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General Discussion / Newly elected EC officers

« Last post by Karrie Waarala on April 11, 2013, 03:25:15 PM »

Hello everyone,

The EC has elected its officers for the year, and they are as follows:

President: Henry Sampson
Vice President: Suzi Q. Smith
Treasurer: Inkera Oshun
Secretary: Jesse Parent

The EC is also comprised of three Trustees, which are:

Karen Garrabrant
Sam Castello
Mo Browne

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Slam Selection Processes / Portland Poetry Slam - Portland, Ore

« Last post by rbateman on April 08, 2013, 11:18:45 PM »

Portland Poetry Slam
Every Sunday
Backspace Cafe
115 NW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Portland Poetry Slam happens every Sunday.  No judges!  Poets go head-to-head and audience will stand and scream for the poet they want to see move on to the next round.  Three rounds total.  Bracketed, so winner of r.1 first bout will go head-to-head against winner of r.1 second bout, winner of r.1 third bout will go head-to-head with winner of r.1 fourth bout, winner of r.2 first bout will go head-to-head with winner of r.2 second bout. NPS season starts early September.

Qualifiers: 8 poets compete head-to-head style.  Top two audience-decided poets will move on to compete in the upcoming Semifinal.  There are four qualifiers per Semifinal, meaning 16 total qualifiers will happen during the NPS slam season.

Semifinals: 8 poets compete head-to-head style.  Top two audience-decided poets will move on to compete in the Finals.  There are four Semifinals held during the NPS slam season.

Last Chance Slam: 8 poets compete head-to-head style.  Winner of the Last Chance Slam will be awarded the 9th spot in Finals.

Finals: 9 poets compete WITH JUDGES in a three round, traditionally scored slam.  Poets draw for random order first round, then semi-random order second round (if a poet drew 1-5, they will draw 5-9 second round).  Three poets are cut after second round, and top 6 compete in third round, based on order of low to high.

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General Discussion / Re: How To Contact PSi

« Last post by Karrie Waarala on April 01, 2013, 04:53:32 PM »

The new contact info for the PSi business office is as follows:

Karrie Waarala, Executive Director

executivedirector@poetryslam.com

708-406-6027



If you have questions regarding a personal membership, or venue certification, or tournament registration, please contact Emily Rose, Venue & Membership Administrator: membership@poetryslam.com


If you're having difficulties with the forums, or the PSi website, or the PSi online store, please contact Technical Support via the PSi website: http://poetryslam.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=16&Itemid=95


For now, any other questions please send my way. I'm happy to answer them if I can, or to direct you to the best person for your specific needs. Being in the loops on everyone's questions as a new ED will help give me an idea of what kinds of issues PSi members are having, which will help as I currently work on updating and consolidating PSi policies and procedures.

 

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General Discussion / Re: NPS 2013: Official Update Thread

« Last post by simone on April 01, 2013, 09:53:30 AM »

More news about NPS today! Today is our deadline to announce the age limit for NPS 2013, and I am pleased to say...

NPS 2013 will be 18+ for all registered competitors.

That means that we have enough prelim venues that allow 18+ performers to permit our tournament to include all competitors who are 18 years or older by Tuesday, August 13! Hooray!

However, we will still have some 21+ preliminary competition venues. That means that SlamMasters must make sure all under-21 members of their team are registered with PSI before July 1, or you could be placed in a 21+ venue. Boston will NOT permit underage persons in 21+ venues, so please make sure PSI has acknowledged that you need an 18+ venue by July 1 at the very very latest... We will not be able to make exceptions or changes once you get to NPS. 

Please also be advised that this means that some of our events (mostly late-night shows) will be 21+. Just like NPS 2011 in Boston, we have a goal to provide an 18+ or all-ages show in every time slot, including late-night, but some of our local venues are firm about age limits. We are working hard to provide options for everyone at all hours so we can all enjoy the full NPS experience!

