Cross Examination Debate Association newsletter

Just a quick update on the plans for PR at this year's CEDA Nationals.

We have a class of communication students who will be producing a lot of material, including press releases prior to the tournament, press releases during the tournament (for awards and results), feature stories on the tournament and some award recipients and participants, and broadcast packages promoting the tournament.

If you will attend BUT do not want to be included, please let me know.

The Wichita Marriott is the host for the event. Please, stay at the Marriott.
Let me know if you have a problem or need assistance.

Book online:  http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/grou...

Or, call direct:  316-651-0333.  The name on the block is Cross Examination Debate Association

The ballot is now available at: http://www.cedadebate.org/winter2014ballot.

The ballot is due by midnight (central), December 16, 2014.

CEDA membership is required to vote (current or 2013-2014).

You will need an account on the main CEDA site in order to access the ballot. In addition, the account must be marked as eligible to vote. Please let me know if you need an account set up so you can vote. Those receiving this email have accounts that are eligible to vote.

Allison Harper, Beth Schueler and Paul Mabrey have created a college policy debate survey to better understand demographics of the college policy debate community and attitudes toward contemporary college policy debate practices. The survey is targeted for current or former college policy debaters, coaches, graduate students and alumni. The link is below. Please consider taking the survey and sharing with others to complete the survey. The survey should take only 10-15 minutes. If you have any questions, please contact Paul Mabrey.

Resolution 1 (US Legalize Core) has been selected for the 2014-2015 season. 75 schools voted. The final count was 47 first-place votes. All four amendments passed. A full breakdown of the votes and the list of schools that voted is below.

Amendment 1 (novice definition) passes 58-13.
Amendment 2 (JV eligibility, prior rounds) passes 57-11.
Amendment 3 (JV eligibility, jv nats) passes 54-16.
Amendment 4 (CEDA host fee) passes 67-4.

The initial count of first-place votes was:

Just a reminder: ballots are due by midnight (central), Tuesday, July 15.

If you have questions or a problem with the site, please let me know.

The original information is below.

Jeff

The ballot is now available. The ballot includes the vote for the 2014-2015 resolution and 4 pending amendments.
One vote per school. Ballots are due by midnight, Tuesday, July 15.
2013-2014 membership is required to vote. If you still need to pay, that can be done online at: http://www.cedadebate.org/node/966.

The ballot is now available. The ballot includes the vote for the 2014-2015 resolution and 4 pending amendments.
One vote per school. Ballots are due by midnight, Tuesday, July 15.
2013-2014 membership is required to vote. If you still need to pay, that can be done online at: http://www.cedadebate.org/node/966.

The ballot is available online at: cedadebate.org/summer2014ballot.

Let me know if you have trouble accessing the ballot or if someone else on your team needs access to the ballot.

Decriminalization is the winning controversy area for 2014-2015.
74 ballots were cast. Decriminalization won with 49 first-place votes. A list of schools that voted and vote totals are included.

Initial count of first-place votes:

Decriminalization: 21
Definitions: 10
Labor: 13
Poverty: 16
Russia: 14

The first-place votes for federal definitions were dropped and transferred and the totals were recalculated.

Second count of first-place votes:

Decriminalization: 27
Labor: 13
Poverty: 18
Russia: 15

Just a reminder: ballots are due by midnight, Friday, May 16.

The ballot is available at: http://cedadebate.org/2014controversy

Please let me know if you have trouble accessing the ballot.

Jeff

The ballot for the 2014-2015 controversy area is now available.
Ballots are due by midnight, Friday, May 16.
One vote per school. Only 2013-2014 CEDA member schools are eligible to vote.

The ballot is available at: http://cedadebate.org/2014controversy

The topic committee recommended 5 possible controversies for consideration.