NDT meeting minutes
November 8, 2000
NCA Seattle, Washington

Present: John Fritch (chair), Shawn Whalen (1), Heather Aldridge (4), Heidi Hamilton (5), Mike Janas (6), Mike Berry for Warren Decker (7), Sherry Hall for Tim Mahoney (8), Matt Stannard (9), Brett O'Donnell for Gordon Mitchell (E), Cate Palczewski (MW), Ed Panetta (S)
Absent: Glenn Frappier (2), Joel Rollins (3), Greg Achten (W)

1. Cate Palczewski volunteered to serve as the secretary.

2. Future opportunities to serve: at the end of the year, we will need to replace the NDT point Tzar as well as the NDT chair.

3. Hosts: Hosts for 2002 and on are needed. SMS and Berkeley have both indicated an interest. If we want SMS to host in 2002, then we need to help Fritch develop arguments as to why 2002 is as good as 2004, given 2004 is an anniversary year for SMS and SMS debate.

4. Report of the tournament director

A. Cheating on food at the NDT is still an issue. An ad hoc committee to investigate ways to limit food cheating was formed, composed of: Brett O'Donnell (chair), Karla Leeper, Sherry Hall, and John Fritch. A set of recommendations is expected for the Northwestern meeting.

B. Fair use of judges is an issue. Comments from the NDT surveys, as well as other comments to the NDT committee, have indicated a growing dislike of the practice of hiring weaker judges while schools reserve stronger judges to use as card cutters. An ad hoc committee was formed and charged with developing a set of normative rules that would guarantee that all qualified judges at the tournament are in the judging pool for at least two debates. The rules should be available for consideration at the Northwestern meeting. The committee is composed of: Steve Mancuso (chair), Shawn Whalen, Ede Warner, and Joel Rollins.

5. Report of the 2001 host. All is well. Leeper is congenial. Leeper is organized.

6. Report of the 2002 host. Insert silence here.

7. Report of the Board of Trustees. Cost overruns from the previous NDT have made it more difficult to let external funds lower entry fees. The recommended entry fee for the 2001 NDT from the board was $325.00. Aldridge moved to accept the fee and Whalen seconded. The fee passed unanimously.

8. Old Business:

A. Prohibiting 3rd teams. Remained tabled.

B. Allowing 4th teams. Remained tabled.

9. New Business

A. AFA Code of Ethics. The Educational Development and Practices Committee will move that the dates which define time blocks be changed from July-December and January-June to July 1-December 25 and December 26-June 30. The change must be approved by an AFA mail ballot. (This motion was later approved at the AFA business meeting.

B. Additional changes in the code of ethics will be considered in the next year. Comments on the following should be given to Barb Pickering.

1. Changing the existing prohibition on full time researchers, Article 2, section 3A and Article 5, section 7.

2. Tournament eligibility - how many years of national tournaments may be attended.

3. Transfer student rules - prohibiting attendance at the national tournament the first year after transfer.

4. Card clipping as a form of fabrication and distortion.

5. The role of enforcement, and who enforces.

6. Sexual harassment language modeled on CEDA.

10. Committee chair reports: Judge philosophy book. The numbers contributing to the book have continued to decline. The following amendment was proposed by Panetta and seconded by Hall:
Amend section G2 to read:

All judges at the National Tournament shall forward judging philosophies complying with these guidelines to the Chair of the Judging Philosophy Subcommittee by a date specified by the National Committee. A $50.00 fine will be imposed on institutions whose judges do not provide judge philosophy forms received by the Chair of the Judging Philosophy Subcommittee one week before the start of registration for the NDT. An additional $50.00 fine will be imposed if a philosophy is not provided at the time the institution registers. Judges not meeting this deadline still must provide a judge philosophy form to the tournament by the start of the NDT.
Panetta volunteered to assist Berry in the harassment of delinquents.
Unanimously approved.

11. Subcommittees:

A. Appeals: Frappier, Stannard, Whalen, Janas (chair), Rollins

B. Tournament Procedures: Mahoney, Mitchell, Fritch (chair)

C. Bid Allocation: Hamilton (chair), Aldridge, Palczewski

D. Judge Philosophy: Berry, Panetta, Achten

12. Important NDT Dates: Moved by Hall, seconded by Whalen, unanimously approved:

A. First round at large bids

Must be received by committee members by February 15, 2001 (5pm, cst)
Committee calls or emails director, February 17-18, 2001
Director announces, February 19, 2001

B. District procedures

Declaration of intent to attend, February 20, 2001
Announcement of district bids, February 21, 2001

C. Second round at large bids

Must be received by committee members, March 8, 2001 (5PM, cst)
Committee calls or emails director, March 10-11, 2001
Director announces, March 12, 2001

D. New director's information:

1. email: dwparson@ukans.edu

2. home phone: 785-843-2382