Wow! What a nite! Over 290 people showed up for the Great Debate, despite the pouring rain! Despite our sometimes enigmatic “sign up” internet process. Despite the missteps that invariably accompany such events. Lance and Alex went at it for 45 minutes on the debate topic, “Is Religion Good for Society?“ and later the obviously enthusiastic crowd asked questions until after 9 pm. We had expected that Calvary Chapel would pack the place with believers, but, apparently, that didn’t happen, since it was obvious by the audience response that most of them were atheists. I heard many positive comments after the event, even from those whom I know to be believers!
Let me stop here and thank a whole bunch of people:
Darren, who brought the idea to me and doggedly pursued it for almost a year, despite two unusual and suspect setbacks at Nova, our original venue of choice.
Lance, who performed flawlessly and, in this person’s opinion… DESTROYED the opposition! We look forward to many more debates with him as our anchor man!
Alan, who took on the job of moderator with aplomb.
Liz, who, as usual, thought of everything and, despite her student load, put together a great event for all of us. I know she was frazzled after the whole event, but she made our organizations look good!
The CFI Broward Students, who volunteered for those behind the scene jobs.
Reggie, who recorded the entire event and is putting together a DVD of the entire event, for us to market.
Jay, for throwing together our event booklet on short notice.
Tony Fusco, CFI’s student advisor, who’s been supporting the students for years now.
The administrators and staff at Bailey Hall and Broward College for being professionals at what they do and making our preparations as seamless as possible.
AND… to all our FLASH and CFI members who packed that audience!
Now, it’s on to the next!
Bob
Guys!!
All I can say is WOW!!!! I think the night went amazing, from the set up and organization that went into producing the debate, to the audience participation, to the moderator and finally the debaters. I think you all did wonderfully…Thanks for doing everything you did to make this a great first debate. My understanding was we had over 300 people attend.
-We want to thank Liz for her support and all her effort in sponsoring and organizing the event on campus. I am sure that was not an easy process.
-Alan did very nicely as the moderator and kept things on track the whole night. Great Job!!
-Alex and Lance were awesome as the debaters, I heard a lot of people commenting on the structure and arguments you both presented; Well Done!!
It was a free flow of ideas and I think everyone that came got something valuable from the debate.
I would appreciate everyone’s feedback on how you thought the night went; if you are interested in planning another one in the future; and what we can do to improve the next one.
It was an honor to work with everyone involved and I appreciated all the professionalism and courtesy it took to get something this complex event off the ground. We couldn’t have accomplished without the team!!
Thanks for your support.
Regards,
Darren
Flash!
