[GFCA] The By-Laws

[Bill Batterman]

I strongly agree that students should be allowed to access the internet
during debates. I recognize that this is not yet a community norm — internet
access during debates is an emerging capability over which there is still
some controversy. Because of that, I don't think this should be an issue
that is legislated by the GFCA. If a prohibition is to occur, I think it
should be done by a tournament director and not as a bylaw of the state
organization — the bylaws should **reflect** rather than seek to **create**
a community consensus.

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Jenny Heidt <jennyh at westminster.net>wrote:

> I agree with both of Maggie's suggestions but also think that students
> should be allowed to research in debates.  2 important examples re: why this
> should be the case:
>
> 1) A few years ago where there was some very surprising aff T evidence--a
> search during the debate revealed that it was fabricated.
>
> 2) A politics DA was read that had passed.  The aff found one card saying
> "it passed."  The judge did not know either way so that was critical and
> prevented what would have been a fairly dumb debate from occurring.
>
> If a position is so bad that it can be beaten with a card or two found
> during prep time, why not?
>
> Also, we have our files on email and a server.  If someone forgot to
> download something, why couldn't they access it?
>
> So, I think that the rule should exclude electronic communication between
> anyone besides the partner but not otherwise limit internet access.
>
> Jenny
>
>
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