Fourth (and nearly final) Elvis Call

• From: coverdude
• Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:20:57 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T6U789.001V11I0H.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Hello, all,

 This is just a second
announcement about Elvis, to update those teams
who are
coming and (through copying to the qb-announce list and
the
Y! message board) give any last-minute additions a
chance to latch on.

 At the moment, we have the
following field:

Carleton (2)
Chicago (2)
Iowa
(1)
Iowa State (1)
Michigan (1)
Minnesota
(2)
Wisconsin (2)

The two Carleton teams and Iowa State
have submitted packets which have
been edited to
something very near their final form. All other
packets
are pending. The deadline is this Saturday, January
27th, by
midnight. However, if you can get your
packet in earlier, that would
certainly help the
editing process. If you have extenuating
circumstances
that prevent you from submitting a packet on time, or
at all, please
contact me and we can talk on a
case-by-case basis.

At the moment, we are planning to
swap packets with both the Stanford
Cardinal
Classic and the Terrier Tussle, which are to be held the
same day
as the Elvis. We may have to work a bit to
get these packets to match our
distribution, but,
at the moment, I am planning a full double
round-robin,
followed by a simple playoff betweem the top teams
(whether the top two,
as last year, or the top four, as
in other Elvises, is yet to be
determined). The
playoff structure is pending final approval of all
the
coordinators. The finals packet is being written by our own
Mark Zimmer.

The packet swap is another reason
to submit packets promptly. The sooner
we have
ours, the better edited they can be before being sent
to our
partners.

To accommodate the 20+
matches each team will get in the double round, we
are
still planning on a Friday/Saturday tournament. Details
will follow
next week, but it looks as if the
tournament meeting will be at about
6:30pm Friday night,
February 2nd, in Engineering Hall (where the
tournament
was held last year). It should end by 6pm the
following day.

If you have any questions or
concerns, or want me to point you toward
hotel
information, email me at
watchorn_at_....

Thanks again, and happy
writing!

Regards,
Steve Watchorn
UW-Madison Quiz Bowl