Meetings

2025 Spring Meeting

LINK TO AGENDA DOCUMENT

Saturday, May 3 at Neenah High School

With the 2025 Wisconsin season wrapped up, it's time to join your coaching colleagues with your reflections and ideas as we plan for the next school year at the WFCA Spring Meeting. There will be officer elections, formulation of the tentative 2025-26 calendar, and decisions on various proposals.

The spring meeting will be on Saturday, May 3 at Neenah High School, 500 Rocket Way. A virtual online option is also available for the afternoon business meeting.

Hotel option: DoubleTree Downtown Neenah

Directions to Neenah High School: 

From US41: Exit at the Winchester exit heading westbound. The high school is approximately 2 miles away from the highway on the left hand side.

From US10: Exit at the highway 76 exit heading south, and turn left on to Winchester. The high school is approximately 1 mile away from highway 76 on the right hand side.

Arrival: When you enter the driveway for the school, there will be two large parking lots on the right side. Park in either lot, and enter the building through the doors surrounded by the large red overhang.

Schedule for Saturday May 3:

  At Neenah High School

9:30 A.M.

Coach Social & networking opportunity

10:00 A.M

Morning Roundtables

10:00- 10:30

  • Topic brainstorming for annual categories (Ben Kroll?)
  • Crowdsourcing team bonding activities 
  • Calendar discussion- Maximizing attendance and minimizing geographical conflict.  (Mike Wagner)

10:30- 11:00

  • Recruitment, Retention, and growth- How we can support and grow forensics (Andie Peterson-Longmore)
  • Topic brainstorming for annual categories (Ben Kroll?)
  • Crowdsourcing fundraising strategies 
  • Interpretation of rules- a group discussion on category rules and how to better educate judges on how to approach them (Mike Wagner)

11:00- 11:30

  • Recruitment, Retention, and growth- How we can support and grow forensics (Andie Peterson-Longmore)
  • Topic brainstorming for annual categories (Ben Kroll?)
  • Crowdsourcing team growth strategies- How to get a “large team” 

11:30- 

1:00 

Lunch on your own

 

1:00 PM - Spring Business Meeting (to be concluded by 4:00, hopefully earlier)

In-person at Neenah High School

-or-

Zoom meeting details
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96176118469?pwd=xRXGbZnOGe24oXc0jFmSntmKoPbSDQ.1
Meeting ID: 961 7611 8469
Meeting Passcode: 46
Audio via phone: 301-715 8592

AGENDA DOCUMENT

The agenda document has links to all of the reports and documents, plus there will be links to the online voting as each item needing a vote comes up. Each school gets one vote, so if there are multiple coaches attending from your school there should be one designated voting delegate.

Election of Officers:

There will be an election for president-elect (3-year series) and secretary (2-year term). If are thinking about running for office, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so that we may gauge the interest for each position.

2025-26 Calendar:

Schools planning to host a tournament in 2026 should complete this form by April 26:

Google Doc link
PDF download

The draft version of the calendar, to be posted later, will be discussed at the spring meeting and confirmed with a vote at the fall meeting.

New Business - General Proposals

Proposal for 2027 or 2028 State Tournament at Oshkosh

Proposals related to the Constitutional Bylaws

Affiliate Membership Clarification
This is a second vote on this amendment to the Constitutional Bylaws. It requires a 2/3 vote at two consecutive meetings.

Student Advisory Committee Proposal
This proposal contains amendments to the Operating Bylaws which were approved at the 2024 Fall Meeting. It also contains amendments to the Consitutional Bylaws which requires a 2/3 vote at two consecutive meetings.

– Also see this document for a proposed small amendment to the original wording of the Constitutional Bylaws, which says that the committee shall consist of a one or more coach Chairperson(s) (changed from one Chairperson).

Proposal to modify criteria for School Membership

Proposals related to the Operating Bylaws

Student Advisory Committee - 2025 Updates

Treasurer Operating Bylaws Updates

Hosting Eligibility and Outstanding Dues

Proposal to Repeal Entry at State for Non-Member Schools

Proposals related to the Category Rules

Proposal for changing Farrago into Program Oral Interpretation (Grant Horton)

Proposal for changing Farrago into Program Oral Interpretation (Shelly Uttke)

Proposal to revise source citation rules in Farrago (Shelly Uttke)

Proposal to revise source citation rules in Farrago (Ben Kroll)

Proposal to change the grace period