Thank you for joining us at our 32nd Griffin Invitational!

Please scroll down and read all the areas below, to help us all have a successful tournament.

Food:  We will be selling Pizza's, snacks, water and soda throughout the tournament.  Coaches you can order pizza's for your team.  Please order Pizza's for your students by Thursday, Nov. 7th:  contact Michael McHan with your order:  michael.mchan@gcccd.edu

Parking:  There are no fees.  Use parking lot 7 or the parking structure Building #56.  Please do not park in any spot marked "staff".

Wi-Fi Network:   username:  gcwireless  

                             password:   incite-insinuate

Map of Grossmont College:  https://www.grossmont.edu/visit-grossmont/grossmont-maps-and-directions.php

Extemp Prep Room:  Building 100-120A

Central Strike Room for IPDA on Sunday will be building 100-120A (updated Sat evening)

Impromptu Topics for Judges:  Pick up at Griffin Gate

Impromptu's will be 3 quotations for rounds 1 & 2 and fortune cookies for final rounds.

Judges Room:  Griffin Gate.  Please come to the Griffin Gate after each round.  We will have snacks, lunch each day and a large room to relax and talk to others.

New Judges:  Please report to the Griffin Gate before each of your rounds.  We will have training sessions each morning.  When you recieve your ballot, we will have people who can assist you with the event prior to going to your round.

Procedural Changes to NPDA(Parli):  Please read the rationale in the invitation.  There are more specifics in the invitation.

Please be open and postive to these changes, but also aware that they will be challenging to many.

Coaching:  No coaching allowed for Parli Debate  (IPDA still will allow coaching)

Topic Striking:  Competitors and Judges go to your designated room immediately.  The Judge will have 5 resolutions on their ballot.  As soon as competitors have selected their resolution the 20 minute prep time should begin. 

Flex Time:  Do not use flex time.  Use Points of Information during the speeches.  First minute and last minute should be protected time, to not use a POI.  The opposing side is allowed to interupt the speaker, and ask one question and the speaker has the right to answer or say, "not at this time".

Laptops:  No laptops for flowing, or anything else in debate rounds, this is for all debates.  Judges can flow rounds and type their ballots on their laptops in all debates.

Schedule change for IPDA: 

 IPDA will be double-flighted due to the large entries.  We are starting an hour earlier and ending later than originally scheduled.  Please check the new schedule on the Invite.  We will also be using a central strike area for IPDA.  Coaching is allowed for IPDA.  No laptops.

IPDA Prep Rooms

School Prep Room

Cerritos Building 100 Room 116

Concordia Irvine Building 100 Room 117

El Camino Building 100 Room 126

Grossmont College Building 100 Room 102A

Irvine Valley Building 100 ROom 127

Mt. SAC Building 100 Room 125

Mt. San Jacinto College Building 100 Room 102B

Orange Coast Building 100 Room 123A

Palomar College Building 100 Room 106

Pasadena City College Building 100 Room 110

Point Loma Nazarene University Building 100 Room 114

Saddleback Building 100 Room 123B

UC San Diego Building 100 Room 115

UC Santa Barbara Building 100 Room 128

UT El Paso Building 100 Room 129