Austin Rhetoric Club » Uncategorized http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org A Christian family speech and debate club. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:40:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2010-2011 Officers http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2010/09/2010-2011-officers/ http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2010/09/2010-2011-officers/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:02:41 +0000 BethM http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/?p=774 On Friday, September 17th, we held officers’ elections for more than a dozen student leadership positions.  Listed below are the Austin Rhetoric Club officers for the 2010-2011 season:

President (elected in August): Nathan Exley

Vice President: Beth Maisano

Secretary: David Huber

Treasurer: Jonathan Morgan

Librarian: Joy Huber

Male Chaplain: Daniel Perry

Female Chaplain: Rachel Perry

Evidence Ringmaster (TP): Joseph Clarkson

Evidence Ringmaster (LD): TBA

Cameraman: Thomas Watt

Camerawoman: Anna Macdonald

Webmaster: Jack Sullivan

Sergeant at Arms: William Umstattd and Paul Exley

]]> http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2010/09/2010-2011-officers/feed/ 0 Rick Green spoke at October ARC meeting http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2010/01/rick-green-spoke-at-october-arc-meeting/ http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2010/01/rick-green-spoke-at-october-arc-meeting/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:46:49 +0000 BethM http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/?p=616 From Team Policy debate coach Tracie Upham:

I hope you enjoyed hearing Rick Green’s patriotic talk at our October party and hayride. You know how he loves to encourage fellow speakers and future leaders! Rick spoke about our founding fathers and gave out several of his books to students that could correctly answer his history questions.

If you were not there, you should also know that Rick Green is currently running for the Texas State Supreme Court. Why should that matter to you?

1. As most of you know, Rick is a fellow homeschool dad and was also homeschooled himself. His was one of the early homeschool families in Texas that paved the way before the Leeper decision. Texas just lost our only homeschool dad on the Supreme Court, and homeschooling has been an issue at state supreme courts recently… recall the California Supreme Court almost destroying homeschooling last year when ruling that homeschool teachers must be certified. We need to know that there is a Justice on the court that will stand up for the Leeper decision and protect homeschooling.
2. Parental Rights. I have known Rick for almost 10 years, and I know he is very strong on parental rights. He worked hard last session to get SB 1440 vetoed by Governor Perry. This bill, which was tacked on to a non-controversial bill at the last minute, would have given CPS unprecedented access to your children without probable cause.
3. Voting in judicial races is important for all of us.

Ezra 7:25 “Set magistrates and judges… all such as know the laws of thy God.”

]]> http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2010/01/rick-green-spoke-at-october-arc-meeting/feed/ 0 Greg Rehmke Economics Workshop http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/10/greg-rehmke-economics-workshop/ http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/10/greg-rehmke-economics-workshop/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:26:43 +0000 BethM http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/?p=598 Looking for a jump-start on this year’s debate topic, environmental policy?  Mr. Rehmke’s workshop is for you.  Gregory Rehmke directs programs for Economic Thinking and is a program consultant for the Foundation for Economic Education. He is co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Global Economics and has written and lectured widely on environmental topics.

When: October 16, 1:30 pm – 8:30 pm.

Where: Hope Chapel, 6701 Arroyo Seco, Austin

Cost: $20/student, $10/sibling. No charge for parents. Pizza included.

The schedule can be found here.

Register today!

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“Don’t forget to prepare your cases for LD Debating Badly next Friday:

Anna Macdonald vs. Ben Snodgrass

Katy Maisano vs. Susannah Brister

Mentors: Christina Hastings, Paul Hastings, Avery Lill, and Toni Maisano

Debate attire, please.”

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If you haven’t yet joined the ARC Yahoo group, parents group, or wiki, now is the time to sign up!  The yahoo group is your source for all club news, and the wiki is central for evidence assignments, etc.

To join either yahoo group, you can contact me (Beth Maisano) at writer4him830@gmail.com.  To join the wiki, contact either me or our Team Policy evidence ringmaster, Daniel Gaskell.  Thanks!

]]> http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/09/joining-the-arc-yahoo-group-and-wiki/feed/ 2 Next Meeting is September 18th http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/09/next-meeting-is-september-18th/ http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/09/next-meeting-is-september-18th/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:44:19 +0000 Brian Morgan http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/?p=517 Hey Everyone, want to figure out what’s going on at our next meeting? Well, as you know, it’s not THIS Friday but NEXT Friday, as in September 18th. If you want to find out what’s going on, just go to calendar (at the top of this page) and click on the link that appears underneath it that says the “Next Meeting.”

If you would like instant updates, you have a bunch of options. You can 1) Get invited to our yahoo! groups, 2) Subscribe to the RSS feed (with an RSS feed reader) or by Email, or 3) Get the Google Calendar. All of these come TO YOU, so you can save time not checking this website.

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Who is ready for ARC next year?

All interested parents,coaches and alumni, please come to the Parents’ Planning Meeting Friday, July 31, 2009 at 7:00pm, at the Umstattds home:

4311 Flagstaff Circle, Austin, TX 78759.
We are in Balcones Woods, off 183N.

We will discuss the calendar, scheduling, filling coaching slots and other pertinent information. New parents welcome! Alumni coaches also welcome!

We expect quite a crowd, so we are not having students or children at this meeting. Please be in prayer this week about what position of leadership/support you want to help with this coming year.

Some of the positions include:

  • TP Coaches
  • LD Coaches
  • Interp. Coaches
  • Impromptu Coaches
  • Extemp. Coaches
  • Apologetics Coach-David Hullum
  • Platform Speeches Coaches
  • Juniors Teachers (those under age 12)

What else?

Call (512) 338-1422 for directions if you get lost. Looking forward to another great year!
- Ginger Umstattd

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]]> http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/08/calendar-update/feed/ 0 Attention: Adults Meeting http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/07/attention-adults-meeting/ http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/07/attention-adults-meeting/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:30:00 +0000 Paul http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/?p=386 Hey everyone, quick heads-up that there’s an adults meeting this Friday, July 31. Read all the details here.

]]> http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/07/attention-adults-meeting/feed/ 0 How to post a video onto Blip.tv http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/01/how-to-post-a-video-onto-bliptv/ http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/2009/01/how-to-post-a-video-onto-bliptv/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:58:45 +0000 Ben Chambers http://www.austinrhetoricclub.org/?p=363 Ok, so I’m going to try to make this as simple as possible.

Steps

1. Record video with web cam.

2. Sign up for a Blip Account at Blip.tv . (it’s easy)

3. I saved the movie to Windows movie maker then transfered the movie onto Blip.

Blip has some pretty easy step by step instructions.

Oh, and when you’re finished uploading it, don’t forget to e-mail Thomas the link to the video!

If you need any more help, just e-mail me or, if you want to, you can Google it. :) I hope it helps!

-Ben Chambers

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