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October 12, 2011
Reminders: The 1st TFA General Session Meeting will be moved to 7:00 PM on Thursday, while region meetings will be held just before at 6:00 PM. These meetings have been moved back to help those unable to leave until the end of the school day on Thursday. Region 2 and 4 will be voting for region reps. In addition, please bring a hard-copy of the proposed legislation to assist in the discussion.

September 28, 2011
The following coaches have been nominated for officer positions for the 2012-2013 year. Additional nominations may come from the floor. Elections will be held on Thursday night during the 1st TFA Business Meeting. Regions 2 and 4 will have Region Rep elections in their respective region meetings prior to the general meeting Thursday night.

Treasurer: Cindi Havron, Magnolia HS and Jordan Williams, Grand Prairie HS

Vice President: Cindi Havron, Magnolia and Joe Uhler, Anderson HS

September 26, 2011
An additional amendment regarding rules of evidence has been received. It will require a 3/4 majority of those voting to pass. See the Convention page to download legislation.

September 12, 2011
Convention Legislation:

The following pieces of legislation were received prior to 30 days before the convention. These pieces of legislation will require a simple majority to pass.
  1. Prose and Poetry Amendments
  2. Professional Standards
  3. Extemp Commentary Amendment
  4. Abolition of the Base System for Congressional Debate Tabulation
  5. Congressional Debate Procedural Rules
  6. Ranking of Legislators for Advancement
  7. Congressional Debate Amendment
  8. TFA Constitutional Amendment Regarding Prose
  9. POI Amendment
  10. TFA Constitutional Amendment Regarding EC

See the Convention page to download legislation.

Additional Legislation submitted will require a 3/4 vote to pass.

NOTE: The first TFA meeting will be held Thursday night of convention to avoid conflicting with the St. Marks tournament.

August 31, 2011

  • The schedule has been updated to include all schedule changes submitted and approved prior to the August 15th deadline. Additional changes will require a vote at convention.
  • If you would like to submit an amendment, it needs to be received prior to September 9, 2011 so it can be posted on the website 30 days prior to convention to require a 2/3 majority. Please send all amendments to Scott Baker at joseph.baker@cfisd.net.
  • If you are interested in nominating someone to serve as Treasurer or Vice President, please send that nomination to the chair of the nominating committee, Kim Falco, at krfalco@episd.org
  • If you host an IQT prior to convention, you must pay all of your membership fees prior to your tournament or you will not be a TFA-sanctioned tournament. TFA may not recognize state-qualifying points for schools who do not meet these requirements.
  • Please review website to ensure schools have become members prior to the tournament they host.
  • As the tournament season begins, please be sure to verify IQT information on the website to ensure the correct students receive points.
July 27, 2011
Looking for the 2011-2012 Tournament Schedule? Click on the Tournaments link in the left-hand menu. The current calendar has tournament dates and corrections and is accurate as of the Executive Council meeting in July.

June 27, 2011
Congress Legislation for the Fall has been posted. See the Congress page to download.



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