Victoria 1 defeated Auckland 2 in 8-1 split in the final of the 2010 Austral Asian Debating Championships.
The motion was That the ICC should beallowed to prosecute crimes against the earth.
Victor Finkel (Monash 1) was the overall best speaker.
Steve Whittington (Victoria 1) was the best speaker in grand final
Korea University 1 won the English as a Second Language (ESL) title defeating Multimedia University Melaka 1
Thanks to Chris Bishop for the update.
7 July 2010
Auckland and Vicktoria in Austral-Asians final
The finalists in the 2010 Austral-Asian debating championships are:
Auckland 2
&
Victoria 1
http://www.australs2010.com/
Auckland 2
&
Victoria 1
http://www.australs2010.com/
6 July 2010
Austral-Asian Octos & Qtr details
Qtr Final Draw:
Aff v. Neg
Auckland 2 v. Monash 1
Sydney 2 v. Melbourne 1
Sydney 1 v. Victoria 2
Victoria 1 v. Monash 2
Motions:
That we should ban professional political lobbyists
That individuals should be able to sell their vote
That the leaders of parliamentary political parties should be chosen by party members rather than by their colleagues
Octo Finals:
Aff v Neg
ANU v. Monash 1
Sydney 1 v.Macquarie 2
Auckland 4 v. Victoria 1
Sydney 2 v.NUS 1
Auckland 3 v. Melbourne 1
Monash 2 v.NSW 1
Victoria 2 v.Sydney 3
Queensland 1 v. Auckland 2
ESL Finalists
Korea University 1
MMUM 1
Aff v. Neg
Auckland 2 v. Monash 1
Sydney 2 v. Melbourne 1
Sydney 1 v. Victoria 2
Victoria 1 v. Monash 2
Motions:
That we should ban professional political lobbyists
That individuals should be able to sell their vote
That the leaders of parliamentary political parties should be chosen by party members rather than by their colleagues
Octo Finals:
Aff v Neg
Sydney 1 v.
Sydney 2 v.
Monash 2 v.
Victoria 2 v.
ESL Finalists
Korea University 1
MMUM 1
5 July 2010
Austral-Asian Debating Championships 2010 Break
Rank Team Wins
1 Monash 1 8
2 Sydney 1 7
3 Victoria 1 7
4 Sydney 2 6
5 Melbourne 1 6
6 Monash 2 6
7 Victoria 2 6
8 Queensland 1 6
9 Auckland 2 6
10 Sydney3 6
11 NSW 1 6
(capped) Sydney 5 6
12 Auckland 3 6
13 NUS 1 6
14 Auckland 4 6
15 Macquarie 2 5
16 ANU 1 5
ESL Break
1 Korea 1 4
2 DAE 1 4
3 MMUM 1 3
4 IIU 2 3
http://www.australs2010.com/
1 Monash 1 8
2 Sydney 1 7
3 Victoria 1 7
4 Sydney 2 6
5 Melbourne 1 6
6 Monash 2 6
7 Victoria 2 6
8 Queensland 1 6
9 Auckland 2 6
10 Sydney3 6
11 NSW 1 6
(capped) Sydney 5 6
12 Auckland 3 6
13 NUS 1 6
14 Auckland 4 6
15 Macquarie 2 5
16 ANU 1 5
ESL Break
1 Korea 1 4
2 DAE 1 4
3 MMUM 1 3
4 IIU 2 3
http://www.australs2010.com/
4 July 2010
Botswana Worlds 2010 : Adjudicator Subsidies
Greetings,
Botswana Worlds 2010 is inviting qualified adjudicators to apply for adjudication subsidies. The detailed criteria and procedure is available on our website at http://botswanaworlds.com/node/33 and is replicated below.
Also, we are very close to releasing a full list of successfully registered teams and publishing a finalized wait list. We are sorting out duplicate entries on the list, teams with eligibility concerns and teams that have spots guaranteed because of the slow internet policy and because they are the only representatives of their institutions. Very few of the institutions with duplicate entries have gotten back to us to clarify their status - those that haven't we assume are trusting us to do the right thing, whatever that may be.
