NPDA National Tournament Invitation
January 27, 2012 | Posted by admin The invitation for the 2012 NPDA National Tournament, to be held at Western Washington University, is available here.
January 27, 2012 | Posted by admin 2011 Fall Meeting Minutes
December 11, 2011 | Posted by admin The 2011 Fall meeting minutes have been made available.
Agenda & Treasurer’s report
November 8, 2011 | Posted by admin The agenda for the Fall 2011 Business Meeting at NCA can be found here. Additionally, the treasurer’s report is available as well.
The amendment under consideration at the Business Meeting can be found here
Website updates
August 4, 2011 | Posted by admin Several updates have been made to the website, including:
- Executive Council information
- Updates to the Bylaws and Tournament Operating Procedures
- Mailing list changes
- 2011 Nationals results
The new webmaster for NPDA will be Joey Mavity of Azusa Pacific University.
Agenda for Business Meeting
March 4, 2011 | Posted by admin The agenda for the Spring 2011 Business Meeting at The Colorado College, March 16, is posted here.
NPDA Invitation
January 16, 2011 | Posted by admin The invitation to the 2011 NPDA National Championship Tournament is available here. Registration will be open on forensicstournament.net shortly.
Most recent updates
January 3, 2011 | Posted by admin Most recent updates to the NPDA website:
- Fall 2010 Business Meeting minutes posted. The next business meeting will be held in March at the NPDA Championship Tournament.
- The 2011 NPDA Championship Tournament will be held March 16-19, 2011 at The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. Invitation to come soon.
- Michael Dreher has resigned as Webmaster. The NPDA thanks Michael for his years of service as Webmaster. Joe Gantt will maintain the site on a temporary basis.
- Coding for results entry to the Executive Secretary page is nearly completed, and NPDA sweepstakes results will appear soon. Since much of the data was imported automatically, please check for errors.
Key Documents
September 7, 2008 | Posted by admin About the Website and the NPDA
August 5, 2008 | Posted by admin 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.