Lastly, you may have questions about under-18 poets. NPS is always an adult event and so NPS 2013 will not permit any competitors who are under 18. However, we will have many all-ages day events and are working to have at least one all-ages competition event every night (Finals will definitely be all ages!), so under-18 audience will still be able to see some of the National Poetry Slam in Boston this August.

Thanks for everyone's patience on this. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to check out our website or drop me a line! You can get to me in a private message on these forums, or any of the ways linked here in our Getting In Touch thread:
http://www.poetryslam.com/forum/index.php/topic,8706.0.html

Looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

--simone
Simone Beaubien
Host City Director, NPS 2013

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General Discussion / Re: Where is the link for PSI Individual member sign up?

« Last post by simone on April 01, 2013, 08:58:50 AM »

Programming-wise, it's not as simple as you make it sound, Shaggy! But, yes, I agree: the current system was designed to allow poets to only sign themselves up. Since we know that, realistically, SlamMasters end up signing up their whole team, a change is in order for the future.

Big changes were announced in the future for the Store, so let's hope this makes the wishlist.

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General Discussion / Re: Where is the link for PSI Individual member sign up?

« Last post by puroshaggy on March 31, 2013, 09:27:44 PM »

I think each member must have there own membership for book keeping purposes.
I had nine poets became PSI members this year, each of them had there own address in different cities,
that is part of the application process.Just something to consider.

I understand that and I have that info.  It would be nice to be able to pay once in the store (at CART) instead of having to pay for each member separately.  A simple PAY NOW or KEEP SHOPPING button would fix  that, if  that fix is desired.

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General Discussion / Re: Where is the link for PSI Individual member sign up?

« Last post by inkera on March 31, 2013, 04:10:50 PM »

Thanks- is there anyway to sign-up several people and only pay once? It is making me enter the same credit card info for each individual.  How can I sign up several people and only have to pay once? Is that possible?

To my knowledge, there is no way to do this online. If you are purchasing memberships for multiple poets, you will need to enter the CC info each time.

 

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General Discussion / Re: Where is the link for PSI Individual member sign up?

« Last post by Yah Fu "the Pen Bender" on March 31, 2013, 12:59:34 PM »

I think each member must have there own membership for book keeping purposes.
I had nine poets became PSI members this year, each of them had there own address in different cities,
that is part of the application process.Just something to consider.
 

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Slam Selection Processes / Re: 2013 Spoken Innovation's Prodigy The Architect Poetz Slam Team Selection

« Last post by Yah Fu "the Pen Bender" on March 31, 2013, 12:13:39 PM »

Ladies & Gentlemen it is with great pleasure to announce the 2013 Lafayette, Louisiana National Poetry Slam Team,
that was decided by 5 random judges out the audience, Saturday, March 30th, 2013 @ The Rosa Parks Transportation Center 101 Jefferson Street Suite 100 in the AOC Community Media Multi Purpose Room, Lafayette, LA 70501.


2-Time Grand Slam Champion, Team Member, (IWPS Representative)
Yah Fu "the Pen Bender"- Lafayette, LA

2nd Place, (2008 Lafayette Slam Team Win & Your In Member)
Kemit Najee -Lafayette, LA

3rd Place, (1st Time Slam Team Member)
The Purple Orchid -Lake Charles, LA

4th Place, (1st Time Slam Team Member)
The Naked Truth -Carencro, LA

This is your 2013 Lafayette, LA National Poetry Slam Team, on Saturday, April 13th we will have a pick up slam for two local poets one was featuring in New York & New Jersey, & the other featuring in Houston, TX on March 30th to decide the 5th and final spot on the team.

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General Discussion / Re: Where is the link for PSI Individual member sign up?

« Last post by puroshaggy on March 30, 2013, 02:55:18 PM »

Thanks- is there anyway to sign-up several people and only pay once? It is making me enter the same credit card info for each individual.  How can I sign up several people and only have to pay once? Is that possible?