TO: Members of the PSCFA

FROM: Nichole Barta, Executive Secretary

RE: Minutes from the Fall Coaches Conference Business Meeting, September 10, 2017 - 9:11 am

I. Introductions: Ashley Nuckels-Cuevas

A. The meeting was held at Omni Rancho Las Palmas 41000 Bob Hope Dr. Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

B. Schools in attendance: APU, Cal Baptist, Cerritos, CSULB, Cypress, ELAC, El Camino, Fullerton, Glendale AZ, Grossmont, IVC, LACC, LAVC, Moorpark, Mt. Sac, OCC, Palomar, Pasadena, PLNU, Rio Hondo, Saddleback, & SD Mesa

C. Holland Smith gives David Hale CSULA Proxy Ron gives Rolland Petrello Mt. San Jacinto Proxy Jules French gives April Griffin IVC Proxy

II. All members of the organization reviewed tournament schedule/calendar. The changes and updates were made accordingly, and it will be an updated calendar will be posted on the organization’s website. Updated Tournament Calendar - Attached at end of document.

III. The Financial Report from Bryan Malinis:

A. The Financial Report was presented and is attached.

IV. Bryan Malinis presented 3 proposals from the Finance & Administration Committee:

(Larger Proposals- Reference the end of the document)

PROPOSAL #1 (Recommended), Finance Meeting In an effortTo increase the effectiveness of collecting bids for the annualCoaches Conference, a bid framework shall be added to thePSCFA Constitution and Bylaws.Friendly amendment (Rolland Petrello and Roxann Arntson): These are preferences.ACCEPTED This form will be made available on the PSCFA web site.PASSES

PROPOSAL #2 (Recommended), Heidi Ochoa/April GriffinCurrent: PSCFA Secretary and Treasurer earn $250/year stipend. Change to: PSCFA

Secretary and Treasurer earn $500/semester stipend. Rationale: Overall job duties have increased. Currently, there is not enough interest in these positions due to the time commitment and workload. Increasing the stipend would incentivize the positions and more appropriately compensate for the tasks completed throughout each semester. Former secretaries and treasurers have called

for a stipend increase. PASSES

PROPOSAL #3 (Recommended), Finance Meeting Schools with individuals who earn more than $599 per academic year in ICC judging fees will be charged $25 per overage to cover Tax Form 1099 preparation. Rationale: With the implementation of ICC judge payments and other revenue-generating programs, judges have the ability to be paid more than $599 by PSCFA within one academic year. An IRS Form 1099 must be generated for any individuals who earn more than $600 per fiscal year. This fee would be assessed in order to offset to cost for the additional tax form preparation, which will be completed by the PSCFA professional tax preparer.Friendly amendment (Rolland Petrello and Roxann Arntson): per person, per annual – ACCEPTED PASSES

V. New Ideas Meeting Proposals

PROPOSAL #1 (Recommended), Rolland Petrello: Updated F.R.E.D./Forensics Related Educational Document Pacific Southwestern Forensics Association Judging Guidelines Basic Judging Information Changed some grammatical errors – See end of Document PASSES

PROPOSAL #2 (Recommended), Rolland Petrello: Self-Plagiarism in Impromptu Moved to 10 Minute DiscussionFriendly amendment from Shaw: PSCFA expects the prompt to be the inspiration of a speech, not for pre-planned support to be manipulated to fit the prompt. Previously used portions of speeches may not be used in subsequent speeches (within the same tournament). This includes, but is not limited to, Verbatim explanation and application of examples is disallowed within the same tournament. This rule is not meant to be a barrier to competition for new competitors so this rule applies to Junior and Open divisions, acknowledging that Novice competitors are new to the activity and may panic. Friendly Amendment: ACCEPTED For: 13Against: 7Abstentions: OCC & CSULB

PASSES

PROPOSAL #3 (Recommended), Ashley Nuckels-Cuevas: Amend the PSCFA rules of NFALD to reflect the current rules of NFALD Amend Rule 7: “When asked to provide evidence used in round the debate shall provide a legible copy of the evidence on a paper when asked to do so by other debater or judge. The evidence must include the entire context of the paragraph(s) without the use of ellipses. The font size of the evidence shall be no small than 12pt type or legible handprint. Copies of articles printed in their original size will be exempted. The evidence must be returned by the end of the round.”

