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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org
[mailto:thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeffrey
Miller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:35 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Mario
Herrera<BR><B>Cc:</B> thegfca@lists.gradyspeaks.org; Spiegel,Jeremy
J<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GFCA] LD Debate at State<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Not sure how this affects the conversation, but this was already
voted on at the Fall Meeting.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Motion by Lee Robinson, Lincoln County
HS.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Seconded by Cheryl Stanga,
Marist HS.</SPAN></P>
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class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The 2011 GFCA
State Championships will use the 2011 January/February Lincoln Douglas Topic and
the 2011 February Topic.</SPAN></P>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Mario Herrera <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:rioherrera@gmail.com">rioherrera@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
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I understand your rationale, I think keeping the January/February topic helps
us keep the State Tournament strong<BR><BR>- 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.<BR><BR>-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. <BR><BR>- 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.<BR><BR>- 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.<BR><BR>- 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.
<BR><BR>As far as changing the rule, I need to check the bylaws (once
passed/rejected) to see the procedure of how that is accomplished.<BR><BR>I'm
loving the discussion!<BR><BR>Mario<BR><BR>
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<DIV class=h5>On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Spiegel, Jeremy J <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:Spiegel@fultonschools.org"
target=_blank>Spiegel@fultonschools.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">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:</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"><SPAN>1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">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.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"><SPAN>2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">It
increases education. By having our students research a new topic for
the state tournament, we will be increasing education.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"><SPAN>3.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">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. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)"></SPAN></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125)">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.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>thegfca
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