ARML President's Letter to All Coaches

Dear ARML Coach,

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 34th Annual American Regions Mathematics League competition. This much anticipated event will take place concurrently on May 29th and 30th, 2009 at Penn State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and the University of Georgia.

The ARML competition continues to grow. In 2008, there were 127 teams, and in spite of the economy we are pleased to welcome several new teams this year. This serves to illustrate the importance and value placed on the ARML Competition. It is also a further reminder that ARML is viewed as a positive and rewarding experience for the students, parents, and coaches.

At this time, Western Tennessee will combine with students from Eastern Tennessee to form a statewide team. In addition, the other new teams are from Western Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, West Windsor-Plainsboro from New Jersey, Phillips Academy from Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Also, some existing teams who have participated in past ARML competitions will bring additional teams from their area. Teams from overseas will be participating in our International Regions Mathematics League (IRML). There will be two divisions. Teams that travel to the United States and participate at one of our four sites will be in one division and teams that compete in their own country and submit their scores via the internet will be in another. The former is called the "Onsite Division" and the latter is called the "Correspondence Division." Teams that participate in IRML will be competing for awards separate from those of ARML. This year we are very pleased to announce that China, Macau, and Nigeria will each bring a new team to UNLV to compete in the Onsite Division. The Philippines and Columbia will continue to compete in the Onsite Division. Unfortunately, both Taiwan and Hong Kong will not be competing in the United States in the Onsite Division. Instead they will compete in the Correspondence Division. Some other teams that will be competing in the Correspondence Division include: Turkey, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore, South Africa, Beijing, Bulgaria, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia. The IRML competition is clearly growing worldwide.

If you would like AMC and/or AIME scores from your state or region, please send an email to jbsully@verizon.net, including your name and team. Student names, home addresses, and scores are available. This information, which has been made available to ARML for the first time, can be useful when recruiting new students for your team.

I want to thank all of the ARML officers, and the four site coordinators in advance for all their time and effort in making the 2009 ARML Competition a successful event for all of our students. I especially want to wish all of the teams the very best of luck, and thank all the coaches for their dedication to their students and to ARML.

Sincerely,

J. Bryan Sullivan

ARML President

ARML Registration 2009

Online registration for ARML will open on April 1st.

• The team registration fee has been increased to $400 per team starting this year. The registration fee for students participating as alternates has increased to $25 starting this year.



• The per-student fee for housing and the competition remains $55 per student.



• If a team has not participated in the past three ARML contests, then the registration fee of $400 is waived for that team. This includes teams that are new to the ARML competition.



• The registration process will be similar to the format used last year. Please visit www.arml.com after registration opens to obtain important documents such as current versions of the Proctor Manual and detailed site specific information.



• You will be able to edit your information up to the registration deadline of May 8, 2009. After registration has closed, you will not be able to make any changes online. Minor adjustments such as room assignments can be made when you check in. Please make every effort to provide an accurate count of rooms that you will need.



• No-Show Fee, Late Registration Fee, and Late Payment Fee.



• Teams requiring fewer rooms than requested on May 8, 2009 (a firm deadline) may be charged a no-show fee of $25 per student.



• If you initiate your registration after the May 8, 2009 deadline has past a late fee of $50 per 15 member team will be charged.



• All payments will be made at the coaches meeting. Payments do not need to be mailed in prior to the contest. Every effort should be made to pay the registration fees at the contest. A late payment fee of $100 per payer will be charged for teams who have not paid by September 30.



• It is necessary to institute the above fees due to the fact that ARML incurs additional expenses when a team shows up requiring fewer rooms than they reserved, initiates registration after the deadline, and/or pays late.


• Upon registering, you will be asked to provide:
  
  
  • the names of your teams,
  
  
  
  • contact information for the head coach and at least one other coach per team,
  
  
  
  • the time and day of arrival and departure,
  
  
  
  • the names of your students, and
  
  
  
  • the roommate pairings for your students and coaches.

Competition Rules

New policies for ARML 2009 are denoted by *

1. A team will consist of 15 members.



2. All team members must have been in the 12th grade or lower during the school year ending in the year the ARML meet takes place.



3. Please see the document titled "Some Mathematical Ideas Used in the Competition" for a complete description of the concepts that are assumed for the ARML competition. Changes have been made in recent years.



4. * Calculators will not be allowed on any part of the ARML contest. Why is ARML not allowing calculators? The problem committee felt that allowing calculators with symbolic algebraic capabilities was making it increasingly difficult to write challenging algebra and geometry questions that students could reasonably approach during the team round. In addition, we worried about disparities between different teams' level of equipment.



