[A reminder to all teams: registration is ONLINE. Please go to <a href=http://www.pennbowl.org/teams1.html target=new>http://www.pennbowl.org/teams1.html</a> to register.] Esteemed fellow quiz bowlers, The Penn Academic Demolition Team is pleased to announce: PennBowl: Revolution Nein! a timed, 64 team tournament, open to all quiz bowl programs, to be held at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday January, 21-22, 2000. [Note this is not the usual weekend.] II Registration Registration starts right now. Each school may register three teams and place a fourth team on the waiting list. The tournament is currently slated for 64 teams, but may increase to 68 if there is interest, and it is logistically possible. Visit our online registration site at <a href=http://www.pennbowl.org/teams1.html target=new>http://www.pennbowl.org/teams1.html</a> to sign up. III Questions As every year at PennBowl, the players will be writing the questions. However, ONLY A and B TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PACKETS, and, as mentioned above, the distribution is very much changed from previous years. Also the deadline for packs is 23:59:59 November 30, 1999. The PennBowl staff needs time to edit all the packs we will be receiving, so please cooperate with us on this point. For complete details see <a href=http://www.pennbowl.org/info.html. target=new>http://www.pennbowl.org/info.html.</a> IV Fees The fee structure is as follows: Base Fee: A Team: $135 B Team: $110 C/D Teams: $90 each Discounts: Acceptable Pack received by 23:59:59 on 10/31: -$30 Acceptable Pack received by 23:59:59 on 11/14: -$15 Game Official (Moderators or Scorekeepers): -$20 Working Buzzer (limit 2 per team): -$10 each Working Clock: -$10 each Special Discounts (may not be combined with each other): New Program (in existence less than 12 months, does not include JV or CBCI tournaments): -$50 New to PennBowl (did not attend PennBowl 6, 7, or 8): -$25 Team From Beyond the Mississippi: -$65 Team From West Coast (CA, OR, WA, and pts west): Free w/ acceptable packet on time. Penalties Late Pack: $3/day late (teams who have not submitted an acceptable pack by 12/22 are liable to be dropped at the discretion of the PADT) V Logistics Running a tournament the size of PennBowl takes a lot of people and equipment. It is our goal this year to have a working buzzer, clock, moderator, and scorekeeper in each room. However, we need your help on this account, so please register as many buzzers, officials, and (especially) clocks as you can. VI Lodging As always, we here at PennBowl will be reserving a certain number of rooms at the University City Sheraton, but there are a variety of options in the city. For more info, visit <a href=http://www.pennbowl.org/things.html target=new>http://www.pennbowl.org/things.html</a> after November 15. VII Conclusion The Penn Academic Demolition Team is dedicated to running not just the largest, but the best invitational quiz bowl tournament in the nation, but we cannot do it alone. We guarantee well-edited questions, provided we receive from YOU questions that follow our guidelines to a reasonable degree. We shall mobilize all our resources, but we will still need buzzer systems, clocks, and game officials. In short, the success of the tournament depends as much on the participants as on the staff, so please bear this in mind. Also, we are always open to suggestions for ways to make our tournament more fun, or run more efficiently, so please feel free to email TD Chris Rooney at director_at_..., or call (215) 417-7784. I look forward to seeing you all on the circuit this fall, and in Philadelphia this January. yours Chris Rooney Director, PennBowl 9
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