[GFCA] The By-Laws

[Smiley, Adam]

One quick clarification.  The section of the bylaws where this clause is contained only applies to the State tournaments that are run by the GFCA.  While it is reasonable to expect that most tournaments will model the GFCA state policies, tournament directors will still have the ability to set different expectations.

On Oct 19, 2010, at 11:02 AM, "Bill Batterman" <billbatterman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> If a position is so bad that it can be beaten with a card or two found during prep time, why not?
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> 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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