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Overview
This event is intended to develop the skills of young members in properly conducting an FFA meeting. Participants must be FFA members in grades 7-10. This event aids the development of leadership abilities of young members for present and future chapter activities.
Sub-District, District, State
10 minutes
Rules
Each team will be composed of seven active members who may NOT be past their sophomore year in high school. Each team will be organized so that they will have representatives acting as:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Reporter
Sentinel
Advisor
The seventh member will take the part of Chapter Advisor. This member shall accept the role of the Chapter Advisor in an official FFA meeting and will participate in the discussion as an Advisor. Upon entering the room the Sentinel will be required to arrange the paraphernalia/equipment for the meeting accoring to the Official FFA Manual. This will be done before other team members proceed to their stations. The Sentinel shall not move or rearrange the tables in the room. The event chairperson will designate the front of the room to the Sentinel.
The team members will open the meeting demonstration with the Official Opening Ceremony as printed in the edition of the Official FFA Manual for the previous school year, will conduct a short demonstration of the two parliamentary procedure abilities and close the meeting with the Official Closing Ceremony.
The demonstration of parliamentary procedure abilities should be limited to the abilities that are assigned. Demonstration of additional abilities will be viewed as a distraction. The "Knowledge of Correct Parliamentary Procedure" will be evaluated by the judges as follows:
First preference to teams that accurately demonstrate the assigned abilities without error.
Next preference to teams that demonstrate the assigned abilities, with errors, but proper corrective action was used (example: rise to a point of order).
Last preference to teams that unnecessarily added abilities beyond the assigned abilities.
Each team will be asked to demonstrate two of the following abilities:
To receive and dispose of a main motion
To amend a motion
To ride to a point of order
To refer to a committee
Table a motion
The State event may also include the following abilities in addition to the five listed above.
Take a motion from the table
To reconsider a motion
To suspend the rules
No props are allowed during the event.
The Secretary of each team upon enter the room will pick up two abilities from the table near the door. Included also will be the items of business to demonstrate. The section of the Opening Ceremony pertaining to the roll call of members will be omitted. Failure to complete these task will result in point deductions. The team will determine the most business like method for the presentation of the different abilities.
Following the demonstration and questioning period, the Secretary will return the list of abilities and items of business to the table by the door. Also the Sentinel will return the paraphemalia/equipment to the storage table following the question period. Points will be deducted if this rule is not followed according to the scoring rubric found in the document linked at the top.
The time for each demonstration will be ten minutes with a warning given after eight minutes have elapsed. The timekeeper will hold up a card with an eight on it. Points will be deducted for presentations exceeding ten minutes (0.1 point per second over time). Time will start at the rap of the gavel by the team's President.
At the conclusion of the demonstration, the event chairperson will read five question, without the explanation, to each team. Any team member may respond; however, maximum points can only be awards for team participation. If more than one team member wishes to respond to a specific question, the judges will designate which member to answer first. The previous year's Official FFA Manual and/or the latest edition of the FFA Student Handbook shall be reference source for questions. If there is a discrepancy between the two references, the Official FFA Manual shall take precedence.
In the Sub-District event, the judges will designate the two highest chapter teams to compete in the District event. In each District, the judges will designate the two highest chapter teams to compete in the State event. The judges at both the Sub-District and District levels shall name an alternate team. The judges at the state level shall rank the top three teams. The top team will compete in the National event. NOTE: eligibility at the National FFA event is limited to members in grades 7-9 at the time of qualifying.
There chall be no participation by the audience.