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2012 Appraiser Training Information

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Jan 292012

Hello, Appraisers!

It is already time for Appraiser training for the 2012 DI season, and you have a few options about where to go:

Feb. 4, 2012 – Iowa City, Kirkwood Campus
- 1816 Lower Muscatine Rd., Iowa City, IA 52240
- Check-In: Room 255
Feb. 11, 2012 – Kuemper Catholic High School, Carroll, IA
- 116 S. East St., Carroll, IA 51401
- Check-In: Cafeteria/Hallway
Feb. 18, 2012 – Ames Middle School, Ames, IA

3915 Mortensen Road, Ames, IA 50014
Check-In: Commons

You should arrive at 9 am to check-in/register. In order to check-in, you should bring with you:

2 copies of the Appraiser Registration page (Note: Your Team Manager should give you this. It is page 5 of the Iowa Registration.)
Pages 6-7 – Appraiser Challenge Overview (one copy)
Page 8 - Appraiser Agreement (one copy)
A pencil/pen
$5 for lunch or a bagged lunch

This year all Challenges will be trained at all locations EXCEPT for Challenge C, which will not be trained in Carroll.

If you have never appraised before (or even if you have), you will find that the slide show called “Appraiser Training,” found at DI University, is helpful as an overview/review.

For full details about Appraiser training, please refer to the Appraiser Information page of this Web site. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know right away by emailing cre8iowa@gmail.com.

Where to find Appraiser or volunteer information

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Jan 262011

Have you volunteered as a team Appraiser or Rising Stars!® volunteer? A special page on this Web site has been created just for you. Please bookmark this page, as it will be updated periodically with information you will find helpful:

Appraiser Information

Tournament registration forms are available

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Nov 012010

Iowa Tournament registration forms are currently available online in both Microsoft Word and PDF versions. To register your team, download the applicable form.

All teams EXCEPT projectOUTREACH® (DOC version)
All teams EXCEPT projectOUTREACH® (PDF version)
projectOUTREACH® teams only (DOC version)
projectOUTREACH® teams only (PDF version)

A registration fee of $60 per competitive team (Elementary, Middle, Secondary Level, or University Level) and $40 for each non-competitive team must accompany your Tournament registration form. Non-competitive teams include Rising Stars!®, plus any Elementary, Middle, Secondary or University Level teams that choose to participate without being scored. Fees for all teams from a membership may be paid with one check or listed on the same Purchase Order. This is a one-time fee that covers all Iowa Tournaments during the 2010-11 program season.

The Tournament registration deadline is Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Registrations postmarked after this date will have a registration fee of $80 per competitive team and $60 per primary or non-competitive team. Late registration deadline is Friday, January 7, 2011.

Please note that all competitive teams must provide a 2011-trained Appraiser. Appraiser training involves one full day of training on one of three Saturdays in January or February, plus one full day of service at the Sub-State Tournament. If the team that the Appraiser represents qualifies to advance to the State Tournament, the Appraiser is also required to serve at that Tournament. Competitive teams without a 2011-trained Appraiser who serves at the Substate Tournament may NOT advance to the State Tournament. See Appraiser Information for additional details. Appraiser training dates are as follows:

Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 – Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids
Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 – Kuemper Catholic High School in Carroll
Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 – Ames Middle School in Ames

All Rising Stars!® teams must provide one volunteer at the Sub-State Tournament who will serve in a non-scoring support capacity. Rising Stars!® volunteers are not required to attend training.

When teams register for Tournament, they must enter their Appraiser (or Rising Stars!®) volunteer on the registration form. Not sure where to find Appraisers? Click on How to Find Appraisers for suggestions.

Questions? Contact Judy Nolan at judynolan@aol.com.

Release/Disclaimer

By my participation in an event conducted by an Affiliate, Region or other gathering related to the Destination ImagiNation program, the participant or participant’s parents or participant’s guardian understands and hereby voluntarily agrees to release, waive, forever discharge, hold harmless, defend and indemnify Destination Imagination Inc., and their agents, officers, boards, volunteers, and employees from any and all liability and all claims, actions, or losses for bodily injury, property damage, wrongful death, loss of services , or otherwise which may arise out of the participant’s participation in activities related to the Destination ImagiNation event, including travel to and from the event.

