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2016 MHSAA SPEECH & DEBATE FALL MEETING
August 19-20, 2016
FRIDAY – AUGUST 19, 2016
08:00 am – Registration/Refreshments/Reconnections
09:00 am – Welcome, Explanation of Schedule, Mr. Shane Cole (MHSAA)
09:30 am – Jackson CFL Info/Dates, Mr. Jharick Shields (JCFL)
09:45 am – Biloxi CFL Info/Dates, Mrs. Anita Boyd (BCFL)
10:00 am – NSDA Magnolia District Info/Dates, Mrs. Kelly Garner (NSDA Chair)
11:00 am – MHSAA Rules/Schedule/Deadlines, Mr. Shane Cole (MHSAA)
12:00 noon – LUNCH
01:00 pm – Events – How to Train Your Judges (And You)
- The NSDA Training Videos
- Judge Packets (NSDA Events)
- Debate Notes – Sonya Harvey
- Individual Events – Scott Waldrop
- The Process for a Judge – Anita Boyd
- Writing a Ballot (What is Needed) – Micah Everson
03:00 pm – End of the Day Q&A Discussion
04:00 pm – Dismiss for the Day
SATURDAY – AUGUST 20, 2016
08:30 am – Registration/Refreshments
09:00 am – Call Meeting to Order – Introductions
09:15 am – Old Business (Rules that Begin this Season)
- Change in Qualifications
- Novice Rule Change
- State Finalist Change
- Change in # of Events possible
- In-State Qualifications Only
- 10 Wild Cards for NSDA Participation
10:00 am – New Business
- New Tournament Day Schedule
- Judge “Dance” Cards
- Tournament Set Up
- Potential Rule Change – Middle School Competitors can maintain Novice DEBATE status in the 9th Grade, but not IE Novice Status.
- Potential Rule Change – Allow for Decisions to be Announced in Debate Break Rounds with the Exception of Finals. This also does not include Disclosure.
- Congress Changes
- All MHSAA Tournaments will use the same Bill Books. There will be a set of Legislation for the Fall Semester and another for Spring Semester.
- Fall Deadline to Submit is 9/15/2016.
- Spring Deadline to Submit is 11/18/2016.
- A school may submit up to six pieces of legislation for each semester
- BCFL, JCFL, NSDA, and MHSAA tournaments will create separate and independent bill books specifically for their tournaments.
- Dockets for each tournament will be preassigned, but students will be able to vote on which order they would like to debate them in.
- 8 pieces of legislation will be assigned to each tournament for preliminary rounds, and 5 for Finals (if the tournament has a final).
- All MHSAA Tournaments will use the same Bill Books. There will be a set of Legislation for the Fall Semester and another for Spring Semester.
11:30 am – LUNCH
12:30 pm – The Status of POI and INF
01:00 pm – Ethics in Performance/MHSAA Decency Clause
02:00 pm – Coaching Ethics – What’s Okay and What’s Not?
03:00 pm – Dismissal
