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General Discussion / Re: 2011 iWPS Competitors for Cleveland, OH

« on: September 30, 2011, 01:39:17 PM »

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2011 Participants
TBD, Worcester Poets' Asylum, Worcester, MA
Lane Shuler, Knoxville Poetry Slam, Knoxville, TN
Jesse Parent, Salt City Slam, Salt Lake City, UT
The Klute, Tombstone Poetry Slam, Mesa, AZ
Billy Tuggle, Mental Graffiti, Chicago, IL
Joanna Hoffman, Urbana, New York, NY
Joseph LMS, Beltway Poetry Slam, Washington, DC
April Ranger, Boston Poetry Slam, Boston, MA
Aaron Samuels, WU-Slam, St. Louis, MO
CP MAZE, SlamCharlotte, Charlotte, NC
Olivia Gatwood, ABQ Slams, Albuquerque, NM
Leah Gould, Ozark Poetry Slam, Fayetteville, AR
Gage Wallace, Omaha Healing Arts Poetry Slam, Omaha, NE
Jerri Hardesty, Bama Slam, Montevallo, AL
Christopher Michael, Austin Poetry Slam, Austin, TX
Jack McCarthy, Seattle Poetry Slam, Seattle, WA
Tara Brenner, Slam of Steel, Boise, ID
Michelle Nimmo, MO Poetry, Springfield, MO
Joshua Ballard, Loser Slam, Freehold, NJ
Chris Gilpin, Vancouver Poetry Slam, Vancouver, BC Canada
TBD, Lake Effect Poetry Slam, Cleveland, OH
Sam Sax, Oakland Poetry Slam, Oakland, CA
Dasan Ahanu, Respect Da Mic, Charlotte, NC
Josh Merchant, Berkeley Poetry Slam, Berkley, CA
Abe Becker, San Jose Poetry Slam, San Jose, CA
Robyn Bateman, Portland Poetry Slam, Portland, OR
Ka'mone Felix, Intangible Slam, New York, NY
Sam Cook, Soap Boxing, St. Paul, MN
Gus Wood, Art Amok!, Decatur, GA
Xero Skidmore, Eclectic Truth, Baton Rouge, LA
Anjee-O, Words that Kill, Chicago, IL
Trevor Byrne Smith, Mercury Café, Denver, CO
Bran Do, SlamNuba, Denver, CO
Jonathan Brown, Slam New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Samuel Eddie, Java Monkey, Atlanta, GA
Michael Lee, SlamMN, Minneapolis, MN
Dave Stanley, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, Fort Worth, TX
Zak Corsi, Bull City Slam, Durham, NC
Mickey Randleman, Tucson Poetry Slam, Tucson, AZ
Nate Amadon, Second Tuesday Slam, Portland, ME
Laura Brown-Lavoie, Providence Poetry Slam, Providence RI
TBD, Last Chance Slam Winner
Danny Strack, Austin, TX
Bobby Lefebre, Denver, CO
Ayinde Russell, Denver, CO
Gypsee Yo, Albania
Christopher Shawn Barker, CB, Charlotte, NC
Scott Beal, Ann Arbor, MI
Suzie Q Smith, Littleton, CO
Jamaal VS May, Lewisburg, PA
David Lee Morgan, London, England, UK
Andrew Procyk, Asheville, NC
Alvin Lau, Chicago, IL
Emily Rose, Chicago, IL
Houston, Fayetteville, AR
Jacob Rakovan, Rochester, NY
Rachel McKibbens, Rochester, NY
Damien Flores, Albuquerque, NM
Jared Paul, Providence, RI
Faylita Hicks, San Marcos, TX
DeAnn Emett, Fayetteville, AR
Natalie E. Illum, Washington, DC
Michael Mlekoday, Manhattan, KS
George David Miller, Boilingbrook, IL
Ryk McIntyre, Johnston, RI
Ed Mabrey, Charlotte, NC
Megan Falley, Valley Stream, NY
Krista Mosca, Nashua, NH
Angelique Palmer, Manassas Park, VA
Storm Thomas, Oakland, CA
Sara Brickman, Seattle, WA
Tatyana Brown, San Francisco, CA
Queen D, San Francisco Poetry Slam, San Francisco, CA
Nick Macedo, San Diego Poetry Slam, San Diego, CA
Miles Walser,
Ellie White, Columbus, OH
Omni, New York
Vernell Bristow, Writers' Block, Columbus, OH

NOTE: There is a waiting list. Contact Abigail Ehn for more information about it.

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General Discussion / Re: 2011 iWPS Competitors for Cleveland, OH

« on: September 30, 2011, 10:31:03 AM »

I see it fine as well. Try using another browser or clear your browser history, close out the current browser and try again.

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General Discussion / Re: Overall Rank of NPS Teams?

« on: September 20, 2011, 09:05:34 AM »

Jesse--- Thanks so much, but this doesn't seem to factor in the scores after semis.  Does that exist anywhere?

http://my.nationalpoetryslam.com/tournament/nps2011

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General Discussion / Re: IWPS Question

« on: September 14, 2011, 11:53:15 PM »

That is the responsibility of the Slammaster. Mo' Man has already been in contact with PSi staff.

Congrats!!

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General Discussion / Re: Slammaster Access Request Archive

« on: September 12, 2011, 10:45:22 AM »

Zachary Kluckman here-
Albuquerque, New Mexico. . . .

not the slam-master but trying to get a copy of the vetting forms to make a bid for Nats.  I was told those files might be here so I was hoping to see if I could get them?

