{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37237032","dateCreated":"1302132904","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"MapleRiver","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MapleRiver","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1292433629\/MapleRiver-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/region2aspeech.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37237032"},"dateDigested":1532174144,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Judges","description":"Currently, Region 2A pays for 21 judges at 3 subsections.  If we go to a North and South subsection, would 30+ judges be enough to make the tournament work? <br \/>\n<br \/>\nWould this make it more conducive for North judges to travel to the South subsection and vice versa?  Would it be too hard to find 9 more judges?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"37236804","dateCreated":"1302132698","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"MapleRiver","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MapleRiver","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1292433629\/MapleRiver-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/region2aspeech.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37236804"},"dateDigested":1532174144,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Two or Three Rounds?","description":"With an increase in the number of competitors, the importance of the preliminary rounds is magnified.  Do we want to keep it just two rounds even if we have 4 sections of an event?  Is it feasible to have three rounds and finals during the week?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37245220","body":"To go with only two rounds could be very unbalanced for competition.  We were running two rooms of 7 and 8 already.  Three or four room would be a expected in some categories such as humorous.  With that many rooms, seeding would be logical but very challenging. A great concern also is that finals would have to have a target of 7 to have any alternates.  We have three alternates already competing this.  A target of 7 would almost certainly result in some finals of 8.  In addition, I can't imagine my district being happy with loss of school time this time of year with the constant chant of test baby test.  For that matter finding a school that wants to let out early would be difficult.  We can't even find a school that will let out early for state.  Just some thoughts.  Not exactly like golf where the competition is against the hole or track\/swimming where times get you in to the next leve.","dateCreated":"1302140241","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"tfish1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/tfish1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37263042","body":"Tom, that's a great point about the alternates.  Thanks for your comments and concerns.  Like I said, we need to find problems with this idea.  That's definitely a problem.","dateCreated":"1302179120","smartDate":"Apr 7, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"MapleRiver","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MapleRiver","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1292433629\/MapleRiver-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37274268","body":"The early release time will be a problem, at least in our district. As Tom mentioned, testing is currently high stakes in education and our tournaments fall right around testing time.<br \/>\nAdditionally, our district (and I believe many others) already have monthly schedule late starts\/early releases for curriculum purposes. I doubt the community and administration would support another.","dateCreated":"1302188770","smartDate":"Apr 7, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"joelke1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/joelke1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}