Meeting Minutes
Louisiana High School Speech League
Fall Coaches Meeting
Teurlings Catholic High School
August 27, 2022
AGENDA
I. Welcome
A. Introduction of Executive Council Members - 9:00am
II. Members in Attendance
Southside High School
Teurlings Catholic High School
Bogalusa High School
Lafayette High School
Ascension Episcopal School
Caddo Magnet High School
Baton Rouge Magnet High School
Abbeville High School
Comeaux High School
Parkway High School
St. Thomas More
Northwood High School
Northwood High School
Benjamin Franklin High School
Capt Shreve High School
St. Mary's Dominican High School
Holy Cross School
Episcopal High School of Baton Rouge
David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy
Kaplan High School
Isidore Newman School
DTSMA
JPG
St. Martin's Episcopal School
Ceclia
ULL
Neville
III. Old Business
National Tournament Reports
Lafayette CFL - Scot Johnston – 9:14am
result from nationals
membership information
New Orleans CFL – 9:18 am
Thursday Sept 8th informational meeting
NSDA — 9:20 am
membership information
nationals results
Committee Reports – 9:27am
Implementation of Novice and Varsity Speech Divisions
previously JR/SR based on grade level rather than experience
this year will switch to Novice division for speech events
Qualifications for moving from novice to advanced
Debate experience will not qualify as speech experience and vice versa.
Speech novice eligibility is retained for a minimum or 2 semesters and maximum of 4 semesters. students who qualify for state in semesters 3 and/or 4 would move to varsity division
Debate novice eligibility is retained for 1 year. a year is defined as 10 rounds. Students who compete in less than 10 rounds may compete in novice the following year until they qualify for state at which point they move to the varsity division for the future.
Moved to vote for motion - 10:00 am
20 in favor
Motion passes 20-0-1
Motion to add novice divisions to state tournament - 10:02am
seconded
all in favor - 23 in favor
motion passes
Progress of Public Relations Committee - 10:05am
Emails were sent out over the summer to 130+ schools to notify principals of speech and debate programs.
IV. New Business
Future of Duet Acting as an Event- 10:08am
Jacob Simon - pulls from an already small pool of kids. Not translatable to college or national high school organizations.
Scott Johnstone - tournament directors can put it on their schedule, but that state will not host the event for state competition.
Jacob Ledger - move Duo to collegiate system? partnership rather than individual entry – move to committee sprig issue
Motion to eliminate Duet from state sanctioned events - Simon —- 10:15am
seconded
in favor - 22
none opposed
motions passes
Raising Tournament Entry Fees - 10:17am
current fee is $6 per event
schools can currently charge more if they include the raise in price their tournament notification form
Johnstone - proposal to raise to $10/person. can be incrementally raised over the course of 4 years.
Masey - proposal to raise the league fee and then give stipends to schools who run tournaments
Greg – Motion to table fees discussion —10:35
23 in favor - passes
greg - motion form a committee to get data on tournament costs and the best way to solve the problem
passes voice vote
volunteers
jacob
jacob
scott
chris
Tournament Schedule 2022-2023
will be uploaded to website
Tournament of Champions 2023
March 23-25
V. Announcements
Reminders
All LHSSL dues and paperwork to Kasi McCartney by September 12, 2022
Congressional Debate legislation
Meeting Adjourns at 10:55am