Judge Philosophies
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- St. Anne
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- St. Anne
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- St. Anne
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- St. Anne
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- St Brendan
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Fitzgerald - FMS Wenatchee
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Anne Read-Andersen - St. Louise
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Art Lindgren - ICOLPH
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Ben Jellen - OLF
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Carla Phillips - SMM
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Charles Olson - St Joes Iss-Sno
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Chuck Stringer - SMM
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Dan Berger - OLG
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Dawn Potter - St. Phils
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Dawn Hernandez - St. Phils
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Dayna Wirtala - St Brendan
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Debbie Larsen - OLF
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Deborah Pisano - OLF
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Eileen Olson - St Joes Iss-Sno
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Eileen Morris - St Brendan
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Elisabeth Cano - St Brendan
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Elizabeth Badley - ICOLPH
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Erin Overbey - St. Anne
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Finn Palmer - St. Phils
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Frank Crosswhite - St. Phils
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Jennifer Noyd - FMS Wenatchee
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Jerry Johnson - St. Louise
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John Olson - ICOLPH
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Julie Perez - St. Mark
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Kathy Keck - St. Mark
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Kelly Hoonan - OLF
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Kerrie Mayans - St Brendan
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Laura Allen - SMM
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Lisa Hoonan - OLF
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Lynn Barashkoff - ICOLPH
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Margaret Martin - St. Mark
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Maridelle Morrison - St. Louise
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Marion Hogle - St. Mark
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Mary Scanes - ICOLPH
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Mary Monahan - St. Luke\'s
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Mary Kay Snedden - St. Mark
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Megan Stanley - OLF
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Meghan Jarman - OLF
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Meghan Dowling - OLF
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Mia Hays - OLF
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Mindy Humphrey - SMM
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Molly Mullen - SMM
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Morgan Munn - BC ACADEMY
<p>Experience: I’ve been judging and coaching public forum for about 2.5 years now, but I come from a Canadian high school and university British Parliamentary debate background, and from that background I’ve come to value analysis and engagement alongside the more public forum-specific aspects of impact and frameworks. (Frameworks are helpful to making many rounds more focused but don’t have a debate about the framework please.) Decisions: In my decision, I appreciate when the debaters have done most of the decision-making for me within the round. This includes making clear, well-analysed and well-impacted arguments and thoroughly engaging (clashing) with each other’s content – use what each other have said to convince me who won. This means thoroughly explaining your arguments and counterarguments, telling me why they are important/significant, and responding to what your opponents have said, respectively. Note that good engagement tends to not be line-for-line refutation and line-for-line reconstruction but rather considering how the different ideas within the round interact with each other. I find rounds that lack engagement to be super frustrating because I don’t want to do the engagement myself by weighing arguments that have never or scarcely interacted against each other. A further note on analysis – I find it disappointing when debaters simply read off pieces of evidence and consider that to be the body of an argument in and of itself. Evidence should be incorporated into your logical explanation of the analysis and it is often useful to explain why that evidence enhances your argument. Style and speaker points: I tend not to evaluate style as separate from the content of the debate because I find that style fits into a more holistic evaluation of the round. Generally, being a clear speaker is the best bet; however that being said, a particularly persuasive speaker is likely to have a style that enhances their content while a speaker that is unclear will reduce the persuasion of their content if its not understandable. For example, I’ll never take off speaker points for having an accent, but if you talk too quickly, too quietly, or too mumbly, for example, then it is likely to reduce your ability to show off your brilliant content and this would therefore reduce your overall persuasiveness and performance. Debaters should try to develop a style that best allows their speaking ability and content to be complimentary. Also – please don’t ‘spread’ or talk really fast unless you are absolutely certain you can be understood by everyone. I’m of the belief that you don’t need to rush in order to win a debate and you should manage your time to talk about the most important stuff in the round. If you talk too fast I probably won’t catch most of what you say and that’s bad. Feedback: I don’t mind giving oral feedback and I will give as much feedback as the debaters ask for as long as there is enough time to do so; I’m also happy to disclose if the tournament allows it and the teams ask.</p>
Nancy Trucano - FMS Wenatchee
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Natalie Palmer - FMS Wenatchee
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Paula Reeves - St. Anne
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Paula Patterson - St. Louise
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Sally Sonnen - St Brendan
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Sara Haugland - BC ACADEMY
Sara Stazarra - OLF
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Scott Graff - St. Anne
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Sheri Lynn Younger - BC ACADEMY
Tami Martin - St. Mark
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Ted Dullanty - St. Louise
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