To the following text taken from the NFALD Constitution:“Evidence: Both speakers in a debate are required to make available to their opponent copies of any evidence used in the round, including the affirmative constructive speech. The evidencemust be returned to the speaker at the end of the debate. If the evidence is only available in a digital format, the debater is required to make a digital version of the evidence available for the entirety of the debate at the opponent’s discretion. For example, if an affirmative case is only available on laptop, the negative should be allowed to keep the laptop for reference until the debate is over. At the conclusion of the debate, competitors and judges may review evidence read in the round and record sources. Competitors must provide access to a written version of the source citation, in either physical or digital format, upon request by the judge or other competitor in the round. Time to record sources may be limited based on tournament schedule constraints. When time restrictions prevent recording of sources during the round to round participants may ask to review sources at a later point during the tournament. Competitors wishing to photograph, film, or otherwise copy pieces of opponent’s evidence in their entirety must first request permission. Competitors are not required to grant permission for photographing of theevidence. Judges may not photograph evidence during a round, nor may judges ask debaters for permission to do so. After the ballot has been returned judges may approach a coach for permission to photograph the evidence.”DOES NOT PASS

PROPOSAL #4 (Not Recommended), Kiefer Storrer: Proposed Cross Enter Eligibility Requirements to PSCFA Rules and Procedures Section III (Tournament Entry and Procedures), Subpoint V (Event Rules and Regulations), Letter A (Entry Limitations) specifies in regard to individual events that novice competitors may only enter one event in each flight, and that junior and senior competitors may only enter two events in each flight. Room limitations notwithstanding, there are competitive, traditional, and pragmatic concerns for both of these limitations, and will be addressed as follows; A: Novice Cross EntryB: Junior/Open Cross Entry 9 C: Regarding Room LimitationsA: The Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensic Association Constitution specifically mentions that the PSCFA “believes in equality, integrity, honesty, mutual respect, diversity, cooperation, and fair play in all forensics competition” among other equitable and inclusive statements. Only allowing novices to enter one event per flight specifically

limits their abilities to competitively self-express and experiment in various forms of advocacy at PSCFA’s championship tournaments. They will either be forced to choose between different events (which has its own implications on Duo partnerships) or forced to advance to a higher level of competition with students that might have experienced (high school or at least a year of collegiate competition) that the novice student may have never had access to.B: The general norm at national tournaments either allows for triple entry (NCCFI, AFA, NFA) or separated events into three flights and allows double entry (PKD). Triple Entry is also a norm at many regional tournaments (The Aztec, The Missouri Mule, The Gorlok Gala). Considering the level of strong competition at the PSCFA Championship tournaments it would be beneficial to allow for triple entry, among the above mentioned benefits. Finally, a popular conception of collegiate forensics competition is individual sweepstakes, or Pentathalon awards, which justifiably necessitates 5-6 individual events to be eligible.C: PSCFA Championship tournaments already allow ranked entries to account for room limitations and equal event entries across all teams. Increasing the ability for cross entry wouldn’t have any effect on the already established room limitations; DoFs and coaches would simply have to rank which events they’d want entered first.DOES NOT PASS

PROPOSAL #5 (Not Recommended), Ashley Nuckels-Cuevas: Parliamentary Announcement Rules: Current Rules: Rule V: 6a) The announcement of the topic to be debated will occur in a common area. The time allotted for preparation shall be 20 minutes prior to the start of the debate. The topic announcer shall indicate the time at which the all debates shall begin. b) When possible, the Director of Debate shall ensure that all ballots are available prior to the announcement of the topic.Proposed Change:c) When possible the Director of Debate will provide a live document that will post judge and room changes throughout the tournament, especially after announcement.Reasoning:Adaptation: Parliamentary debate is an event that is supposed to be an event focused on judge adaptation and without the knowledge of who the critic actually is that adaptation is not feasible.Time: There are have been multiple times that rounds go off late because judges do not pick up their ballots before announce.Amendment: Rule V: 6 A)The announcement of the topic to be debated will occur in a common area. The time allotted for preparation shall be 20 minutes prior to the start of the debate. The topic announcer shall indicate the time at which the all debates shall begin. B) When possible, the Director of Debate shall ensure that all ballots are available prior to the announcement of the topic.Proposed Change: A)When possible the Judge’s Table will provide a live document that will post judge and room changes throughout the tournament, especially after announcement.Adaptation: Parliamentary debate is an event that is supposed to be an event focused on judge

adaptation and without the knowledge of who the critic actually is that adaptation is

not feasible.Time: There are have been multiple times that rounds go off late because judges do not pick up their ballots before announce. Live “google” Document to update changes. This document would be updated at the judge’s table.PASSES

PROPOSAL #6 (Recommended), April Griffin: Tournament Liaisona) Add tournament liaison to secretary dutiesRationale: Will make communication with the executive committeeeasier for host schools.PASSES

