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Yeah, the UK would be much easier. I think it's a great idea too. I wonder what the demographics
are of this site. How many of the participants are of an age that can actually attend? I think I'm
one of the oldest at 44. I would be curious about this prior to the meeting.
What about an online conference first? |
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I am all for it, and I like the proposed structure of having finalists from the various national
debates moving up to a larger, international event. I wonder, however, what we would do with
participants from smaller countries. There may not be an adequate number of debaters on the site
from Australia and Canada, for example, to have a national convention. On the other hand, we have
strong representation from the United Kingdom and the United States, so presumably it would be much
more difficult for a Brit or an American to make it from the national level to the international
finals, than a Canadian or an Australian.
The central question of course is who shall organize all of this? The idea is promising, now one
must 'simply' track down a core group of committed organizers in each country. I would advocate a
more conservative approach: Rather than a convention, debaters could start with a more informal
meet-up in each country, perhaps for a coffee, drinks, or some sort of a day event. I will admit,
however, that this will be much easier to accomplish in the UK than in the US, due to the respective
geographies of these countries, |
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Some people who are good at text debating may be an awful oral debater. |
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No because mark will kill me. Lol |
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 Pure  17 May 2008 21:03
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