East Knox FFA Advanced team members were: Miranda Fawcett, Ava Page, Zoey Shelley, John Schillinger, Braxton Spellman, and Will Stokes. Credit: Courtesy of East Knox FFA

HOWARD —  Three East Knox FFA teams competed in the Knox County Parliamentary Procedure competitions recntly at the Ramser Center on the Knox County Fairgrounds in Mount Vernon.

The team must complete a test over their general knowledge of parliamentary procedure according to Roberts Rules of Order. The secretary must also take neat and accurate minutes of the meeting.

In the Advanced contest, six members must complete a written test and conduct a meeting using parliamentary procedure and demonstrate different abilities that are given. The Advanced team placed 4th overall.

For the advanced and intermediate team, each member will also have to come up with an additional ability that is not listed on their assigned agenda that they will have to conduct this meeting in under 12 minutes.

For the Novice team the eight members will be required to conduct the meeting and they will also have to recite the FFA opening and closing ceremonies and they will have to do this all in under 15 minutes.

The Novice B team placed 6th overall, while the Novice A team placed 7th overall. 

Novice A Team members were:  Ryder Roush, Karson Legros, Addison Schillinger, Kenley Miles, McKaylee Garman, Zach Lahmon, Gracie McDonald, and Adalynn Rooth. Credit: East Knox FFA.

Novice B Team members were:  Haley Page, Amelia Maidel, Zoey Shelley, Jackson Lively, Jaxyn Murphy, Hunter Schwartz, Liam Houston, and Oliver Moran. Credit: East Knox FFA.


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