PIANO/Minnesota Open @ Yale (3/30/19)
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:12 pm
Yale Student Academic Competitions is pleased to announce that our mirror of the “Pre-ICT and Nats Open” (PIANO) will be held on Yale's campus on Saturday, March 30, 2019.
The PIANO question set is being head-edited by Jacob Reed, a YSAC club member, and other YSACers are on the writing team. More information about the set is available here.
Location and Parking
The tournament will take place at Linsly-Chittenden Hall (LC) on Yale's main campus, located at 63 High St., New Haven, Connecticut. Please note that this is a different building from recent tournaments. In-person registration will begin at 8 A.M. The opening meeting will then commence promptly at 8:45 A.M. and the first round by 9 A.M. Teams are therefore strongly encouraged to plan their arrivals to allow time to find parking.
Many Yale parking lots within two to three blocks of LC are open to the public on weekends for free, including Lots 51, 77, 78, and 78W, shown here. Street parking is also available, as is garage parking in the Grove Street and Audubon Court garages, shown here.
Registration
If you would like to register for PIANO, please fill out this Google form. Those who wish to express interest or register as a "free agent" can do so via this spreadsheet. The field is capped at 16 teams.
Please be aware of our policy to prevent unannounced drops on the day of the tournament: if a registered team does not show up to the tournament and fails to notify the tournament director at least 12 hours in advance (barring extenuating circumstances), that team may be liable for a partial fee. While we know that unexpected situations do crop up, and we will try to be understanding, teams that fail to provide adequate warning for their no-shows are being fair to neither the host nor the other teams. This policy is not meant to punish teams that overestimate interest: registered teams will not be penalized for dropping out of the field so long as this does not happen within 12 hours of the announced tournament start time (9 A.M. on 3/30).
Payment
Base fee: $120 per team
Buzzer discount: -$5 per operative buzzer system with at least eight working buzzers
Moderator discount: -$5 per experienced scorekeeper or moderator
Travel discount: -$15 for teams traveling at least 200 miles one-way to New Haven
Minimum Fee: $80
Teams which bring nonfunctional buzzer systems or systems without power cords will have that discount rescinded.
Payment is possible via cash, check, or Venmo. If you plan to pay by Venmo (@YaleQB), please email [email protected] and "cc" [email protected] at the time of your payment so we can confirm receipt. If you plan to pay by check, the check must be made out to “Y. Student Academic Competitions.” Do NOT make checks payable to “Yale Student Academic Competitions.” Checks should be given to us on the day of the tournament, or, if that's not possible, they can be sent to:
Yale Student Academic Competitions
c/o Bo You
P.O. box #206008
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
Please ignore any other addresses you may have on file.
The PIANO question set is being head-edited by Jacob Reed, a YSAC club member, and other YSACers are on the writing team. More information about the set is available here.
Location and Parking
The tournament will take place at Linsly-Chittenden Hall (LC) on Yale's main campus, located at 63 High St., New Haven, Connecticut. Please note that this is a different building from recent tournaments. In-person registration will begin at 8 A.M. The opening meeting will then commence promptly at 8:45 A.M. and the first round by 9 A.M. Teams are therefore strongly encouraged to plan their arrivals to allow time to find parking.
Many Yale parking lots within two to three blocks of LC are open to the public on weekends for free, including Lots 51, 77, 78, and 78W, shown here. Street parking is also available, as is garage parking in the Grove Street and Audubon Court garages, shown here.
Registration
If you would like to register for PIANO, please fill out this Google form. Those who wish to express interest or register as a "free agent" can do so via this spreadsheet. The field is capped at 16 teams.
Please be aware of our policy to prevent unannounced drops on the day of the tournament: if a registered team does not show up to the tournament and fails to notify the tournament director at least 12 hours in advance (barring extenuating circumstances), that team may be liable for a partial fee. While we know that unexpected situations do crop up, and we will try to be understanding, teams that fail to provide adequate warning for their no-shows are being fair to neither the host nor the other teams. This policy is not meant to punish teams that overestimate interest: registered teams will not be penalized for dropping out of the field so long as this does not happen within 12 hours of the announced tournament start time (9 A.M. on 3/30).
Payment
Base fee: $120 per team
Buzzer discount: -$5 per operative buzzer system with at least eight working buzzers
Moderator discount: -$5 per experienced scorekeeper or moderator
Travel discount: -$15 for teams traveling at least 200 miles one-way to New Haven
Minimum Fee: $80
Teams which bring nonfunctional buzzer systems or systems without power cords will have that discount rescinded.
Payment is possible via cash, check, or Venmo. If you plan to pay by Venmo (@YaleQB), please email [email protected] and "cc" [email protected] at the time of your payment so we can confirm receipt. If you plan to pay by check, the check must be made out to “Y. Student Academic Competitions.” Do NOT make checks payable to “Yale Student Academic Competitions.” Checks should be given to us on the day of the tournament, or, if that's not possible, they can be sent to:
Yale Student Academic Competitions
c/o Bo You
P.O. box #206008
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
Please ignore any other addresses you may have on file.