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Thank You, Mike West

posted by Jon Cruz on March 7th, 2007

MUNICH, GERMANY – This week, Mike West, the founder of LDDebate.org, has taken the long-standing message boards offline.

“As everyone’s noticed,” West notes in a message on the web site, “the quality of the boards has become absolutely miserable over the last few months. I simply don’t have time to moderate the forums, and it shows.”

But all is not lost. “I’m pleased,” he adds, “however, that a good friend has stepped up to fill in the vacuum left by my complete absence. Mike Bietz has put together a new board with a solid group of committed moderators and admins at www.theldboards.org. I encourage you to go pay a visit, sign up for an account, and begin your conversations again. You’ll be happy you did.”

Mike West has endorsed these new forums as the successor to LDDebate.org, and he, like many of us, looks forward to seeing how these boards do. But, like many, LDDebate.org will always have an important place in my heart.

When it was founded in 1998, the web site helped provide a central, interactive place for debaters to talk, debate, and generally exchange ideas. It served as a hangout for all of us. Though he always shunned the credit and the spotlight, Mike West, perhaps more than anyone, deserves credit for developing the idea of an online, national debate community. On behalf of the thousands of users of LDDebate.org (“Westman” to us old-timers), I’d like to say thank you to LDDebate.org’s Member #1.


Interested in knowing more about Mike, and why he started LDDebate.org? Be sure to read “LDDebate.org: Member #1″ — an interview conducted three years ago this Sunday — here in VBD’s archives.

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8 Responses to “Thank You, Mike West”

  1. Ernie Rose
    Posted from: 207.28.191.54

    March 7th, 2007 22:51
    1

    who will replace gary as the new king?

  2. marnold
    Posted from: 128.135.108.202

    March 8th, 2007 00:13
    2

    3:2 odds on Jon Cruz.

  3. Ajay Ketkar
    Posted from: 24.243.26.60

    March 8th, 2007 00:35
    3

    nobody will be able to replace gary

    oh the memories

  4. michael mangus
    Posted from: 130.49.58.236

    March 8th, 2007 17:35
    4

    you might have been around debate too long if:
    you remember westman before jon cruz ever posted anything.

  5. Rebar Niemi
    Posted from: 66.233.57.238

    March 8th, 2007 21:12
    5

    as the first non-debate coach to join the new boards, i have to say, they are quite nice. i reccomend them.

  6. roytman
    Posted from: 199.189.11.1

    March 9th, 2007 09:14
    6

    i’ll miss you teh pwner

  7. NCFL?
    Posted from: 24.115.131.72

    March 10th, 2007 18:31
    7

    Scranton NCFL qualifiers were on March 3rd…..I hve aquestion for someone who is familiar with the NCFL in Houston this year, i know that if you bring two policy teams you need three judges, but is it true that if you bring only one policy team you need two judges?

  8. gary
    Posted from: 168.7.245.24

    March 10th, 2007 20:10
    8

    i lost the crown a while ago

    whatever that means

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