From jim.menick at gmail.com Sun Aug 3 18:09:38 2014 From: jim.menick at gmail.com (Jim Menick) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 14:09:38 -0400 Subject: [Ndca-l] LD resolutions for 2014-2015 Message-ID: Howdy. I've been working toward starting a regular podcast on the NDCA site. The first one is up, a discussion of the possible resolutions for the next season. Check it out: http://www.debatecoaches.org/blog-1/our-first-podcast -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.gjerpen at gmail.com Sun Aug 3 20:41:54 2014 From: katie.gjerpen at gmail.com (Katie Gjerpen) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 16:41:54 -0400 Subject: [Ndca-l] Niles Township Invitational Registration Opens Tomorrow Message-ID: Good afternoon, Registration for the 2014 Niles Township Invitational will open tomorrow, August 4th, on *tabroom.com *. The tournament will be held from Friday, September 12 - Sunday, September 14 at Niles North High School in Skokie, IL. 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Email me, backchannel is fine, with the changes we need to make to this event to get you to bring students. thanks, T On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Tara Tate wrote: > My only concern is whether this puts the kiddos not going to the TOC at a > disadvantage. They don't have the same opportunity to submit bills and get > the authorship speeches. I do understand that giving an authorship may not > be that big of an advantage, but just a thought. > > Does the TOC legislation come out soon enough that adequate research can > be done for the NDCA? I would especially be concerned of the timeline if > it were the topic areas idea - the TOC legislation would have to come out > soon enough to give NDCA participants time to write/submit bills, tab to > then create and put out the docket and then to research. > > Overall, I think this could work and would likely be favorable. Those are > just some of the initial drawbacks that came to mind. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Carol Green wrote: > > I think that could also work! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 25, 2014, at 8:23 PM, "Lexy Green" < > lexy at thecollegepreparatoryschool.org> wrote: > > What about different legislation w/in the same topic areas? > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Carol Green > wrote: > >> I would like to see it return and would be thrilled to help promote it. >> My suggestion this year and I spoke with some Congress folks recently about >> it was to offer the same legislation as TOC (coordinate with Adam Jacobi) - >> it's hard for kids to prep for two big tournaments using different >> legislation. >> >> Let me know if I can help! >> >> Carol >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:46 AM, "Maggie Berthiaume" >> wrote: >> >> Dear Coaches, >> >> Due to very low numbers the last few years in Congressional Debate at >> the NDCA Championships, the NDCA Board is considering not offering it in >> 2015. If you have strong feelings abut this one way or the other, please >> email me your thoughts, and I will compile them for the Board. We will take >> them into consideration as we evaluate the issue. >> >> We would be particularly interested in hearing from coaches whose teams >> did not attend in previous years, but are intending to attend in 2015. If >> you've sent Congressional Debaters in the past but are not planning to >> return, we'd love to hear from you as well. >> >> We will be scheduling a vote on the issue for Monday, July 7, so if you >> want to give us input, please do so in the ten days or so. >> >> Thank you, >> Maggie Berthiaume >> NDCA Board Member >> Woodward Debate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> National Debate Coaches Association >> ndca-l at debatecoaches.org >> http://www.debatecoaches.org >> http://lists.debatecoaches.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ndca-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> National Debate Coaches Association >> ndca-l at debatecoaches.org >> http://www.debatecoaches.org >> http://lists.debatecoaches.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ndca-l >> >> > > > -- > Lexy Green '81 > Director of Debate > College Prep, Oakland > > _______________________________________________ > National Debate Coaches Association > ndca-l at debatecoaches.org > http://www.debatecoaches.org > http://lists.debatecoaches.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ndca-l > > _______________________________________________ > National Debate Coaches Association > ndca-l at debatecoaches.org > http://www.debatecoaches.org > http://lists.debatecoaches.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ndca-l > > > _______________________________________________ > National Debate Coaches Association > ndca-l at debatecoaches.org > http://www.debatecoaches.org > http://lists.debatecoaches.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ndca-l > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The following events will be held Friday and Saturday: -Novice Policy -Junior Varsity Policy -Novice Lincoln Douglas -Varsity Lincoln Douglas -Novice Public Forum -Varsity Public Forum The Hooch Debate Team has been working hard to ensure a great tournament experience and we are looking forward to hosting a quality event at a low cost. We hope to see you in September, Garrett Abelkop Director, Hooch Debate abelkopg at gmail.com o(770) 521-7600 x139 http://www.joyoftournaments.com/ga/chattahoochee/info.asp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmeyers at presentationhs.org Fri Aug 15 16:09:56 2014 From: dmeyers at presentationhs.org (Meyers, Dan) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:09:56 -0700 Subject: [Ndca-l] Registration for Voices Invitational now Open Message-ID: You can find registration for the Voices Invitational at Presentation HS in San Jose, CA is now open on Tabroom.com. 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When you grow up, your heart dies." - Allison Reynolds, The Breakfast Club - Rest In Peace John Hughes ________________________________ From: tim alderete To: Christina Tallungan ; "ndca-l at lists.debatecoaches.org" Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: [Ndca-l] 2014 The Meadows School Invitational The 2014 Meadows School Invitational will be held on Fri Oct 31st - Sun Nov 2, 2014. We will be offering competition in Open Policy and Open LD.We will be returning to the Santa Fe Station as our tournament casino/hotel. Registration will open on August 15. There will be some significant changes next year: - We will be using Tabroom.com for registration, not Joy of Tournaments. - Lincoln Douglas will use the Sept/Oct topic. - Saturday is not currently a Testing date, which will alter the schedule We hope to provide quality competition and hospitality. We hope that you are able to attend. ? "Its unavoidable. It just happens. When you grow up, your heart dies." - Allison Reynolds, The Breakfast Club - Rest In Peace John Hughes ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Ndca-l mailing list Ndca-l at lists.debatecoaches.org http://lists.debatecoaches.org/listinfo.cgi/ndca-l-debatecoaches.