LATEST NEWS
Member Training: Week 8
Monday Afternoon Training
Monday, 1pm - 2pm, Lecture Theater H1, Menzies Building
MAD welcomes Liberal Senator for Victoria, Scott Ryan, to speak to the club about the concept of a hung parliament, and why the Coalition should form our government! Come along to H1 at 1:00pm this coming Monday to see a session so incredibly contextually relevant you will be the one everyone crowds around at the watercooler (assuming Monash even has a decent watercooler)! Reading for the session is available here. Don't forget to RSVP to the Facebook Event!
What: Senator Scott Ryan
When: Monday 1pm
Where: Lecture Theater H1, Menzies Building
Monday Evening Training
Monday, 5pm - 9pm, Law School Basement, Lecture Theatre L3
With the overlap with ANU Spring Debating, Freehills will not be running in Week 8, but will recommence the following week. Replacement training is currently TBA.
Wednesday Member Training
5 pm - 8 pm, Law School Basement, Lecture Theatre L2
Details of the Wednesday training session are TBA!
MAD Annual Party
Annual Party is a party MAD holds annually... Who'd have guessed?! This is one of MAD's biggest social events for the year, and indeed the whole semester, so make sure you keep the date free and grab a ticket. We're even providing a generous bar tab for this one so dont miss it! Tickets will be on sale Monday nights and at the event, but try to buy them beforehand so we can better guage numbers. Its $20 for members, and only $15 if you have an MSA card, and feel free to bring anyone you want. The details for the event are:
When? Saturday the 18th of September, 8:00pm
Where? Fad Gallery, 14 Corrs Lane, Melbourne. (Its off Lt Burke st, just after Russel. Right next to Eurotrash for you classy folk who know it)
How much? $20 for members, $15 if you have an MSA card
Who? Everyone! Non-members are welcome!
MAD AGM
As some of you would have heard, the MAD AGM is going to be held on the 13th of September. For those of you who don't know, this is where MAD members run for election for the executive of the next year, and constitutional amendments may be passed or denied.
The deadline for Constitutional changes has now passed: You can view the successfully submitted changes here.
If you are planning on running for any position on the Exec and would like to know more about the responsibilities and functions of any of the positions, you can access the relevant information here. If you would like to contact any specific Exec member to ask them questions about their portfolio obligations and functions, you can find their contact information here.
If you can't wait for the day itself, or just want to prepare yourself for the long arduous hours of...fun...you can read the AGM Agenda to whet your appetites.
If you have any niggling questions plaguging you, you can direct your enquiries to our inimitable secretary Luke McGreevy at monash.debaters.secretary@gmail.com.
Update: The venue for the AGM has been announced! We will be meeting in Engineering Hall 4 (EH4), Building 60 at 12:55pm on Monday the 13th of September. Because Engineering is about as accessible as the underside of a mountain lion's tongue, you can access a map to help guide you to your destination.
We look foward to seeing you there!
Women's 2011 Bid
At risk of overwhelming the website with Women's-related news, we are very pleased to announce the launch of the official MAD Women's 2011 Bid website. You can access it by clicking the button at the top of the page, or by pressing here.
The most significant part of this launch is the news that the application forms are now live! If you would like to apply to be on the Org Comm, you can access the form and relevant information at this page. If you would like to apply to be Chief Adjudicator for the tournament, you can go here.
N.B. Applications will be open until Thursday September 9th, so be sure to register ASAP!
If you have any questions about applications or the tournament as a whole, you can email Meredith and Nicole at awdc2011@gmail.com. If you would like to stay up to date with the bid as it progresses, you can follow them on Twitter, and join the Facebook Group.
Women's
Following an intense (well, as intense as you can get at 9am) trialling process (with the amazing Fiona Prowse and Gemma Buckley presiding), we now have the official team listing for the Monash 2010 Women's Contingent!
| Monash 1 Madeline Schultz Nicole Franklin |
Monash 2 Sasha Lytas Meredith Prior |
Monash 3 Bec Lew Nisha Dutta |
Adjudicators Gemma Buckley Jacqueline Duong Carolina Adonez Thacayaini Ramanaidu Melissa Kennedy |
| Monash 5 Ashleigh Feurtado Hasini Wickramasinghe |
Monash 6 Elizabeth Park Kathryn Wardell |
Monash 7 Melissa Birch Jessie Carter |
If you would like to see the official website, you can do so here.
If you have any questions, please email Ash at monash.debaters.externals@gmail.com.