5. * There will be five Individual Rounds for a total of ten individual problems. Why did ARML increase the number of Individual Rounds from four to five? The problem committee suggested ten individual questions as a way of balancing two competing interests: the desire for a genuinely challenging contest, in which few students would get perfect scores, and the need to make enough problems approachable that very few (if any) students arriving prepared would get at a score of zero. By adding two questions, we give another chance for students to get at least one question right, while making it slightly less likely that a student would get all questions correct.



6. * In order to keep the proportions of points as they were prior to the addition of the fifth individual round, the scoring structure will be altered as follows.
   
   
   • Individual Rounds: The Individual Rounds consists of five rounds, each with two questions. One point is awarded for each question answered correctly for a total of 10 points possible per person and 150 points possible per team.
   
   
   
   • Team Round: The Team Round consists of ten questions. Each correct answer is awarded five points for a total of fifty possible points per team.
   
   
   
   • Power Round: The Power Round is worth fifty points.
   
   
   
   • Relay Rounds: A correct answer submitted in three minutes will be awarded five points, a correct answer submitted in six minutes will be awarded three points. Thus, there are twenty five points possible per team for Relay 1 and twenty five points possible per team for Relay 2. There was an error in the email that was sent to all coaches on March 27, 2009. This error has been corrected.
   
   
   
7. No substitutions can be made once the Team Round has started. All substitutions must be reported to the Head of the Scoring Room or the Site Chairperson prior to the beginning of the Team Round.



8. If a team arrives at the meet with fewer than 15 members, they can participate as a team. During the Relay Round the team would form as many complete three person teams as possible. If a team is short one member then the two students will receive only questions two and three. If they are short two members then the single member will receive only question three. Should these abbreviated teams have the correct answer they will get credit for it.



9. Should a pre-registered student arrive late for any reason, he/she may join the team on which they are registered during the next official break in the meet. (Between the Team and Power rounds, before the beginning of any Individual round, before the beginning of either Relay round.)



10. The use of “borrowed” students is prohibited. No student can participate on a team he/she is not registered with for housing.



11. No teams can be added to the competition later than 15 days prior to the Friday the meet begins.



12. Use of a dictionary in book form will be allowed for participants whose first language is not English. Electronic dictionaries or translators are not allowed.



13. Use of a visual aid such as a magnifying glass is allowed for participants with a visual handicap. These must be inspected prior to the beginning of the Team round by the Team proctor. If any question arises as to the legitimacy of the device, the Site Chairperson will have the final word.



14. During the Individual round there is to be absolutely no communication between students once the questions are handed out.



15. The rules that were established for the relay round for the 2008 competition will remain in effect. Click here for clarification.



16. During the Relay round only the answer to the question in the student’s possession can be passed on to the next person on the team. The answer may be underlined to show orientation but that is the only mark that can be on the paper. The method of passing of answer(s) should, in no way, indicate anything besides the answer to the question. No comments or any other information may be communicated at any time during the Relay round. In the past, we have found that ARML participants have devised methods to communicate with members of their team. These practices are violations of the rules of the competition. Such practices include, but are not limited to: passing back multiple pieces of paper with the same answer at the same time in an effort to communicate that the participant is very certain of their computation, or a participant audibly crumpling and/or throwing a piece of paper on the floor to communicate to another participant that their submitted answer cannot be used in subsequent problems. Participants may underline answers so that they will be read correctly, to distinguish between a 6 and a 9, for example. In the spirit of fair and honest competition, and so that all individual teams are competing on the same playing field, we hope that all participants will abide by the rules as they were originally intended. Relay teams that are found to be communicating more than the answer to the problem will possibly face disqualification. Specific penalties will be decided by the ARML officials.



17. Once seated, Relay groups will remain unchanged until the end of regular competition.



18. Teams can ONLY submit exactly one solution to the Power Question. If additional solutions are submitted, then all solutions will be corrected and the team will be assessed the lowest score obtained.



19. Cell phones are not allowed in the Team or Power Question rounds. If a cell phone is discovered in the room then the team will be disqualified from that round. Proctors will collect cell phones before the Team/Power Rounds and will return them at the end of the Power Round. Also, all cell phones must be in the off mode during all competition and award events.



20. Students are expected to obey the above rules. They are also expected to respect the property of the University, ARML, and their respective teams. Failure to comply can lead to deletion of those students’ scores for the round or disqualification of those involved for the entire competition. If deemed serious enough by the Site Chairperson, Coach, and/or Head Judge, a student may be removed from the premises by a coach, parent, or guardian.

Relay Round Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS TO BE READ [VERBATIM!] TO THE STUDENTS WHEN READY FOR THE FIRST RELAY (right after giving each "third person" their special answer slips)

1. Each team has been broken down into groups of 3. Each of the 3 people will receive a different problem. When the first person solves his (or her) problem, he writes the answer on a small piece of paper and passes it back/to the right. The second person needs that number to solve his problem (the number is referred to as "the number you will receive," or TNYWR). When the second person gets an answer, he passes that number back/to the right. When the third person gets his answer, he writes it on an official answer slip, and that slip will get handed in.



