Hello everyone.

Thank you to everyone who turned up on Thursday, it was nice to see some old
faces and even better to meet some new ones. I heard the Give It A Go was a
great success, and I welcome all the new members to the society and its mailing
list!!

This Thursday (31st Feb) the society will meet in the usual time at the usual
place- 8pm on the Parkinson Steps. Adam and I will be treating to the first
“Dummy Session”, looking at the basic principles of ethics and political
philosophy to help you with the all important content element of your speeches.

The Debating Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on the 21st of
Feb. The main focus of the meeting is the handing over of committee positions.
If you would like to stand for a position on the committee, you need to send a
brief e-mail to the society account, (I know I mentioned the word manifesto on
Thursday, but please don’t be scared by this- it need only be a paragraph or
so). The positions ‘up for grabs’ are President, Vice- President, Secretary,
Treasurer, IV Convenor and the deadline is Monday 18th Feb. If you would like
to know about what being on the committee entails, feel free to ask any of the
current position holders on Thursday.

Zaynab, our IV Convenor, has organised a massive and amazing competition which
will run at Leeds Uni on the 15th and 16th of Feb, (N.B. to prevent a debating
overload and accommodate all you love-birds there will be no society meeting on
the 14th). This promises to be an outstanding event, the first in Leeds for
years, with a number of excellent teams and phenomenal judges (Neill
Harvey-Smith is a debating god) taking part and some boozy socials. To make the
event successful, we need your help- so make sure you are around that weekend;
Zaynab will give more details about how you can get involved in the next few
weeks. You can also have a look at the Facebook group if you are that
excited!!!

Finally, another date for your diary is a joint event we are holding with the
people behind the library (not the pub- unfortunately). On the 26th of Feb we
will be holding a show debate as part of Leeds Read week, with the motion “THW
only include British authors in the National Curriculum to foster a sense of
national identity.” More importantly, there will be pancakes. Come along and
support the committee members in their ‘farewell gig’ if you can, more details
about time and location to come.

Sorry for the long e-mail, well done if you made it to the end. I hope you all
have a great week, and I will look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.

Helen (VP)

HELLO!

I hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year and that exams and essays weren’t too stressful. This Thursday 24th January the LUU Debating Society will be holding a Give it a Go session, so if you missed out last term or you have any friends who might be interested make sure you attend this event!

For just £2 you will be given a master class on how to debate and an opportunity to have a go yourself.

There are loads of opportunities this term to debate in Leeds and at other universities. It’s also a great way to improve your confidence for presentations, structure you arguments and learn about a whole range of issues.

We debate everything from bestiality to the environment to nuclear weapons!

So be there from 8-10pm on Thursday. We meet on the Parkinson Steps and the session will take place in the basement of the Parkinson Building in Room B09. A normal session for all of our regular members will also take place at the same time but in a different room.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Best wishes,
Felicity Dennistoun
President, LUU Debating Society

Hello All!