4:45/ASAP Awards in TBA
We look forward to seeing you argue about resources for the earth’s moon or
trying IPDA for the very first time. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact us.
Sincerely,
Edwin Tiongson
IVC Director of Forensics
etiongson@ivc.edu
Jules French
IVC Forensics Coach
jfrench7@ivc.edu