2. AT THIS TIME, THE THIRD PERSON OF EACH GROUP SHOULD TAKE ALL THE OFFICIAL SLIPS AND FILL IN THE COMPLETE TEAM INFORMATION ON EACH. [Allow time for this.]



3. Now some more information for everyone. The second and third people can usually do most of their work before getting a number from the person ahead of them. Nothing may be passed except a number-- NO COMMENTS, NO OTHER INFORMATION. You should double underline the answer you pass in case it accidentally gets turned upside down and looks like a different number. You may continue to pass answers, even if they are the same as before. NOTHING MAY BE PASSED FORWARD/TO THE LEFT IF YOU RECEIVE AN ANSWER THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO USE, JUST WAIT AND HOPE THAT A DIFFERENT ANSWER WILL GET PASSED TO YOU!



4. The third person may hand in an answer only at the 3 minute mark and at the 6 minute mark. If the answer handed in at 3 minutes is correct, and no answer is handed in later, it gets maximum points. If any answer is handed in at 6 minutes, the previous answer is discarded by the proctor (even if the number is the same as before!), and you can only get the lower number of points, provided the answer is correct. OBVIOUSLY, THE THIRD PERSON SHOULD NOT HAND IN THE SAME ANSWER A SECOND TIME! I will announce a 15 second warning before the 3 minute and 6 minute time limits. If you are handing in an answer then, put it on the appropriate answer slip, hold that slip up, and the proctor will collect it.



5. During the Relay round, only the answer to the question in the student's possession can be passed on to the next person on the team. This answer may be underlined to show orientation but that is the only mark that can be on the paper.



6. The method of passing of answer(s) should, in no way, indicate anything besides the answer to the question. No comments or any other information may be communicated at any time during the relay round. In the past, we have found that ARML participants have devised methods to communicate with members of their team. These practices are violations of the rules of the competition. Such practices include, but are not limited to: passing back multiple pieces of paper with the same answer at the same time in an effort to communicate that the participant is very certain of their computation, or a participant audibly crumpling and/or throwing a piece of paper on the floor to communicate to another participant that their submitted answer cannot be used in subsequent problems. Participants may underline answers so that they will be read correctly, to distinguish between a 6 and a 9, for example. In the spirit of fair and honest competition, and so that all individual teams are competing on the same playing field, we hope that all participants will abide by the rules as they were originally intended. Relay teams that are found to be communicating more than the answer to the problem will possibly face disqualification. Specific penalties will be decided by the ARML officials.



7. Now for the PROCTORS: Proctors should verify the proper time on each official answer slip that gets handed in (either 3 minutes or 6 minutes). If more than one answer sheet is turned in, please send both answer sheets. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?



8. We will now give out the first set of questions. Proctors should look at each slip to check that it has the proper number, then put it on the student's desk face down. AFTER EACH RELAY: I will now read the answers to each question. The answer to the first question is __. If you got that answer please raise your hand. The answer to the second question is __. If you got that answer, please raise your hand. The final answer, and the only one that gets any credit, is __. How many got that answer?

Procedure for Scoring Team, Individual, and Relay Rounds at ARML

It is very important to concentrate so that NO ERRORS are made during the scoring process. We have instituted a process that is designed to ELIMINATE errors from taking place. It is your responsibility to maintain a high level of concentration and to follow these simple steps in order to achieve near PERFECTION in our scoring. We have found that errors usually occur when these steps are not strictly followed.

Individual Rounds

1st Reader:

• Reads the answers



• Does not mark the paper indicating whether right or wrong.



• Turn paper over, and then records the score (1 for correct, 0 for incorrect) making sure that the scores correspond to the number of the problem by aligning the scores vertically with the lower numbered problem being written above the higher numbered problem.

2nd Reader:

• Reads the answers



• Indicates whether it is correct or incorrect being careful not to obstruct the original answer provided by the student.



• Turn paper over, and then decide whether Reader 1 is correct or incorrect in their assessment.



• If Reader 1 and Reader 2 agree, then Reader 2 will circle the points assigned by Reader 1. If Reader 1 and Reader 2 disagree, it is their job to discuss and make the proper assessment.

Team Round

1st Reader:

• Reads the answers



• Does not mark the paper indicating whether right or wrong.



• Turn paper over, and then records the total number of correct responses.

2nd Reader:

• Reads the answers



• Indicates whether it is correct or incorrect being careful not to obstruct the original answer provided by the student(s).



• Turn paper over, and then decide whether Reader 1 is correct or incorrect in their assessment.



