There was a error in the earlier Summer National Team Qualifier announcement.
The corrected version follows:

To All Club Owners, Fencers, and other interested parties:

The USFA-NJ Division will host its annual Team Qualifier for the Summer
Nationals on the first weekend in May, at Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy in Fair
Lawn. This event was poorly publicized last season, resulting in small turnout.
This season, we are asking every registered USFA club in the NJ Division to try
to put together at least one junior or senior team to compete in this important
qualifying event.

To correct some major misunderstandings about this team event, the qualifying
teams gain qualification for their club. Specific team members need not plan to
attend the summer national championships in order to compete in the qualifier.
If a team qualifies, any representatives of the club may go to the summer
nationals as part of that team.

Team competition follows a direct-elimination format. There is no preliminary
qualifying pool. Each encounter is a 9-bout competition in a single weapon with
relay-style scoring to a maximum of 45 touches. Teams are assigned by the
FencingTime software to an elimination table, and compete in direct elimination
until we reach the number of teams that can qualify in each weapon.

We encourage everyone who wishes to compete in this important qualifying event.
We hope to see fencers from all parts of the Division participating on May 2-3.
Please register well in advance so we can have the requisite number of officials
available to give you the best team competition possible this year.

Gene Packer
Tournament Chair