Event Format

Equipment 

Materials the student needs to provide: 

• two sharpened No. 2 pencils 

Materials provided by the event committee: 

• Gavel and officer station symbols

• Blank note paper

• Event digital timers

• American and FFA flags 

Written Exam 

Twenty-five questions (One point per question; 25 points per member; 175 total team points)

• Officer Duties and Meeting Room Preparation (FFA Manual): three questions

• Parliamentary Procedure: 22 questions

  • Permissible Motions

  • Order of Business

Presentation - Opening Ceremonies 

• 15 points/member 

• 105 points/team 

• Based upon 

  • Voice

  • Poise

  • Expression 

Presentation - Team Demonstration 

Team members will demonstrate four of the following permissible parliamentary procedure motions: Event officials will select motions to be demonstrated in each flight of event.

• Privileged Motions:

1. Raise a Question of Privilege

2. Recess

• Subsidiary Motion:

1. Previous Question

2. Postpone Definitely

3. Commit or Refer

4. Amend

5. Postpone Indefinitely

• Main Motion

• Incidental Motions:

1. Parliamentary Inquiry

2. Division of the Assembly

3. Point of Order  *Will not be used as a required motion on the card.

Presentation - Closing Ceremonies 

• (20 points; 10 president, five secretary, five team)

Presentation - Opening and Closing Ceremonies Accuracy 

• One-point deduction per error (adding, deleting and transposition of words or deviation from printed ceremonies) per team member with a maximum deduction equal to the amount available to be earned. (Official FFA Manual)

Oral Questions 

• Judges will ask one oral question (which may contain one to two parts) per participant. Oral questions will be predetermined and related to the permissible motions, general purposes of parliamentary procedure or officer duties and responsibilities.