DebateDocs

This page is for college debaters and coaches only.

There is a google group called debatedocs@googlegroups.com. The purpose of this email is to make it easier to setup email threads before debates. Instead of the same group of people asking the same group of debaters for threads and having to type in double digit emails you can now capture all that with one email entry. This model has proven successful at round robins.

Another benefit of a system like this is how it helps smaller schools. With smaller staffs it is harder to go around to a bunch of debates and get on the threads. Big schools with multiple coaches will get on the threads anyway. 

One casualty with the round robin experience has been updating the wiki. That might not be unique to the google group way of organizing round robin docs (people just generally focus on the round robin and post stuff later if they do instead of the normal post round you see at tournaments where judges give decisions at the time). I am hoping to avoid this problem with the implementation of this google group.

How to Join

1. Email me - ant981228@gmail.com - the emails you want me to add to the group. If you do so ahead of the tournament you are more likely to be in the group when the tournament starts.
 
2. There are two conditions for me adding those emails to the group:

A. If you are a debater you have to participate by adding debatedocs@googlegroups.com to your future email threads. If you are a coach, you have to ensure your debaters use the group.

B. You use the wiki. Use the wiki means there is an entry after each one of your debates and you have included evidence from ALL your speeches in those entries (not just the 1AC or 1NC). It does not matter if it is  full text or cites either is fine.

Debaters who want to join are only responsible for their own wiki, not teammates. Coaches are responsible for all their teams.

Why am I being a wiki fascist? One, sorry you hate using the wiki or making your teams use it. But good wiki practice is more important than streamlining email threads. Two, the first mover advantage here is huge. Are you going to go start your own google group? Then we have like six different google groups instead of entering like ten different emails? You won't. You're scared. Just use the wiki, use this google group and like it.

How to Title Email Threads

There is no great way to ensure this, but it is STRONGLY encouraged to use a uniform naming system for later searches.

Tournament Name-Round Number-AFF Team vs NEG Team

Example: Shirley-Round 2-Northwestern CE vs Georgetown KL

How do I turn off getting real-time copies of everything?

Go to your own google groups page - there should be a drop-down menu regarding email options on the right. You can set it to "no email" or "digest email". No means none. Digest means you get them all at the end of the day.

I've turned off the emails, but now how do I get to the docs?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/debatedocs

Advice

Change the email settings + create email filters to help prevent inbox flooding if you do not like that. 

​Feel free to reach out with any questions.