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April 9, 2013
The National Forensic League has provided information regarding the passing of Billy Tate. Please click on this link to locate the most recent news.
April 8, 2013
The following services are being planned in celebration of William (Billy) Woods Tate, Jr.:
FUNERAL
Friday, April 12, 2013
First Baptist Church Selma
325 Lauderdale Street
Selma, AL 36702
1:00 p.m. Visitation
2:00 p.m. Service
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MEMORIAL SERVICE
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Montgomery Bell Academy
4001 Harding Road
Nashville, TN 37205
4:00 p.m.
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April 6, 2013
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of William (Billy) Woods Tate, Jr., beloved member of the speech and
debate community, and former National Forensic League President. Billy's contributions to the field of forensics revolutionized
the activity and his efforts continue to impact students and coaches daily. A friend to all, always with a positive word and a smile,
Billy will be missed. We will post additional details regarding arrangments here as they are made available. Please keep Billy's
family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
April 2, 2013
In addition to the IQT and TFA membership deadlines, you must also submit your Fall 2013 Congress legislation to Cheryl Potts
(2013-2014 Congress Committee Chair) at cheryl.potts@pisd.edu. This legislation is
due no later than May 1, 2013. Remember, you may submit up to three pieces of legislation to be
considered (all of the legislation you are submitting must be sent to Cheryl at one time with no changes sent at a later time, please).
Legislation must be typed into one of the NFL templates (easily found at congressionaldebate.org
, upper right corner for template downloads) and emailed as a Microsoft Word Document. Legislation that is not typed into the
correct template will not be considered by the Congress Committee. Confirmation will be sent upon receipt. The criteria for
legislative selection can be found on the Congress page of txfa.org under the heading
“Legislation Evaluation.” Submissions must be sent by the TFA member school’s coach/coaches. Each item should have the words
Introduced for Congressional Debate by Name of Your School as the last line, for authorship purposes. The legislation that
you submit by May 1, 2013 will be considered for the Fall 2013 docket.
March 27, 2013
Please click on the following link to submit your application to host an IQT (Invitational Qualifying Tournament) during the 2013-2014 season. Your application and $50 fee must be received by Jason Warren (TFA Treasurer) on or before May 1, 2013 in order to be considered. After you have filled out the required information in the application and clicked the button to submit, you will receive a notification that reminds you to mail the $50 application fee to Mr. Warren. Only applications submitted through this format (a google doc) will be considered. If you need assistance, please contact your region's representative, Jason Warren, or Joseph Uhler.
Official 2013-2014 IQT Application Form
February 7, 2013
The State Newsletter is now available. Click here to read.
November 29, 2012
Spring Legislation has been posted. See the Congress page to download.
November 27, 2012
The list of schools eligible for Student Congress participation at the 2013 State Tournament is now available.
Click here to view.
November 3, 2012
The EC has voted to extend the Congress legislation deadline to 4:00 PM CST on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. No legislation will be accepted after that time.
October 15, 2012
On October 11-12, 2012, at the TFA General Assemblies the following legislation was addressed. Votes are recorded below. All legislation goes into immediate implementation, unless noted. Additional details will be provided later this week on the website.
Extemporaneous Speaking (Executive Council) - PASSED with modifications: no visual aids, contestant must provide topic to judge, and violation will disqualify student from event.
Individual Event Breaks at State (Executive Council) - PASSED
Protest Procedures (Executive Council) - PASSED
Public Forum Debate (Executive Council) - PASSED
Scholarship Committee (Executive Council) - PASSED
School Sweepstakes (Executive Council) --PASSED
Tournament Season Start Date (Executive Council) -- PASSED, modified to begin "weekend following the 4th Monday in August"
LD Amendment (Will Mason) -- FAILED
Duet and Duo Literature (Heath Martin) -- PASSED, begins 1-1-13
Congressional Debate (Gay Hollis) -- 1. PASSED, 2. PASSED, 3. WITHDRAWN
Public Debate (Greg McGee) -- FAILED
Congressional Debate (Greg McGee)-- PASSED, with modification, tiebreakers: 3-5 removed.
