Not sure how this affects the conversation, but this was already voted on at the Fall Meeting.<div><br></div><div><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">State Tournament Topics</span></b></p>
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><span 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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><span 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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Passed unanimously.</span></i></p></div><br><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> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">While 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><div class="gmail_quote"><div>
<div></div><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>
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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-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;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-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;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-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;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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<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>
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