This sounds like a truly excellent idea, and I wish this new venture a long a fruitful existence. Just one quick question: there seems be no place for broad swaths of the fine arts such as architecture, sculpture, and dance in the "experienced" distribution. Should we just assume a general guideline of 1/1 "visual" and 1/1 "auditory" fine arts, or are those areas being purposely excluded (and if so, why)? Thanks, Chris, speaking only for himself ekwartler03 <ekwartler_at_...> said: > > <html><body> > > > <tt> > <BR> > This is a full announcement for the Academic Tournament Council's<BR> > Winter Open, to be held January 29 in six locations around the<BR> > country. Those six locations, as announced previously, will be<BR> > Illinois, Princeton, UT-Austin, Berry, Stanford and Harvard.<BR> > <BR> > The goal of the ATC is to provide an accessible forum for young teams<BR> > to learn the basics of packet writing while still maintaining the <BR> > question quality expected by established programs. The ATC has no <BR> > plans to run any national championship tournament, establish a new <BR> > format, or otherwise step on the toes of ACF and NAQT. The continued <BR> > existence and shape of the ATC will depend on the reception of this <BR> > tournament. The Winter Open will be a packet submission event, with <BR> > packet guidelines being graduated based on the team's writing <BR> > experience.<BR> > <BR> > Packets should be written at or below the difficulty of NAQT <BR> > Sectionals. The overriding theme of this tournament is accessible <BR> > questions. Please, if you have never heard an answer come up in <BR> > either a general-audience quizbowl tournament or an undergraduate-<BR> > level class, do not use it. If you are unsure about whether an <BR> > answer is easy enough, it probably isn't. We would like to show all <BR> > interested teams that packet submission does not mean overly <BR> > difficult, and we appreciate all writers keeping that goal in mind.<BR> > <BR> > The packet guidelines are as follows:<BR> > <BR> > New Teams (teams with 0 members with packet writing experience):<BR> > <BR> > Literature 1/1; History 1/1; Science 1/1; Religion, Mythology,<BR> > Philosophy 1/1 (pick two of the three); Arts 1/1; Social Science 1/1;<BR> > Your Choice 2/2<BR> > <BR> > Total: 9/9<BR> > <BR> > Novice Teams (teams with 1 member with packet writing experience):<BR> > <BR> > Literature 2/2; History 2/2; Science 2/2; Religion 1/1; Mythology <BR> > 1/1; Philosophy 1/1; Arts 1/1; Social Science 1/1; Your Choice 1/1<BR> > <BR> > Total: 12/12<BR> > <BR> > Experienced Teams (teams with more than 1 experienced writer):<BR> > <BR> > Literature 4/4 with 1/1 each of American, British, other European, <BR> > and non-Western, and substantial variation in time period, genre, and<BR> > answer type.<BR> > History 4/4 with 1/1 each of American and non-Western and 2/2 of<BR> > European. Be sure to vary your questions in time period and answer<BR> > type.<BR> > Science 4/4 with 1/1 each of biology, physics, and chemistry and 1/1<BR> > miscellaneous science (math/cs/astronomy etc).<BR> > Religion 1/1 The two questions should be from different religions.<BR> > Mythology 1/1 The two questions should be from different mythologies.<BR> > Philosophy 1/1 At least one question must be on post-1500 Western <BR> > philosophy.<BR> > Arts 2/2 - 1/1 on painting and 1/1 on academic music<BR> > Social science 1/1 1 question must be on either law or economics, the<BR> > second can be on the remaining of those two or on any other social<BR> > science.<BR> > Geography 1/1 - 1 question must be on physical geography, the second<BR> > must be on political geography.<BR> > Trash 1/1 - The trash may be sports, film, popular music or trash <BR> > literature.<BR> > <BR> > Total: 20/20<BR> > <BR> > Tossups should be on average 5-6 lines long in 10-point Times New<BR> > Roman font. No more than one bonus per packet should be 30-20-10, and<BR> > please do not write any 5-10-15 format bonus questions; just use the<BR> > same material for a 10-10-10.<BR> > <BR> > The fees and packet deadlines for the ATC Winter Open will be as <BR> > follows:<BR> > <BR> > Base fee: $70<BR> > Packet submitted by December 24th: - $40<BR> > Packet submitted by January 1st: - $20<BR> > Packet submitted by January 8th: No Penalty<BR> > Packet submitted by January 15th: + $20<BR> > Packet submitted by January 22nd: + $40<BR> > <BR> > Packets should be submitted to ekwartler_at_... as a word document<BR> > (.doc). No team will be allowed to play without submitting a packet.<BR> > The "new" and "novice" packets submitted by teams from a given region<BR> > will not be used in that region so older members of established<BR> > programs will have the opportunity to help their younger members<BR> > write. The editors are also willing to help fledgling teams gain as<BR> > much as possible from the writing experience by critiquing new and<BR> > novice packets on request.<BR> > <BR> > Individual hosts will post details about their respective regional<BR> > incarnations as we get closer to the date. Any questions should be<BR> > sent to Eric Kwartler at ekwartler_at_... or to the following<BR> > contact people at host schools:<BR> > <BR> > Harvard - Frank Kelly at fkelly_at_...<BR> > Stanford - Eric Whitman Smith at ericwhitmansmith_at_...<BR> > Berry - Dr. Wade Carpenter at wcarpenter_at_...<BR> > Illinois - Michael Sorice at msorice_at_...<BR> > Princeton - Chris Frankel at cfrankel_at_...<BR> > UT-Austin - Eric Kwartler at ekwartler_at_...<BR> > <BR> > Full details can be found at <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/egk55/www/">https://webspace.utexas.edu/egk55/www/</a><BR> > <BR> > Hope to see all of you on the 29th,<BR> > <BR> > Eric Kwartler, ATC President<BR> > For ATC members Michael Sorice, Chris Frankel and Matt Weiner<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > <BR> > <BR> > </tt> > > > > > <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> > <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> > <td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b>Yahoo! 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