Congressional Debate (Dave Huston) -- PASSED
Tournament Norms (Dave Huston) -- PASSED
Congressional Debate (Jason Warren)-- PASSED 2, 4, and 7
Additional new business PASSED:
A Presidential appointed PF Committee met at convention and all suggestions by the committee were PASSED:
1. Section 2: Procedures and Order of Speeches: "Each debater must give one and only one 4 minute speech, one individual crossfire, and one 2 minute speech and Grand Crossfire in the following order"
2. Section 2: Procedures and Order of Speeches: "Crossfire (first question by speaker A1 to B1) and Crossfire (first question by speaker A2 to B2)"
3. Exempt PF from the cross-examination guidelines "During cross-examination, the questioner shall control the use of time (except in Public Forum, where time shall be shared) and may not interrupt the respondent..."
4. The EC should create a TFA standard PF ballot.
Literature Selection Usage (Wendi Brandenburg) -- PASSED: "No student may use the same selection at a tournament in more than one event, but may change events with the selection during a tournament season. No student can use the same selection in more than one tournament year. In addition, a student may not qualify for nor compete with the same selection at the state meet."
Calendar Changes include:
Plano East/MacMillan Swing on 1/4-5/13
Stony Point/Cedar Ridge Swing on 1/4-5/13
Clark on 2/2/13
Akins on 2/8-9/13
Riverside on 2/8-9/13
Additional details and notes from meetings will be posted on txfa.org soon.
October 12, 2012
Convention continues in San Antonio today. A second TFA business meeting will be held at 8:00pm tonight. Officer
elections have been held. Serving as Vice-President Elect is Kirsten Nash. Scott Baker will remain as Secretary.
Jason Warren has been elected as treasurer.
October 11, 2012
The 2012 TSCA Convention begins today in San Antonio. TFA regional meetings will be held this afternoon at 3:30pm
and the first TFA Business meeting will be held tonight at 7:15pm.
October 10, 2012
A late amendment has been submitted by Jason Warren regarding Congressional Debate. See the Convention page to view the amendment.
October 10, 2012
Schools need to submit new legislation for Spring 2013 Congressional Debate by November 1st. Submissions must be prepared and sent according to the guidelines listed on the Congress page and in accordance with NFL formatting. Submissions should be mailed to the TFA Congress Chair, Cheryl Potts, at cheryl.potts@pisd.edu.
September 25, 2012
The nominations for TFA officers are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Vice President:
Gay Hollis, Katy Taylor High School
Kirsten Nash, Hendrickson High School
Secretary:
Scott Baker, Cypress Creek High School
Roy Rodriguez, A&M Consolidated High School
Treasurer:
Jason Warren, Parish Episcopal High School
September 15, 2012
Several amendments have been proposed which will be voted on during the TFA business meeting at the TSCA convention. See
the Convention page for more details. ALSO, the September newsletter is now available.
Click here to view.
September 10, 2012
Any TFA member who wishes to submit an amendment for convention should submit their amendment in a word document to both
Scott Baker, joseph.baker@cfisd.net, and their region rep.
August 27, 2012
New and Updated ballots for Student Congress are now available on the Congress page.
August 22, 2012
Revisions have been made to the standard IQT ballots for speech. Download the updated packet on the IQT Forms page.
August 21, 2012
Minutes from the Summer Executive Council Retreat are available here: DOC or PDF
August 18, 2012
Updates have been made to the standard IQT ballots for speech. Download the updated packet on the IQT Forms page.
August 13, 2012
Additional updates to the tentative TFA calendar have been posted on the Tournaments page.
August 11, 2012
Additional updates to the tentative TFA calendar have been posted on the Tournaments page.
August 10, 2012
Updates to the tentative TFA calendar have been posted on the Tournaments page.
July 25, 2012
The TFA Executive Council met last week in Houston for their summer retreat. Updates have been made to the tentative
IQT calendar. See the Tournaments page for the updated calendar. The point schedule for qualifying
for TFA State has been revised. Click here to download. Lastly,
a summer newsletter is now available. Click here to read the newsletter.
June 4, 2012
Congress Legislation for the Fall has been posted. See the Congress page to download.
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