Archived News Items (2006-2007 Season)
April 16, 2007
The winners of the TFA Scholarships for 2007 are now posted on the scholarship page.
April 11, 2007
Legislation for the 2007-2008 TFA IQT Season may now be submitted.
Please refer to the NFL Congress Manual for assistance in correctly formatting your bills and resolutions if needed. Legislation that is not properly formatted will be returned to you for correction. Here are links that may be of assistance.
http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/Main/HANDBOOK.pdf or
http://www.nflonline.org/uploads/DistrictInformation/conman.pdf
Each school may submit up to five (5) pieces of legislation. Please number them according to preference. We cannot know at this time how many will be accepted from each school. Please send each piece as a separate word document.
All submitted legislation is due to Barbara Garner, bgarner@duncanvilleisd.org, no later than May 15. Confirmation will be by e-mail within 24 hours of receiving your legislation. If you do not receive a reply, your legislation is not official and will not be added at a later date. It is each school’s responsibility to follow up on any concerns. If you are not having success with e-mailing your legislation, please call Barbara at 972-708-3756.
Please remember, all work is to be that of the students from your school. Do not submit previous legislation used for TFA IQT tournaments. It is acceptable to submit legislation that your school submitted for NFL District competition.
The final docket will be posted on the TFA website no later than July 1. Because we voted against allowing authorship speeches at this year’s convention, legislation will not include the name of the author school.
March 28, 2007
Applications to host 2007-2008 Qualifying Tournaments are now being accepted.
Click here to download application form.
March 3, 2007
Results for the 2007 TFA State Tournament are now available. Click here to view.
February 25, 2007
The TFA State meet is rapidly approaching.
Read an important letter
from President Aaron Timmons regarding preparations for this week.
February 25, 2007
A revised schedule has been prepared for the TFA State meet. View as PDF or Excel.
February 14, 2007
Congratulations to the following ten students for being accepted as members of the State Honor Crew. Their role is to assist in tournament administration by serving at the pleasure of the Tab Room. The President thanks the coaches of these students for nominating an outstanding group of young people.
| Amanda Acala | Caprock |
| Ross Adams | Clearbrook |
| Kelby Aten | Seminole |
| Garrett Eggleston | Pampa |
| Megan Foreman | Flower Mound |
| Alex Gallo | Ronald Reagan |
| Vanessa Gonzalez | Pflugerville |
| Alicia Sanders | Magnolia |
| Jamie Smith | Seminole |
| Amanda Wheatley | Westlake |
February 9, 2007
School membership in TFA is a requirement for participation at the TFA State Meet.
The deadline for late membership applications is February 13.
Click here to read
an important letter from President Aaron Timmons regarding Late Memberships.
February 1, 2007
Important Student Congress Information: Barbara Garner has provided a document describing
the procedures which will be used for Congress at TFA State this year. Download as
WORD
or PDF
January 31, 2007
Legislation for TFA State is now available. See the State page for links to
the legislation.
January 19, 2007
The State Tournament newsletter is now
available for download. Important details about
this year's state meet are included.
January 19, 2007
An updated copy of the TFA Constitution is now available for download. Changes voted on at the 2006 Convention are highlighted
in yellow.
January 19, 2007
Registration for TFA State
is now open. Online registration via Joy of Tournaments is due by February 16 at 5:00pm.
January 19, 2007
Hired judge applications for TFA State are now being accepted online via Joy of Tournaments.
Applications for hired judging are due February 8. Click here to signup.
January 16, 2007
The TFA State page has been updated with t-shirt ordering information.
January 15, 2007
The fax number listed on the original scholarship form was incorrect. The correct
fax number is (832) 592-5544.
January 5, 2007
The list of schools eligible to participate in the 2007 TFA State Senate
is now available. If your school does not appear on the list and you submitted legislation by the
December 15 deadline, please forward Barbara Garner (bgarner@duncanvilleisd.org) a copy of the original e-mail as verification. Also, you need to make sure that your school has paid their 06-07 membership dues. Submission of legislation does not guarantee entry to the State Tournament unless you meet all other TFA membership requirements.
