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General Discussion / Re: WOWPS REGISTRATION

« on: January 15, 2013, 03:37:34 PM »

I'm sorry about that everyone.

As Jesse stated, the form is fixed, and will now accept poets up to 150 years of age.

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General Discussion / Re: Slammaster Access Request Archive

« on: July 31, 2012, 09:35:56 AM »

Hey all. Please use this new thread for these requests:

http://www.poetryslam.com/forum/index.php/topic,3491.0.html

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General Discussion / Re: NPS 2012 Bout Draw

« on: July 18, 2012, 07:57:59 PM »

Draw updated with venues. Links are the same. I also fixed an error with a team name (sorry OM Center Poetry Slam!).

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General Discussion / NPS 2012 Slammasters and Coaches - Read the Rules!

« on: July 14, 2012, 09:15:22 AM »

Did you know that the Slammaster's council updated the NPS Rules in Denver this year?  Make sure you understand the rules before you send up your poets.

I suggest you pay particular attention to the section on "Group Pieces". Don't lose NPS because you sent up the wrong poet!

http://my.poetryslam.com/nps-rules

Warm regards,
-Erik Daniel

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General Discussion / NPS 2012 Bout Draw

« on: July 07, 2012, 09:20:11 AM »

NPS 2012 Bout Draw V 1.0! PDF: http://nps2012charlotte.com/files/NPS2012_BoutDraw.pdf

Spreadsheet: http://goo.gl/8Xe9y

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General Discussion / Re: The NPS 2012 MC Call

« on: June 28, 2012, 06:52:30 AM »

There are still slots available to run bouts and MC!  Sign up today!

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General Discussion / The NPS 2012 MC Call

« on: June 16, 2012, 05:57:45 AM »

If you are an experienced and energetic showperson, PSi wants your help.

If you lost your NPS qualifier but still want to experience the awesome show that is NPS, be an MC !

If you have been thinking, "How do I get involved in the organization ?" Be a Bout Manager !

If you have Bout Managed for PSI before and are looking to step up to MC, now is your chance!

Requirements: PSi membership (You can get this here on the web site!), A lot of Slam experience, a great attitude, the ability to show up in Charlotte on time (it's important!), working knowledge of NPS rules a plus. Prior WoWPS, IWPS or NPS experience is valued but not a requirement.

There are a limited number of spots for MCs and bout managers at NPS so get your name in early. You will receive a volunteer pass to the event which gives you access to all day and evening events (and usually the finals), just like the poets, and possibly more stage time than the poets themselves !

There will be daily meetings for MCs and Bout Managers starting on Tuesday.  Attendance at the meeting is mandatory, if you can't make the days meeting, you can't work that night.  I strongly recommend you attend 1 of the 2 NPS Orientation meetings, so you are, you know, oriented.

Where: The National Poetry Slam will be in Charlotte, NC.
When: August 7-11, 2012
Who: All the cool kids (and also me)

Would you like to know more? Sign up for the mailing list here: http://www.poetryslam.com/lists/?p=subscribe&id=3

Check out NPS 2011 info here: http://nps2012Charlotte.com

Follow us on the twitters @nationalslam
You could also follow me @erik_daniel

Thank you for your time and dedication to poetry slam.
-Erik Daniel

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General Discussion / Re: Slammaster Access Request Archive

« on: March 02, 2012, 03:38:18 PM »

Unfortunately I still do not have access.   

You do now.

Amy -  I went out of process to add them. Please forgive.

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General Discussion / Re: Slammaster Access Request Archive

« on: February 29, 2012, 10:24:25 PM »

SlamMaster - Liz Heath
Slam Name - Poets' Asylum
Location - Worcester MA

(newly appointed Slam Master, having some trouble navigating this)

I'm looking into this.

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General Discussion / Re: PSi FB Discussion Tab

« on: February 22, 2012, 12:41:10 PM »

Facebook eliminated all of them:

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=254646391237470

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General Discussion / Re: Syd Arnold, Running for EC

« on: February 16, 2012, 04:23:06 PM »

If the majority of Slammasters vote against changing events to align with your thoughts on scoring, how will you react?

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Slam Selection Processes / Re: NYC - Nuyorican

« on: February 15, 2012, 02:12:13 PM »

From Mahoghany:
"After our Grand Slam, we have 3 different runoffs & the finalst are placed in those slams w/4-6 semi-finalists from the year. If need be, the team alternates are chosen by those that participated in the runoffs."

So to answer your question, the runoffs consist of the Grand Slam finalists, and filled out with remaining semifinalists. 

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Slam Selection Processes / NYC - Nuyorican

« on: February 14, 2012, 04:21:42 PM »

Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
NY, NY 10009
http://www.nuyorican.org/

We are located on Manhattan's Lower East Side at 236 East 3rd Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

Every Weds Night except first Weds of the month 9PM
Every Friday Night 10pm

Poetry Slam @the Nuyorican is truly poetry of and by the people. Winners of any Nuyorican Poetry Slam are chosen entirely by our varied audience members; a continual stream of changing faces, ages and backgrounds that make up New York City on any given night. Audience judges are not required to have any special skills or history and that's what always makes our slam so exciting and unpredictable.

Many Poetry Slammers have begun their careers in either the Wednesday Night Slam Open or the Open Room. Some will come back and compete many times before winning a slam, so keep on coming! 2008 National Team member, Rico Steal, began his career at the Nuyorican in the Open Room and didn't quit until he was slamming on Friday Nights!

Winner of Wednesday Night Slam Open is eligible to compete in a Friday Night Slam. If you win a Friday Night Slam, you are eligible to compete in one of the five Semi-Final Poetry Slams that happen throughout our Slam season.

If you win a Semi-Final slam, you will become one of five poets to compete in our yearly Grand Slam Finale, which generally happens in April. The winner of that slam takes the Grand Slam Champion title for that year and immediately qualifies to be on our National Team. The rest of our yearly National Team comes out of three Run-Off Slams, which happen after the Grand Slam Finale. We send these team members to compete yearly in the National Poetry Slam. To learn more about our National Teams through the years, click here.

Spotlight Poets are featured before the Slam each Friday Night and are curated by the Nuyorican SlamMaster.

(Posted for Mahoghany Browne)

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General Discussion / Re: Dylan Garity - Running for the EC

« on: February 13, 2012, 08:17:15 AM »

I would love to be part of the process of redesigning our website. I have a lot of ideas for this redesign: a blog-like front page with videos and up-to-date news, links to social media sites, an increased separation of the public and private utilities of the website, a greater focus on promoting and linking to local slams, and a contemporary and eye-catching aesthetic design. As a member of the EC, I would also be very open to suggestions and ideas from the community about what could be made better with the site.

Can you help with this now? Do you have design/dev/UX experience?  I have a lot of time into a redeveloped CMS, but no frontend or UX work yet.

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General Discussion / Re: Sam Castello running for EC

« on: February 06, 2012, 09:56:06 AM »

Even if I didn't already know and appreciate this man, this part would seal the deal for me:

I am a DJ and comic-book nerd. I like Linux, but I run windows. I grew up on Lord British and Steve Jackson Games. Kirk is my hero, but Picard is my role model. 

Ultima and GURPS nerds represent.