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General Discussion / Re: The Individual World Poetry Slam, October 3rd-6th in Fayetteville, Arkansas

« on: September 25, 2012, 09:46:04 AM »

I may need to withdraw my registration.  Am I too late to be refunded at this point?
Ayinde Russell

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Slam Selection Processes / SlamMaster Selection Process from Denver SlamNUBA

« on: August 29, 2011, 06:32:47 PM »

Hello all,
I decided to officially post our slammaster selection process for the forums and records sake. 

Slammasters will be voted upon yearly by the qualified NPS representatives (includes competing members, alternate and coach) that represent the venue.  There is no limit to how many annual terms a slammaster may serve.
Example:
Denver NUBA qualified reps from 2011 NPS tournament decide who will represent venue as slammaster by vote August 31st after returning from national tournament.  Slammaster will represent venue from August 31st, 2011 - August 31st, 2012.  Vote will also include nominees for co-slammaster who will represent venue along lead slam-master for the same term.

Denver SlamNUBA will maintain this policy throughout August 31, 2013 before any review or change will be made.

Thanks all,
Current Denver NUBA SlamMaster
Ayinde Russell

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Slam Selection Processes / SlamNUBA Denver, CO Slam Selection Process

« on: February 14, 2011, 01:59:24 PM »

SlamNUBA meets twice every month, the first and last Monday at the Crossroads Theater.  2590 Washington St., Denver, CO 80205

For the 2011 season and foreseeable future:

Slammers qualify for the April 1st team slam - off by winning one slam in the alloted season from May - April after previous team selection.
Slammers must win one slam, and participate in a total of three slams during the course of the season to qualify for team slamoff. 

The top 5 competitors on the night of team slamoff represent the SlamNUBA team at Nationals.  These top 5 competitors are those that post the highest cumulative score on the night of team slamoff.

Regular season slams are decided by elimination and highest score by round (three rounds, original work, 3min time limits, no costumes or props - standard PSI rules).  Novelty slams held during season (haiku slams, cover slams, slams with variation from 3min time limit) do not count toward accumulated wins, but will count toward competitor participation credit for team slamoff.

IWPS representatives are the grand slam champion of the applicable season.  The grand slam champion for Nuba is the competitor who posts the highest cumulative score during team slamoff.  WOWPS representatives are chosen by a WOWPS slamoff  - with 4 round competition of variant time limit (1min, 2min, 3min,).  WOWPS slamoffs are held every other year, the next to be held during the 2012 season.  The WOWPS representative is determined by highest cumulative score over 3 rounds.

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General Discussion / Re: CASTING CALL!!!

« on: October 27, 2010, 12:02:51 AM »

This is a fun project.  Two years ago, me(Bobby LeFebre), Matt Zambrano, Lucifury, and Katie Wirsing shot the first set of commercials.  We also did Radio voice-overs and were in some print ads.  Do it poets.

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Slam Selection Processes / Re: slamNUBA Denver selection process

« on: April 05, 2010, 06:33:22 PM »

Revised Venue Selection process for 2010 - SlamMaster posted by Ayinde Russell
slamNUBA Denver
1st and 4rd Monday of every month
Crossroads Theater
2590 Washington Street,.  Denver CO. 
www. slamnuba. com

Here's our upcoming schedule:
April 26, 2010 - Last Chance Slam - Winner will earn 9 points, which will qualify them to compete in team selection slam
April 30, 2010 - Team Selection Slam

To qualify for slamNUBA team slam-off in April, you must:     
a.  have earned at least nine points between the months of September and March OR win the "last chance" slam on March 30th.
b.  be available to represent slamNUBA in St.  Paul, MN in August 2010 (exact dates TBA).   

To earn points:
Poets earn 6 points for winning a slam     
Poets earn 4 points for coming in second     
Poets earn 2 points for competing in a slam     
 
Before participating in the slam-off, poets will be required to sign an agreement with slamNUBA prepared by the slammaster which outlines the requirements for team participation, including PSI membership and adherenece with PSI rules.   The five poets with the highest scores will qualify for the team.

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General Discussion / Slam in El Paso, TX??

« on: January 13, 2009, 10:55:13 PM »

Ive got a friend in El Paso that wants to get into slam.  i dont know of any venues that close to him.  silver city is the closest i know of.  suggestions?  heck, i'm new to slam myself

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General Discussion / Re: Slammaster Access Request Archive

« on: July 16, 2008, 01:50:22 AM »

Bobby LeFebre here with SlamNuba. I cannot see the SlamMaster's forum.  We communicated via email today and I am not finding it.  Where will it be?