<p>August 19, 2014</p> <p>Dear PSCFA Friends,</p> <p>The time has come for our first tournament of the season, the PSCFA Warm-Up at El Camino College September 26th-27th.&nbsp; On Friday we will offer four (4) rounds of Open, Junior, and Novice (Divisions might be collapsed due to lack of entries) NPDA debate. &nbsp; Saturday will offer the usual two (2) rounds of all PSCFA individual events, including cultural artifact, for Open, Junior, and Novice competitors. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>There are many reasons why you, your squad, and your school should participate at this year&rsquo;s Warm-Up.&nbsp; First, it is an excellent opportunity to introduce all of your new students to competitive collegiate forensics in a relaxed atmosphere.&nbsp; Second, it is a great way to reunite with all of your forensics colleagues and meet coaches new to our region.&nbsp; Third, it allows the chance to test the waters on new topics and approaches to our activity.&nbsp; Finally, the Warm-Up is a unique way to take advantage of free speech, because there are no entry frees at this tournament!&nbsp; <strong>Each school must only pay their yearly membership dues and cover their judging commitment (You may only enter uncovered slots if prior tournament approval is granted.)&nbsp; </strong>Schools will still be responsible for ANY drop, no-show, nuisance fees, and uncovered judging fees.</p> <p><strong>All entries are due by 6:00PM on Tuesday, September 23</strong><strong>th</strong><strong>. &nbsp; Please enter the tournament using www.forensicstournament.net</strong>.</p> <p>Rally the troops and please contact any judges available for hire.&nbsp; In order for this to remain a fees-free tournament, we must have plenty of prepared judges on hand.&nbsp; <strong>If you are bringing first-time judges remind them that they must read and sign the PSCFA judge&rsquo;s handbook, F.R.E.D. (this may be done online at </strong><a href=\"http://www.pscfa.org\"><strong>www.pscfa.org</strong></a><strong>) and remind them of the rules of etiquette in rounds.&nbsp; </strong>Please<strong> </strong>teach them how to do time signals for limited prep as this tends to be a common problem at the Warm-Up.&nbsp; Don&rsquo;t forget, judges may also be returning students not competing at the Warm-Up.&nbsp; If you know of any judges available for hire, please send me their contact information.</p> <p>You can find directions to El Camino College at their website (<a href=\"http://www.elcamino.edu\">www.elcamino.edu</a>).&nbsp; Campus maps can be found at:&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.elcamino.edu/about/maps/ecc-campus-map.pdf\">http://www.elcamino.edu/about/maps/ECC-Campus-Map.pdf</a> Attendees of the tournament can park in any of the students lots; however, you must purchase a parking ticket.&nbsp; There are several ticket machines throughout the student parking lots.&nbsp; The tournament headquarters and registration will be in the Music Building, which faces Redondo Beach Blvd.</p> <p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: Jay Arntson (Tournament Director)</p> <p>Email: jay.arntson@gmail.com &nbsp;</p> <p>Looking forward to seeing you!</p>