ANNOUNCEMENT: ACF Fall Southwest at OU, 11/8/2008

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The Oklahoma Academic Team is excited to host the ACF Fall Southwest Tournament at the University of Oklahoma on November 8, 2008.

Tournament Cost
ACF Fee Structure applies (http://www.hsquizbowl.org/acf/acf.html):
Base fee: $120
Buzzer systems: -$5 each
Staffers: -$10 each
Laptop: -$10 each (max 1 per team)
Travel: -$10 for every 200 miles traveled
International: -$20
Teams new to ACF: -$25
Teams new to quizbowl: -$75

Packet Submission
According to ACF rules, any team with at least one person on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2007, is required to submit a packet in order to participate in an ACF tournament in 2008-2009. All ACF tournaments, NAQT Division I or Division II SCT, NAQT ICT, and typical academic invitationals count as regular collegiate academic tournaments for this purpose, but trash or “hybrid” tournaments, College Bowl/HCASC, and tournaments played on NAQT Invitational Series questions do not. Teams that are not required to submit a packet to ACF Fall may still do so and will receive financial incentives.

For this tournament, send packets to Andrew Hart at [email protected].

* Schedule for Teams Required to Submit Packets:
o -$50 Deadline: Sunday, September 14, by 10:59 PM CDT
o -$25 Deadline: Sunday, September 28, by 10:59 PM CDT
o No-Penalty Deadline: Sunday, October 12, by 10:59 PM CDT
o +$25 Deadline: Sunday, October 19, by 10:59 PM CDT
o +$50 Deadline: Sunday, October 26, by 10:59 PM CDT
o Failure to adhere to this schedule will result in your team's ban from this tournament.
* Schedule for Teams Not Required to Submit Packets:
o -$50 Deadline: Sunday, September 28, by 10:59 PM CDT
o -$25 Deadline: Sunday, October 12, by 10:59 PM CDT
o Packets submitted after Sunday, October 12, by such teams will be rejected. However, the team will not incur any penalties for not submitting a packet.

Date, Time, Location
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008
Time: Registration begins at 8:30 AM. The tournament will begin at 9 AM.
Location: TBA

Registration
If you plan to attend the tournament or have any questions, please e-mail me, David John Gagne, at djgagne [at] ou [dot] edu.

We hope to see you at OU on the eighth!

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ACF Fall Southwest was held today at OU with a very small but dedicated field of teams. We would like to thank the Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy of Austin and Langston University for coming today. The Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy finished first followed by OU B. Full standings and stats are posted at http://www.ou.edu/student/okacf/results ... dings.html.