CURRENT
Bylaw IV. Topic Selection

Section 1: The CEDA Topic Selection Committee will be responsible for choosing problem areas and writing debate topics. The CEDA Topic Selection Committee will consist of nine members: The President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, three at-large members, one student representative, one representative appointed by the National Debate Tournament, and one representative appointed by the American Debate Association. Open nominations for the at large members will be solicited at the Fall business meeting. The term of office of the three at large representatives will be three years, and to provide for overlap one will be elected each year.

REPLACE WITH:

Section 1: The CEDA Topic Selection Committee will be responsible for choosing problem areas and writing debate topics. The CEDA Topic Selection Committee will consist of nine at-large representatives. The term of at large representatives will be three years, and to provide for overlap three will be elected each year.

This amendment will be phased in so that no CEDA administrator who was elected under the old wording is excluded from the topic committee. The amendment will only apply to elections that occur after its passage.

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Article IV

Section 2

D. Serve as a voting member of the Topic Selection Committee until the submission of the resolution ballot for the topic commencing after the completion of his or her Presidential term;

PROPOSED:

Remove from the constitution, re-arrange letters accordingly

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Article IV

Section 3

D. Serve as voting member of the Topic Selection Committee;

PROPOSED:

Remove from the constitution, re-arrange letters accordingly

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Article IV

Section 4

C. Serve as a voting member of the Topic Selection Committee commencing upon the submission of the resolution ballot for the topic commencing during his or her Second Vice Presidential term; and

PROPOSED
Remove from the constitution, re-arrange letters accordingly