3rd Annual FDIC - Way Early Announcement

• From: monomandan <mynameisdan_at_monomandan.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 20:03:53 -0000
• Message-ID: <d5b9r9+eghr_at_...>

The University of Rochester's Thelion Society would like to announce
that we'll be hosting the 3rd annual Frederick Douglass Invitational
Championship on Saturday the 1st of October, 2005 here in Rochester,
NY. As in the last two years, this tournament will use an NAQT
invitational series. This tournament is an opportunity for newcomers
(both players and teams) to the quizbowl society to attend a
tournament early in the year which runs on questions accessible both
to newbies and veterans. As always, we encourage more seasoned teams
and players to attend and offer a higher level of competition, though
they may find the questions slightly on the easier side. ***A change
from years past: This year, we are at least temporarily planning to
run this as a modified CUT-style tournament. This means that while
experienced players and teams are welcome, teams with players that
have 2 or more years of college quizbowl experience will be asked to
limit themselves to two players per team.

If you or your club might be interested in attending this year's FDIC,
please send an email to me at mynameisdan_at_... (mynameisdan at
hotmail dot com). This isn't binding in any way, just a gauge to see
what level of interest we are at. Tournament fees and other details
will come out sometime in the future as they become available and
created. Also, if you are interested but have questions and/or
comments about the CUT-style running of this tournament, please feel
free to let me know. We look forward to seeing another large turnout
this October.

- Dan Blake
President, UR Thelion Society and FDIC Tournament Director