Notes from September 21 Meeting

Debate Notes 9/21/06

The Club’s Future:

How often will we meet?

- Meet every Thursday

What will we do this year?

-
3 Formal Debates a year; possible go as a Novice Team in spring of ‘07

- View debate as practice

-
Harvard, Yale Princeton debate at Ardsley?

- Watch instructional video (see Mr. Royal for tapes)

- End-of-the-year goal: present debate in front of school

- Meeting next Thursday, September 28

-
Dr. Como possibly visits on Friday

DEBATE CLUB BLOG: bxvdebate.blogspot.com

For our next meeting: Read chapters 1 & 2 in The
Debater’s Guide: Third Edition (distributed to each member during today’s
meeting)

1^st Debate should be sometime after Mid-terms

Film one of the debates to show to 8^th Grade
English class

If possible, retrieve video of debate held in June?

GOALS: 1. A January debate

2. Going as a Novice Team to a Debate
League in the spring of ’07 and join a Debate League in 2007-07