[eDebate] Southworth/Do we really want the Topic Committee

[SSbauschard2 at aol.com]

The big problem with voting on resolutions rather than topic areas is that we 
don't get wording papers.  We "pulled teeth" two get five area papers (two of 
which were written by people on the committee).

Wording papers are much more complicated and time consuming to write than 
topic area papers. If we can't get the latter, where are the former going to 
come from?

Yes, the Europe topic area is broad  See a new RAND study on US-European 
security relations in the Gulf (http://www.rand.org/publications/IP/IP248/).  
Community input on the direction(s) that the topic will take is valued 
(although there are a limited number of resolutions we can write).  At some 
point, the committee will have to make judgement calls. If you don't trust 
us, don't elect us.

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