PROPOSAL #7 (Recommended) April Griffin: President and Vice President Termsa)  Current: Vice President is elected for a one-year term and moves in to a one- year term as President. b)  Change to: Vice President and President shall be elected in the spring meeting of each year for a term of 2 years. Newly elected officers shall assume office on July 1 and hold office until June 30 of the second year following election. Staggering of election: the Vice President shall be elected in the spring of even numbered years. The President shall be elected in the spring of odd numbered years. Implementation: Current VP and President shall finish out terms as described in 2015-2016 PSCFA Constitution. Spring 2018 Vice President shall serve 2 years in the VP position. PASSES

VI. FROM THE FLOOR

Roxanne Arntson: Mental Wellness Panel – creating a booth or space at champs creating a packet with information to help increase mental wellness and health

Roxanne Arntson: Child Care Committee – Child care available at tournaments – minimized any legality of host school

Shawn O’Rourke: Tony Full Time Fullerton

April Griffin: Contract for Conference Bids negotiations move from President to the Treasurer PASSES

Skip Rutledge –Biola’s program is being canceled. Would like PSCFA to send a letter of support. VOTE to endorse the Executive committee. PASSES

Jay Arntson - Watson- Lancer- IPDA is added Limiting entireties for 4 for school

Aaron Fullman - figuring out the fees for Winter at the Beach / Jannese Davidson

Toni Neilson – For their Fullerton tournament Closed pack rookie division of CEEDA. Basic set of Novice evidence on drop box if you would like

Steve Robertson- Mills/Aztec will solely be on Palomar’s Campus

Roger Willis-Raymondo- Demo Day information

New Full-timers and Retirements Announcements

Jackson Spencer assistant DOF at CSULA

Ryan Smith is no longer involved in forensics

Courtney Anderson “DONE” with forensics

Toni Neilson - Full-time Fullerton

Das Nugent - Full-time SD Mesa

Scott Plambek – Full-time SD Mesa

Jennifer Page – Full-time Cypress

Nick Matthews – Full-time Cerritos

11:17 am

Tournament Calendar 2017-2018

Coaches Conference, September  8-10, 2017, Omni Rancho Las Palmas

Early Bird, September     , 2017, Fullerton College

PSCFA Seminar, September 16, 2017, OCC

Golden Gate Swing SFSU/CCSF, September 22-24, 2017, San Francisco State University

Warm-Up, September 30 – October 1, 2017, El Camino  * Saturday & Sunday

Mills/Aztec Invitational, October 6-8, 2017, 6th Palomar, 7-8th SDSU

Gary Rybold FREE NPDA, October 13, 2017, Irvine Valley College

Crossman Invitational, October 14-15, 2017, El Camino College

FREE Individual Debate, TBA    , 2017, IVC

Fullerton Collage, October 20-21, Fullerton Collage

Watson-Lancer, October  28-29, 2017, Pasadena City College

Halloween Express, October     , 2017, Fullerton College

Northridge, November 3-5, 2017, Northridge – Pending

Blume Invitational, November       , 2017, CSUF

Norton, November 4-5, Bradley University

Ray Dahlin Invitational, November 10, 2017, Palomar

Claremont Debate Tournament, November 17-19, 2017 Claremont Mekenna College

California Cup, November       , 2017, USC, UCLA, Claremont

Griffin Invitational, November 11-12, 2017, Grossmont College

PSCFA Fall Champs, December 1-3, 2017, Moorpark

Hell Froze Over, January  13-14,2018,  Bradley University

Close to the Coast, January 20-21, 2018, Orange Coast College

Winter at the Beach & Jannese Davidson (Swing), * More info to follow February 2-4, California State University & Concordia University

The Hornet Invitational, February     , 2018, Fullerton College

Virginia is for Lovers, February         , 2018  James Madison University

Golden Cowboy, Canceled

Montezuma Mesa, February     , 2018, SDSU

Round Robin, February 9, 2018, Pt Loma (NPDA only)