• When the 2nd Reader turns the paper over and agrees with the number correct, he/she circles the number correct and multiples it by 4 and records the total. If Reader 2 disagrees with the assessment of Reader 1, it is their job to discuss and make the proper assessment.

Relay Rounds

1st Reader:

• Reads the answers



• Does not mark the paper indicating whether right or wrong.



• Turn paper over, and then records the score for that paper.

2nd Reader:

• Checks the answer.



• If the answer is incorrect the score that is recorded should have been recorded is zero.



• If correct, checks the timeframe.



• If three minutes is circled, then the score that is recorded is a 4.



• If six minutes is circled, then the score that is recorded is 2.



• Reader 2 then turns the paper over and verifies the assessment of Reader 1.
If Reader 2 disagrees with Reader 1, it is their job to discuss and make the proper assessment.

Conclusion of Team and Individual Rounds

Once all of the Team Rounds and Individual Rounds have been corrected, they will made available for the coaches to verify. Under no circumstances, will the papers be removed from the location where the papers have been placed. Any discrepancies should be immediately brought to the attention of the Head Grader. No challenges for the team and individual rounds will be accepted once the relay rounds have begun.

Conclusion of Relay Rounds and Power Round Score Announcement

After the relay rounds have been corrected, the papers will be made available to the coaches at the same location as before. The score for power round is also provided during this time. Coaches will have one half hour to verify the scores of the relay rounds. At the conclusion the half hour, all results will become final.

Teams That Must Compete In Division A in 2009

If a team's name appears on any of the lists below (2006, 2007, 2008), then that team must compete in Division A during the ARML 2009 competition.

2006 ARML COMPETITION

The top four teams from Division B in 2006 must compete in Division A in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

• 148 points Colorado
• 123 points Western Mass A
• 121 points Chicago Blue
• 119 points (tie) Montgomery B
• 119 points (tie) Ohio A

Any team scoring better than the fourth place team in Division B (119 points) during the 2006 competition must compete in Division A in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

• 186 points North Carolina A
• 184 points Montgomery A
• 177 points Lehigh Valley Fire
• 177 points Texas Gold
• 173 points Chicago A
• 169 points San Francisco Bay Area A
• 167 points Phillips Exeter Red
• 166 points Georgia A
• 165 points Tj A
• 163 points Mass A
• 161 points Washington Gold
• 160 points New York City A
• 158 points Aast Mu A
• 156 points Southern California A
• 154 points Alabama
• 154 points Upstate New York A
• 150 points Indiana Gold
• 147 points Minnesota Gold
• 144 points Georgia B
• 143 points Chicago Red
• 134 points Florida A
• 134 points Missouri Red
• 134 points New York City N
• 133 points Texas Silver
• 132 points Wisconsin Red
• 126 points New York City Y

2007 ARML COMPETITION

The top four teams from Division B in 2007 must compete in Division A in 2008, 2009, and 2010.

• 116 points South Carolina Doom
• 115 points Massachusetts 1E
• 113 points San Diego A
• 112 points (tie) North Carolina B
• 112 points (tie) Southern California B

Any team scoring better than the fourth place team in Division B (112 points) during the 2007 competition must compete in Division A in 2008, 2009, and 2010.

• 171 points Phillips Exeter Red
• 169 points Lehigh Valley Fire
• 163 points New York City A
• 162 points North Carolina A
• 161 points Georgia A
• 160 points Texas Gold
• 159 points Chicago A
• 157 points TJA
• 156 points Montgomery A
• 155 points Michigan Reals
• 149 points Alabama
• 148 points Upstate New York A
• 145 points Florida Alpha
• 145 points Eastern Massachusetts A
• 143 points AAST Mu A
• 143 points Southern California A
• 143 points Washington Gold
• 140 points Indiana Gold
• 137 points Colorado Granite
• 137 points San Francisco Bay Area (A)
• 129 points Chicago Red
• 128 points Minnesota Gold
• 127 points New York City N
• 122 points Iowa Power
• 118 points Ohio Progressives

2008 ARML COMPETITION

The top six teams from Division B in 2008 must compete in Division A in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

• 122 points Vermont All Stars
• 115 points AAST Mu B
• 114 pointsSan Francisco Bay Area B
• 109 points Chesapeake
• 108 points Oregon
• 106 points Connecticut

Any team scoring better than the sixth place team in Division B (106 points) during the 2008 competition must compete in Division A in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

