The Georgia Tech Academic Team will host the White & Gold Invitational Tournament, a mirror of the MAQT's sixth annual David School Hamilton Invitational Tournament. The tournament will be held Saturday, March 1st, 2003, at the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta, GA. The tournament will follow a modified ACF format and is open to all collegiate teams of first and second year players as well as all community college teams. To register, please contact Saurabh Vishnubhakat (quizbowl at gatech dot edu). 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 (dgreens at wam dot umd dot edu). 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 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 by contacting Daniel Greenstein (dgreens at wam dot umd dot edu) by January 31st, 2003. 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. A guideline for packet content is available at the MAQT website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/documents.html. 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 (dgreens at wam dot umd dot edu)in MS Word (much preferred), RTF or text format. Please format questions in the manner seen in the announcement at the MAQT website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/Student/Campus_Activities/StudentOrg/maqt/ This announcement may also be found at the GTAT Website: http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/quizbowl/ Sincerely, Saurabh Vishnubhakat quizbowl at gatech dot edu WAGIT Tournament Director
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