MDTA

MDTA General Membership Meeting

rbrynteson@mdta.org — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:20:53 +0000

Mark your calendars – our next meeting is on the books. The MDTA will hold its spring MDTA General Membership meeting on May 5th, 2012 at Midland Hills Country Club. The meeting will start at 1:00 PM and is scheduled to last a few hours. We will have details agenda information coming out in the next couple of weeks. But the high level agenda will include:

- Outreach Program
- Public Forum State Tournament Rules & Process
- MSHSL State Tournament Rules Review (Judge selection, tabbing procedure, more)
- Novice Case Limits & Novice Evidence Packet for Policy Debate
- 2012 MDTA Jamboree

All MDTA Members are welcome to attend. If you are not a member, you can come to the meeting and become a member on the spot.

Once we have the documents ready for each area of interest, I’ll start a thread in the forums about each agenda item as we might be able to accomplish some pre-discussion.

MDTA Cup – PF/Classic/LD Results – Policy Coming Soon

DJ Brynteson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:29:04 +0000

And here are the MDTA Unofficial results for the 2011-2012 season. I will be posting the top 5 students along with the top 5 schools for each. Public Forum, Classic and LD results are complete and ready for community review.

In addition to the results, I will be posting the MS Excel document used to calculate all of the points. This is for community review because it’s very possible that someones name is misspelled or I mis-calculated something along the way. A quick explanation of the spreadsheet. It has four sheets. RawData is where all the magic is. It lists students name and schools. If a tournament offered breaks beyond Quarters, than we mark those tournaments as special otherwise, the top 8 get a point for breaking. Than one additional point is awarded for each break round won or at a tournament where to breaks exist, a single point awarded to the winner. We then have Top 8/Breaks bonus, Elim Bonus (each win or first place) to get total bonus points. Lastly, there is a Y/N used to determine if we count that record for a school awards, remembering only the top 2 entries are counted.

So without further text here goes:

Public Forum Top 5

Danny Foussard	SPA	17
Sophie Callahan	Eagan	17
Max Minsker	Eagan	17
Adithya Balaji	Eastview	15
Anthony Bigelow	Eastview	15
Samuel Wood	SPA	15

Public Forum Team

SPA	42
Eagan	41
Eastview	38
Blaine	24
Cannon_Falls	19

Excel Spreadsheet - PF MDTA Cup 2011

Lincoln-Douglas Top 5

Courtney Bye	Blaine	21
Elliot Polsky	St_Thomas_Academy	19
Ashesh Rambachan	Eastview	19
Alex Gray	St._Francis	18
Kelton Anderson	St_Thomas_Academy	16

Lincoln-Douglas Team

St_Thomas_Academy	36
Apple_Valley	35
Blaine	27
Blaine	27
Lakeville_North	27
Visitation	27

Excel Spreadsheet - LD MDTA Cup 2011

Classic Top 5

Abby Ginader	Eastview	12
Mary Boles	South_St_Paul	12
Avi Gori	Southwest	12
Ada Breitenbucher	South_St_Paul	12
David Gannon	Eastview	11
Mariah Oxley	Southwest	11
Olivia Lin	Eastview	11
Zane Larwood	Eastview	11

Classic Team

Eastview	26
South_St_Paul	22
Century	15
Southwest	14
Stillwater	10

Excel Spreadsheet - Classic MDTA Cup 2011

Eastview Captures Public Forum State Tournament

rbrynteson@mdta.org — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:53:29 +0000

What is the value of a college education? We may think we already know the answer, but what we know for sure is the 26 Public Forum teams sure had plenty of arguments on both sides for the second year of the Public Forum State Tournament.

Adithya Balaji and Tony Bigelow of Eastview High School defeated Eagan’s Maggie Parra and David Wickard on a 5-2 decision to take home the championship. Balaji and Bigelow’s argument of the benefits and costs of a college education followed nine rounds of debate over two days.

Sharing in a weekend of success was the semi-finalists teams from Champlin Park and Blaine High School. Rounding out Quarter-Finalists were teams from St. Paul Academy, Wazyata and Eagan. Congrats to all students who participated.

Full Results – Elim Bracket

MDTA Public Forum State Tournament

GCM Admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:50:08 +0000

Registration is open for the 2012 MDTA Public Forum State Tournament to be held at Blaine High School on January 6th and 7th. Registration can be done by e-mailing rbrynteson -at- brynteson.info. Because of how the holidays hit, we will leave registration open until January 4th, 2012. At registration, please have all judges listed so an accurate strike list can be created.

