---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joel Rollins <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:07 AM Subject: Texas Northwestern Tournaments (CoonHorn) To: Ceda-L <[email protected]>
*Subject:* TOURNAMENT CALENDER: FEB 2010 AND BEYOND Greetings from Austin and Evanston. Joel and Fitz here writing in joint communiqué. We hope this note finds you well and that your preparations for this year are full of intellectual excitement and philosophical wonder. We are writing jointly to lay out our plans for hosting college tournaments for this February and beyond. We have discussed in some detail a plan that we hope will carry our hosting duties through the next few seasons. In short, both the University of Texas and Northwestern University are committed to providing high quality tournament competition to the college community. We very much hope that the arrangement we have worked out is attractive to your school's travel schedule, and that you will join us in Austin and Evanston in the near future and beyond. Specifically: Northwestern and the University of Texas at Austin will alternate hosting a high quality event held shortly in advance of the deadline for First Round At-Large applications for the NDT. The Longhorns will host in even numbered years and the Wildcats will take the odd numbered years. Joel and his staff and students plan to host a major event in Austin in February of 2010, on or about the dates that Northwestern has occupied for many years. Details will follow soon. The Longhorns are well equipped to host a top-notch event in a (hopefully) warm and inviting setting. The Horns are open to community input on what is wanted from this tournament (number of rounds, breaking brackets, and the like). In February 2011 the event will return to Evanston. Northwestern is committed to continuing a major event with the highest standards for tournament hospitality and competitive academic debating. We hope to make the 2009 tournament experience the norm for visitors and to continue to meet and set community expectations for tournament hosting. We understand that holding a February tournament in Evanston presents a number of weather related challenges; likewise, we recognize the necessity of taking extraordinary measures like complimentary participant & evidence transportation, numerous receptions, excellent tab room support, and an exceptional hotel experience to compensate for the brisk Chicago winter. We look forward to hosting you in the future, and continue to regard the Owen L. Coon as one significant way to give back to our friends and competitors in the college debate community. Best to all, Joel & Fitz
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