• 170 points New York City A
• 168 points Phillips Exeter Red
• 162 points North Carolina A
• 161 points San Francisco Bay Area A
• 160 points Southern California A
• 157 points Massachusetts A
• 154 points Georgia A
• 154 points Chicago A
• 151 points Montgomery A
• 149 points Texas Gold
• 148 points Lehigh Valley Fire
• 145 points San Diego Surf
• 144 points Michigan Reals
• 140 points Minnesota Gold
• 139 points Washington Gold
• 137 points AAST Mu A
• 136 points Colorado Granite
• 136 points Florida A
• 135 points Upstate New York A
• 134 points Indiana Gold
• 131 points Thomas Jefferson A
• 129 points Ohio Know Nothings
• 126 points Southern California B
• 126 points New York City N
• 123 points Iowa Power
• 122 points Massachusetts E
• 117 points Montgomery B
• 116 points Georgia B
• 115 points Chicago B
• 115 points Alabama A
• 112 points Missouri Red
• 112 points South Carolina Doom
• 111 points Ontario West A
• 108 points Western Mass A
• 108 points Texas Silver
• 107 points New York City Y

ARML 2009 General Information for All Sites

Housing

ONSITE HOUSING REGISTRATION: Please go to the registration building upon arrival. See the "Site Specific Information" link for the location. At the registration desk you will be given room keys, programs, maps, room and proctoring assignments for the competition, as well as other information pertinent to the weekend's activities. During the registration process we ask that you instruct your students to remain outside the registration building to alleviate congestion. The building will be open and staffed as needed on Thursday, May 28, and most of the day and evening on Friday, May 29.

LOST KEYS: Dorm room keys must be returned to housing at the end of the competition. A receipt will be given for the number of keys turned in. For each key that is missing, the ARML organization is charged up to $40 by the colleges. ARML will in turn bill the individual team after the competition is over.

HOUSING & MEALS: On Friday night, all participants (students and adults, even those who live in the same town as the competition) must be housed in dormitories on the Penn State, University of Iowa, UNLV and University of Georgia campuses. They are all within walking distance of all the weekend's activities. The cost per person will be $55 (including students and chaperones). Housing on Friday night and both breakfast and lunch on Saturday are included in the cost. Only 2 single rooms per team will be reserved for coaches at a cost of $55. Please see the "Site Specific Information" for information regarding the costs associated with arriving a day early or leaving the day after the competition.

DORMITORY SUPERVISION: Coaches are responsible for supervising their students' behavior at ARML. The doors to the dormitories will be locked at 11:00 p.m., and each team is expected to impose a midnight lights-out for their students on Friday night. The universities will provide guards to supervise the dorms, and, should any trouble arise, the appropriate coaches will be informed immediately, even if it means waking them up. ARML reserves the right to expel any students who engage in illegal activities or who are blatantly disrespectful of others or of others' property. In addition, coaches should understand that any damage to, or loss of, university property will be billed to the team of the student responsible for the damage, or, if no student takes responsibility, to the team in whose area the damage or loss occurs.

DISCIPLINE: If, at any time during the competition, a proctor notices a student behaving inappropriately, the proctor should contact the moderator of the competition, who may have the student removed. The student may be removed either temporarily or permanently from the competition, and that student's team may be assessed a penalty.

CONSENT FORMS: Please make sure that you procure signed parental consent and medical release forms from all students who are participating in ARML. A sample is provided on this website.

Team Registration

COACHES' MEETING: The time of the meeting is 8:00pm at Penn State, Iowa, and Georgia. At UNLV, the meeting is at 3:00pm. The location of the meeting will be available upon check-in at the sites. Each team, or set of teams, is expected to send exactly ONE coach to the meeting so that other coaches will be free to provide adequate supervision of the students. Please bring the following to the Coaches' Meeting:

• ARML Scoresheets. You will need to fill these out at the meeting on three-ply carbon paper (provided at the meeting)



• Your completed "Proctors & Alternates Sheet" (instructions under Proctors & under Alternates)



• Payment for your team's fees.



• If you have any items to be placed on the agenda for the Coaches' Meetings, please contact J. Bryan Sullivan, the ARML President at his email jbsully@verizon.net or voice: (978) 422-6675

SCORE SHEETS: Your team will be given the "ARML Scoresheet" at the Coaches’ Meeting. This is a tri-copy document that we use to distribute the individual results at the end of the contest. We have provided a copy, for your convenience, of this document that can be downloaded. Please list ALPHABETICALLY the 15 students on each team, one team per sheet. This form will be collected at the Coaches' Meeting on Friday. Bring these sheets to the Coaches' Meeting as well.

INCOMPLETE TEAMS: If you arrive with a team that has fewer than 15 members, you must enter that incomplete team if you wish to compete for team recognition. If you wish to augment your team with students from other teams, your team will then be considered an alternate team, rendering it ineligible for team awards.

