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Tuna's heart

i thought Tuna expressed himself admirably.

i don't think anyone has doubted that Tuna cares very much about 
students and debaters in particular.  and his recent post regarding NDI 
scholarships shows again that he cares very very much about the NDI and 
about debaters.  i don't know of anyone who has accused Tuna of being in 
it for the money. (not that i have ever had a problem with capitalism 
anyway)

since my charges of a potential conflict of interest raised several 
months ago in discussing the topic release date seem to be a matter of 
continuing concern for Tuna, i have recently been giving considerable 
thought to publicly apologizing.  i am sorry that this matter is a 
continuing source of hurt for Tuna.  however, i am not sorry that this 
issue was raised by me.  i did not then and do not now intend to insult 
or to hurt:  i tried hard to make that clear then and hope this does so 
now.

there is a potential conflict of interest and certainly a potential for 
the appearance of a conflict of interest when someone cares deeply about 
both a summer institute and the community they represent as an officer. 
it is certainly possible that in some situations what is best for the 
NDI is not best for CEDA and vice versa.  this seems to me a rather 
obvious proposition.  

well, so what?  well, beats me.  mostly not much.  it seems to me that 
recognizing the potential conflict largely or wholely resolves it.  
that's all.

as i mentioned above, i think Tuna expressed his pain in having to make 
difficult decisions about scholarship awards eloquently and well.

michael korcok

p.s.:  a belated but heartfelt congratulations to Vermont for a 
spectacular CEDA Nationals.  as someone who saw Jethro in one of his 
very first novice debates, it was a pleasure to see him develop into one 
of the best debaters in the country.  a coaching staff that can make a 
punk like him as good as he was has my utmost respect.  of course 
Annalee was always good:  no big coaching challenge with that one.
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