Cheers
Logan
Chief Adjudicator
Botswana Worlds 2011
Botswana Worlds is offering adjudication subsidies to qualified adjudicators in order to expand the quality of our adjudication pool. The purpose of this subsidy is to improve our adjudication pool by funding talented and experienced adjudicators who are unable to attend due to a lack of funds. There are two categories of subsidies.
A) Regional Adjudicators
- This applies to adjudicators in Southern Africa.
- This subsidy is limited to a full registration waiver and in very special circumstances a subsidy for travel.
- We are looking for 30 capable adjudicators.
B) International Adjudicators
- This applies to adjudicators outside Southern African
- This subsidy includes a full registration waiver and up to 1000 USD for travel.
- We are looking for 30 capable adjudicators.
Adjudicator Subsidy Application Process
Requirements
- Must have have attended WUDC in the past, either as a debater or adjudicator.
- Must have judging experience at WUDC or other large BP tournaments, preferably those that are international in nature.
- Must show capacity to chair debates and adjudicate beyond preliminary rounds. This can be done by detailing your experience at WUDC or tournaments of similar standard.
- Must not be part of the N-1 requirement of any contingent. All subsidized adjudicators should come as independents
We will choose adjudicators who
- Meet all the criteria above.
- We believe have the capacity to chair rounds and break.
- Will be responsible and dependable adjudicators
- Can show that receiving this subsidy is integral to their chances of attending Worlds.
Procedure
Send a cover letter and CV to adjudication @ botswanaworlds.com before the 10th of August 2010. You should declare that you meet all the requirements above and explain why we should choose you.
Please note that subsidized adjudicators are also required to take the adjudication test and granting of a subsidy does not guarantee you will break a the tournament.
2 July 2010
Amsterdam EUDC practical info, program, arrivals
Only 11 more days before Euros kicks off with a public debate with Moreno-Ocampo in the prestigious Rode Hoed on the Keizersgracht. If you want to be present at this event, please register at http://eudc.vuconnected.nl/publicevent .
This email gives a lot of practical information about Amsterdam EUDC, discussing the judges and debaters instructions, ESL applications, room assignments and what to pack for Euros. We will tell you more about our program, which can also be found on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=15. Lastly, you can find more information on Arrivals day at the end of this email.
If you have any questions about the contents of this email or any other thing concerning Euros, please contact us at info@amsterdameudc.org. We are looking forward to meeting you in a bit more than a week!
With kind regards,
Anne Valkering
Convener Amsterdam EUDC 2010
Practicalities
The judges instruction is online and so is the judging test. All judges should have received an invitation to the test. If not, please contact your delegate representative first and otherwise cateam@amsterdameudc.org. You can find a judging instruction on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=1380 . A debaters instruction will follow shortly, and will also be available on our website, in the participant section. We will notify you through Facebook once the instruction is online.
There are 240 people who have not told us when and where they will arrive in Amsterdam yet. This means that we do not know how many people we will need to pick up at any given time, which might mean that we have not factored in enough busses from Schiphol to the hotels. We really do not want to leave you stranded in Schiphol for an hour to wait on the next bus. But to prevent that from happening, so tell us when you are arriving at http://eudc.vuconnected.nl/
The deadline for applying for ESL status will be tonight. If you have not filled out the ESL section of your personal details form at http://eudc.vuconnected.nl by tonight, you will not be able to apply for ESL status during the tournament. There are six people who have not yet filled out that section of the registration form, they are from Koç University, MSAL, University of Split and Yeditepe University
We have sent out the hotel and room assignment emails to everyone. If you have not received the email, please check your spam folder. If this cannot be the explanation, please contact us at hotel@amsterdameudc.org for more information. If you would like to change something about your room assignment, please contact us at the email address above before July 2, i.e. tomorrow, as we will then be able to make some changes. We cannot guarantee that we can cater for all wishes, but we will do our best. If you contact us after July 2, we will not be able to make any changes between the hotels, and changes within the hotels will be hard as well.
