[GFCA] LD Debate at State

[Jeffrey Miller]

Not sure how this affects the conversation, but this was already voted on at
the Fall Meeting.

*State Tournament Topics*

Motion by Lee Robinson, Lincoln County HS.  Seconded by Cheryl Stanga,
Marist HS.

The 2011 GFCA State Championships will use the 2011 January/February Lincoln
Douglas Topic and the 2011 February Topic.

*Passed unanimously.*

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Mario Herrera <rioherrera at gmail.com> wrote:

> While I understand your rationale, I think keeping the January/February
> topic helps us keep the State Tournament strong
>
> - I don't believe we are moving away from the spirit of debate by keeping
> the topic.  As long as we keep it focused on general principles, philosophy
> and values, that spirit remains strong.
>
> -Education will be increased as arguments become stronger.  There not as
> many invitationals for students to go to, so debaters won't have saturated
> arguments.
>
> - It would be the ONLY tournament on this topic, and I personally feel that
> means the quality of arguments would not be as strong. I believe this is a
> major reason that the Woodward Novice/JV Nationals uses the January/February
> tournament although it is held at the end of March/beginning of April.
>
> - If we do this for LD, we should do the same in Public Forum, as right now
> the rule states that the State Tournament would use the February NFL topic
> for Public Forum.
>
> - I am not totally against the idea.  I mean, there are no prep tournaments
> for either NCFLs or NFLs and there is still fantastic competition.  I do
> think the change could favor schools with resources unavailable to other
> schools in regards to research, argumentation and networking.  Keeping the
> January/February topic may make those differences negligible.
>
> As far as changing the rule, I need to check the bylaws (once
> passed/rejected) to see the procedure of how that is accomplished.
>
> I'm loving the discussion!
>
> Mario
>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Spiegel, Jeremy J <
> Spiegel at fultonschools.org> wrote:
>
>>  I would like for us to consider changing the by law concerning LD debate
>> at the state tournament.  As it currently reads, LD debate at the state
>> tournament will use the January/February topic.  I would like for us to
>> consider changing to the March/April topic.  I believe this would be the
>> correct decision for the following reasons:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.       The every two month topic change is part of LD debate.  By
>> keeping the January/February topic we are moving away from the spirit of LD
>> debate.
>>
>> 2.       It increases education.  By having our students research a new
>> topic for the state tournament, we will be increasing education.
>>
>> 3.       It would create better competition.  Instead of rehashing the
>> same arguments from the numerous January and February tournaments, students
>> will have fresh arguments and debates will not be redundant.
>>
>> * *
>>
>> While I understand that most students will be preparing this topic for
>> just the one tournament, the stakes of state championship should be
>> motivation enough to put in the extra effort.
>>
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