# be a NASPA member in good standing
# be [[director certification|certified]] as a [[tournament director]] or [[tournament coordinator]]
# contact the [[Tournament Committee]] at [mailto:naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com] to request that your event be sanctioned and added to the [[calendar]], in advance of the deadlines listed below. The [[Media:Tournament_Listing_Information.pdf|tournament listing form]] may be used to gather information about your tournament for sanctioning.
# ensure that a certified [[tournament director]] will be present throughout your event.
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| Frequency/ Geographic Restrictions
| Multi-day ''Multiday tournaments: '' no other multi-day multiday event occurring within two weekends and 200 miles of your proposed tournament; no other one-day event on the same day as one of your tournament days.<br> ''One-day tournaments: '' No other tournament on same day within 200 miles.<br> ''Tours/cruises '' with similar itinerary need 90 day separation.<br> ''Exception: if '' If the organizers of conflicting tournaments mutually agree, NASPA will sanction both.
| Must be sponsored by a NASPA-sanctioned club. No more than one event per club, per month.
| Multi-day Multiday tournaments: no other multi-day multiday event occurring within two weekends and 200 miles of your proposed tournament; no other one-day event on the same day as one of your tournament days.<br>One-day tournaments: No other tournament on same day within 200 miles.<br>Tours/cruises with similar itinerary need 90 day separation.<br>Exception: if If the organizers of conflicting tournaments mutually agree, NASPA will sanction both.
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== Sanctioning Tournaments ==
NASPA maintains its [{{SERVER}}/tourneys/calendar.html calendar] of
sanctioned tournaments as an information resource for its members. You may use the [[Media:Tournament_Listing_Information.pdf|Tournament Listing Form]] to gather information about your tournament for sanctioning. Registered directors must apply to the [[Tournament Committee]] to add all rated tournaments to the calendar by emailing the committee mailing list
[mailto:naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com].
The tournament and director running the tournament must satisfy the following conditions for ORT and TCC events:
* Multi-day Multiday Tournament: No other multi-day multiday SCRABBLE game tournaments occurring within two weekends and 200 miles of your proposed [[Tournament venue|tournament]]. No other one-day tournament on the same day within 200 miles of your proposed [[Tournament venue|tournament]] (tours/cruises with similar itineraries need 90-day separation).
* One-day Tournament: No other tournament on same day within 200 miles.
* Exception: if the organizers of conflicting tournaments are agreeable, NASPA will sanction both.