Organization

A tribute to the longtime Northwestern University Director of Debate.

Greetings,

I am happy to announce that thanks to the labors of Jeff Jarman, we have rebuilt and resigned an important aspect of the CEDA website, the forums section. These have been modeled after the successful approach at Crossx.com and they offer us an opportunity to provide an organized way for our community to communicate. Forums are available for tournaments, regional issues, questions of community practice, organizational questions and a lot more.

Although many of us opened the season at Gonzaga last weekend, for a number of schools this coming weekend is their opening competition. This has been a difficult year for many in our community. The new season brings sadness with those no longer with us, but it also provides a new start.

On behalf of CEDA let me wish you all the best for a great season. We are excited to have such a timely topic and one that promises to make for a compelling year of debates.

I also wanted to highlight a few items.

In accordance with the recently amended CEDA constitution, a Professional Review Board has been created to address allegations of unprofessional conduct.

The constitution outlines their procedures. Any member of the college debate community may initiate the process by contacting the committee directly. The constitution specifies procedures for their review and includes important important about the confidentiality of the process.

 The CEDA Business Meetings, Topic Meeting, National Developmental Conferene and American Debate Assoc -ADA Mtg are all being hosted at Wake Forest this year. Your hotel information follows. Hope to see you there.

 Rate: 74.99 single.

 Sundance Plaza Hotel, Spa & Wellness Center, 3050 University Parkway Winston Salem, NC 27105

 Hello Everyone:

The 2008 CEDA summer meetings will be hosted as in Winston-Salem, NC as part of a tremendous set of events, including the 2008 Debate Summit. Please review the attached flyer and consider taking part in this very special event.