Bible Bee Chat Room

Lol! xD

Where do you register for webinars now??

Never mind, I found it.

Can you post the updates on here during it/afterwards? We have a friend over so I can't listen.

Sure! Oh, have fun! :D

Where do you register for webinars now??

How do you???

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4153413238854382594

There is a button on biblebee.org that says "Signup for live webinar" just below the picture of the nationals hotel.

EDIT: Or go to the link Everett posted to get on to the webinar that's going on right now.

Ohkays thanks y'alls

• There definitely will be alternates.
• Registration is Tuesday 1-4 but they will do something like a late registration.
• He wants to play in the Family Fun Room, but is afraid he'll have to act like the adult. xP xD
• David Barton is going to be a speaker (!!!!!!!)
• There will be additional information on card corrections
• Not sure I really understood this part…something about they would buy a room Tuesday for people who had a problem with the date change and give preference to people who had to test early…
• More information on Nats coming soon (ie, dress code, local restaurants/attractions)
• Send mistakes you find in cards to the "contest" email address (If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll email it to you, but I don't really just want to post it xP) Cards are still the final authority so send your corrections to them and they'll get out the corrections as soon as possible.
• They need as many people as possible to register or say they aren't coming as soon as possible, even today.
• In the future they won't use paper for the test in the future. They are doing computers at nats. 0.o :P They will provide a contestant code during the test. He hates scantrons and if you bring one just to annoy him, he'll "laugh and laugh". xP
• Please pray for opening ceremony, speakers David Barton and Dr. Farris, the HQ Team, for curriculum team as they move forward and work on next years' stuff. They want to take a weeks worth of this year's material and rework it and show it to us so we'll know what it will look like next year.
• You don't have to pay extra to go to the waterpark
• As soon as someone says "no" the next alternate will be notified
• They're going to try to answer other questions next week so they give out the right info.

Thanks! We missed it… :p

Welcome! Aw. :-/ He said he was recording it and hoped they would get it posted, so if you really want to hear it, you still might be able to. xD They said before that the only reason they hadn't posted all the webinars was because they'd lose internet connection all the time and when ever that happened, their recorder would turn off. So sometimes they'd only have 5 minutes of audio for an hour long webinar. :-/

Thanks, Emily! I still don't know if I'm going as a volunteer or not, but I really want to!!!!

I really, really hope you do!

Has anyone found any errors in the national senior passages?

Yeah, 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 was missing from the cards, and a few verses were missing from the beginning of Acts 17:19-31. I don't know of any others as of yet.

In the corrected cards on the family control panel, there's a corrected card for the KJV Isaiah 40:3-5, but I can't see any difference between the corrected card and the original, does anyone know what the deal is with that?

I don't see any differences either, but if you look at the early release card, it now says "corrected" in the top right corner. Also you may want to note that the change was in ESV (at least i didn't see any KJV). On the other hand, I don't know why the "void" card on the card corrections download is actually just another corrected one. Hopefully that is helpful!

Much to my surprise and delight, I find I am accepted into the beloved! And by that I mean nationals!

That's so awesome, Noah! I'm really glad to hear that! Happy studying!!

Yahoo! I just knew you'd be their first pick! ;D Happy studying and looking forward to seeing you!

Thanks guys! I look forward to seeing you too!

Whoot whoot! :D Congrats! See you in TX!

Congratulations Noah!

Yay! See you in Texas! :D

Yahoo! I just knew you'd be their first pick! ;D Happy studying and looking forward to seeing you!

Prophecy, that's like a manifestation of the spirit right there. :D jk

Great, DP!

We just registered!!!!! :) Now should we just close the page? (because we don't see a place to log out on the registration page.)

Congratulations, Noah. :)

* There definitely will be alternates. * Registration is Tuesday 1-4 but they will do something like a late registration. * He wants to play in the Family Fun Room, but is afraid he'll have to act like the adult. xP xD * David Barton is going to be a speaker (!!!!!!!) * There will be additional information on card corrections * Not sure I really understood this part...something about they would buy a room Tuesday for people who had a problem with the date change and give preference to people who had to test early... * More information on Nats coming soon (ie, dress code, local restaurants/attractions) * Send mistakes you find in cards to the "contest" email address (If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll email it to you, but I don't really just want to post it xP) Cards are still the final authority so send your corrections to them and they'll get out the corrections as soon as possible. * *They need as many people as possible to register or say they aren't coming as soon as possible, even today.* * In the future they won't use paper for the test in the future. They are doing computers at nats. 0.o :P They will provide a contestant code during the test. He hates scantrons and if you bring one just to annoy him, he'll "laugh and laugh". xP * Please pray for opening ceremony, speakers David Barton and Dr. Farris, the HQ Team, for curriculum team as they move forward and work on next years' stuff. They want to take a weeks worth of this year's material and rework it and show it to us so we'll know what it will look like next year. * You don't have to pay extra to go to the waterpark * As soon as someone says "no" the next alternate will be notified * They're going to try to answer other questions next week so they give out the right info.

