ACF Nationals: Pimpin' for more teams

• From: cdbarker
• Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:15:34 -0800
• Message-ID: <000TAT3FM.001I2P42S.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

You know it's serious when I get off my ass and
start doing real work for a tournament I think will be
top notch, ACF Nationals. 

Let's get the
basics out here before I go into this any
further:

Date: March 23-24, 2001 (Friday night starts at 7:00
pm, and we'll even make sure you get NCAA score
updates all weekend long.)

Place: University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor (recently voted most likely place not named
Chattanooga to hold a tournament)

Hotel Info:
<a href=http://www.umich.edu/~uac/mac/ACFHotels.html target=new>http://www.umich.edu/~uac/mac/ACFHotels.html</a> 

Fees:
<a href=http://www.inform.umd.edu/Studentorg/maqt/acf/01acfnat.html target=new>http://www.inform.umd.edu/Studentorg/maqt/acf/01acfnat.html</a> for the fee schedule.

Packet Requirement:
You still have time to get one in by St. Patty's Day,
but Dave Hamilton, your editor in chief, has just
made public the offer that "I am opening
the field
to schools who would like to attend but don't want
to write a packet. Contact dhamiltn_at_...
personally by email and we can negotiate."

Editors:
David Hamilton, as well as assistance from Andrew Yaphe
and Subash Maddipoti. 

Far be it from me to
advertise a tournament based on who WON'T be playing, but
this certainly does open up the field now, doesn't
it.

Let me also say that I have seen David's work and I
have heard the compliments foisted upon the previous
work of both Andrew and Subash, and I have to expect
some of the finest untimed questions anywhere in the
country, period.

Staff: Doing well, could always
use more, please let me know at cdbarker_at_... if
you'd like to come and read. Please note we will have a
full compliment of talented staffers, so that also is
yet another non-worry.

Teams: Sitting at 17-18
right now, but we want more. You want in, you let Mr.
Hamilton know, ASAP, OK?

Trophies: Nice ones, and
lots of shot glasses too! Plus, the awarding of this
year's Carper Award, you won't want to miss
that!
Simply put, you know you want to come to Ann Arbor, I'll
make up maps of places to go and "socialize" and you
guys can have a good time playing in one of our
National Championships.

Thank you for your time. If
you have any questions, please email me ASAP so I can
respond in kind.

Craig D. Barker
Unofficial
Tournament Director, ACF Nationals