Definitely the wrong forum  Contact Henry Sampson who is the Event Coordinator for NPS
   
email: sampsonhenry at gmail dot com (sampsonhenry@gmail.com)
cell:   7082179323

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General Discussion / Re: We have our first slam tonight!

« on: September 06, 2011, 02:54:37 PM »

Happy first slam!!

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General Discussion / Re: IWPS 2011 Questions

« on: August 24, 2011, 10:52:34 PM »

It would be really nice to get a straightforward answer on these things. Also, the registration periods discussed so far have not made sense in context with the current time frame before IWPS. Forty five days from August 31 is still past the end of IWPS.

It appears to me that there is only one question people are really asking: What, in order, are the factors considered to determine which storm poets get priority?

Can someone with definitive knowledge on the question please lay that out for us?

I will have a definite date for you tomorrow.

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General Discussion / Re: IWPS 2011 Questions

« on: August 24, 2011, 10:49:27 PM »

Storm poets are prioritized in this manner:
Out of the  country
Distance from host city
Access to local slam on a regular basis

Are all of these things given equal weight, or are they prioritized in this order? For instance, if there is a poet from Florida who lives in a city with a host venue, and a poet from the middle of nowhere Ohio, both trying to storm this year, would the Florida person be given priority since "distance from host city" is the criteria you listed first?

These are listed in order of priority. Based on the list, the poet from Florida would get in first.

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General Discussion / Re: IWPS 2011 Questions

« on: August 24, 2011, 03:14:47 PM »

@Alvin You keep asking the same question(s) in a different manner:
Storm poets are prioritized in this manner:
Out of the  country
Distance from host city
Access to local slam on a regular basis

Please stop saying it wasn't done a particular way in previous years. You don't know how it was done unless you were the one processing the applications.  You perceive it to be done a certain way.

Hope this helps. If it doesn't I don't know what to tell you at this point.

Word of advice~If you don't like the way storms are prioritized, offer suggestions instead of criticizing the process.

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General Discussion / Re: Storm Poet Policy For IWPS and WOWps

« on: August 24, 2011, 03:03:08 PM »

@Alvin That's NOT what I said at all.

As applications for storms are received they are prioritized (meaning put in the order of "potential acceptance").

IF there are slots left after registration has been open for 30 days (correction from one of my initial posts), they become first come first serve. Meaning they open up to everyone on a first come, first served basis no matter where you are from.

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General Discussion / Re: Storm Poet Policy For IWPS and WOWps

« on: August 24, 2011, 01:38:00 PM »

There is a deadline..........it is the day that registration opens to everyone (if there are slots remaining).

The storms are prioritized as they are received.

If there are slots remaining and registration opens to everyone, storms are accepted first come first served.

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General Discussion / Re: IWPS 2011 Questions

« on: August 24, 2011, 09:22:50 AM »

@Inkera:

If you wouldn't mind, could we see the exact wording / rule for storm poet acceptance? Clearly, this isn't transparent a lot of people this pertains to. In this post, you say priority goes to people farthest from local slams, and in another post you say it goes to players without access to a slam. Those are very different things, and I'd love to have some clarification on it.

Who can compete in iWPS?
For the first two months of registration (Dates TBA) sixty slots are reserved for individual representatives of certified PSI venues. Those are available on a first come, first served basis and only the SlamMaster may register the individual representative for his or her slam. The other twelve slots are available to any member of PSI who doesn't have regular access to a local slam, with preference given to those who live the farthest away from the site of the event and those living outside the host nation. After the venue registration period, if there are still slots available, they are open to all members of PSI, regardless of location or venue representation on a first come, first served basis.

Same applies for WOWps

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General Discussion / Re: Storm Poet Policy For IWPS and WOWps

« on: August 24, 2011, 09:22:15 AM »

@Amy Storms have been done that way for numerous years. Keep in mind that Berkeley ended up having more then 72 poets so yes there were a number of storms in the competition.

You can't honestly say how the list was done without knowledge of when poets were added and who made the original storm list.

This is certainly wrong: I was wait-listed for Berkeley without access to a local slam, and there were NUMEROUS people above me who had lost local qualifiers. At the time, when Amy and I were asking about the process for selecting poets, Steve Marsh gave a very different answer than what you are telling us now, Inkera. As I recall, there was no priority for poets without access to a local slam, but they were chosen by geographic distribution and how fast they mashed SEND on registration day.

Who can compete in iWPS?
For the first two months of registration (Dates TBA) sixty slots are reserved for individual representatives of certified PSI venues. Those are available on a first come, first served basis and only the SlamMaster may register the individual representative for his or her slam. The other twelve slots are available to any member of PSI who doesn't have regular access to a local slam, with preference given to those who live the farthest away from the site of the event and those living outside the host nation. After the venue registration period, if there are still slots available, they are open to all members of PSI, regardless of location or venue representation on a first come, first served basis.

Same applies for WOWps

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General Discussion / Re: Storm Poet Policy For IWPS and WOWps

« on: August 23, 2011, 10:31:12 PM »

@Amy Storms have been done that way for numerous years. Keep in mind that Berkeley ended up having more then 72 poets so yes there were a number of storms in the competition.

You can't honestly say how the list was done without knowledge of when poets were added and who made the original storm list.

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General Discussion / Re: IWPS 2011 Questions

« on: August 23, 2011, 06:17:32 PM »

@Jesse My pleasure

@Omni HA!!    Let me correct my error. There are 12 storm slots. They can be sent in the day regisatration opens (31 Aug). They are held to determine which 12 will be accepted based on distance from a certied venue & out of the country poets.

Registration opens for everyone after 45 days. (The FAQ says 60 days but I'm sure its 45 days) Keep in mind registration is opening late this year.