As the tournament season gears up. Please remember to email any case entries or flows you have to region4openness@gmail.com or post it on the Openness Wiki. Openness is in serious danger and it is one of the most beneficial assets available to all of us.

~~~Region 4 Openness~~~

Open Evidence Project

1. Sustainable Agriculture Neg: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21429000/NEG-Sustainable-Agriculture 2. CAFE reduction neg: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21457230/CAFE-balls-dawg 3. Endangered Species Act: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22429115/ESA-brief 4. Ewaste: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21426882/Independent-E-Waste-Reduction-CON Global warming is natural: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21291751/No-GW-in-this-house

Global warming is happening: http://drop.io/xux50nq6483

Arctic Ice Depletion: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21459911/Generic-Arctic-Ice-Depletion

Global Warming Pro: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21459916/Generic-Warming-Non-Anthropogenic-Pro Kyoto neg: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21439793/NEG-Kyoto-Ratification

Kyoto neg 2: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22429184/Ratify-the-Kyoto-Protocal-Negative-Brief-for-f Nuclear Loan guarantees - bad: http://www.scribd.com/doc/24000373/NEG-Abolish-Nuclear-LGs-CON

Nuclear Reprocessing: http://www.scribd.com/doc/24000521/Nuke-Reprocessing-Neg Oil Price Disadvantage: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22429035/Oil-Price-DA

Oil dependence - good/bad: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21459915/Generic-Oil-Dependence

Energy Independence - good: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21898700/Energy-Independence-PRO-for-Scribd Pig Poop Negative: http://www.homeschooldebate.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=273273#p273273

Pig Poop Neg 2: http://www.scribd.com/doc/23957776/Swine-Waste-Funding-Redirection-NEG Space Based Solar Power: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22117826/SBSP-Neg Book of Impacts: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22337112/Book-of-Impacts-V1

Book of [un] Impacts: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22429011/Impact-Takeout-Brief

Inflation - good: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21459913/Generic-Inflation-PRO

Hegemony (national sovereignty): http://www.scribd.com/doc/21459912/Generic-Hegemony NASA Funding Tradeoff (Politics) http://www.scribd.com/doc/23577872/NASA-Funding-Tradeoff-Politics-doc-version

& [url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/23577861/NASA-Funding-Tradeoff-Politics-pdf-version Don't have problems: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21459917/Generic-We-Ain-t-Got-Problems

Regulations are good: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22121112/GEN-Regulations-PRO

Stuff on Overpopulation: http://www.homeschooldebate.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=259266#p259266 [size=125][b]Misc[/b][/size] Ex Parte Merryman CP: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22134074/Ex-Parte-Merryman-CP

Ex Parte Merryman CP (this is to be used against cases that use the Courts to strike down a decision - I know the ESA case in BB uses the Courts.

Pollinator Protection Act CON: http://www.scribd.com/doc/23901987/Pollinator-Protection-Act-CON]Pollinator Protection Act Neg 1. Kritik Framwork explinations: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21427048/Framework-Explanations]framework + explanations

2. Altruism Kritik: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21427100/Altruism-Kritik

3. Utilitarianism KritikL http://www.scribd.com/doc/21427091/Utilitarianism-Kritik

4. Environmental Irresponsibility Kritik: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21427090/Environmental-Irresponsibility-Kritik

5. Religious Naturalism Kritik: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21427096/Religious-Naturalism-Humanism-Kritik

] 6. Normative Negative: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22433913/Normative-Negative

7. Oil Addiction Kritik: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22453990/Oil-Addiction-Kritik

8. Capitalism Bad K: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22441232/Cap-K-Links http://www.scribd.com/doc/22441214/Cap-Bad-K-Impacts http://www.scribd.com/doc/22441199/Cap-Bad-K-Alternative-Ontology]Alt + Ontology http://www.scribd.com/doc/22441211/Cap-Bad-K-AT [size=125][b]Theory[/b][/size] Dispositional Counterplans Bad: http://www.scribd.com/doc/20604351/Dispo]Dispo pro/con

50 states Counterplan - bad: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22454495/50-State-Fiat-Bad

Why Support Openness.

Welcome to the Region 4 branch of the NCFCA Openness Project!

Opening the door to better debate.

This is a project within NCFCA dedicated to increasing the quality of debate within our league, and thus ultimately our ability to glorify God. This project deals with being open within our debates the same way we would in the real world. Because we can't keep our case secret when we're defending Christ.

And so, that is why the openness project began. We're a undefined bunch of individuals who are open with arguments, cases, even entire briefs. While this may seem like a strange thing to do, it's really just one step out of Debateland ™ and into the foreign place called the Real World © .

But more specifically, what does it mean to be open? Well, there are varying degrees of openness. Some go as far as posting their 1AC up on the wall at tournaments, others merely post their case title on a caselist, or even something as small as handing your 1AC to the other team before the round instead of during cross examination. In any case, being open will not only bring experience that must be had for the Real World ™, but it will also increase the skill with which you debate. Already knowing the negative team's arguments because your case has been thrashed over by dozens of fellow debaters is invaluable. In knowing the arguments, you can research deeper and have more persuasive responses.

In fact, this mindset has been proven with many top debaters. For instance just this last year, the Region 4 (our region) Champions Maisano/Morgan posted the full text of their case online for anyone to read. The Region 8 Champions Cooper/Fetchel did so also, along with runners-up McWaters/Nelson. And I might mention that the Region 3 (Colorado, Utah, and other states in that area) Champions Paul/Wolkenhaur posted the entire case online as well. They went on to get 18^th place at nationals with 1^st and 2^nd speaker awards. Openness was also proven effective by the team of Carr/Shipsey, Region 2 champions and double-octafinalists at nationals, with a 9^th place award at the largest NCFCA tournament ever, the 2009 Texas National Open.