If you are considering what to pack for Amsterdam Euros, please check our program, as it gives an indication of dress codes for all of the events at Euros. In general, most of our program sets no requirements whatsoever. We would like to ask you, however, to dress up smartly for the public event with Moreno-Ocampo and to wear black tie at the final. Do bring some party and clubbing clothes, as we will take you on tours of Amsterdam’s nightlife. Otherwise, it is probably wise to assume that the weather will change at some point during the tournament, as it usually does about every two days. Plan for cold as well as warm weather (we are currently in a heat wave) and definitely assume it will rain at least one day. Some days involve a bit of walking, so you might want to bring comfortable shoes as well. A large part of Amsterdam’s city centre consists of cobblestones that are not easy to master on high heels.
Program
We have published the full schedule for Amsterdam EUDC on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=15. It includes information about all the socials, as well as dress codes (when relevant).
The first official day of the tournament is Monday July 12, Arrivals Day, when we will pick you up from Schiphol and bring you to your hotels for registration. Please find more information about arrivals and the days before below. The start of the tournament will be the public event with Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He will discuss the trade-off between peace and justice and why he chose the latter in the case of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army. We would like to ask you to dress smart for this special guest, who is making his first ever public appearance of this kind. The event starts at 8 pm in De Rode Hoed which has 450 seats available, so please register at http://eudc.vuconnected.nl/publicevent. There will be plenty of opportunity to relax and chat with old friends with a drink after the public event ends at 10 pm. If you could not make it to the public event, there is an alternative bar between De Rode Hoed and the Westermarkt, where our busses are leaving from: De Vergulde Gaper.
The tournament itself starts on Tuesday with four preliminary rounds at the Vrije Universiteit. Breakfast will be at the VU, and busses depart at 7:15 am to the university. At 9.00 am we will start the opening ceremony. At 9.45, we begin with round 1. It is therefore absolutely imperative that you do not miss the morning bus.
Arrivals Day
Pre-Arrivals: Some 150 people have indicated they are arriving one or more days before the 12th of July. We will not provide accommodation during the days before the 12th, although we can reserve a room for you in one of our hotels. We will not pick you up from Schiphol, but information on how to get to the hotels can be found on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=211 If you do not want to make use of our hotel, information on hostels and hotels for 25 Euros per person or less can be found on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=211 Please make sure to book a room before you leave, as most of these hotels will be fully booked in the middle of summer. We would like to invite all those who are already in town to join us in watching the World Cup final on Sunday the 11th. The location depends on whether the Netherlands will be in the final, and will be announced later.
Arrivals: We will have an information booth at Schiphol in the NS service desk, the national railway services. Just go to the main plaza (called Schiphol Plaza) and find the NS (a yellow and blue booth) and you will find us. We will direct you to the busses to the hotels. Busses start leaving from 9 am onwards, and end at 10 pm. If you are arriving before or after those times, we will organise alternative transportation. The busses will pass by both hotels and you can register at either one of the hotels. That’s all you need to do on Monday as there is no mandatory program. We will not provide you with lunch or dinner during Arrivals day.
If you are arriving at a different place than Schiphol, you can do one of two things: buy a train ticket to Schiphol for about € 3.80 and go to the main plaza: we will wait for you there and direct you to the busses. Trains to Schiphol run every 10 minutes and take about 15 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station. Or you can travel to the hotel you were assigned to, with the information on our website http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=211, or taken from http://journeyplanner.9292.nl/
The Language Committee is chaired by Isa Loewe this year. ESL interviews will start on Sunday the 11th and continue on the 12th. You should receive an invitation for an interview before the start of the tournament. The interviews will take place in both hotels. The times on the schedule are still provisional, as they depend on when those of you who need to be interviewed arrive. There will be no interviews during the public debate, and anyone who was unable to do an interview on Monday can do an interview on Tuesday during lunch.
