[GFCA] The By-Laws

[Spiegel, Jeremy J]

I agree with Jenny, but have one question:  What if a coach works on a
file during the 1ac and posts it to the teams' server.  Is it ok to use
it?

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:thegfca-bounces at lists.gradyspeaks.org] On Behalf Of Jenny Heidt
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:56 AM
To: Berthiaume, Maggie; Jeffrey Miller; thegfca at lists.gradyspeaks.org
Subject: Re: [GFCA] The By-Laws

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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