At Large Bid Requests

E-mail Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu by 8 p.m. Pacific Coast Time, February 19, 2008 with this information:

1. School

2. Full names of each team member

3. Names of other partners with whom they wish to earn half points.*

Requesting an At Large or Opportunity Bid means you will attend and pay the $240 entry fee if your bid is accepted.

*If a team applying has not debated at 5 or more tournaments together, then half points from tournaments with other partners may be used until 5 tournaments of points have been counted for the applying team.

Note: At Large Bids are granted exclusively based on the points including half points that the debaters on the team have earned.

Opportunity Bid Requests

E-mail Jim Hanson at hansonjb@whitman.edu by 8 p.m. Pacific Coast Time, February 19, 2008 with this information:

1. School

2. Full names of each team member

3. Names of other partners with whom they earned half points.*

4. Identification of all points earned by the debaters as part of any team.

5. Factors that limited debaters' ability to earn points, including institutional factors (i.e. budget limitations, geographic isolation from parliamentary debate tournaments) as well as personal factors (i.e. financial constraints requiring employment in addition to school, active-duty military service, verifiable family emergency during the course of the current school year, high academic load, time-intensive extracirricular community service).

6. For factors other than death and serious medical or family issues, those requesting opportunity bids should also include:

a. Cumulative GPA or class standing for each debater.

b. A brief statement from each debater arguing why the Board should grant an opportunity bid.

c. Two brief letters of recommendation addressing the debaters' academic and argumentative abilities. Neither letter may be written by any member of the debaters' school debate coaching staff. At least one letter should be written by a person not associated with parliamentary debate.

Note: A maximum of 3 opportunity bids may be granted by the Board. No opportunity bids must be granted by the Board.

Requesting an At Large or Opportunity Bid means you will attend and pay the $240 entry fee if your bid is accepted.

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