ALTERNATES: ARML will create teams of alternates so that everyone who makes the trip will get to participate. Please submit with your team registration fees an extra $25 for each alternate that you plan to bring. If you bring alternates not accounted for in your prepaid registration fees, please be prepared to pay $25 for each of them when you arrive at ARML. Please have all of your alternates listed on the "Proctors & Alternates Sheet" to be turned in at the Coaches' Meeting on Friday. Alternate team members are eligible for individual awards.

A OR B DIVISION: Each student and each team at ARML will work on the same questions, and each will have the same time allocated to solve each question. However, in order to afford more teams the opportunity to win awards, teams may enter in either Division A or Division B, subject to the following provisions: any team may enter in Division A, and certain teams must enter in Division A. Please see the document on the website that lists these teams.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Students and coaches will be asked to provide contact information on a Scantron form prior or during the competition. All coaches and students are eligible for prizes that will be mailed after the competition concludes. These prize winners will be contacted via the information provided on this form. If this contact information is not provided, then that student or coach will forfeit any award that would require contact after the competition concludes. A student or coach may opt-out on the Scantron form of any recruiting opportunities or solicitations that may result from providing this information to ARML.

Proctoring and Scoring

PROCTORING AND SCORING REQUIREMENTS: Each 15 member team must provide at least two adults. One adult will be assigned to proctor another team during the Team, Power, Individual, Relay, and Super Relay rounds. This proctor may also be called upon to proctor the tiebreaker rounds. The other adult will be assigned to the scoring room. It is helpful, though not absolutely required, if this person is mathematically inclined as he/she will be reading submitted answers which utilize mathematical notation.

POWER ROUND GRADERS: A general appeal is made to all teams to provide a person who can grade the Power round. This person should be familiar with proof oriented questions and solutions. If your team is traveling with such a person, please make yourselves known to the Site Coordinator in the days leading up to the contest and no later than the Coaches meeting.

PROCTOR REGISTRATION: On your "Proctors & Alternates Sheet", please note the names of your proctors and designate who is to be proctoring on the competition floor and who is to be in the Scoring Room. This sheet is to be turned in at the Coaches' Meeting on Friday. If you are bringing alternates, make sure that you have a proctor for every 8 alternates or any fraction thereof. YOU MUST CONSIDER PROVIDING PROCTORS TO BE ONE OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN FORMING YOUR TEAM. While providing two proctors is required, everyone who comes to ARML will have a job: chaperones are expected to help proctor or score as needed. In order to facilitate the management of the contest, please download the proctors manual and the instructions for the Relays, and make sure that your competition-floor proctors read these sheets before the meet. Proctors for the Team Round and Power Question are required to bring a digital watch to facilitate accurate timing of those rounds.

RELAY ROUND: The rules that were established for the relay round for the 2008 competition will remain in effect. Click here for clarification.

SCORING PROCEDURES: There is a very specific, step-by-step procedure in place for scoring the contest. This procedure has been developed to eliminate any scoring errors. Working together and following this procedure exactly has been very successful in the past. Those who will be assigned to the scoring room will be required to follow this procedure. Click here to review the procedure.

INDIVIDUAL ROUND TIE-BREAKER: The top individual scorers, along with the entire audience, participate in the Tie-Breaker Round to determine the top ten individual scorers. We ask that all proctors who have a stopwatch make themselves available at this time. Instructions will be provided by moderator.

Team Names

This is a New Policy for ARML 2009

To make the scoring process friendlier to participants, coaches, parents and ARML officials for the 2009 ARML competition, we are requiring all coaches to apply the following conventions when naming their teams:

• Division A teams will use the code A1, A2, A3, etc to indicate the strength of their teams with A1 being the strongest team and subsequent teams decreasing in strength.



• Division B teams will use the code B1, B2, B3, etc to indicate the strength of their teams with B1 being the strongest team and subsequent teams decreasing in strength.



• Example: Let us say that Wyoming has 7 teams, four are in Division A and three are in Division B.
  
  
  • The four Division A teams will be named as follows:
  • Wyoming A1: Red Sox
  • Wyoming A2: White Sox
  • Wyoming A3: Mariners
  • Wyoming A4: Yankees
  
  
  • The three Division B teams will be named as follows:
  • Wyoming B1: Braves
  • Wyoming B2: Phillies
  • Wyoming B3: Mets

Please consult the link on this website called "Teams that must compete in Division A" in order to properly place your teams in each division.

Awards

New policies for ARML 2009 are denoted by *

* NATIONAL AWARDS: Nine teams in Division A and seven teams in Division B will receive national awards. The seven highest scoring teams in Division B teams will move to Division A for the next three years. Any team in Division A that has a equal or higher score than the seventh place team in Division B will remain in Division A for the next three years.

* SITE AWARD: If a site has no national award winner in a division, then a site award will be given at that site in that division. Here is an example. If none of the seven highest scoring teams in Division A are at Penn State, then Penn State will award the highest scoring team competing at Penn State the site award for Division A. This is independent of the results in Division B.

