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Announcement: Council of Nine Instagram Page

Exciting news, coaches! The Council of Nine is creating a student-led Instagram page. We will be posting tutorials on how to navigate Tabroom, “Day in the Life of a Tournament” videos, and more! We’ve been wanting to attract some new faces and hopefully, this is the way to do it. On that note, we’re also looking for…
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Council of Nine Announcement

Nominations sought for the Council of Nine; MFA Student Representative Group. The Council of Nine is a student-elected group of three students from each of thefollowing MFA competition categories; Speech, Debate, and Congressional Debate. Thisgroup of trusted, communicative, and experienced competitors meet together with theorganization’s Vice President regularly throughout the season at all-events tournamentsand communicate…
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Resources & News for Maine District Tournament

Docket for Congressional Debate Download the Congressional Debate docket for the 2015 Maine District Tournament here. Topics for Extemporaneous Speaking Domestic Round 1 Congress Round 2 Economy Round 3 This Week in the News Foreign Round 1 ISIS Round 2 South America Round 3 This Week in the News World Schools Debate NSDA is piloting…
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Rescheduled dates for national qualifying tournaments

The NCFL National Qualifying Tournament has been rescheduled to 2/7. Registration closes 2/11 on Tabroom.com at 5 p.m. Qualifiers for Student Congress will be determined by participation and results of the Congressional Debate proceedings at the MFA State Tournament. Refer questions to the Maine Diocese Chair D’arcy Robinson of Poland High School. The NSDA Maine…
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States Postponed…again

We had several great years of State tournaments with great weather; we were due. The MFA State Tournament has been postponed again and is now rescheduled for Saturday, February 7. The venue remains the same (Lewiston High School). Keep an eye out for extended registration deadlines here and on Tabroom.com. As a result of pushing States…
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Due Dec. 1: NCFL Dues

A message from your NCFL District Chair: HI all, I have recieved dues and membership forms from the following schools: Poland Falmouth Cheverus Brusnwick Cape Elizabeth Bangor The deadline is Dec. 1 so that I can get the diocese registered by the 15th. Lets try and get four qualifiers this year! Thanks, D’Arcy Find the…
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Due Dec. 1: MFA Dues

A message from your Treasurer: Below is a list of schools from whom I have received 2014-2015 dues, and thank you.  Please note that after December 1, a late fee of $25 is applied to the membership fee. If your school has not yet renewed for MFA (or NSDA or NCFL), all the forms are…
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Debate Bootcamp CANCELED

Unfortunately the Debate Bootcamp scheduled for this Saturday, September 27 has been canceled.

Motion to Launch a New MFA Web Site

Welcome to the new web site for the Maine Forensic Association! Even though we are live, there is still plenty to do to maintain this site. If you have any feedback or new content for the site, contact the webmaster. This is the place to share debate and Extemp topics, Congress dockets, tournament invitations, meeting minutes,…
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