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One Small step for… NFA-LD?
Alright! Our first poll is finished at SoCal-LD.net and our community topic for next year that we’ll submit is on Space Exploration.
Here are the requirements for the brief due by Jan 31 – so we have about two weeks.
In order to be accepted for consideration, the topic area must be in the form of a [...]
Next Year’s Topic
OK – we had three submissions for possible topic areas that we can concentrate on.
Nick recommended space exploration
Mat recommended indigenous people
Shantal recommended education in the middle east.
I think we should approach this as a community. We’ll have a poll and whatever topic area get’s the most votes we’ll rally behind. We’ll then have two [...]
And the winner is
Our first contest is over for SoCal-LD.net and I’m happy to announce NKM with a guess of 25,000. was the winner! From August 1 to Dec 31, SoCal-LD.net had 26,802 total hits for an average of 5,360 hits per month! That means the difference was 1,802 for NKM – the closest of the guesses.
Since [...]
Thanks
I want to send out a big thank you to all of the students, coaches, and judges who have visited the site so far in the 2009 season! As referenced earlier the site has had fantastic growth in what is now the 4th season we’ve been promoting NFA-LD debate.
As we get closer to Dec 31 [...]
Update to Yearlong Sweeps #2 & APU Results
Here’s the second update to the yearlong sweeps. It reflects the changes discussed since the last update, but should in no way be taken to be the final version of our rules. For example, we have no definite rounds/tournaments standards for qualifications. The results from last weekend are up on forensicstournament.net, but [...]
Update #1 to Season Sweepstakes
Here is the first update to our yearlong awards. Since all of the raw data from which this is tabulated is available on forensicstournament.net, and will likely remain so all year long, this should be a fairly transparent process. For answers to questions about where these numbers came from (for example, where is [...]
SoCal-LD Season Sweepstakes
As mentioned in an earlier post by Mike Marse (Cal-Baptist) we are proposing a new year long award system here at SoCal-LD.net. We’ll call it the SoCal-LD Cup. It is meant to both encourage greater participation in NFA-LD in Southern California and reward schools who exhibit excellence all season in the event.
We will [...]
New Feature on the Site
With the success of the definition database I thought I would start adding a few other features to the site that I have been kicking around for awhile – up next is a NFA-LD timer!
This new tool is designed to allow you to easily time a standard NFA-LD round and keep track of prep time [...]
Summer Break
Now that finals have finished and summer is here I wanted to let everyone know the posts will be a bit more sporadic over the summer months.
Which leads me to a question – what do you recommend to do over summer with respect to NFA-LD? We know the general topic and the 5 potential topics [...]
A new season… a new look
SoCal-LD.net will be going through a new theme and look in the next few weeks – it will be more colorful and allow for greater customization and more ‘widgets.’
Interestingly, the site has been active now for over 2.5 years without an upgrade – hope you like it!
— Note, in case anyone was wondering, [...]
SoCal-LD.net Philosophy
Hey everyone!
Commenting on a previous post here Sydne observed that people were probably not sharing case ideas because we will be competing against each other this year. I certainly respect that approach and do not intend the rest of this post as an attack on Sydne or any schools who would rather not disclose [...]
Server Update
Our web servers are currently being updated – so you may experience some problems with the site. Hopefully everything will be working again in a few days if there are any problems!
