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In this Issue:

• End of Year Meetings
  
• Annual General Meeting
  
• National Debating Championships

With the academic year winding down before exams and everyone getting busy finishing off those last few assignments, we will be scaling back our meetings to one per week.  Starting this week, meetings will be held on Fridays at 4pm in 405 Dunton Tower.  We will not be holding Tuesday meetings for the rest of the semester.

The end of the year also means that we will be having our Annual General Meeting on April 6 at 6pm in 520 Southam Hall.  We will be discussing constitutional and by-law amendments, executives will give their year-end reports, and elections for next years elections will take place.  All paid members of the club are eligible to vote, but all are welcome to attend.  With a new student levy on the books next year, this year's AGM will be important in determining club policy for future years.

For those considering running for an executive position, we request you post a platform on CUSIDnet at http://www.cusid.ca/community/viewforum.php?f=29.  See http://www.carletondebate.org/cusidnet for information on how to get access.

If you cannot make the meeting, we will allow proxy votes.

For more information visit http://www.carletondebate.org/agm.  The website includes election platforms and the agenda for the meeting.  If you have any questions, or wish to propose a motion, feel free to contact the Executive at exec@carletondebate.org.

University debating clubs from across Canada have chosen Carleton University to host the 2006 National University Debating Championships.

Delegates at this year’s championships, held last weekend at the University of Alberta, selected the Carleton University Debating Society in a decisive vote over their cross-town rivals and recent World Championship winners at the University of Ottawa’s English Debating Society. Carleton received 22 votes against Ottawa’s four.

Over the coming weeks, we will posting a call for applications for tournament positions.  Stay tuned.