[GFCA] LD Debate at State

[Matthew McGaha]

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[mailto:thegfca-bounces at lists.gradyspeaks.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey
Miller
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:35 AM
To: Mario Herrera
Cc: thegfca at lists.gradyspeaks.org; Spiegel,Jeremy J
Subject: Re: [GFCA] LD Debate at State


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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