THANK YOU, EMILY!!!!! e-hugs you

And, while I'm on here:
CONGRATULATIONS, NOAH!!!!!
I'll look forward to meeting you. :)

Hey, congratulations to you! :D

And great job Noah! Can't wait to see you again xP

Evie, I'm glad it was helpful! :D

This is from today, in case anyone couldn't make it:

• Verse cards are the official authority. The corrected cards are on the webpage. No further corrections will be made on the cards.
• Families can have up to 4 adults total in the oral room at nationals, non of which can be competing at nationals. The only children in the oral room will be the competitors.
• Competitors can volunteer for non-contest roles (ie. Family Fun Room, greeters, nursery, facility team, registration)
• Registration deadline for alternates is the 4th (?) ^the audio is breaking up a bit…I'm not really sure what he said^
• Today is the last day for the original qualifiers to register
• Right now they have contacted 27 alternates from the three divisions combined
• 15 families haven't registered yet
• Nats test will cover the locals and nats material combined (as normal)
• Nats test will be online, similar to locals, and it will be 1 hour long. They aren't giving any more details.
• The questions for the local test were weighted, and so that's why it was such a weird number of total points.
• Orals will be in judge rooms, not with dividers and lots of noise like some previous years.
• Orals will be called reverses order (Z-A) ^he's a U and has compassion on those later-in-the-alphabet-last-namers too :P^
• To recover a reference, you need to fix it before finishing the whole reference (ie. he said you could say "John 1:2-… John 1:1-5" and still get credit, but if you said "John 1:2-5…John 1:1-5" you would get dinged.)
• You DO need to recite chapter and verse for the Psalm passages. You just need to repeat back what the judge asks you
• They are still determining how many questions will be on the Primary test, but the Juniors will have 200 questions
• The BB webpage won't show contestants on the website this year.
• There will be meeting rooms the Memverse/ST/Quizlet meet-up groups can use
• They might do another, more detailed survey. If you didn't do the other survey, you can ask them to send it to you
• If you can't register during their registration time, call the customer service and they'll evaluate case-by-case
• There is no resort fee if you register through Bible Bee, you already have the waterpark and wifi, (but they're not covering alcoholic drinks. ;P)
• The pool is chlorinated at the hotel. He says he hasn't been in it so he doesn't know if it's toxic or not. xP But he says it's outside so it's probably not as bad, and if you stay well hydrated you won't absorb so much chlorine. xP He says he's not too much of a health-freak, as he still eats oreos.
• They are working through the details on live-streaming for nats.
• If your question from last week wasn't answered, they are still working on getting an answer
• The webinars will be recorded and posted on your dashboard. They're also making written notes that you can download.
• They will be sending out the names of the curriculum team, things just have been crazy and they haven't been able to send that out yet
• Please keep praying for the curriculum for 2016, they're already working on it
• Additional info about SoundCloud/Scripture to Music Contest is coming up
• If you can't get your profile picture to upload, please send your picture to the info email address, with your name and contest number.
• Please pray for them as they start planning 2016, and the sample that the curriculum team is working on. The BBGS, specifically dates & hosts. Volunteers, they need (? I think?) 150. Judges, that they get the right judges.
• Encourage others to come to the webinars! They had over 70 people there today
• Mr. U will be taking some time with his family in Flagstaff, and that's where he'll be doing the webinar from next week

sorry that was kind of long.

Thanks for posting this!

* Registration deadline for alternates is the 4th (?) ^the audio is breaking up a bit...I'm not really sure what he said^

The 24th I think. :)

can someone repeat what he said about uploading photos? my computer driver conked out and I had to reboot…

Thank you!

@Zach: Welcome!

He said if you were having trouble uploading your picture on the registration page, to email it to their info email address along with your ID and name. Is that what you were asking about?

I meant where do we upload the picture to.

Oh! When we registered, I think it was one of the first things that came up. It asked for your picture and then had a drop-down menu asking if you wanted it in the program or not, or if you were going to upload it before the 30th. If you were going to come back and upload it, I'm not sure where you'd do that.

Ok, thanks. I might just have to email BBHQ about this since we already registered. (my dad registered me so I'm not exactly sure what happened about the picture, but I know he didn't upload one of me…)

Okay. I'm sorry, I wish I knew!
Wait, my mom said you need to go to your profile… She says that all Mr. U said was to "Go to your profile from the drop-down menu by September 30th." I'm not entirely sure what that means, but maybe you do! xD

No clue here. I went to the Nats registration and looked for a dropdown box after I clicked on 'I already registered' and signed in. Very mysterious :P

Haha! Well, I hope you get it figured out! :-/

Thanks! I should go, but thanks again for all your help and your meeting notes!!

Alrighty. You're welcome! Wish I knew about the pictures. Happy studying!

I must know who the rest of the alternates are…!

I must know who the rest of the alternates are...!

^ I know!

I think I am going to email them and ask them to please put a list of names up.. xD Lol

I must know who the rest of the alternates are...!

And how many alternates in each age division have been invited!

I must know who the rest of the alternates are...!

And how many alternates in each age division have been invited!

I know, I know! I want to know sooo much! My little friend, Lilly, a Primary, was just 10 places from making the cut. Their family is wondering if enough Primaries will click 'NO' so she can go. I so hope she gets to go. xD Her sister placed 85th in Juniors.

I have a friend who was 10 places from qualifying for primaries and she was invited to nationals as an alternate. There were like 8 people tied for 130th place in primaries I think.