Greetings from The George Washington University, host site for the 2008 Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 30-31. You are receiving this e-mail because you have been identified as the head coach or assistant coach for a team that will be attending the 2008 National Tournament, and we look forward to welcoming you and your team to GW and Washington, DC in just a few weeks. Going forward you will continue to receive regular e-mail updates from us, so we encourage you to add nso2008@gwu.edu to your address book to ensure that you receive these updates directly. These updates will also be archived on the National Tournament website for your future reference. Please see below for the update for today, Friday, May 9:
PAYMENT FOR MEALS AND MERCHANDISE
All payments for Tournament meals and merchandise purchased through the online registration process are due by today, Friday, May 9. If you have not sent your payment, please do so as soon as possible following the instructions posted online and send a notification by e-mail that your payment is en route (be sure to include your school name and team number in the e-mail). Tournament meals and merchandise purchased through the online registration process are non-refundable.
DIVISION B COACHES – PENTATHLON SCHEDULE CHANGE
Due to the overwhelming response by teams participating in trial events, the schedule for Division B: Pentathlon (Trial Event) has been changed. It will now run from 8:00am - 3:15pm as a walk-in event. There will be no other schedule changes.
MEDIA TOOL KIT FOR TEAMS
The website now includes a Media Tool Kit for teams to use in announcing their participation in the 2008 Science Olympiad National Tournament at The George Washington University to local media.
PUBLICITY RELEASE FORM
During onsite team registration on Thursday, May 29 and Friday, May 30, teams will be required to submit a completed Publicity Release Form for each member of the team, to primary and alternate competitors and coaches. Please note that this form requires the signature of a parent or legal guardian for those who are under 18 years of age.
TEAM VISITS WITH CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Teams are encouraged to take full advantage of the trip to Washington, DC by requesting visits with the Members of Congress who represent their home districts. In order to formally request a visit, it is necessary for teams to contact the Washington, DC offices of the Senators and or Representatives for their home districts. Instructions for requesting visits are posted on the website. Once visits are scheduled, please e-mail us with the details (date, time, and location of visit) so that it is known when teams will be visiting Capitol Hill.
ON-CAMPUS HOUSING
If you requested on-campus housing in the residence halls through the online team registration process, you should have received a Summer Housing Agreement via FedEx from GW Housing Programs. If you have not yet received this, please contact GW Housing programs at (202) 994-6883 or e-mail them directly.
WEBSITE UPDATES
We encourage you to visit the National Tournament website regularly over the next few weeks, as new and updated information will be posted almost daily; as you may have already noticed, new information is highlighted in the "What's New" section of the main page. Updates scheduled to be posted within the next week include: locations for all regular and trial events, including buildings and room numbers; team homeroom assignments; schedule for The Vern Express, the free shuttle service connecting GW's Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses; expanded parking and travel information; and listings of merchants on or near GW's Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses that will be open during the National Tournament.
While much of the information that you will need to plan your team's visit can be found on the National Tournament website, should there be any questions that cannot be answered there, please contact us by phone at 202-242-1960 or by e-mail. To ensure the fastest and most complete response to your questions, you are strongly encouraged to send them by e-mail. Teams contacting us by e-mail should include the name of the school and the team number.
Sincerely,
2008 Science Olympiad Tournaments Core Planning Committee
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