Clearly openness is hardly detrimental; it's in fact quite beneficial.

So what should you do now? No one expects you to post your case up on the wall; instead simple things like asking for critiques of your case after the affirmative rounds, offering a copy before the round begins; it's simple things that often prove most effective.

I would also urge you to make this your philosophy for debate-- one of not just wanting to win, but one of education, so that we may be effective evangelists for Christ in the future.

Because we can't keep our case secret when we're spreading the Gospel,
NCFCA Openness Movement

Region 4 Case list.

Here's a case list with many of the R4 teams cases on it. If anyone has any new cases or teams that should be published on here, please email Region4openness@gmail.com and I'll post them ASAP.

Region 4:
Ackermann/Sivils - [iCom, TX] - Stop EPA regulations of GHG
Adams/Welch – [YSA, TX] – 5th Amendment Compensation
Ambs/McGowen – [ACTION, TX] – Clean Water Restoration Act
Aschmutat/Smith – [WSDC, TX] – Ethanol Subsidies
Ambs/Pomeroy - (ACTION, TX) - Exotic Species Imports
Austin/Larimer – [Chili, NM] – ANWR
Baer/Rutherford – [??, ??] – Nuclear Fuel Recycling
Bender/Umstattd - [ARC, TX] - GMO Moratorium
Behne/Sivils – [iCom, TX] – Yucca Mountain
Billups/Billups – [ARC, TX] – Offshore Drilling
Billups/Gaskell - [ARC, TX] - Ballast Reform to stop Invasive Species (not Ethos)
Birrell/Birrell – [ARC, TX] – GMO Moratorium
Bloska/Krieger - [THEO, TX] - Kid Safe Chemicals Act
Brennon/Straka – [LOGOS, TX] – Yucca Mountain
Broderick/Martellotto – [YSA, TX] – Non-Regulatory ESA
Brewer/Reichelt – [iCom, TX] – Space Based Solar Power
Burchfiel/Severin – [Club 19:14, TX] – Renewable Portfolio Standards
Burnham/Magnuson – [CHILE, NM] – CTL, Abolish the EPA
Burnham/Plummer – [Chili, NM] – Hydrogen Cars, Yucca Mountain, Thermal Deploymerization
Chapman/Chapman - [SONT, TX] - Abolish the Clean Air Act
Chapman/Williams – [SONT, TX] – Clean Water Restoration Act
Cruz/Upham – [ARC, TX] – Stop EPA GHG Regulations
Cutforth/Cutforth – [??, ??] – E-Waste
Clark-Craig - [SONT, TX] - Unrequire CFL lightbulbs
Crockett/Crockett – [ACTION, TX] – Bottle Bill
Cromer/Patel - [Veritas, TX] - Ban Public Smoking, Privatize Parks
Dana/Dana – [ACTION, TX] – ANWR, Legalize Methane Hydrates
Davis/Davis - [ACTION, TX] - ESA perverse incentives
Dillard/Dillard - [ACTION, TX] - Offshore drilling
Dihn/Hare - [iCom, TX] - End Ethanol Subsidies, Redirect Pig Odor Funding
Downs/Trejo – [Chili, NM] – Ban Disposable Diapers, Mandate solar cleaning. Really., Banning the cutting down of Christmas trees, ANWR Peter Note: O_o
Exley/Yaklin – [ARC, TX] – Bottle Bill, Honey Bees (CCD)
Frantz/Montoya – [ABQ, NM] – E-waste
Gaskell/Macdonald – [ARC, TX] – Species Investment
Hollis/Tompkins – [Chili, NM] – Nuclear energy with fuel recycling and Yucca Mountain
Harding/Pinero - [SONT, TX] - Environmental Federalism
Jenkins/Jenkins - [Veritas, TX] - E-Waste
Jones/Sullivan - [SONT, TX] - ANWR
Jones/Jones – [??, ??] – Cut Ethanol Subsidies
Grace Larimer/Patience Larimer – [Chili, NM] – Oil Refinery Deregulation
Larimer/Snyder [Chili, NM] – Environmental Federalism
Lill/Upham – [ARC, TX] – Cut Ethanol Subsidies
Lovell/Mills - [SONT, TX] - Space-Based Solar Power
Macias/Macias - [HCC, TX] - Stop EPA GHG Regulations
Maisano/Morgan – [ARC, TX] – Cut Ethanol Subsidies
Mulder/Ruiz - [19:14, TX] - Superfund Reform
Manchester/O'Neil - [??, ??] - Remove Polar Bears from ESA
Noman/Rogers - [LOGOS, TX] - Devolve Superfund to States
Smith/Sprinkle – [WSDC, TX] – End Technology-Based Standards
Woods/Woods - [SONT, TX] - Redirect Pig Odor funding to a state Superfund site. Really.

The Entry

To add to this list, send an email to "region4openness@gmail.com" - we'll post it ASAP. Also, you can follow us on twitter - we'll post updates at tournys and you can have them sent as a text to your phone. https://twitter.com/openregion4

Please include in your email the following:

Team name

Tournament

1-2 sentence summary of their case

If you would like to post your own 1AC on the site, send it to us in a word document, and we will provide links for it from the page.

Both Team-Policy and Lincoln-Douglas cases will be accpeted.