National Parliamentary Debate Association

• Nationals results are posted.
• Note: This summer, more backend work will be done to the website, including a new theme and other work to simplify posting.
• Sanctioning forms and the official NPDA calendars can be found at Danny’s Executive Secretary link. The NFA calendar can now be found at http://www.nationalforensics.org/.
• 10.8.2008: Website nearly completely converted to new website. Team webmasters – please change your links from the Bethel servers to http://www.parlidebate.org/. Internal links will change as well (see the page about the new conversion). If you find any problems, please contact Michael Dreher, the webmaster, at mdreher@bethel.edu

• A Handy Guide to NPDA Business Meetings and Procedure
• NPDA Constitution
• NPDA Bylaws
• NPDA Rules of Debating; (PDF version)
• Revised Tournament Operating Procedures
• Changes to the Tournament Operating procedures (note: this was previously posted on the website, and is being brought back again due to demand.)

The National Parliamentary Debate Association is the largest intercollegiate debate association in the United States. Member schools engage in two-on-two debate, with the resolutions (or topics) changing for each round of competition. Each year, between 200-250 schools attend at least one parliamentary debate tournament sponsored by NPDA member schools.

The NPDA site offers information about:

• Tournaments and results – the NPDA tournament calendar as well as past season sweepstakes results.
• Nationals — Information about the NPDA National tournament – the largest intercollegiate debate tournament in the United States.
• Members — List of member schools, how to become a member, and committee/officer listings.
• History and research — Articles about the past history of the NPDA, and copies of the NPDA Journal.
• Resolutions — Sample resolutions from both regular season tournaments and the National Championship.
• FAQ – Frequently asked questions about parliamentary debate and the NPDA.