Pre-Council will take place from 6 to 8 in De Rode Hoed, the same location as the public event. Country representatives will be transported to the location by bus and we will provide you with dinner, as you will have no time to eat between Pre-Council and the public event. The agenda for Pre-Council and Council will be announced by the President of Council, Jens Fischer.
Amsterdam EUDC 2010
http://www.amsterdameudc.org/
info@amsterdameudc.org
Vendelstraat 2
1012 XX Amsterdam
This email gives a lot of practical information about Amsterdam EUDC, discussing the judges and debaters instructions, ESL applications, room assignments and what to pack for Euros. We will tell you more about our program, which can also be found on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=15. Lastly, you can find more information on Arrivals day at the end of this email.
If you have any questions about the contents of this email or any other thing concerning Euros, please contact us at info@amsterdameudc.org. We are looking forward to meeting you in a bit more than a week!
With kind regards,
Anne Valkering
Convener Amsterdam EUDC 2010
Practicalities
The judges instruction is online and so is the judging test. All judges should have received an invitation to the test. If not, please contact your delegate representative first and otherwise cateam@amsterdameudc.org. You can find a judging instruction on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=1380 . A debaters instruction will follow shortly, and will also be available on our website, in the participant section. We will notify you through Facebook once the instruction is online.
There are 240 people who have not told us when and where they will arrive in Amsterdam yet. This means that we do not know how many people we will need to pick up at any given time, which might mean that we have not factored in enough busses from Schiphol to the hotels. We really do not want to leave you stranded in Schiphol for an hour to wait on the next bus. But to prevent that from happening, so tell us when you are arriving at http://eudc.vuconnected.nl/
The deadline for applying for ESL status will be tonight. If you have not filled out the ESL section of your personal details form at http://eudc.vuconnected.nl by tonight, you will not be able to apply for ESL status during the tournament. There are six people who have not yet filled out that section of the registration form, they are from Koç University, MSAL, University of Split and Yeditepe University
We have sent out the hotel and room assignment emails to everyone. If you have not received the email, please check your spam folder. If this cannot be the explanation, please contact us at hotel@amsterdameudc.org for more information. If you would like to change something about your room assignment, please contact us at the email address above before July 2, i.e. tomorrow, as we will then be able to make some changes. We cannot guarantee that we can cater for all wishes, but we will do our best. If you contact us after July 2, we will not be able to make any changes between the hotels, and changes within the hotels will be hard as well.
If you are considering what to pack for Amsterdam Euros, please check our program, as it gives an indication of dress codes for all of the events at Euros. In general, most of our program sets no requirements whatsoever. We would like to ask you, however, to dress up smartly for the public event with Moreno-Ocampo and to wear black tie at the final. Do bring some party and clubbing clothes, as we will take you on tours of Amsterdam’s nightlife. Otherwise, it is probably wise to assume that the weather will change at some point during the tournament, as it usually does about every two days. Plan for cold as well as warm weather (we are currently in a heat wave) and definitely assume it will rain at least one day. Some days involve a bit of walking, so you might want to bring comfortable shoes as well. A large part of Amsterdam’s city centre consists of cobblestones that are not easy to master on high heels.
Program
We have published the full schedule for Amsterdam EUDC on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=15. It includes information about all the socials, as well as dress codes (when relevant).
The first official day of the tournament is Monday July 12, Arrivals Day, when we will pick you up from Schiphol and bring you to your hotels for registration. Please find more information about arrivals and the days before below. The start of the tournament will be the public event with Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He will discuss the trade-off between peace and justice and why he chose the latter in the case of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army. We would like to ask you to dress smart for this special guest, who is making his first ever public appearance of this kind. The event starts at 8 pm in De Rode Hoed which has 450 seats available, so please register at http://eudc.vuconnected.nl/publicevent. There will be plenty of opportunity to relax and chat with old friends with a drink after the public event ends at 10 pm. If you could not make it to the public event, there is an alternative bar between De Rode Hoed and the Westermarkt, where our busses are leaving from: De Vergulde Gaper.
