Due to the effects of Hurricane Juan in Halifax, and the resulting closures including Dalhousie University, the CUSID Atlantic Novice Championships will be postponed until further notice.

According to Dan Sameoto of Sodales, “Dalhousie is closed completely until Monday or until the power comes back on, which ever is later. The Sodales executive apologizes for this, but there isn’t anything we can do. The tournament is still planned and will occur as early as possible. When we have more information on Dalhousie’s opening, we will provide an update.”

For more information, see the CUSIDnet post at http://community.cusid.ca/viewtopic.php?t=1417.

CUSID is proud to announce the appointments of Kevin Massie to National Ombudsperson, Shawna Pandya to Ombudsperson (Western Region), and Adam Barker to Ombudsperson (Central Region). Their duties are to investigate any decision or recommendation made or any act done or omitted in the course of the administration of the CUSID executive or any of the bodies which it sanctions or the behaviour of any individual consideredS by the CUSID Code of Conduct that affect any person or body of persons in his, her or its personal capacity within the CUSID community.

We wish them the best of luck in their new roles. For contact information, please visit the Ombuds Office site.

We are pleased to announce that CUSID now has an associate account with Alamo Rent-a-Car which allows all CUSID members to get a discount (ranging from 5-10%) when renting from any Alamo location in the world. The associate rate includes unlimited kilometers and one free additional driver on any vehicle including mini-vans.

For more information, please reference http://community.cusid.ca/viewtopic.php?t=1164 on CUSIDnet.

Applications for the positions of CUSID National and Regional Ombudsperson are now being accepted. The role, as laid out in the Ombudsperson Act fulfills an important role in CUSID.

Applications are due by 11:59pm on Monday June 9th, 2003. Click here to apply.

CUSID will be selecting one National and three Regional Ombudspersons (one for each region). Candidates, however, are welcome to apply for both positions, with the National position taking precedence. For the Regional positions, the applicant must be a student at a CUSID-member school in that Region.

Contact the President of CUSID for more information.

Stemming from demand from debating clubs around the world, CUSID has created an International Schedule alongside the main CUSID schedule. The international schedule will feature non-CUSID tournaments (IONA, APDA, NPDA, etc.) who are specifically seeking the attendance of CUSID members. We hope that this new addition will help CUSID members who are looking for an international experience. Go to the Schedule to access it.

Tournaments must directly submit a request to the CUSID President or Executive Director explaining why they wish to be included on the international schedule. The international schedule can be accessed by clicking on “Schedule” from the navigation bar on the top of CUSIDnet or of CUSID.ca.