Sunset Cliffs, February 10-11, 2018, Pt Loma

Tabor-Venitsky, February 16-18, 2018, Cerritos

Western States Conference, February       , 2018, Santa Clara

PSCFA Spring Champs, February  23-25, 2018, CSULB

IE Districts, March          , 2018,

Express Debate “California Swing”, March         , 2018, Fullerton/CSUF

Claremont College BP, March           , Claremont College

CCCFA State Championships, March 14-18, 2018, Sacramento

International (IFA), March 12-13, 2018, Montreal

Christian Nationals, March 8-10, 2018, AZUZA

Pi Kappa Delta, March 14-17, 2018, Tennessee State, Nashville

NEDA Nationals, TBA,

Novice Nationals, TBA,

National Parli Championship, March 28-31, Lewis and Clark

National Parli Debate Championship, TBA, Sierra Puebla

AFA-NIET, April         , 2018, Bradly University Illinois

Phi Ro Pi, April 9-14, 2018, Daytona Beach

BP Nationals, April           , 2018,

International Parli, TBA,

NFA, April 13-16, 2018, Osh Kosh, WI

Cool-Off, April         , 2018, Palomar

Finance Report Net income by tournament/event

Coaches Conference 2016 666.34

Warm-up 2016 -615.47

Fall Champs 2016 7523.38

Spring Champs 2017 2610.66

Cool Off 2017 -162.72

SAUSD Program 2350

Additional expenses

PSCFA Stipends -700

Bovero Awards -1000

Tax Preparation -210

Web Entry -327

On Account -68.5

ESTIMATED NET INCOME 10066.69Current On-Account Balance -11387

Current Bank Balance (minus On-Account) 18095

PROPOSAL #1 (Recommended), Finance Meeting

In an effort to increase the effectiveness of collecting bids for the annual Coaches Conference, a bid framework shall be added to the PSCFA Constitution and Bylaws. The framework shall be the following:

• Dates: the annual Coaches Conference will be held on the first weekend after Labor Day (Friday through Sunday).

• Location: at least 50 miles from the nearest attending school from the region. The region includes Los Angeles county, Orange County, San Diego County, and several out-of-state regions.

• Panel Schedule:

Friday: 3:00 – 4:15 Panels/Workshops 4:30 – 5:45 Panels/Workshops

7:00 Dinner (can arrange a group dinner)

Saturday: 9:00 – 10:15 Panels/Workshops10:30 – 11:45 Panels/Workshops (New Coach Orientation)

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch1:45 – 3:15 Business Discussion Groups I (Forum for New Ideas) 3:30 – 5:00 Business Discussion Groups II (Committee Meetings) 7:00 Social Gathering

Sunday: 8:30 – 9:00 School sign-in9:00 – 12:00 Voting Business Meeting/fee collection

4. Guest rooms needed: 25 per night at minimum, with the ability to increase room block at the contracted rate by up to 15 guestrooms per night. *Based on history of attendance.

a. Guest room performance clause: guaranteed no more than 80% of rooms be filled without penalty.

5. Resort service charge: nightly charge should be kept minimal ($5-$10) and include access to hotel amenities, in-room wireless Internet access and parking.

6. Meeting room needs:Friday: 3 rooms, 25-35 capacity, tabled seating, 3:00-6:00 PMSaturday: 3 rooms, 23-35 capacity, tabled seating, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PMSunday: 1 room, 75 capacity, “Classroom” format seating, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

7. Audio/Visual: meeting rooms should have basic A/V setup to connect computers for projecting presentations. Wireless internet in meeting rooms should be included in the bid.

8. Banquet: continental breakfast for the Sunday business meeting (coffee, juices, assorted pastries).

F.R.E.D.

Forensics Related Educational Document

Pacific Southwestern Forensics Association Judging Guidelines

Basic Judging Information

Being the Judge

Check-in: As soon as you arrive at the tournament it is important to check-in at the ballot table to let them know that you have arrived. Also, you can ask them any questions you may have about parking, food, and the tournament schedule. You should arrive at the ballot table at least ten (10) minutes prior to each round to pick up your ballot and then proceed immediately to your assigned room. You must judge the round you are assigned, do not switch ballots with another judge as this will not allow the tournament administration to do an effective job.

Judge Demeanor: As an audience member, and more importantly as the judge it is important to be a supportive audience member. Judges are encouraged to

present a positive and attentive attitude to each speaker. Judges are encouraged to utilize respectful language when referring to students on ballots.

Turn off Phones and Pagers: Please remember to turn off all cell phones and pagers before you start the round (do not set them to vibrate) and please remind all students to do likewise.

What to Bring

Stopwatch: You will need this to time the speeches.

Pen: To write comments on the ballots.

Pad of Paper: To take notes during the debate round.

Getting Started

Individual Event Start on Time: Start the round as close to the designated starting time as possible. Do not wait for every student to show up before beginning the round as some students may be entered in more than one event per round.

Debate Start on Time: Start the round as close to the designated starting time as possible. For Lincoln Douglas Debate and International Public Debate both debaters must be present before the debate can commence. For Parliamentary and Policy Debate both debate teams must be complete before the round can commence.

Attendance: Each round you will receive a sheet attached to your ballots that will give you the speaking order. The students will sign in for the round by writing their names on the board or a sheet of paper. Students are to perform in the designated order unless there is a double entry in your round, if so that speaker is given order priority.

Double Entry: Some students will be participating in two speaking events during the same round. When they sign in they will place a DE or XE by their name, to notify you that they will either: (1) perform for you and then need to be excused from the round so as to go to their other round, or (2) they will perform in their other event and then arrive in your room to perform their second event. Students are expected to remain in the room as audience members unless they are double-entered. Students double entered in extemporaneous speaking may be very late.

