3rd annual Novice Tourney at USF - Nov. 23

• From: jeremycec <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 14:29:14 -0000
• Message-ID: <anevrq+9eqv_at_...>

This is the official announcement for the Third Annual Novice 
Invitational Quiz Bowl Tournament at the University of South Florida 
on Saturday, November 23, 2002.

To register, email Jeremy.Rasmussen!sypris.com (replace the ! with 
_at_). Deadline to register is Nov. 16, 2002.

Eligibility: The tournament field is open to teams composed of 
players in their first or second year of collegiate Quiz Bowl 
competition, all of whom attend the same school.

Format: Each match will consist of 20 tossups and bonuses, divided 
into two untimed halves. The tournament will consist of some form of 
round robin followed by a playoff to decide the tournament champion. 

[For the past two years, this tournament has been a mirror of the 
Illinois Novice Tournament.  We are currently in negotiations with 
UIUC to see if this will happen again, but I wanted to make the 
announcement now so that teams could start planning accordingly.]

Prices:
-- Base Registration Fee: $100
-- Equipment Discount: -$10 per working buzzer that we use
-- Moderator Discount: -$10 per experienced moderator or tournament 
official (statkeeper/scorekeeper)
-- Out of State Discount: -$10
-- Extra teams:
  * Second team discount - $10 
  * Third team discount - $20 
  * Fourth team discount - $30 
  * Fifth team discount - $40

Minimum (with all discounts): $50 per team

Purchase of Question Packets: $15

There is a $25 fee for any team that registers but then cancels or 
fails to show for non-emergency reasons without notifying me via 
email two days in advance.

Make checks payable to: "QUIZ BOWL TEAM AT USF"
c/o Jeremy Rasmussen
18103 Fairmead Court
Lutz, FL 33548

The "Quiz Bowl Team at USF" is tax-exempt non-profit organization.  
However, we are not chartered as a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization 
(it costs too much).  We do have a Federal Tax ID number, though, 
which is: 593627376.

Tentative tournament schedule:
Team sign-in is from 8-9 a.m. in Cooper Hall.  See Quiz Bowl web site 
for updated info as the tournament date approaches: 
http://ctr.usf.edu/quizbowl