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The Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) has elected Zip FM Deputy Chairman Brian Schmidt as its new Chairman, and Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Past President Michael McMorris as its new Vice-Chairman.
The elections were among the highlight of the JDC’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday March 20.
This is as the commission moves into preliminary activities to organise National Election Debates ahead of imminent General Elections, which are due to take place by September of this year.
The JDC, which has organised political debates ahead of General Elections (since 2002) and ahead of Local Government Elections since 2012, is a Jamaican Registered Charitable Organisation and a founding member of Debates International, which brings together some 40 debate-organising institutions in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and Europe.
The activities of the JDC are guided by a board of six commissioners (directors) comprising three each nominated by the JCC and the Media Association Jamaica (MAJ).
The JCC-nominated directors are Noel daCosta, Anthony Chang and Michael McMorris, while the MAJ-nominated directors are Brian Schmidt, Jennifer Grant and Claire Grant.
The commissioners are supported by a team of resource personnel, with the commissioners and the resource personnel being all volunteers.
The new JDC chairman has expressed gratitude to his predecessor, Noel daCosta, for his stewardship of the organisation over the past election cycle, and for his commitment to the mission and work of the JDC since its inception in 2002.
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