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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>While I empathize with this issue and want
all students to have an opportunity to compete, I do think that there needs to
be a clear bright line about when this is possible. Allowing students
into the novice division that do not meet the traditional definition of a
novice does open up a number of situations that could be more difficult to
define both in terms of 2<sup>nd</sup> year debaters in novice and 3<sup>rd</sup>
year debaters in JV. If the GFCA does allow this, then they should
consider giving some very clear and difficult to meet circumstances in which it
is allowed to limit potential issues with such a policy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think that there are a couple of other
options that deserve consideration until one of the current novices on the
squad is advanced enough to go JV. One would be to go maverick in the JV
division to some tournaments. The other option would be to see if a
student from another school could be part of a hybrid team at a tournament
(where tournaments allow for hybrids). Both of these options would allow
the student an opportunity to compete and continue to learn about debate
without needing to move down to novice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org [mailto:thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>McClellan, John G.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 01, 2011
10:10 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Ulrich, Ashley; Maggie
Berthiaume; Eric Crisp<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> thegfca@lists.gradyspeaks.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [GFCA] Novice
classification request</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sounds just to me.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org
[mailto:thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ulrich, Ashley<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 01, 2011
9:47 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Maggie Berthiaume; Eric Crisp<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> thegfca@lists.gradyspeaks.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [GFCA] Novice
classification request</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I’m with
Maggie on this.—sounds fine to me if the GFCA is good with it. I
thought we have a formal request process for extenuating circumstances like
this. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org [mailto:thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Maggie Berthiaume<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 01, 2011
9:29 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Eric Crisp<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> thegfca@lists.gradyspeaks.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [GFCA] Novice
classification request</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This seems very reasonable to me. Does the GFCA have a process
for such an instance?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Maggie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Maggie Berthiaume<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Woodward Debate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Eric Crisp <<a
href="mailto:ericcrisp@walkerschools.org">ericcrisp@walkerschools.org</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have a scheduling
difficulty. I have a single returning debater (Danny Bunn) from last year who
competed at two tournaments last year. The entirety of my team otherwise are
true novice without even any middle school experience. Last year was the first
year of debate for Ridgeland since the late 80's or early 90's. <br>
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I realize that coaches might at times just go ahead and enter Danny in Novice,
but I wanted to ask for a waiver from the group first. I think it would be
appropriate for him to compete at this point in the year in Novice CX, though
he has debated twice under a previous resolution. He has not been to any policy
competitions this year because I've not had anyone I could pair with him. <br>
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For the record, Danny is a sophomore and he went 1-3 at Calhoun and (I think)
1-3 at Alpharetta last year. <br>
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Eric Crisp <br>
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