No Show: A judge may call a “No-Show” once the time designated for the round has concluded. If the student has signed in as Double Entered (D.E.) wait to insure that the student has not returned before leaving the round. Please write “No Show” on the ballot and notify the ballot table.

During the Round

Timing the speakers: All events must be timed and recorded. It is important to time each speech and record the time on the ballot. There are time constraints for each event, see event descriptions for specific time lengths and which events require verbal or visual time signals.

Ballots

Filling out the Identification Information: The top portion of the ballot may ask for information such as: the name of the student, the student’s code, the name of the school, and the school code. Additionally, you will need to identify the event you are judging and the round you are judging.

Comments: What did the speaker do well? What do they still need to work on? Ballots are not only used to help determine the rankings for this particular tournament, but they are used as a tool, to educate students. Therefore, all of your comments are greatly appreciated. You should plan to write during each speech as well as briefly after the speech. Remember time is of the essence.

Ranking the Individual Events Round: After each preliminary round, the judge ranks each competitor from 1st to 4th. (The best speech in the round should receive a rank of “1,” the second best speech a “2,” etc.) Judges should give a tie rank of 4th to all students other than the top four, unless given other instructions by the ballot table. In a final round, judges are to give a rank of 5th to all students other than the top four, unless given other instructions. In current practice the use of the ratings “Fair” and “Unprepared” is extremely rare. In addition to a rank in the round, judges assign speaker points in a range between 1-25 with 25 being the best. NO TIES are allowed on speaker points. These points are based on how the judge feels the performer did relative to what is generally expected at that level of competition (eg. a score of 18 in Open division may be equivalent to a 25 in Novice).

Ranking the Debate Round: After each round the judge must assign a winner and a loser by circling the winning team/debater. Ties are not permitted. Additionally, judges must assign speaker points and rankings to each speaker in the round (ranks and speaker points should correlate with one another). NO TIES are allowed. Judges may choose to assign a low point win – where one team was the superior speakers but the other team won the round based on the arguments. In the event of this decision, judges must indicate on the ballot that they meant it to be a low point win.

Reason for Decision: This statement tells the student the reason or justification for their ranking in the round. For example: If a student is ranked 3rd out of six competitors, what about their performance placed them third. The students look to your comments and constructive criticism to help them to improve.

Returning the Ballots: It is imperative that you drop-off your ballots at the ballot table as soon as you have completed writing them. The tabulation room is waiting for the results from each round.

Final Rounds: In both debate and individual events, there will be three judges in finals (unless specifically stated on the ballot). Do not start the round without verifying that all three judges are present.

Judges Criteria

Criteria: The consequences and weight of: performing over-time, being a poor audience member, arriving after a round has started, literary merit, topic selection, social significance and any other possible situation not expressly delineated in these guidelines is left up to you, the judge.

Objectivity: Please try to judge the round in as fair a way as possible. Keep an open mind, try to avoid bias based on your personal affiliations. Keep in mind the feelings of the students that will be reading your comments.

Responsibilities of Judges

A. Judges will arrive at the ballot table at least 10 minutes prior to the start of each round, and will remain in the judging area until the table announces that judges are released.B. Judges will promptly return completed ballots to the judges table upon completion ofthe round.C. Judges shall not provide oral critiques in a non-debate event prior to turning in theirballots.D. Judges shall provide accurate time signals for students in all limited preparation events and debate.E. Judges are obliged to provide detailed and constructive written criticism of any and all rounds of competition they evaluate.F. Judges shall render an unambiguous win/loss decision in each debate round as well as unambiguous points and rank in each preliminary round.G. Judges have the discretion to disclose decisions and provide oral critiques in debate, as long as it does not impact the tournament schedule.H. The Tournament Director has discretion to remove a judge from a round based onpotential conflict of interest.

Potentially Unfamiliar Attributes of PSCFA Tournaments

Impromptu: Students choose one of three topics/quotations on which to base their speeches. Rather than having students wait in the hall for their turn, students are expected to watch the entire round unless they are double entered.

Parliamentary Debate: Students may consult written materials during preparation time, but may not read from those materials during the debate itself. Two students may engage in group preparation during the prep time.

Festival Finals: In events with 24 or more contestants, the tournament will typically utilize festival finals – simultaneous rounds of ‘finals’ – in lieu of semifinals. In all final rounds, judges will rank to 5th place and tie remaining speakers at the 5th place.

Event Specific Information

LIMITED PREPARATION EVENTS

General description: Limited Preparation events are speeches, which are prepared by students at the tournament. Students give a different speech each round.

