Constructive Points
1) Welcome to CUDS
2) First Meeting and Show Debate
3) Novice Training Day
4) Novice Tournament
5) CUDS on the internet
1) Welcome
Welcome to all new members of the Carleton University Debating Society. It
was great to meet all of you at the Prelude Table on Wednesday and we hope
that you can make it out to our first meeting this coming Wednesday. We have
an exciting year planned this year which includes Carleton hosting the North
American Championships in January. As well, there will be tournaments in
Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Halifax and many other places.
Carleton is currently home to the top speaker in North America and we are
looking to build off of our success last year to make this the best year for
CUDS ever!
2) First Meeting and Show Debate
The first meeting of the year will take place on Wednesday September 12th at
7pm. The location is still to be determined as room booking is delayed due
to the strike. However we will send out an e-mail once we have a location.
It also will be posted on the website and CUSIDnet. We hope to see as many
people as possible out at our first meeting which will include a show debate
and a brief introduction to debating.
In conjunction with RRRA, CUDS will be hosting a show debating in Residence
on the evening of September 16th (That is a Sunday). There will also be a
guest speaker speaking on transit issues facing Ottawa and other cities.
This is a great opportunity to see some world class debaters go at it and we
hope that as many people as possible can come out to this event.
3) Novice Training Day
Our annual novice training day will be held this year at Carleton on
Saturday, September the 22nd in conjunction with the English Debating
Society from . We will be having two world champions as well as other highly
qualified debaters there to teach the basics of debating. Lunch will also be
provided. In the afternoon there will be a chance for all new debaters to
debate with experienced debaters. If all experienced debaters could come out
for at least the afternoon that would be greatly appreciated.
4) Novice Tournament
The annual Central Novice Championships will be held this year on the
weekend of September 28th to 30th at York University in Toronto. This
tournament is for all debaters new to debating. It is a fantastic weekend
where you get to travel to Toronto and meet other debaters from all over
Ontario and Quebec. More details will be given at our first meeting and at
Novice Training Day but remember to keep that weekend open.
5) CUDS on the Internet
We at the Carleton Univeristy Debating Society have our very own website
located at
www.carletondebate.org. Check the website for updates regarding
tournaments, room locations and upcoming events. We also have our own
online forum called CUSIDnet. It is a great place to find out info about and
sign up for tournaments, discuss current events and get to know other
debaters. To sign up, go to
www.cusid.ca/community, create an account, and
send a PM to "Adam Coombs" or "A.Law" to get access to our forum. We
really
encourage all debaters to sign up for a CUSIDnet account as it is the
primary means of communication for CUDS.
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