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MSCA Spring Meeting Agenda
April 12-13, 2019

I.  Call to order - Mike Worcester, MSCA President  

II. Officer Reports
    A. Secretary - Ceil McDonald
    B. Treasurer - Zach Prax
    C. President Elect - Kasey Wacker
    D. Past President - Jason Olson
    E.    MSHSL Board of Directors - Bonnie Spohn Schmaltz

III. Committee Reports
    A. Advisory Committee
         1. Next meeting is May 6, 2019
         2. Advisory Committee members
              Linda Neugebauer - term expires in 2019 (AA)
              Stewart Wilson - term expires in 2019 (A)
              Meg Krekeler - term expires in 2020 (AA)
              Karen Lee - term expires in 2020 (A)
    3. Persons wishing to submit proposals must use submission form, linked on web site
    B. MSHSL - New section assignments for the next two seasons.
    C. Awards Committee-Scott Sieling and Tim Coleman
        1. Let Scott or Tim know Section Speech Coach Award Winners
    2. Award winners must be MSCA members.
    D. MSCA Website
         1. Join and contribute to the site.
         2. Tournament Calendar - Put your date on the website
    E. Category Committees
         1. Discussion – Mike Worcester, Rachel Schott
         2. Extemp Reading - Kathy Martin
         3. Storytelling - Kathleen Westgard, Max Wojtanowicz
    F. MSHSL Hall of Fame Committee - Jennifer Parker, Eric Meyer
    G. New Coach Mentorship Update - Jody Saxton West (jsaxtonwest@northfieldschools.org)

IV. Old Business
    A. Professional Development Opportunities
         1. Speak2Compete Coaching Institute - July
         2. NSDA Conference
    B. Make sure your coaching and judging information is up-to-date on the MSHSL web site.

V.  New Business
    A.    February 2020 Calendar - Quirk with Feb. 29 - Cal Vande Hoef
    B.     State next year at Wayzata High School, April 17 (A) & 18 (AA), 2020
    C.     CTAM - Holiday Inn, St. Cloud, Sept. 12-13-14. Submit session ideas on CTAM web site.

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2018 MSCA Business Meeting Agenda CTAM Annual Conference
St. Cloud Holiday Inn
September 15, 2018, 10:20 – 11:30 a.m.
1. Call to order–Mike Worcester,MSCAPresident
2. Officer Reports
  1. Secretary-CeilMcDonald
  2. Treasurer - Zach Prax
  3. PastPresident–JasonOlson
  4. PresidentElect–KaseyWacker
  5. MSHSL Board of Directors-Bonnie Spohn Schmaltz
  6. PresidentMikeWorcester
     1. Encouraging continued membership growth
     2. State Tournament Judge Voting – We can still do better
3. Committee Reports
  1. Advisory Committee
     1. Update from May 2018 meeting
2. Advisory Committee Elections
  1. One(1)eachClassA&AA
3. MSHSL
  1. Cliff Janke - Rule Clinician
  2. State Tournament Jury
     1. AtLargeRep–Now open,need to elect.
     2. ‘A’ Rep – Rachel Schott – Term runs through 2019
     3. ‘AA’ Rep – Dillon White – Term runs through 2020
  3. The State Tournament will be April 12 (A) and April 13 (AA) Wayzata High School.
     1. Schools who wish to be considered for hosting starting future state tournaments should make            your interest known sooner rather than later by contacting Chris Franson.
  4. MSCA Website
     1. Join and contribute to the site. Find it at http://mscaspeech.weebly.com/
     2. Send CTAM materials to sdsieling@gmail.com to have them posted.
     3. Still running the Speech Tournament calendar through CTAM website.
  5. CategoryCommittees
     1. Discussion
     2. Storytelling
     3. Extemp. Reading
  6. MSHSL Hall of Fame Committee.
  7. New Coach Mentorship Update - Jody Saxton West
4. Old Business
  1. Professional Development Opportunities
     1. NSDAProfessionalDevelopment
     2. Speak2Compete
  2. New judging cycle so you need to get registered.
     1. $15 for two years.
     2. Must take the on-line rules test.
     3. State Ballot is opt-in and you need to complete application by November 1st.
          1. Remember to vote for state judges on Coach’s Clipboard.
               We have room to improve our voting numbers and need to
                encourage fellow coaches to be a part of the process.
           2. Likely deadline for balloting is mid-January 2019.
5. NewBusiness
      1. President Elect - Class AA
      2. Ideas from CTAM Sessions
​      3. Other