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eriodd at d219.org Mon Aug 25 17:10:01 2014 From: eriodd at d219.org (Eric Oddo) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:10:01 -0500 Subject: [Ndca-l] Greenhill Room Share (one male student) Message-ID: Colleagues, I'm looking for a room share at the Marriot for one male student for the Greenhill tournament. Please get in touch with me if you are interested. Thank you! Best, -- Eric M. Oddo Humanities Teacher Head Debate Coach Niles West High School 5701 Oakton Street Skokie, IL 60077 (847) 626-2870 (W) (847) 626-3698 (F) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The "NDCA Open Video Project" is a page in progress > that will link to the many excellent lectures, demo debates, and other > teaching videos that institutes and programs have made available to the > community at large. > > We know there is a ton of good content out there, but when it's only > available on individual pages, it can easily get lost or be hard to find, > especially for younger debaters and coaches. We plan to provide a set of > links to help you find the resources you might need. > > If you, your program, or your institute has videos that you'd like to have > included, please let me know. > > Thank you, > Maggie Berthiaume > NDCA Board Member > > _______________________________________________ > National Debate Coaches Association > ndca-l at debatecoaches.org > http://www.debatecoaches.org > http://lists.debatecoaches.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ndca-l > > -- Kristie Cramer Program Coordinator & Debate Coach - George Mason University Director - GMU Patriot Classic Debate Institute -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The audio permission form is here: audio permission form . 4) If you are allowed additional entries you MUST cover the judging commitment for those entries. 5) Students must represent the school they attend to compete in our tournament. No hybrids, etc. (This isn't really a change but we want it to be clear to all tournament participants) 6) Any reservation made or held after September 15 will be charged one room night for each room reserved that will serve as a non-refundable deposit. Please, please, please stay in our tournament hotel. We aren't assessing fees as some tournaments have started doing for entries that don't stay in the tournament hotel. However, we understand the underlying sentiments behind those charges and we hope that our attendees will continue to support our tournament hotel without us taking those extreme measures. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Chuck On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Timothy Mahoney wrote: > HOT 2014 is now open for registration. > http://joyoftournaments.com/tx/stmarks/preview.asp?p=1 > > Please note the following changes which are also posted on jot: > > 1) Competition in the sophomore hoe down, policy debate and > Lincoln-Douglas debate will take place on SATURDAY, Sunday and Monday. > I.E.'s and Public Forum will still take place on Friday and Saturday. > > 2) All competitors must be accompanied to Dallas by an employee of the > school the students represent. > > 3) To compete in LD, policy debate or the sophomore hoe down students must > have their parents complete a permission form allowing them to be audio > taped. This is necessary to enforce our clipping policies which can be > found by clicking here:clipping policy > . > Please review these policies with your students. The audio permission form > is here: audio permission form > > . > > 4) If you are allowed additional entries you MUST cover the judging > commitment for those entries. > > 5) Students must represent the school they attend to compete in our > tournament. No hybrids, etc. (This isn't really a change but we want it to > be clear to all tournament participants) > > 6) Any reservation made or held after September 15 will be charged one > room night for each room reserved that will serve as a non-refundable > deposit. Please, please, please stay in our tournament hotel. We aren't > assessing fees as some tournaments have started doing for entries that > don't stay in the tournament hotel. However, we understand the underlying > sentiments behind those charges and we hope that our attendees will > continue to support our tournament hotel without us taking those extreme > measures. > > _______________________________________________ > National Debate Coaches Association > ndca-l at debatecoaches.org > http://www.debatecoaches.org > http://lists.debatecoaches.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ndca-l > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennyaalme at gmail.com Tue Aug 26 22:49:51 2014 From: jennyaalme at gmail.com (Jenny Alme) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:49:51 -0700 Subject: [Ndca-l] Harker Registration now open on tabroom.com Message-ID: Nov 14-16, Novice and Open Policy, Novice and Open LD. We hope to see you there! Please contact us if you need more information. Jenny Alme & Greg Achten jennya at harker.org, grega at harker.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Immigration Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its legal protection of economic migrants in the United States. __2___ IV. Surveillance Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. __5___ V. Indian Country Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease its authority within Indian Country. Name: Tim Alderete Organization: TMS "Its unavoidable. It just happens. When you grow up, your heart dies." - Allison Reynolds, The Breakfast Club - Rest In Peace John Hughes ________________________________ From: dana randall To: ndca-l at lists.debatecoaches.org Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:21 AM Subject: [Ndca-l] Balloting for 2015-2016 NFHS Policy Debate Topic Dear NDCA Members, I am writing to provide each of you with a copy of the national high school policy debate topic ballot and descriptive paragraphs to promote extensive discussion by coaches and students over the next six weeks. The NDCA will conduct voting on this ballot from October 8-10 and submit our organization's vote on October 15, 2014. 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