Archived News Items (2005-2006 Season)
May 25, 2006
The tentative 2006-2007 TFA Tournament schedule is now available. View as WORD or PDF.
April 18, 2006
The Treasurer's report for the state tournament has been submitted by Bill Schuetz.
April 10, 2006
The Call for Legislation for 2006-2007 has been posted. Check the Congress page for details. Deadline for submission is May 12.
March 7, 2006
Schools wishing to host a tournament in 2006-2007 may download an application from the
IQT Forms page. Applications are due by May 1.
March 4, 2006
The 2006 TFA State Tournament has now been concluded. Congratulations to Winston Churchill High School
of San Antonio for winning sweepstakes. State Champions are available on the 2006
TFA State page. Complete results are available at www.joyoftournaments.com
February 27, 2006
2006 TFA State is just around the corner. Watch this page closely for important announcements as
well as the registration website on www.joyoftournaments.com. Judge preferences have been posted on the registration website.
Schools may enter IE strikes and Mutual Preference Judging information on the Joy of Tournaments
website. The deadline for strikes/MPJ is NOON on Wednesday, March 1.
February 21, 2006
The PSJA email system is not working properly. If you have not submitted your order, TODAY is
the LAST DAY. If you sent it via email, please FAX that order to Cindy Almaguer at 956.783-2293
ASAP. As of this morning, Cindy only had orders for 150 shirts total. The money from shirt sales
goes to fund the scholarships for our students. Please make your contribution to the fund.
Download order form
February 15, 2006
The Pharr Economic Development Corporation is making $20 hotel vouchers available to participating
schools. Click here for more information.
Click here to download a voucher.
February 13, 2006
Honor Crew selections have been made. Congratulations to the 12 students on
being selected.
February 2, 2006
The list of schools eligible for Senate participation
at TFA State has been updated.
February 1, 2006
Scholarship applications are due today. Ann Hayden is handling scholarship applications and
the fax number for her school has changed. The fax number is 832-592-5451.
January 26, 2006
Want to sign up as a hired judge for TFA State? Click here.
January 25, 2006
Registration for TFA State is now available. All entries are due by Friday, February 17 at 5:00pm.
January 24, 2006
Forms for Honor Crew Nominations,
Oratory Certification,
and Interp Selection Documentation
are now available on the TFA State page.
January 24, 2006
The 2006 State Newsletter has been posted.
Important information regarding TFA State is included.
January 21, 2006
Prelim legislation addendum posted for TFA State. See the TFA State page to download.
January 19, 2006
Legislation for Student Congress Semis and Finals has been posted. See the TFA State page to download.
January 12, 2006
SENATE LIST UPDATE - Paul Byrne is out until Tuesday with the flu. The updates
promised for Friday will be added next week. The schools to be added are Alief Taylor,
Colleyville Heritage, Grapevine, Katy, and Lamar (Arlington). If you feel you should be
on the list and are not, please email Paul Byrne at paul.byrne@humble.k12.tx.us or irish_byrne@yahoo.com - Thanks for your patience.
January 12, 2006
The Brownfield tournament originally scheduled for January 27-28 has been cancelled.
January 10, 2006
A revised list of schools eligible for participation in the 2006 TFA State Senate has been posted.
January 6, 2006
The docket for 2006 TFA State Prelims is now available for download. WORD or PDF.
The Semis/Finals dockets will be available early next week.
January 6, 2006
The list of schools eligible for participation in the 2006 TFA State Senate is now available.
Legislation deadline for participation in the Senate was December 15. Your school must be on
the list in order to participate. If there are problems, contact Paul Byrne immediately.
December 14, 2006
Hotel information for the TFA State Tournament
is now available on this website.
We know that a number of you may have picked up that information at the Coaches' Convention,
but we know that a number of you have either misplaced it or missed it all together. Please
understand that with most of the hotel properties they are willing to honor the quoted rate
beginning on Wednesday night, March 1 and continue the rate through the Saturday night of
the tournament. Please read the list carefully and begin to make your reservations as soon
as possible. We will be posting and sending out a full newsletter in the next few weeks
which details the state tournament events. That should help you in any additional planning
that you have.
December 13, 2005
To submit congress legislation, please sent it as a Word attachment in an email. If it
bounces back from paul.byrne@humble.k12.tx.us
please try irish_byrne@yahoo.com.
December 5, 2005
For any schools wishing to submit legislation for the 2006 TFA state tournament, in order to
claim a free spot in the Senate, legislation is due on the 15th.
The deadline is an absolute. Legislation will be mailed to the review committee on Friday
morning, the 16th. No late submissions will be accepted. Make sure to follow the guidelines
for legislation as per the TFA constitution and NFL manuals. Members of the review committee
will be encouraged to choose legislation that is original (i.e., not a topic found in the
qualifying legislation). If you have any questions, please direct them to Paul Byrne at
paul.byrne@humble.k12.tx.us.
November 8, 2005
The Nederland tournament originally scheduled for January 13-14 has been cancelled due to hurricane
damage to the school.
October 26, 2005
The Fall/Winter newsletter is available for download here.
October 26, 2005
Updates to the TFA Constitution have been posted. See the links at the bottom of this
page to download an updated copy.