2015 MSCA Business Meeting Agenda – St. Cloud Holiday Inn – CTAM Annual Conference
September 19, 2015

I .Call to order-Jason Olson, MSCA President  
II. Officer Reports
    A.   Secretary-Ceil McDonald
    B.   Treasurer- Zach Prax 
    C.   President Elect-Mike Worcester
    D.   Past President- Scott Sieling
    E.    MSHSL Board of Directors- Chris McDonald
          1.  Need candidates for MSHSL Board – 2016-2019
    F.    President Jason Olson
          1.  Call for Committee
           2.  Newsletter           
III. Committee Reports 
    A.  Advisory Committee –
        1.  Update from May, 2015 meeting
    B.  Advisory Committee elections
        1.  Jill Lofald - term expires in 2016 (AA)
        2.  Kathy Martin - term expires in 2016 (A)
        3.  Travis Rother - term expires in 2017 (AA)
        4.  Cal Vandehoef - term expires in 2014 (A)
    C.  MSHSL 
        1.  Cliff Janke is the MSHSL Rules Clinician
        2.  MSCA Appointed Jury was well-received last year.
               a.  Ceil McDonald – term expires in 2015 – Need to elect new “at large” representative
               b.  Margaret Kitterman – term expires in 2016 (A)
               c.  Jody Saxton West – term expires in 2017 (AA)
        3.  The state tournament will be April 15(A)-16(AA) at Lakeville North H.S.
    D.   MSCA Website
        1.  Join and contribute to the site.  
        2.  Send CTAM materials to sdsieling@gmail.com to have them posted.
        3.  Tournament Calendar-put your date on the website
             a.  Discussion – Is this still considered a valuable resource?
    E. Category Committees
        1.  Discussion – Mike Wocester, Rachel Schott
        2.  Extemp Reading- Kathy Martin
        3.  Storytelling- Marie Kreft, Kathleen Westgard
    F.  MSHSL Hall of Fame Committee  -   Jodi Anker and Howard Vaillaincourt
    G.  New Coach Mentorship Update -  Jody Saxton-West  Jody.Saxtonwest@nfld.k12.mn.us
 IV. Old Business
    A.   Professional Development Opportunities
        1.  NSDA Professional Development and Accreditation www.nflonline.org
        2.  Speak 2 Compete Institute @ St. Thomas-July
    B.   Second year of judging cycle so if you registered last year you should be ok, but head coaches           still login to your Coach’s Clipboard to Vote for State Judges!  Less that 80 people voted last 
          year.  
V.  New Business
    A.  Constitutional Revisions
    B.  Ideas from sessions.