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING (EXTEMP):

In this event, students are given a topic (usually a question) dealing with a current events issue and have thirty minutes to prepare a seven-minute speech. Topics will be drawn from contemporary political, economic, and international affairs for the period 90 days prior to the tournament. Schools are expected to provide their own research materials. Time limit is 7 minutes. Speakers will select one topic from three choices drawn 30 minutes prior to speaking. Competitors are allowed and encouraged to use notes when delivering extemporaneous speeches.

Handing out topics and supervising preparation time are not the responsibility of the judge.Each student should arrive at the round thirty minutes after receiving his/her topic. Realize that not all speakers will arrive at the round simultaneously. They will arrive one at a time in their speaking order.The judge is expected to give each speaker time signals during his/her speech so that the student knows how much time (out of seven minutes) remains for their speech.

IMPROMPTU SPEAKING (IMP):

In this event, each contestant will be given 3 topic slips drawn from quotations, slogans, etc.

A total of 7 minutes will be allowed for the contestant to read topic, prepare comments and speak. No outside notes are permitted except for what the student may write on the topic slip or note card during his or her preparation time.

Handing out topics and supervising preparation time are the responsibility of the Make sure that no student sees the topics before it is their turn to prepare.

Each student should receive a different topic. Typically, the ballot table will give the judge a set of topics labeled for each speaker. If the round is a semifinal or final round, only one of the three judges will be in charge of handing topics to students.The judge should begin timing once the speaker has received and read her/his topic. The judge is expected to give each speaker time signals out loud before they begin speaking, and then by hand during each speech so that the student knows how much time (out of seven minutes) remains for their speech.Unless they are double-entered, students are expected to remain in the round and watch other speakers before and after they have finished their speech.

PLATFORM SPEAKING EVENTS

General description: Platform events are original speeches students have prepared prior to attending the tournament. Delivery may be from memory, extemporaneous (with or without notes), or by reading the manuscript. Speeches should not exceed a ten-minute time limit. There is no minimum time limit. Judges should not give time signals. Audio and visual aids may be used but are not required in any platform event. Set-up time is not included in the total time of their speech, but should be kept to a minimum. There are no rules as to what structure students should use for any of these events. Judges should consider whether the student’s speech and structure served the topic.

SPEECH TO ENTERTAIN (STE)/AFTER DINNER SPEAKING (ADS):

In this event, students deliver a speech with the purpose of entertaining an audience. The speech may be persuasive or informative in nature, and should be more than merely a series of jokes or a “stand-up” routine.

COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS (CA):

In this event, students deliver a speech prepared with the purpose of analyzing a spoken event or other type of communication event. The speaker is to apply principles of rhetorical and/or communication theory to the event in order to contribute to a better understanding of that event.

INFORMATIVE (INF)/EXPOSITORY SPEAKING:

The purposes of the informative speech are to describe, clarify, explain and/or define an object, idea, concept or process.

PERSUASIVE SPEAKING/PERSUASION (PERS):

This is a speech designed to inspire, reinforce or change the beliefs, attitudes, values, or actions of the audience.

MULTICULTURAL EVENT

CULTURAL ARTIFACT (CULT ART):

This speech pays primary attention to the examination, explanation, or analysis of an artifact of a culture, co-culture, counter-culture, etc… The presentation shall contain a representation of the artifact (visual, audio, etc…). The delivery may be from memory, extemporaneously, or manuscript. The speech shall not exceed five minutes in length. The judge should not give time signals.

ORAL INTERPRETATION EVENTS

General description: Oral Interpretation involves the presentation of literature and presentation of original remarks so as to orient the audience to the meaning of literature, show its significance or link various selections together to develop a theme larger than any one piece displays. Speeches shall not exceed ten minutes in length. There is no minimum time limit.

Judges should not give time signals.

Students must seem to present the literature from the printed page selections should not appear to be recited from memory. Introductions and/or transitions are presented in an apparently extemporaneous manner. Oral Interpretation presentations may include one or more selections of literature. Students need not present works in their entirety, but may present portions or “cuttings” from works.

Contestants may not add or reassign scenes or lines to the performed cutting. Although an occasional line might be added especially if a character has been deleted, this practice should be discouraged.Contestants may not rewrite the ending of a work.Contestants may not change the point of view or gender of a character.Contestants may not perform a text in a genre for which it has not been written.

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION (DI):

A selection or selections of dramatic material (e.g. plays, screenplays, radio dramas, etc.)

PROSE INTERPRETATION (PRO):

A selection or selections of prose (e.g. short stories, novels, essays, etc.)

POETRY INTERPRETATION (POE):

A selection or selections of poetic material (e.g. poetry, lyrics, etc.)

PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION (POI):

This event is a program of thematically linked selections of literary merit, chosen from at least two of the three recognized genres of oral interpretation (i.e. prose, drama, poetry). A contestant may use the works of one or more authors.

DRAMATIC DUO INTERPRETATION (DUO):

This entails a cutting from a play single source or multiple sources involving the portrayal of two or more characters presented by two individuals. The material may be drawn from stage, screen, or radio any of the three genres of literature. Focus should be off-stage and not to each other.

READERS THEATER/INTERPRETERS THEATER

READERS THEATER (RT/IT):

1. Readers Theater is a group oral interpretation event involving three or more readers.The group of oral interpreters, through vivid vocal and physical clues, causes anaudience to see and hear characters expressing their attitudes toward an action sovividly that the literature becomes a living experience–both for the readers and theaudience. Readers Theater should encourage the original work of the student.2. Students should interpret the literature from the printed page. The audience should be able to perceive the presentation as interpretation from the printed page rather than recitation or memorization. A manuscript(s) must be present.3. Several varieties of programs and procedures are recognized by PSCFA.Presentations should consist of: (1) A thematic collage of varied literary selections from one or more authors; or (2) a cutting or adaptation from a single piece of prose, poetry or drama.4. Ensemble, dress and music may be used as suggestive incidental accouterments tothe program; however, extra-literary devices should not dominate the presentation.5. Time limit for the event is 25 minutes, which includes with an additional two minutes for set-up, performance, and take down.6. Students may not be double-entered in Readers Theater.

DEBATE EVENTS

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE (PARLI)

1. In this event the judge decides which team better upholds or disproves theresolution given in each round.2. If there are three topics for the round, the judge should show them first to thegovernment team, who will strike a topic, and next to the opposition team, who willstrike a topic. The remaining topic then becomes the topic for the round. Handing

outthe topics is the responsibility of the judge. In this event, the judge is also called the“Speaker of the House.” The judge should start timing when the topic is decided. Bothteams will then have fifteen minutes to prepare before they reconvene in the round forthe debate. One team may prepare in the room. The government team has priority inthis choice.3. If there is one topic it will be announced to all teams at a central location.Announcement of the topic will indicate the beginning of prep time.4. Students may ask for a “judging philosophy” before the round. It is customary toexplain your debate background, which will then inform the speakers on how to adaptto your level of expertise.5. Students may not be double-entered in Parliamentary Debate.6. PSCFA allows group preparation and use of the internet. However, the tournamentdoes not guarantee internet access.7. After the fifteen minutes of preparation time, the judge should ask which student will fill each of the following roles: Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition, Member ofGovernment, Member of Opposition. Judges should fill out the ballot, writing eachstudent and team name in the appropriate position.8. The judge is expected to give each speaker time signals during his/her speech sothat the student knows how much time remains for that speech. The order ofspeeches, and their respective time limits, is as follows:

Prime Minister’s constructive speech: 7 minutesLeader of Opposition’s constructive speech: 8 minutesMember of Government’s constructive speech: 8 minutesMember of Opposition’s constructive speech: 8 minutesLeader of Opposition’s rebuttal: 4 minutesPrime Minister’s rebuttal: 5 minutes

9. The judge may write comments during the debate as well as at the conclusion ofthe round. Keep in mind that time is of the essence!10. Students may raise a “point of information” and ask the speaker a question or make a statement during any of the constructive speeches. Points of information areappropriate only after the first minute and before the last minute of the constructive

speeches. It is customary for judges to indicate that one minute either has elapsed orremains by knocking once on the desk/table in front of them.11. Students may raise a “point of order” and ask the judge to decide an issue related tothe rules of the event. For this, the judge stops timing, and may ask each team toexplain their side. The judge may accept the point, reject the point, or take the pointunder further consideration.12. After the round, the judge determines which team won the debate. Inpreliminary rounds, the judge will assign a rank of first to the speaker she or he thinksdid best, the next best will receive 2nd, etc. The judge will also assign up to 30 points toeach speaker. Instances where a student receives speaker points below 15 should beextremely rare. Ties in points are NOT permitted. However, the speaker ranked 1stshould also receive the most points and so on down the rankings. Typically, the teamwhose speaker points are higher will win the debate. If this is not the case, a “low pointwin” may be awarded and should be noted on the ballot.