Season kickoff…take note!

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Sep 192010

Welcome to all new and returning Destination ImagiNation participants!

You’ll notice our Web site has a new look this fall, as all support information has been consolidated in one place, instead of in multiple places on the Web. You may wish to take a moment to familiarize yourself with the site. If you can’t find something you desperately need to know NOW, don’t hesitate to email Judy Nolan at the email address listed at the bottom of this post. For right now, however, following are a few points you’ll want to note right away.

1. The Support Blog is now the front page of the state Web site.

2. The Instant Challenge Library, Document Library and Recruiting Kit may all be accessed from tabs and/or dropdown menus on the same Web site.

3. We are no longer using Yahoo Groups as a mailing list. Instead, you will wish to go to the right side bar of the state Web site, enter your email address, and click on Subscribe. Whenever a new post is added to the Support Blog, you will receive an email. If you have more than one email address (such as between work and home), just enter your address and click on Subscribe for each address.

4. This year there will be ONE Regional (sub-state) Tournament on March 5, 2011. The location will be announced soon on the Web site. Visit the 2010-2011 Program Season tab, and you’ll find the Calendar there.

5. The Tournament registration deadline is in December, not January, so registration forms will be available in October. Just look for them beneath the 2010-2011 Program Season tab.

6. Don’t wait for Tournament registration forms to be released before you start looking for your team’s Appraiser. All competitive teams are required to supply a trained Appraiser at the first Tournament, and also at the state Tournament if the team advances. (We provide free training.) Not sure where to find an Appraiser? Check out this Team Manager Tip: How to Find Appraisers: http://www.cre8iowa.org/team-support/cre8iowa-document-library/

7. Special scheduling requests should be sent to cre8iowa@gmail.com, NOT the askcre8iowa email address. The askcre8iowa email address no longer exists.

Questions? You can always email me at judynolan@aol.com.

Upcoming Appraiser training schedule

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Jan 262010

Appraisers have three opportunities for training on three consecutive Saturdays, beginning January 30, 2010. Every competitive team is required to provide one 2010-certified Appraiser at the regional Tournament where the team registered to compete. The same Appraiser also serves at the state Tournament if the team qualifies to advance. Teams without a 2010-certified Appraiser may NOT advance to the next level, even if they otherwise would qualify. Please note that certification is a two-step process, consisting of one full day of training in a specific Challenge, plus one full day of service at the regional Tournament where the team competes. Appraisers will not be able to leave the Challenge site to observe teams they represent, nor may they bring children to Appraiser training or the Challenge sites where they will serve.

Appraisers for competitive teams must select one of the following dates and locations for training:

Jan. 30 – Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Hall) in Cedar Rapids
Feb. 6 – Kuemper Catholic High School in Carroll
Feb. 13 – Ames Middle School in Ames

Check-in at all 3 sites begins at 9:30, and training runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Appraisers may bring their own sack lunch and beverage, or may take advantage of a $5.00 lunch on-site.

What Appraisers need to bring:

2 copies of page 5 of the Tournament registration form (Team Managers should complete Sections 1 & 2 ahead of time)
1 copy of page 8 of the Tournament registration from

Tournament registration forms may be found here.

Rising Stars teams are required to supply a volunteer who serves in a non-scoring role at the regional Tournament where the team performs that they represent. Rising Stars volunteers are not required to attend Appraiser training. Instead, they will serve a 2 to 3 hour shift. They should report to the Registration & Sales table at the Tournament to be assigned to a role. Children may not accompany adult volunteers into the Challenge sites while these adults are volunteering.

Questions? Please contact Judy Nolan at judynolan@aol.com.

Release/Disclaimer

By my participation in an event conducted by an Affiliate, Region or other gathering related to the Destination ImagiNation program, the participant or participant’s parents or participant’s guardian understands and hereby voluntarily agrees to release, waive, forever discharge, hold harmless, defend and indemnify Destination Imagination Inc., and their agents, officers, boards, volunteers, and employees from any and all liability and all claims, actions, or losses for bodily injury, property damage, wrongful death, loss of services , or otherwise which may arise out of the participant’s participation in activities related to the Destination ImagiNation event, including travel to and from the event.