October 15, 2005
The annual TFA business meeting was held last week in Galveston at the TSCA convention.
Rhonda Bell (Kingwood) was elected as Vice President. Yolanda Silva (Burges) was elected
as Secretary. Bill Schuetz (Gregory-Portland) was elected as Treasurer.
October 3, 2005
An additional amendment has been added to the docket (Mutual Preference) for the TFA business meeting. Because it
was submitted after the thirty day deadline, it will require a 75% majority vote of the members present at the
business meeting for passage.
September 29, 2005
Several tournaments have been moved. The new dates are as follows:
| Alief Hastings (Region 4) |
October 21-22 |
| Midland High (Region 5) |
October 21-22 |
| Riverside (Region 5) |
October 21-22 |
| O'Connor (Region 3) |
January 13-14 |
September 28, 2005
The following individuals have indicated their willingness to run for TFA officer positions:
| Vice President: | Rhonda Bell, Kingwood HS |
| Secretary: | David Huston, Colleyville Heritage HS
Yolanda Silva, Burges HS |
| Treasurer: | Bill Schuetz, Gregory-Portland HS |
Regions 2 & 4 will also be electing region representatives as well.
Members are reminded that nominations for these officer positions may also be entertained from the floor at the business meeting. We welcome such nominations.
September 26, 2005
The Alief Hastings tournament has been rescheduled for October 21-22.
September 22, 2005
The O'Connor tournament scheduled for this weekend
(9/23 - 9/24) has been cancelled due to hurricane Rita.
September 21, 2005
The Alief Hastings and Magnolia tournaments scheduled for this weekend
(9/23 - 9/24) have been cancelled due to hurricane Rita.
September 20, 2005
Two additional amendments (Grace periods, entry fees) have been presented for
consideration at the TFA business meeting. Please understand that they were
submitted after the 30 day deadline and will require a 3/4 majority vote for
passage. The author of the amendments is aware of that and will present the
amendments at an appropriate time on the agenda.
We would remind all TFA members planning to attend the meetings that they should bring
copies of the amendments with them to the meetings. A very limited number will be
made available to the membership present.
September 19, 2005
There is an additional amendment (Extemp CX) that will be added to the TFA business meeting agenda. That amendment may now be found on this website. The amendment was submitted prior to the 30 days necessary for it to require the minimum standard of voting for passage. The reason for the late notification of members and posting on the website was due to a need to check whether or not the submitting author was a member in good standing of the organization. That membership has been assured and verified.
September 14, 2005
The Rowlett tournament originally scheduled for January 27-28 has been cancelled.
September 12, 2005
The Nacogdoches tournament originally scheduled for September 30/October 1 has been cancelled.
September 7, 2005
The El Paso Coronado tournament originally scheduled for November 18-19 has been cancelled.
September 3, 2005
An additional amendment (Ombudsman) has been added to the agenda for the TFA business meeting. Since its submission does meet the one month deadline prior to the meeting, it will require the two thirds majority to pass.
September 1, 2005
The proposed amendments that will be discussed at the business meeting are now posted on the
website. (See the Convention page.) These amendments will only
need a two-thirds majority vote to pass at the business meeting. Other amendments proposed
at the business meeting will require a three-fourths vote to pass.
If you thought that you had proposed an amendment and it did not appear on this list,
please contact David Huston, TFA Secretary, immediately. His contact information can be found
in the section under Officers.
Remember also that if you have an interest in running for TFA office, please contact members of
the nominating committee as soon as possible. Currently, the following persons are planning to
run for office:
Vice President: Rhonda Bell, Kingwood HS
Secretary: David Huston, Colleyville Heritage HS
Treasurer: Bill Schuetz, Gregory Portland HS
August 16, 2005
The new IQT Point System chart has been amended. Click here to download the revised chart.
August 16, 2005
The final draft of the 05-06 Qualifying Legislation is now available for download on
the Congress page. Item 81 has been removed.
August 15, 2005
Tournament calendar corrections posted.
August 13, 2005
Members wishing to submit proposed amendments to the TFA Standing Rules and/or Constitution may
do so by August 27. The amendments will then be distributed to the membership by September 1.
Any amendment submitted after that time may be presented at the TFA Business Meetings, but
will require a 75% vote of the membership present for passage. Members may submit proposed
amendments to TFA Secretary David Huston by mailing them to Dave at Colleyville Heritage
High School, 5401 Heritage Ave, Colleyville, TX 75034; or by e-mailing them to Dave at
either david.huston@gcisd.net or Davehuston@aol.com
August 13, 2005
The Fall 2005 Newsletter is now available. Click here to view (as PDF).
August 13, 2005
As explained in the Fall Newsletter, the IQT Point system will be changing. Click here to view the revised point system (as PDF).
August 13, 2005
The tournament calendar has been updated to match the schedule provided in the Fall 2005 Newsletter. See the Tournaments page.
August 11, 2005
The official tournament calendar (reflecting changes from the July 31 Executive Council Meeting) has been posted. See the Tournaments page.
June 30, 2005
The Preliminary 2005-2006 Student Congress Docket has been posted.
See the Congress page for details.
The final docket will be posted on August 16th.
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