TIEBREAKING RULE: The tiebreaking rule for teams receiving prizes (top nine teams in Division A and the top seven teams in B that tie) is as follows

• Tiebreaker #1 is the sum of the Team Round and Power Question.



• Tiebreaker #2 is the sum of the individual scores.

AWARDS ASSEMBLY: The Awards Assembly will begin soon after the Tie-Breakers and will probably be finished by 4:30 pm, EST. All teams should plan on staying for the entire assembly to honor the team and individual winners. Individual awards will be given to the top scorers in the meet and also to the high scorers on each team.

DOUGLAS CAMERON BAKER MEMORIAL AWARD: Through the generosity of family and friends of Douglas Cameron Baker, a former ARML participant who passed away in 2006, an award in his name has been established. Information for the criteria and method of applying will be posted soon. Applications are available on this website.

The Official Scorer

This Policy Has Been Clarified for ARML 2009

The Official Scorer will be in charge of ensuring that the proper teams are in Division A according to the rules. Click here for clarification. If an adjustment is necessary after the competition has begun, this change will take place immediately.

If a team is found to be in noncompliance with any of the ARML rules, the results will be corrected by the Official Scorer. For example, suppose that Wyoming has four teams competing at ARML; two teams in Division A and two teams in Division B. If one or more of Wyoming's teams in Division B scores higher than any of Wyoming's teams competing in Division A, then that team will immediately be moved to Division A and only be eligible for Division A awards.

The Official Scorer can make these correction before, during, or after the competition has concluded. After a final review by the Official Scorer, the results will be certified as official.

Miscellaneous Policies

ARML-NYSML BOOK AND ARML T-SHIRTS: ARML souvenirs will be on sale at all three ARML sites. If you wish to procure any of the problem books before the meet, please contact J. Bryan Sullivan, the ARML President (17 Woodside Drive, Sterling MA 01564; phone 978-422-6675; e-mail: jbsully@verizon.net).

SALE OF NON-ARML ITEMS Though ARML is clearly an excellent venue for coaches and students alike to share ideas, make contacts, and collaborate, the sale of non-ARML materials will not be allowed until after lunch on the Saturday of the competition.

Site Specific Information for Georgia

ARRIVAL: The housing and registration area is at Oglethorpe House. When you arrive at the University, follow the campus signs, in addition, there are map(s) on the website (http://www.camplan.uga.edu/gis_campusmaps.html) that show the locations of the dormitories and registration building, Oglethorpe House. A printed map of the dormitory area will be given to the coaches at registration.

FLYING TO GEORGIA? Any team that is flying to the University of Georgia, the cost of transportation from Atlanta’s Hartfields / Jackson Airport is $30 one way per person with AAA Airport Express (404) 767-200 or (800) 354-7874.

ROOM COSTS: Only two single rooms per team will be reserved for coaches at a cost of $55. This includes breakfast and lunch on Saturday. There are additional charges for additional single rooms and staying extra nights. Please see the "Georgia Invoice" for these extra costs.

FRIDAY:On Friday evening, there will be one official event, the Coaches' Meeting, which will start at 8:00pm in the an Oglethorpe Hall lounge to be annouced on site. There will be no competition on Friday. There are also recreational activities available, either for free or a nominal fee. Students will have snacks and soft drinks in the Pglethorpe Hall Front Lobby. Breakfast and Lunch on Saturday will be in the Oglryhotpe Dining facility.

SATURDAY: On Saturday, the competition will begin with the Team Round, after which there will be a five-minute break, and then the Power Question will commence. After its completion, all the teams will report to the Georgia Center Ballroom in the Georgia Center. Proctors are to return the solutions to the front stage. The Individual Rounds will begin when all teams are seated. When they are finished, there will be a lunch break, and then teams will reassemble for the Relay Rounds followed by the Tiebreakers and the Awards Assembly.

Should it be necessary to contact someone during ARML, here are the emergency phone numbers to use:

Site Specific Information for Iowa

ARRIVAL: When teams arrive, they should proceed to Burge Hall, where registration will take place. One coach registers for all students.

HOUSING: Students will be housed at Burge Hall.

FRIDAY: There will be two official events, the Coaches' Meeting, which will start at 8:00 pm, and a mathematical talk for students and coaches. Details will be provided upon arrival.

SATURDAY: The competition will begin with the Team Round, after which there will be a five-minute break, and then the Power Question will commence. After its completion, all the teams will gather for the Individual questions. When they are finished, there will be a lunch break, and then teams will reassemble for the Relay Rounds. The Tiebreakers and the Awards Assembly will follow.

COACHES' MEETING: Every team must have a representative at the Coaches’ Meeting.

