Last Update: August 3, 2015
| Speech Contest Rulebook Policy | Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest | International Speech and Evaluation Contest |
| 3.B. Eight weeks prior to the area contest, if an area has four assigned clubs or fewer in good standing, districts have the option to allow the contestants from each club to compete in the area contest. | Areas with four or less clubs in good standing officially listed with TI WHQ as of July 1 will be allowed to have the two highest placed available contestants from each club compete in the Humorous Speech Contest and the Table Topics Contest. | Areas with four or less clubs in good standing officially listed with TI WHQ as of January 1 will be allowed to have the two highest placed available contestants from each club to compete in the International Speech Contest and the Evaluation Speech Contest. |
| 3.B.1. Should additional clubs charter prior to the area contest, two contestants from each club are permitted to compete. | Should additional clubs charter between July 1 and the area contest date, the two highest placed available contestants from each club are permitted to compete.Contestants from new clubs chartered within the above dates are allowed to compete. | Should additional clubs charter between January 1 and the area contest date, the two highest placed available contestants from each club are permitted to compete.Contestants from new clubs chartered within the above dates are allowed to compete. |
| 3.B.2. In those divisions with four assigned areas or less, districts have the option to allow the two highest placed available contestants from each area to compete. | Division with four or less Areas officially listed with TI WHQ as of July 1 will be allowed to have the two highest placed available contestants in each contest from each Area to compete. | Division with four or less areas officially listed with TI WHQ as of January 1 will be allowed to have the two highest placed available contestants in each contest from each area to compete. |
| 3.B.3. In districts with four assigned divisions or less, districts have the option to allow the two highest placed available contestants from each division to participate in the district contest. | Not Applicable. District 7 has 9 Divisions thus does not meet this criteria. Only the highest-placed available contestant per contest per Division is allowed to participate at the District level. | Not Applicable.District 7 has 9 Divisions thus does not meet this criteria. Only the highest-placed available contestant per contest per Division is allowed to participate at the District level. |
| 3.B.4. The decision whether or not to allow two contestants to advance from club to area, from area to division, and/or from division to district must be made and communicated throughout the district prior to the commencement of the contest cycle, i.e., prior to any club contests being held. | Decision distributed by this memo. | Decision distributed by this memo. |
| 3.B.4.a Once the decision is made, it must be implemented consistently throughout the district in all clubs, areas, and divisions affected. | Areas affected are those with four or less clubs officially listed with TI WHQ as of July 1. Divisions affected are those with four or less areas officially listed with TI WHQ as of July 1. | Areas affected are those with four or less clubs officially listed with TI WHQ as of January 1. Divisions affected are those with four or less areas officially listed with TI WHQ as of January 1. |
| 3.B.4.b If a district decides to allow two contestants to advance from club to area, its decisions regarding the number to advance from area to division and/or from division to district need not be the same. | District 7 policy is the same at all levels:
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District 7 policy is the same at all levels:
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