2024 Fall Meeting

As we get ready to return for a new school year, the WFCA Fall Meeting will get us set for the upcoming forensics season.

The fall meeting was on Saturday, September 21 at Eau Claire North High School with a virtual option

Meeting Minutes

Agenda:

Officer reports, committee reports, state tournament reports, and proposals noted below.

Full agenda link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PdWfXrDaxh1AtjG25SnqQ0wwOabnqj5M9a4sICwu05Q/edit?usp=sharing

Proposals voted on:

Adoption of 2024-25 calendar passed

Proposed 2024-25 topics passed

Moments in History
1940’s and/or 1840-1900

Special Occasion
a welcome speech to a summer camp
a motivational speech from a coach/advisor
a villain monologue
a scholarship speech

Storytelling
a story about unlikely heroes
a pourquoi tale (an origin story or story of why something is)
a story involving a clothing accessory (shoes, hat, cape, etc)

Affiliate Membership Clarification  first passage approved (because it is a constituional bylaws amendment, must be passed again at spring meeting)

Artistic Plagiarism Proposal  passed

Student Advisory Committee Proposal  passed as related to operating bylaws; second vote needed at spring meeting for amending constituional bylaws with new standing committee; ad-hoc committee retained for the interim