Friday

3:30 – 3:45 – Registration
4:00 PM – 1
5:00 PM – 2
Dinner
6:30 PM – 3
7:30 PM – 4

Saturday

9:00 AM – 5
10:15 AM – 6
Lunch
Noon – Quarters
1:00 PM – Semis
2:30 – Finals
3:30 – Awards

A judges/coaches lounge with snacks and food will be available throughout the tournament. Snacks (candy, chips, granola bars, and fruit) beverages (soda and water) will be available to students during the tournament. Food is through pre-order only. Pizza (pepperoni, cheese, annd/or sausage) is $6 and can be ordered for Friday. 6″ subs (veggie, ham, and/or turkey) are $3 and can be ordered for Saturday. ALL FOOD ORDERS NEED TO BE SENT TO ROSS EICHELE (ross.eichele@anoka.k12.mn.us) BY 5:00 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4TH. Students are also welcome to bring their own food or order out if they wish.

Schools Already Registered:

Blaine – 2 Teams
Blake School – 3 Teams
Brainerd – 1 Team
Eagan – 3 Teams
Eastview – 3 Teams
Maple Grove – 2 Teams
Robbinsdale Cooper – 3 Teams
Robbinsdale Armstrong – 2 Teams
SPA – 2 Teams
St. Francis – 2 Teams

Public Forum Debate officially recognized by MSHSL

rbrynteson@mdta.org — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:00:32 +0000

The MSHSL accepted the MDTA recommendation to add public forum debate to the 2012-13 state debate tournament. This process started several years and with the assistance of Chris Franson from the MSHSL we were able to get our proposal adapted. This proposal is to add public forum debate to the traditional debate timeframe and a qualification process will be identified for the event.

The next process will be to formalize the state tournament rules and a committee will be formed to update the rules by February of 2012.

Debate Health

One of the factors in accepting public forum debate is the overall strength of debate throughout the state. Today 63 schools participate in all forms of debate and public forum will simply increase our ability to increase outreach throughout the state.

Again, more information will be coming on this subject, but congratulations to those who helped in this process.

MDTA Cup – Down the stretch

rbrynteson@mdta.org — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:04:58 +0000

Well, we are two more tournaments into the season with only SPA, Blake, St. Francis and State Qualifiers remaining for the MDTA Cup this season. Here are your top 5 with full updates also available.

CX - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-cx-2011/ (Missing None – Updated 11/19/11)

LD - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-ld-2011/ (Missing None – Updated 11/19/11)

PF - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-pf-2011/ (Missing None – Updated 11/19/11)

LD Debate

Courtney Bye	Blaine	17
Ashesh Rambachan	Eastview	16
Elliot Polsky	St_Thomas_Academy	14
Alex Gray	St._Francis	13
Meagan Trayers	Visitation	12
Kelton Anderson	St_Thomas_Academy	12

LD School

Apple_Valley	28
St_Thomas_Academy	26
Lakeville_North	24
Lakeville_South	23
Blaine	21

PF Debate

Danny Foussard	SPA	15
Sophie Callahan	Eagan	15
Max Minsker	Eagan	15
Adithya Balaji	Eastview	13
Daniel Porter	SPA	12
Anne Beck	Eagan	12
Ronnie Dixon	Blaine	12
Matthew Burian	Eagan	12
Samuel Wood	SPA	12

PF School

Eagan	37
SPA	35
Eastview	29
Blaine	22
Cannon_Falls	17

Policy Debate

Dai’Quan Robinson	Como_Park	15
Stryker Thompson	Como_Park	15
Lisa Beard	Rosemount	11
Oskar Tauring-Traxler	Minneapolis_South	11
Lillie Oulette-Howitz	Minneapolis_South	10
Luke Mielke	Roseville	10
Jacob Boucher	Minneapolis_South	10
Sean Martinson	Roseville	10

Policy School

Minneapolis_South	30
Edina	24
Rosemount	23
Eden_Prairie	22
Eagan	21
Como_Park	21
Wayzata	21

MDTA Cup Mid-Season Report

rbrynteson@mdta.org — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:32:03 +0000

The MDTA Cut Mid-Season reports seems a lot of very tight races. We are missing a few items of information and if you have this information available, please forward it to results@mdta.org. Details of the MDTA Cup and how points are awarded can be found here: http://mdta.org/results/mdta-cup/.

