Present: Frank Sferra, President, Donus D. Roberts, Vice President, Ted Belch, David Johnson, Harold Keller, L. D. Naegelin, Richard Sodikow, Bro. Rene Sterner, Billy Tate, Glenda Ferguson, Alternate, and Jim Copeland, Secretary.

Moved by Keller, seconded by Johnson, that the 1994 and 1995 national tournaments be held June 19 - 24 in Kansas City, Missouri and June 25 - 30 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, respectively.

Motion to separate motion.

Moved to hold 1994 national tournament in Kansas City, Missouri June 19 - 24. Carried unanimously.

Motion to hold 1995 national tournament in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 25 - 30. Carried. Ayes: Sferra, Keller, Johnson, Roberts, Sodikow, Naegelin. Nayes: Sterner, Belch, Tate. [Recent revote has established Nova Nationals (Fort Lauderdale) dates June 18 - 23, 1995. Unanimous.]

Moved by Johnson, seconded by Keller, that we let Jim Copeland devise a mail out procedure in regard to L-D topics and see if we can get an incremental announcement process with Jim being the only one that is privy to the results, that we have a fine tuning re-writing and then a final vote. Carried. Sodikow abstained.

Fall meeting scheduled for Philadelphia September 30 - October 3, 1993.

Moved by Naegelin, seconded by Belch, that NFL have the Spring Executive Council meeting in 1994 in Bartlesville. Carried unanimously.

Meeting adjourned.

Present: President Frank Sferra, Vice President Donus Roberts, Ted Belch, David Johnson, Harold Keller, Lanny Naegelin, Richard Sodikow, Bro. Rene Sterner, Billy Tate, Glenda Ferguson, alternate and Secretary Jim Copeland.

Meeting called to order by President Frank Sferra.

Bro. Rene Sterner, FSC welcomed the Executive Council to Philadelphia.

Council discussed new judge card for national tournament. New judge card will be tried for one year.

District tournament reports are to include nominees from each district for judges for semi and final rounds. Nominations are to be made for one debate person, one speech person and one alternate.

Frank Sferra appointed Lanny Naegelin to act as a clearing house as to what the national sweepstakes should represent and suggestions for changing the sweepstakes. All suggestions with regard to this should be sent to Lanny prior to January 30. A report will be brought to the spring meeting.

A video of the invitation from the Fayetteville, North Carolina Committee to host the national tournament in 1996 was shown. Moved by Keller, seconded by Roberts, to accept the 1996 invitation from Fayetteville.

Moved by Belch, seconded by Tate, to table the motion to April. Withdrawn.

Moved by Belch, seconded by Tate, to table until tomorrow (Saturday). Defeated: Ayes: Tate, Belch, Noes: Roberts, Keller, Sferra, Sterner, Johnson. Abstaining: Naegelin, Sodikow.

Original motion passed: Ayes: Roberts, Keller, Johnson, Sterner, Naegelin, Sodikow, Sferra. Noes: Belch, Tate.

Moved by Naegelin, seconded by Keller, that the result of oral prompting (except time signals) by the speaker’s colleague while the speaker has the floor in debate is prohibited and results in loss of round. Passed 6 - 3. Ayes: Roberts, Keller, Johnson, Sterner, Naegelin, Sferra. Noes: Sodikow, Belch, Tate.

Agreed upon by Council that CX prelim schedules at national tournament for 1994 are to be released 3 rounds at a time. Moved by Sodikow, seconded by Tate, that the rule requiring students to notify tournament officials if a judge has coached them is abolished. Defeated. Ayes: Sodikow, Belch, Keller, Tate. Noes: Roberts, Johnson, Sterner, Naegelin, Sferra.

Moved by Sterner, seconded by Johnson that the NFL Executive Council strongly discourages debate scouting at the National Tournament, and that judges should not interrupt the flow of debates or contests in any way. They are to be there as silent evaluators and should not reveal their decision (except where decisions are to be announced after a round - elims of CX and single flight elims of L-D). Carried. All ayes except Ted Belch voted no. This rule to be attached to judge assignment sheet.

Mrs. Ewing (Muriel) Kauffman has been invited to be NFL Communicator of the Year at the Kansas City Nationals.

Moved by Naegelin, seconded by Tate, that in Prose and Poetry a student may not use the same source he/she used in Dramatic or Humorous Interp at the national tournament. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Naegelin, seconded by Keller, that in Expository a student may not use any portion of his original oration at the national tournament. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Roberts, seconded by Sodikow, that we amend the district tournament entry chart to be as follows:

Carried unanimously.

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Moved by Sodikow, seconded by Roberts that we rescind the motion that the Council will act as the screener of L-D topics. Defeated. Ayes: Sodikow, Roberts, Sferra. Nayes: Belch, Keller, Johnson, Tate, Sterner, Naegelin.

Moved by Naegelin, seconded by Johnson that the L-D Topic Committee will submit 25 topics to the Council for vote of the 10 best; said vote will take place without any change in wording. Passed. Ayes: Belch, Keller, Johnson, Tate, Sterner, Naegelin. Nayes: Sodikow, Roberts, Sferra.

Lanny Naegelin will present a L-D judge card to the Committee for spring meeting consideration.

Moved by Naegelin, seconded by Belch, that a cutting in dramatic interpretation and humorous interpretation must be from a single source. Carried unanimously.

(A student could do a different selection each round if they wished).

Moved by Sodikow, seconded by Naegelin, to accept the proposed 1993-94 budget. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Keller, seconded by Naegelin, to grant $10,000 from the Phillips Petroleum Co. Grant to Melissa Wade for the Emory Summer Forensics Institute and $1,000 for a workshop on women in debate.. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Keller, seconded by Sodikow, that the National Forensic League allow a national tournament host to sell any souvenir type merchandise approved by the NFL Secretary, and that said national host pay the National Forensic League a 20% royalty of the gross sales for the use of the insignia and/or for the use of the National Tournament as a vehicle for host revenue. Passed. Ayes: Sodikow, Roberts, Keller, Tate, Naegelin. Abstaining: Belch, Johnson, Sferra.

The Council discussed the coach’s concerns from the coach’s meeting held at Indianapolis.

Moved by Naegelin, seconded by Tate, that NFL waive the 10 point competitive rule for the two Department of Defense schools affiliating from Cuba and Bermuda. Carried unanimously.

Moved by Ferguson, seconded by Belch, we put out a survey to the coaches if they would like to have two judges in cx debate. Defeated: Ayes: Belch, Ferguson, Naegelin. Nayes: Roberts, Keller, Johnson, Tate, Sterner, Sferra. Richard Sodikow absent - not voting.

Moved by Roberts, seconded by Sodikow, that 8 points per round for 6 rounds (48 points) be granted to Natausha Wilson for a national tournament tab room error at Indianapolis erroneously removing her from advancing to next rounds. She also should receive a finalist trophy. Carried. Ayes: Sodikow, Roberts, Tate, Sterner. Abstaining: Belch, Keller, Johnson, Naegelin, Sferra. Carried. 4 - 0

=sibhead Junior High School Membership

The following committee was appointed by President Sferra to study the possibility of a National Junior Forensic League. Billy Tate, chair, Don Roberts, Ted Belch and Lanny Naegelin, with a report to be brought to the fall 1994 meeting.

The Council discussed the report of the CARE Committee and will further discuss this when funds are available. The #1 agenda item for the spring meeting will be the care Committee Report. The Council thanks the members of the CARE Committee for their work on the report.