ANSONIA – The Mississinawa Valley MVCTC-FFA Chapter participated in the County Parliamentary Procedure Contest.
The contest was held at Ansonia High School on Thursday, November 14th. The advanced team was made up of six members, Daniel Hartzell, Aldon Edger, Shane Germann, Emma Brock, Ty Houser, and Conner Hardy. The novice team participants were Miles Hughes, Grayson Wilkerson, Brooklyn Crain, Aubrey Lang, McKinley Stacher, Addysan Preston, Makayla Grow, Emma Temple, Cole Hanes, Cassidy Seubert, Cade Seubert, Casen Gower, Gavin Rehmert, Peyton Wolfe, Ella Livingston, and Jada Zehringer. They spent the weeks leading up to the contest practicing.
At the contest, they took a general knowledge test over parliamentary procedure. Then they had to perform a mock chapter meeting where they had to make two main motions and debate them. Members demonstrate their ability to debate and properly amend, refer, recess, postpone, table and adjourn. The chairman’s responsibility was to respond to the main motions and abilities. The secretary had to make and debate motions, complete his assigned and extra abilities, along with taking the minutes for the whole meeting. The demonstration portion has a time limit. The participants were judged on the execution of their abilities and their debate on the motions. The test scores and meeting scores were combined for all teams and the results were posted.
The advanced team placed 5th overall and did not advance. The novice team advanced to the district where the team was Makayla Grow, Ella Livingston, Addy Preston, Aubrey Lang, Cassidy Seubert, McKinley Stachler, Peyton Wolfe, and Grayson Wilkerson.
Congratulations to all those who participated!