The tournament itself starts on Tuesday with four preliminary rounds at the Vrije Universiteit. Breakfast will be at the VU, and busses depart at 7:15 am to the university. At 9.00 am we will start the opening ceremony. At 9.45, we begin with round 1. It is therefore absolutely imperative that you do not miss the morning bus.
Arrivals Day
Pre-Arrivals: Some 150 people have indicated they are arriving one or more days before the 12th of July. We will not provide accommodation during the days before the 12th, although we can reserve a room for you in one of our hotels. We will not pick you up from Schiphol, but information on how to get to the hotels can be found on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=211 If you do not want to make use of our hotel, information on hostels and hotels for 25 Euros per person or less can be found on our website: http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=211 Please make sure to book a room before you leave, as most of these hotels will be fully booked in the middle of summer. We would like to invite all those who are already in town to join us in watching the World Cup final on Sunday the 11th. The location depends on whether the Netherlands will be in the final, and will be announced later.
Arrivals: We will have an information booth at Schiphol in the NS service desk, the national railway services. Just go to the main plaza (called Schiphol Plaza) and find the NS (a yellow and blue booth) and you will find us. We will direct you to the busses to the hotels. Busses start leaving from 9 am onwards, and end at 10 pm. If you are arriving before or after those times, we will organise alternative transportation. The busses will pass by both hotels and you can register at either one of the hotels. That’s all you need to do on Monday as there is no mandatory program. We will not provide you with lunch or dinner during Arrivals day.
If you are arriving at a different place than Schiphol, you can do one of two things: buy a train ticket to Schiphol for about € 3.80 and go to the main plaza: we will wait for you there and direct you to the busses. Trains to Schiphol run every 10 minutes and take about 15 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station. Or you can travel to the hotel you were assigned to, with the information on our website http://www.amsterdameudc.org/?page_id=211, or taken from http://journeyplanner.9292.nl/
The Language Committee is chaired by Isa Loewe this year. ESL interviews will start on Sunday the 11th and continue on the 12th. You should receive an invitation for an interview before the start of the tournament. The interviews will take place in both hotels. The times on the schedule are still provisional, as they depend on when those of you who need to be interviewed arrive. There will be no interviews during the public debate, and anyone who was unable to do an interview on Monday can do an interview on Tuesday during lunch.
Pre-Council will take place from 6 to 8 in De Rode Hoed, the same location as the public event. Country representatives will be transported to the location by bus and we will provide you with dinner, as you will have no time to eat between Pre-Council and the public event. The agenda for Pre-Council and Council will be announced by the President of Council, Jens Fischer.
Amsterdam EUDC 2010
http://www.amsterdameudc.org/
info@amsterdameudc.org
Vendelstraat 2
1012 XX Amsterdam
1 July 2010
La Verne to host Worlds style training
The University of La Verne would like to invite you all to sunny southern California for a week of intense debate training followed by a uniquely formatted individuals tournament. This guarantees anyone who attends excellent instruction and guidance from some of the most experienced trainers in the country, and in fact the world. Between them, they have racked up 28 visits to the World Universities Debating Championships. In addition, the University of La Verne’s debate team promises to assist in any way possible including transportation to and from airports and, if necessary, from lodging to the school. Of course, they will also be providing assistance in their specialty, making sure that everyone has a great time outside of the training!
We are looking to make this event as accessible as possible to participants outside of the state of California, so we are only charging a $60 registration fee per individual or a $200 fee for any team with 4 or more participants (with no upwards limit), inclusive of the entire week of training and the tournament. Also, we have secured housing in the University’s dorms for $25 per person per night. We would ask that anyone interested will have registered by July 9th. For more information see attached.
