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I propose an amendment to a standard that a team must meaningfully compete together as a partnership in at least 50% of preliminary debates to be eligible to participate in…

Amendment: Remove By-Law IV, Section 8 Rationale: Topic selection should be left to the democratic process. Section 8: Within each four-year cycle the national topic should reflect a rotation of…

Amendment: Establish an Award for Outstanding New Directors [By-Law XII Section 3] Old language: N/A New language: E. Outstanding New Director Award. This award is given to a new Director…

As Currently Written VII. ELIGIBILITY TO EARN POINTS IN CEDA DEBATE Section 1: Tournament contestants eligible to earn points are to be officially enrolled, undergraduate students in good standing at…

Constitutional Cleanup Committee Proposed Changes Significant revisions in the document, green is added language, red strike through are deletions, comments have the rationales.

Awards – Founders Award As currently Written: Section 4: Program Awards   A. Founders’ Award. The Founders’ Award will be given annually to the school accumulating the most points over…

Awards – New Competitor As Currently Written B. Outstanding New Competitor Award. The recipient will be selected among a pool of applicants who began their participation in interscholastic debate in college,…

JV Eligibility As Currently Written  B. Junior Varsity   Any debater with under 100 rounds of policy debate is eligible for junior varsity. However, any debater with more than 100 rounds of…