CEDA Summer Business Meeting Report 2013

Thanks to Mike Davis.

Here are the minutes as promised:

2013 CEDA Summer Meeting
President Report
•   Indiana 2014 CEDA Nats
o   Courtyard Marriott - $105
o   Holiday Inn – same price range
o   Encourage people to stay at the Marriott
o   Working on a shuttle option
o   Over 100 rooms (most in a couple of buildings)
•   Resignation in the Second Vice President position
o   Election on the normal ballot for replacement

First VP Report
•   2015 CEDA Nats
o   Coordinating with the NDT on host possibilities
o   Problem with 2015 is Easter and Passover
o   Working with Jill to secure hotel contracts
o   No substantial bids to host CEDA
o   Also looking at a no host bid
o   Goal is best attended CEDA Nats
   Looking to host CEDA second
   Looking for feedback as to how to increase attendance
o   Goal is to have a bid by NCA

Treasurer’s Report
•   In good shape financially
o   $1,800 profit from CEDA Nats
   Higher ISU contribution and things came in under budget
o   More member schools than estimated
o   $1,500 paid in taxes
•   2014 CEDA Budget
o   More teams expected to attend
o   Might consider increasing the host fee
•   Treasurer’s Report Under Separate Attachment

CAD Report
•   Looking for a new CAD editor
•   Nomination/Application by July 1st
Assessment Report
•   Developing a topic specific assessment tool
•   Looking for ways to assess judge ballots
•   Skills assessment being developed as well
•   Interested in working on assessment? Contact Paul Mabrey.

Sexual Harassment
•   One complaint at CEDA Nats
o   Still on going
JV/Novice
•   No report
Outreach
•   No report
Mini-grants 
•   Reopened the process
o   Two proposals
o   Report coming soon

Program Review Process
•   Missouri State recently underwent an external review
o   Benchmarking questions
o   Mostly focused upon criteria that we don’t normally measure
o   Non-adversarial approach was a good methodology
o   Possible for CEDA to train external reviewers?

Culture of Debate
•   What is the proper time, manner to be involved before it is too late
•   Sometimes graduate students can be a conduit to discussions
•   Might be a culture of letting things slide
•   Most of our methods for dealing with issues are informal
o   Need a better response system
•   Sometimes a lack of formal rules leads to issues
•   Culture of underage drinking or drinking in general
•   What is the impact of Title IX on debate programs
•   Some sort of training or discussion with new coaches/graduate students
•   Conversations and discussion is necessary
•   Possible to look into personal liability insurance
•   Need more informal mentoring networks
o   And formal structures for assisting young coaches
•   Have to demonstrated compliance with external measures to be a CEDA school
•   Best practices?
•   Rewards instead of punishment?
o   Diversity
o   Academic


Program Diversity/Judge Preference
•   Better hiring processes for hired gun and summer camp jobs
o   Even a diverse staff does not mean the best hiring practice
•   Bringing diverse sets of judges to a tournament
•   Tournaments restrict judges who teams can hire
•   Problem is how we “mark” individuals who are diverse
•   How to include diversity issues without artificially inflating numbers
•   Train judges as well so they are better prepared
•   Expanding elim panels 
•   Editorial issue in CAD on judging?
•   Panels on the nature of judging 
•   More written ballots
o   Even just a few ballots per tournament
•   Preffing is extremely complex – hard to find that solution
•   More tab room transparency
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