POLICY DEBATE (PD):

1. Students debate the same topic for the entire year. You will not have to give thema topic, however, you should ask the ballot table what this year’s current topic is.2. Students will arrive in the room prepared to debate.3. They may ask for your judging philosophy. It is customary to explain yourdebate background, which will then inform the speakers on how to adapt to your levelof expertise.4. A policy round relies on the use of evidence and prepared materials, these areallowed and encouraged in the round.5. The first team to speak will be the affirmative. The second team to speak isthe negative.6. The round will consist of 8 separate speeches. The first four are calledconstructives and the latter four rebuttals. The speaking order is as follows:

9 minute affirmative constructive3 minute cross examination9 minute negative constructive3 minute cross examination9 minute affirmative constructive3 minute cross examination

9 minute negative constructive3 minute cross examination6 minute negative rebuttal6 minute affirmative rebuttal6 minute negative rebuttal6 minute affirmative rebuttal

7. Each team is allowed 10 minutes of preparation time total for the entire round.The judge is required to keep track of time used by each side.8. After the round, the judge determines which team won the debate. Inpreliminary rounds, the judge will assign a rank of first to the speaker she or he thinksdid best, the next best will receive 2nd, etc. The judge will also assign up to 30 points toeach speaker. Instances where a student receives speaker points below 15 should beextremely rare. Ties in points are permitted. However, the speaker ranked 1st shouldalso receive the most points and so on down the rankings. Typically, the team whosespeaker points are higher will win the debate. If this is not the case, a “low point win”may be awarded and should be noted on the ballot.9. While you may give oral critiques if time permits, you must vacate the room in atimely manner so as to allow the next round to prepare.

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE (LD):

1. This event is one on one debate, which follows the same rules as policy debateabove with the exception of speaking times.

6 minute affirmative3 minutes of cross examination7 minute negative3 minutes of cross examination6 minute affirmative6 minute negative3 minute affirmative

2. Each speaker is allowed a total of 4 minutes prep time for the entire round. Thejudge must keep track of each sides use of time.3. When asked to provide evidence used in a round the debater shall provide a legiblecopy of the evidence on a paper when asked to do so by the other debater or the

judge. The evidence must include the entire context of the paragraph(s) without theuse of ellipses. The font size of the evidence shall be no smaller than 12pt type orlegible hand print. Parts of the evidence that were read must clearly be delineated. Theevidence must be returned by the end of the round.4. Debaters are prohibited from doing on-line research during the round.5. After the round, the judge determines which team won the debate. Inpreliminary rounds, the judge will assign a rank of first to the speaker she or he thinksdid best, the next best will receive 2nd. The judge will also assign up to 30 points toeach speaker. Instances where a student receives speaker points below 15 should beextremely rare. Ties in points are NOT permitted. However, the speaker ranked 1stshould also receive the most points. Typically, the team whose speaker points arehigher will win the debate. If this is not the case, a “low point win” may be awardedand should be noted on the ballot.

BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY (BP)

BP Debate

A debate format consists of a description of the teams in the debate and the orderand times for the speeches that make up that debate. The British Parliamentarydebate format differs from many other formats because it involves four teamsrather than two. Two teams, called the “First Proposition” and the “SecondProposition” teams, are charged with the responsibility of supporting the propositionwhile two other teams, “First Opposition” and “Second Opposition,” are charged withopposing it.

Two speakers represent each of the four teams and each speaker gives a speech ofseven minutes. The following chart describes the basic format and time limits. Asyou will see from the chart, each speaker is given a unique title.

British Parliamentary Debate Format

All Speeches will be no more than seven minutes in length.

Debaters will speak in the following order:

Prime Minister – 1st PropLeader of Opposition – 1st OppDeputy Prime Minister – 1st PropDeputy Leader of Opposition – 1st OppMember of Government – 2nd PropMember of Opposition – 2nd OppGovernment Whip – 2nd PropOpposition Whip – 2nd Prop

1. BP will be offered at Fall and Spring Champs on Saturday only. The eventwould follow BP rules and customs. It would offer four rounds of two-personteam debate breaking to a final round.2. BP would require 4 teams to enter for the division to be held.3. Experienced undergraduates may judge BP. One judge covers two teams. BPstrives to provide 3 judges per panel, a chair and two wings.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC DEBATE (IPDA)

IPDA Debate

IPDA shall be offered at the Fall and Spring Championship tournaments and Cool-Off.

A. Topics will be announced in-round with 5 topics (2 value, 2 policy, 1 metaphor)provided for strikes. Negative strikes first, and then turns are taken until one topicremains to be debated.B. Debaters will not be allowed to consult any other person during prep time. IPDAdebaters they will be allowed paper and/or electronic research material, which may bequoted or paraphrased from notes during the round, but not read directly, asextemporaneous delivery is required, according to IPDA preparation rules.C. Time limits:

Affirmative Constructive -5 minutesCross Examination – 2 minutesNegative Constructive – 6 minutesCross Examination – 2 minutesFirst Affirmative Rebuttal – 3 minutesFirst Negative Rebuttal – 3 minutesSecond Affirmative Rebuttal – 3 minutes