First general meeting

Huge turnout at the meeting today in D100! Despite the numbers, we blazed through upcoming events, like the Fall Convention, and settled on a topic for debate next meeting (two weeks from today).

Meeting summary:

Next meeting: October 11 (Advisory Lunch) in D103

Debate topic: Be it resolved that the US is not an effective peacekeeping body.


-What is JSA?

-Immediate events
o 2-3 conventions per year
o Fall convention (Nov. 18 - 19 in Seattle)
+Hannah needs to know for sure if you want to go by Oct. 10

-Things to do this year
o Debates and speakers
o Visit Olympia, sit in on a Senate meeting
o Debate night! - food!, impromptu debates about silly things!

-Debate ideas
o Repealing Patriot Act
o Alternative energy sources
o Fence around US/Mexico border
o Universal health care
o California vs. motor companies over emissions' impact on environment
o Death penalty
o Government censors evolution on public television available to schools
o Is Pluto a planet?
o Should anyone be allowed to have nuclear weapons?
o Illegal immigration
o Is the UN effective in keeping world peace?
o Should the US keep their debt with China
o Is Dumbledore dead?
o Is Snape good or evil?
o Should US troops withdraw from Iraq
o Should the Constitution be interpreted loosely or strictly
o Is the Iraq war an occupation or a war
o Should the US support or defend Taiwan
o Should English be the official language of the US
o Did Israel use excessive force in the recent conflict
o Yoda vs. Darth Vader...who would win? (Yoda of course!)
o Is Islam an inherently violent religion