Full Results of all students available at:

CX - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-cx-2011/ (Missing None)

LD - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-ld-2011/ (Missing None)

PF - http://mdta.org/mdta-cup-pf-2011/ (Missing None)

Update – November 9th, 2011 (Fixed issue for CX and PF where second member of team wouldn’t receive elim points)

LD Student (Top 5 + Ties)

Courtney Bye	Blaine	13
Meagan Trayers	Visitation	11
Elliot Polsky	St_Thomas_Academy	10
Kelton Anderson	St_Thomas_Academy	9
Ashesh Rambachan	Eastview	9
Alex Gray	St._Francis	8
Andrew Urevig	Robbinsdale_Armstrong	8
Collin Brown	Robbinsdale_Cooper	8
Logan Roberts	Lakeville_South	8

LD Schools (Top 5 + Ties)

Apple_Valley	20
St_Thomas_Academy	19
Lakeville_North	18
Lakeville_South	17
Visitation	17
Blaine	16
Eagan	16

PF Student (Top 5 + Ties)

Sophie Callahan	Eagan	12
Max Minsker	Eagan	12
Danny Foussard	SPA	11
Sam Rosenberg	SPA	11
Daniel Porter	SPA	10
Anne Beck	Eagan	10
Matthew Burian	Eagan	10

PF School (Top 5 + Ties)

Eagan	30
SPA	27
Eastview	19
Blaine	15
Cannon_Falls	13
Apple_Valley	12

CX Student (Top 5 + Ties)

Dai’Quan Robinson	Como_Park	14
Stryker Thompson	Como_Park	14
Lisa Beard	Rosemount	10
Lillie Oulette-Howitz	Minneapolis_South	10
Lisa Beard	Rosemount	10
Luke Mielke	Roseville	9
Amy Tan	Eden_Prairie	9
Sean Martinson	Roseville	9
Ben White	Highland_Park	9
Oskar Tauring-Traxler	Minneapolis_South	9

CX School (Top 5 + Ties)

Minneapolis_South	26
Rosemount	20
Rosemount	20
Como_Park	19
Wayzata	17

MDTA Meeting Minutes

rbrynteson@mdta.org — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:50:44 +0000

The minutes of the September 2011 General Membership meeting are now available online at:

http://mdta.org/events/fileDownload.aspx?attachID=1972

Of note, the MDTA is looking for volunteers to serve on two committees. One is a committee to review the MSHSL State Debate Tournament rules to determine what changes would be required to use today’s most common computer tabbing programs. The second committee will review interest in creating a Novice Policy evidence packet for the 2012-13 debate season.

If you are interested in participating on either committee, please send an e-mail to DJ Brynteson.

2011-2012 Novice Policy Case Limits

DJ Brynteson — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:04:40 +0000

The following limits will be used for the 2011-2012 Novice Policy:

The United States Federal Government should implement the Constellation Program
The United States Federal Government should implement a passive SETI program
The United States Federal Government should implement a human mission directly to Mars.
The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its capability to detect and deflect near earth objects. (The MDTA Committee recommendation does not allow the use of Ballistic Missile Defense advantages in the 1AC.)

The following K’s are allowed to run against any of the above Affirmative positions:

Anthropocentrism – ALT: reject the affirmative and embrace a non-anthropocentric ethical framework
Frontierism – ALT: reject the affirmative and the frontier mindset

The following counter-plans are allowed to be run against all affirmative positions at the start of the year:

Peoples Republic of China agent counter-plan

Purpose of the novice case limits: The MDTA sets up limits for the novice division of debate in order to increase education for novices by encouraging depth in their argumentation and predictability for them in the rounds they will debate. All novices must adhere to the case limits. If a novice team encounters a team running arguments outside of these parameters, they may advance a topicality violation based on the fact that the team is debating outside of the acceptable limits and argue that violation of the limits is grounds for a loss in the round. Since the 2011-2012 limits impose restrictions on both affirmative and negative teams, either team may advance a claim that the other side is in violation of the novice limits. We discourage judges from deciding a round on topicality if neither team advances a topicality argument, however, as we believe it is an important skill for debaters to learn what arguments should be made in the round.

All of these novice affirmative cases are still subject to the national resolution listed below and can be challenged based on topicality. The fact that they are included in the novice case limits does not deem them automatically topical. It is still the obligation of the affirmative team to show that their plan falls under the larger resolution.

Novices may run any advantages or disadvantages to the cases listed, but are limited to the counterplans, kritiks, and alternative texts as stated.Negative team always has the option of defending the status quo.

MDTA Novice Case Limits Meeting – August 16th 2011

DJ Brynteson — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:44:12 +0000

The annual MDTA Novice Case Limits Meeting will again be held at the home of Gail Sarff on August 16th, 2011 starting at 4:30 PM promptly.

At the meeting we will discuss the current NFL Policy Topics and the desired limits to be in place for the 2011-12 debate season. If you would like to attend, please let Gail or myself know – we just don’t want to post her address on the internet for everyone to see. �

Hope you can attend.