The docket for State will be posted on or before February 1.
December 16, 2006
The deadline has passed for submitting legislation for TFA State.
No additional legislation will be accepted.
A list of schools eligible for participation in the State Senate will be posted at a later
date.
If you have submitted legislation, you should have received an e-mail confirmation.
You should save that confirmation as proof of submission should any question
regarding eligibility for the Senate arise.
December 15, 2006
Hotel information for TFA State is now available.
November 18, 2006
Revised committee list with corrections. Click here to view (WORD)
October 30, 2006
IF A SCHOOL PLANS TO ATTEND TFA STATE IN THE SENATE FOR STUDENT CONGRESS, the school
must submit one piece of legislation to the Congress Director by the December 15th deadline in
order to participate in Student Congress at the State Tournament.
Don’t forget to include the name of the school submitting the legislation on the bill/resolution itself.
Failure to submit legislation by the deadline renders a school INELIGIBLE to participate at
TFA State for that year in the Senate.
Plagiarism and “extensive paraphrasing” are addressed under the Oratory rules in the TFA Constitution, and these rules apply to legislation submitted for Student Congress. While some legislative issues continue to merit legislative debate in Congress, the creation of legislation surrounding the issue should be the original work of the authoring school. Legislation from NFL District contests, NFL Nationals, and previously submitted TFA Congressional legislation are all reviewed when a challenge to originality is made. Schools found to be in violation shall be disqualified from participation in Student Congress at the State Tournament for that year.
Please submit your legislation in proper format to: Barbara Garner, Duncanville High School. bgarner@duncanvilleisd.org
October 21, 2006
DUO ballot has been added to the IQT Forms page.
October 3, 2006
The following candidates are being announced for elections to be held at convention. Click on
the name for a statement from each candidate.
October 3, 2006
Additional amendments have been posted for consideration at Convention.
September 16, 2006
Congress amendments have been re-posted.
September 13, 2006
An amendment concerning the establishment of a sixth region has been proposed and
has been added to the list of items for consideration at Convention.
September 11, 2006
The qualifying point schedule has been corrected (again). The corrected copy is now
available for download.
View as WORD
or PDF.
September 11, 2006
The wrong set of congress amendments were posted originally.
The corrected set has now been posted.
September 9, 2006
The qualifying point schedule as approved at the May meeting has been re-posted. The original
copy did not include points for Duet Acting. The corrected copy is now available for download.
September 8, 2006
OOPS. In posting the original copy of the amendments, the text of the L-D prep time amendment was a
victim of a cut and paste error. The intent and the rationale of the amendment has not changed.
The the correct text should read:
Amend
Each debater shall be allowed a total of three minutes preparation time per round.
To read as follows:
Each debater shall be allowed a total of four minutes preparation time per round.
September 6, 2006
An additional amendment meeting the 30 day window has been posted for consideration.
September 5, 2006
The Fall Newsletter is now available for download (PDF).
September 5, 2006
Additional amendments have been posted for consideration at convention. These amendments
also meet the 30 day notice window.
September 4, 2006
Proposed amendments for consideration at convention have now been posted on the
Convention page. These amendments
meet the 30 day notice window and will require a simple majority vote to pass.
August 30, 2006
Schedule updates posted. Dates for Kingwood and Canutillo have moved. See Tournaments page for details.
August 21, 2006
The final 2006-2007 TFA Tournament schedule has been updated.
and is now available on the Tournaments page.
July 28, 2006
The new qualifying point schedule as approved at the May meeting is now available for download.
The rationale was an attempt on the part of the EC to acknowledge the disparate number of
events/opportunities students have to compete/qualify in certain regions of the state
in comparison to other regions. View as WORD
or PDF.
July 28, 2006
The tentative 2006-2007 TFA Tournament schedule has been updated.
and is now available on the Tournaments page.
July 21, 2006
Legislation for Student Congress has been reformatted. The updated copy is now available on the Congress page.
July 5, 2006
Preliminary legislation for Student Congress is now available. Refer to the Congress page for more information.
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