MSCA Spring Meeting Agenda
April 17-18, 2015
I .Call to order-Scott Sieling, MSCA President  
II. Officer Reports
     A.   Secretary-Ceil McDonald
     B.   Treasurer- Ross Eichele 
     C.   President Elect-Jason Olson
     D.   Past President- Kathy Martin
     E.    MSHSL Board of Directors- Chris McDonald
     F.    President Scott Sieling
          1.  Treasurer position
          2.  MSCA Constitution/By-Laws
III. Committee Reports 
     A.  Advisory Committee –
          1.  Next meeting is Monday, April 27, 2015
          2.  Advisory Committee members
                Jill Lofald - term expires in 2015 (AA)
               Kathy Martin - term expires in 2015 (AA)
               Travis Rother - term expires in 2016 (AA)
               Cal Vande Hoef - term expires in 2016 (A)
     B.  MSHSL-Cliff Janke -MSHSL Rules Clinician
     C.  Awards Committee-Scott Sieling and Tim Coleman
          1. Let Scott or Tim know Section Speech Coach Award Winners
          2.  See Fall Awards (attached)
     D.   MSCA Website
          1.  Join and contribute to the site.
          2.  Tournament Calendar-put your date on the website
     E. Category Committees
          1.  Discussion – Mike Worcester, Rachel Schott
          2.  Extemp Reading- Kathy Martin
          3.  Storytelling- Marie Kreft, Kathleen Westgard
     F. MSHSL Hall of Fame Committee  -   
          1.  Joni Anker and Howard Vaillaincourt
          2.  Due Date is December 11, 2015
     G.  New Coach Mentorship Update -  Jody Saxton West (Jody.Saxtonwest@nfld.k12.mn.us)
IV. Old Business
     A.   Professional Development Opportunities
          1.  NSDA Professional Development and Accreditation www.nflonline.org
          2.  Gustavus Coaching Institute-July
     B.   This is the new year in the two-year judging cycle.  
     C.  Proposals
          1.  MSCA Code of Ethics was approved at CTAM 2014 and is now on the MSCA website.
          2.  A proposal to change Ex. Reading failed on a vote at CTAM 2014.
          3.  A proposal to change Great Speeches was tabled at CTAM 2014.
          4.  Other proposals will be discussed and finalized at the Advisory meeting.  (see attached)
V.  New Business
     A.     State next year at Lakeville North, April 15-16, 2016
     B.     Nominations for awards through CTAM
     C.     CTAM-Holiday Inn, St. Cloud, September 17-19, 2015
     D.    Submit session ideas to Suzanne Stangl-Erkens:  erkens@stcloudstate.edu 
             (Due Monday, June 8, 2015)

MSCA YEAR’S OF SERVICE AWARDS (2013-2014)
5 years:  Bethany Piety, Peter Schreifels
10 years: Brian Stoebner
15 years: Lisa Letcher, Thomas Lucas
20 years: Lisa Goihl
25 years: Dale Neuschwander, Mark Thul
30 years: Roxy Janke, Sandra Wieser-Matthews, Stewart Wilson
35 years: Kathy Detloff, Cheryl Neidt, Carol Purrington
45 years: John Fogarty
Class A Coach of the Year:  Cliff Janke, Fairmont
Class AA Coach of the Year:  Travis Rother, Chanhassen

PROPOSALS
STATE TOURNAMENT JURY ROTATION PROPOSAL:  A rotation will start with the 2015-2016 school year for the State Tournament Jury. At the 2015 Fall CTAM meeting, a new Jury member will be elected to replace the at-large member, followed by replacement of the Class A member in the Fall of 2016, followed by replacement of the Class AA member in 2017.  This cycle will continue to repeat into the future.
RATIONALE:  This will allow for more consistency in the Jury so that all members will not leave at the same time.

POETRY CLARIFICATION PROPOSAL:  Add clarifying language to the poetry rule.  Current language:  Selections for poetry may include one poem or several clearly-identified poems.  ADD THIS LANGUAGE:  The titles and authors of each poem must be stated either in the introduction or throughout the performance.
RATIONALE:  This clarifies the meaning of  “clearly-identified.”

TIME LIMITS PROPOSAL:  All draw category time limits will be 7 minutes and all non-draw categories will be 10 minutes.  Discussion would remain the same.  The grace period would be eliminated.
RATIONALE:  Having only two time limits would provide simplicity and consistency to tournaments.  The 10 minute time limit in non-draw categories would put Minnesota in line with the national standard of 10 minutes.