Sincerely,
Josh Martin
Schedule:
July 19th : Arrival; Introductions; Beginning of training
July 20th – July 23rd : At least 5 Hours of training per day; Social events
July 24th : 4 Preliminary tournament rounds
July 25th : 1 preliminary round; Final Round; Departure
Main Trainers:
Ian Lising: 6 years as Chair of World Council
6 time World Grand Final Adjudicator
10 time Oxford International IV Final Adjudicator
Probably knows what he is doing
Justin Jones Rodriguez: 2000 World Grand Finalist
1999 Oxford International IV Finalist
2001 Breaking judge at Worlds
Josh Martin: Multiple time breaking Judge at Worlds / Oxford IV
Top Judge 2009 US National Championships
Top Speaker 2006 US National Championships
2007 US National Champion
Individuals Tournament:
The tournament will consist of 5 prelimary rounds, breaking straight to the final. This format is designed to accompany the training and highlight the chance to be exposed to different schools of thought and approaches to debate as theoretically everyone will be changing partners every round. Partners for the first round will be randomly assigned, and for every subsequent round power matching will be done based on team points and then within each room, partners will be reallocated based on speaker points. The highest two speakers will be paired together, then 3rd and 4th, etc. giving everyone the chance to work with individuals from different institutions, around their same skill and experience level, throughout the tournament. At the University of La Verne we have had the tradition of running a tournament in this format every year, and it has always been hugely successful.
Socials:
We have a team at La Verne that is almost (or maybe more) committed to having a good time as they are to debate. Add to that our being located in the middle of Southern California and you have the chance to take part in virtually any kind of social you can think of. We will be letting the participants choose what the socials can be, ranging from beach trips, clubbing, cultural downtown Los Angeles, or anything else you can suggest.
Registration:
For any other questions regarding the training or tournament feel free to contact Josh Martin at either jmartin@laverne.edu or 909) 263-1112. Registration should be finalized by July 9th.
We are looking to make this event as accessible as possible to participants outside of the state of California, so we are only charging a $60 registration fee per individual or a $200 fee for any team with 4 or more participants (with no upwards limit), inclusive of the entire week of training and the tournament. Also, we have secured housing in the University’s dorms for $25 per person per night. We would ask that anyone interested will have registered by July 9th. For more information see attached.
Sincerely,
Josh Martin
Schedule:
July 19th : Arrival; Introductions; Beginning of training
July 20th – July 23rd : At least 5 Hours of training per day; Social events
July 24th : 4 Preliminary tournament rounds
July 25th : 1 preliminary round; Final Round; Departure
Main Trainers:
Ian Lising: 6 years as Chair of World Council
6 time World Grand Final Adjudicator
10 time Oxford International IV Final Adjudicator
Probably knows what he is doing
Justin Jones Rodriguez: 2000 World Grand Finalist
1999 Oxford International IV Finalist
2001 Breaking judge at Worlds
Josh Martin: Multiple time breaking Judge at Worlds / Oxford IV
Top Judge 2009 US National Championships
Top Speaker 2006 US National Championships
2007 US National Champion
Individuals Tournament:
The tournament will consist of 5 prelimary rounds, breaking straight to the final. This format is designed to accompany the training and highlight the chance to be exposed to different schools of thought and approaches to debate as theoretically everyone will be changing partners every round. Partners for the first round will be randomly assigned, and for every subsequent round power matching will be done based on team points and then within each room, partners will be reallocated based on speaker points. The highest two speakers will be paired together, then 3rd and 4th, etc. giving everyone the chance to work with individuals from different institutions, around their same skill and experience level, throughout the tournament. At the University of La Verne we have had the tradition of running a tournament in this format every year, and it has always been hugely successful.
Socials:
We have a team at La Verne that is almost (or maybe more) committed to having a good time as they are to debate. Add to that our being located in the middle of Southern California and you have the chance to take part in virtually any kind of social you can think of. We will be letting the participants choose what the socials can be, ranging from beach trips, clubbing, cultural downtown Los Angeles, or anything else you can suggest.
Registration:
For any other questions regarding the training or tournament feel free to contact Josh Martin at either jmartin@laverne.edu or 909) 263-1112. Registration should be finalized by July 9th.
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