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES: There will also be recreational activities available, either for free or for a nominal fee. There will be a room set aside in Burge Hall for students to have soft drinks and some snacks.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Should it be necessary to contact someone during ARML, here are the emergency phone numbers to use:

SINGLE/DOUBLE/TRIPLE OCCUPANCY: The $55 per person charge assumes a double or triple occupancy room with a Friday night stay. Two single rooms per team will be reserved for coaches for no additional charge. For any additional requested single rooms, teams will be charged $55 plus an additional $11 per room for a total of $66. Teams will not be charged for additional single rooms that arise due to an odd number of students or coaches of the same gender.

PLANNING TO STAY THURSDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT? If your team plans to stay Thursday and/or Saturday nights, you will be charged for all rooms at these rates:

DEADLINE: The deadline for reserving rooms is May 8, 2009. Exact numbers of males and females must be provided to University Housing at this time. There can be no changes to the number and type of rooms requested and reserved after this date. All no shows will be charged at the above rates.

Site Specific Information for UNLV

If your team is flying to UNLV, a taxi is probably the easiest way to get to campus. The approximate costs are listed in the table below. When you arrive at UNLV, you should proceed to Tonopah Hall (#20 on the campus map: http://maps.unlv.edu/PDF/main-building-color-name.pdf) located at 1130 University Road, where your team will be assigned to a dorm.

The $55 per person charge assumes a double occupancy room with a Friday night stay. Two single rooms per team will be reserved for coaches for Friday night for no additional charge. For any additional requested single rooms, teams will be charged $55 plus an additional $20 per room for a total of $75. Teams will not be charged for additional single rooms that arise due to an odd number of students or coaches of the same gender. For teams who wish to stay at UNLV either Thursday or Saturday night (or both), teams will be charged for all rooms at the rate UNLV charges ARML: $25 per double bed per night and $45 per single bed per night.

On Friday afternoon, a meeting for new coaches will begin at 3:00, with the full coaches meeting starting at 3:30. A meeting for proctors will take place at 4:00, and the competition will begin at 6:00. Teams will do the Team Round and the Power Question on Friday evening, with a speaker in the Student Union afterwards. On Saturday, the competition will begin in the ballroom on the 2nd floor of the Student Union (#31 on the campus map) at 9:00am with the individual questions, relay rounds, and tiebreakers in the morning, and the Super Relay and awards ceremony following lunch.

Should it be necessary to contact someone during the ARML competition, emergency phone numbers are:

Site Specific Information for Penn State

ARRIVAL: When you arrive at the University, follow the campus signs, in addition, there are map(s) on the website (http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/print/) that show the locations of the dormitories and registration building, Findlay Commons.

HOUSING: We will follow the same registration procedure as we have used in the past. A printed map of the dormitory area will be given to the coaches at registration. Only two single rooms per team will be reserved for coaches at a cost of $55. This includes breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Teams will be charged for additional single rooms. Please see the "Penn State Invoice" for the cost of additional single rooms as well as the costs associated with staying extra nights.

FLYING TO PENN STATE? If your team will be flying to Penn State and you would like to secure a bus from the airport to the university, please contact John Farris (jlf30@outreach.psu.edu) with the exact date of arrival and Airline/flight numbers.

FRIDAY: On Friday evening, there will be two official events, the Coaches' Meeting, which will start at 8:00 pm, and a speaker for the students. Information will be forthcoming regarding the speaker. There will be no competition on Friday. There are also recreational activities available, either for free, or a nominal fee. The indoor pool will be opened from 6 to 8 pm. There will be a room set aside for students to have snacks and soft drinks.

SATURDAY: On Saturday, the competition will begin with the Team Round followed by a five-minute break and then the Power Round. All the teams will then report to the Bryce Jordan Center. Proctors will return the solutions to the stage at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Individual Rounds will begin when all teams are seated. After the Individual Rounds, there will be a lunch break. After lunch the teams will reassemble at Bryce Jordan for the Relay Rounds and the Individual Tie-Breaker followed by the Awards Assembly.

SONG CONTEST: The “Song Contest” will take place on Friday night at 9:35 pm. Details will be provided upon arrival.

TOWELS, SOAP, PILLOW, BLANKET, ETC. Remember to bring your own towels, soap, PILLOW, and BLANKET, as the University does not provide any of these items.

LUNCH ON SATURDAY: Lunch will be served in the East Halls. The distance between Bryce Jordan and the East Halls is significant. This year, we will be providing a bus for those would be unable to walk this distance (and back again!) in the time allotted for lunch. Please contact Michael Curry at mcurry@arml.com if you would like to take advantage of the bus.

CONTACT INFO: Should it be necessary to contact someone during ARML, here are the emergency phone numbers to use: