Boston University College Bowl is happy to announce that we will serve as the Northeast host for ACF's Fall Tournament. Our event will be held Saturday, November 3, in our College of Arts and Sciences on Commonwealth Avenue. Since many of the other hosts have been more on the ball than I have, getting their announements out weeks before, I'll keep this on the brief side. All packet submissions should go to ACF's Kelly McKenzie via ksmcke0_at_... Quoting Kelly, "As far as I am concerned, this is the most important part of this announcement. In order to achieve the goals stated above, we at ACF will need your help. It is vitally important that the packets you submit be written at an appropriate difficulty level; there is only so much that editors can do with packets which are written at an inappropriate difficulty level. Specifically, be sure to take advantage of the pyramid structure of ACF questions. In this way, one can write questions about topics of basic importance to their fields which are both readily accessible to inexperienced players and which will reward deep knowledge of the subject (if you are unsure whether a] certain answer is acceptable, feel free to ask me at the email address listed below). As always, packets should consist of 30 tossups and 30 bonuses. Be sure to consult the ACF Question Writing supplement at <a href=http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/documents.html target=new>http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/documents.html</a> and the ACF Formatting Guidelines at <a href=http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/formatting.html target=new>http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/formatting.html</a> for other packet writing details." The costs for our event are as follows: - Base Fee: $100 - $10 off for every team after the first from a school. - $10 off for every competent moderator brought who can work a majority of the day. - $5 off for every working buzzer brought. Packet Submission Discounts: - Sept. 21: -$15 - Sept. 28: -$10 - Oct. 12: no penalty - Oct. 19: +$15 - Oct. 24: +$25 (No packets will be accepted after October 24 unless prior arrangements have been made with Kelly.) New Team DIscount: If your school has not played in ACF Regionals or Nationals in the past two years, your packet requirement is waived and you pay $50. Minimum Fee: $50 All interested in registering for our event should e-mail to qbowl_at_... . If there's any sign that ACF is turning over a new leaf, it's that a school who came in dead last in ACF Nats '99 is serving as a host for a format that still scares us to death. Hope everyone's year is off to a good start. Jon Couture BUCB
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