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Form link isn't working, JP. On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 10:32 AM John Patrick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Most of us are facing a new reality in which we cannot travel to > tournaments and we can’t have people come to our institutions to compete. I > know our team has canceled more than six competitive events. > > In tragedy, my officemate and I see an opportunity to do something to fill > the emerging gaps in the debate community. We are working really fast to > put together a proposal for a big online debate competition, and are > looking to get it sponsored by a high profile tech firm. This event will be > in the vein of Civic Debate Conference events: It will be public facing in > that will likely involve students, faculty, and high profile practitioners > in the educational tech field who will come together to debate and evaluate > debates. > > Participants in the Civic Debate Conference have spent the year > experimenting with online debating, and while we’re still developing > finalized best practices, we are in a good position knowledge-wise to > successfully carry out an online competition, and now is the time to strike > if we want to get something big off the ground. > > We’re looking at putting together a proposal and delivering it to our > potential partners over the next two to three weeks. One piece of > information we’ll need to present to them is demand. If your institution is > interested in an event like this please indicate your interest and level of > demand on this google form > https://forms.gle/iTV2rTkNT6GYgEug6https://forms.gle/iTV2rTkNT6GYgEug6. > > > This is not a finalized commitment. You are enabling me and Martin to > approach our potential partners with a solid indication that there is > demand for this type of event. Please fill out the google form as soon as > possible. The final cut off for this form will be Friday, March 20 at 6 > p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time. > > JP > -- *Sterling Higa, EdM* Speaker, Writer, Teacher sterlinghiga.com