NAQT ICT Invitions Status

• From: ehillema
• Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 11:10:22 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T9IM4U.001OPE51U.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Midnight Monday is the deadline for teams earning
invitations to NAQT's ICT to respond to NAQT, or have their
invitations expire and pass to waitlisted teams. A short
extension of time (no more than one week) is available to a
team needing the extra time to pursue funding, but
only if that request comes to NAQT before midnight
Monday.

At this point, 1 pm CST on Sunday, here is the
status of all invitations:

In Division I, one
invited team, Penn State, has had to decline due to
personal conflicts for some team members. Their spot has
been accepted by the first waitlisted team, Florida
Atlantic. All other Division I teams invited have indicated
that they plan to attend, except for three teams that
have not yet given a response: Cambridge University
(UK), the University of Washington, and UC-Berkeley B.
(UC-Berkeley has accepted one spot in each division, but were
not yet ready earlier in the week to give a definite
answer regarding their second invitation in Division I.)
These three teams are all being prompted today to
remind them that a response is needed by the end of
tomorrow.

In Division II, 22 of 24 teams invited have
accepted, and nobody has positively declined. Boston
University has been given a one week extension in which to
give a definite answer, as they pursue a funding
channel. Georgetown is the only Division II team that has
not yet responded at all, and will also be prompted
today to remind them of tomorrow's
deadline.

ESH, for NAQT