The Maryland Academic Quiz Team is pleased to announce the sixth annual David School Hamilton Invitational Tournament, our annual spring novice tournament, which will be held Saturday, March 1st, 2003 at the University of Maryland (College Park, MD). This modified ACF tournament is open to all collegiate teams of first and second year players and all community college teams. Bastard teams may play with consent of the tournament director but will be ineligible for prizes and/or playoffs. To register, please email Daniel Greenstein at dgreens_at_.... If you wish to freelance a packet for this tournament, you will receive in exchange one of the past two Terrapin Invitational Tournaments or DSHITs. Freelance packets will be due at the no- penalty packet deadline. To freelance, please email Daniel Greenstein at dgreens_at_.... Base fee: $80 Each additional team: $70 Working buzzers: -$10 for each Experienced moderator: -$10 for each Travel: -$10 per school for every 300 miles Novice: -$10 per school for not attending DSHIT in 2002 Parking: free on weekends! Minimum fee per team: $40 Packet discounts/penalties: Packet in by 11:59 pm, January 3rd: $30 discount Packet in by 11:59 pm, January 17th: $20 discount Packet in by 11:59 pm, January 31st: $10 discount Packet in by 11:59 pm, February 7th: No penalty Packet in by 11:59 pm, February 14th: $10 penalty Packet in by 11:59 pm, February 21st: $30 penalty No packet: no play unless exempted All teams must submit a packet except teams composed entirely of players who have never attended a non-CBI tournament, and third and subsequent teams from a school. Teams may request an exemption from writing a packet. The tournament director must receive such requests by January 31st. The players are not required to write the questions, but it is suggested veteran players assist their younger players in compiling a packet within the tenets of good question writing. Since this is a tournament for novices, please write your questions accordingly at or a notch below an ACF Fall Tournament level of difficulty. I am shooting for 90% tossup conversion among two middle of the field teams. Please follow the guidelines for packet content as presented in the ACF guide: http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/documents.html. Please do not hesistate to contact me if you have questions about the packet authoring process. I will be glad to offer feedback and answer any questions. Packet distribution: 5/5 Literature 5/5 Science 5/5 History 2/2 Religion/Mythology/Philosophy 2/2 Social Science 2/2 Fine Arts 1/1 Geography 2/2 Trash/General Knowledge/Current Events 1/1 Your Choice Total: 25 Tossups, 25 Bonuses Please send packets to Daniel Greenstein in MS Word (much preferred), RTF or text format. Please format questions in the manner seen in the announcement at the MAQT website. We look forward to seeing you March 1st! Thank you, Daniel Greenstein dgreens_at_... DSHIT VI Tournament Director MAQT Treasurer This announcement may also be found at the MAQT Website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt
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