Ben Gurion University hosted the Red Sea Open 2010, with Anat Gelber as CA, and Will Jones and Can Okar as DCA's.
Winners:
YMCA (Michael Shapira and Yoni Cohen Idov)
Finalists:
You Think You’re Oppressed (Neil Dewer and Hugh Burns)
~(:>0)X (Mollie Gerver and Ronit Prawer)
Shomer Effin Shabbos (Daniel Gindis and Gregg Roman)
Joint Best Speakers: Neil Jewer and Hugh Burns (Both Oxford)
Best ESL speaker: Yoni Cohen (Tel-Aviv University)
The motions:
R1: This house would actually build a mosque in Ground Zero
R2: This house believes that state subsidy for higher education should priorities students whose parents did not have higher education
R3: This house would allow the use of lethal force against intruders in defense of property.
R4: This house would not have a Facebook profile
R5: This house, which is China, would cease all political and economic support to North Korea
R6: This house believes that environmental terrorism is morally justified
SF: This house believes that multi national corporations should trade with rebel groups, and in the areas they control
F: This house would ban all forms of Missionary activity in Israel
It was a great week and we had lots of fun.
Thanks to everyone who contributed and especially to the amazing conveners, Yarden Olivero and Haya Eichler.
We would also like to thank Ben Gurion University for their financial support, as well as "Sia'h vaSig", for donating the financial prizes and subsidizing the arrival of additional excellent judges.
Hope to see you all again soon!
Anat
6 September 2010
World Cup debates
Following the recent success of the European Debating Championships broadcasting a live debate from each round online a new online video debate initiative will go live this week. The first "world cup online debates" will be available from the end of this week. The format is Australasian style (3 on 3). This year's tournament is contested by 8 teams from 6 countries.
1. Cornell University, USA
2. Universidad Andres Bello, Chile
3. University of Belgrade, Serbia
4. University of Vermont, USA
5. Comunidad de Debate, Venezuela
6. Assumption University, Thailand
7. Peking University, ChinaPEKING UNIVERSITY, CHINA
8. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
If everything goes well the organisers plan to hold a larger tournament in 2011.
For more information visit http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/worldcup/Welcome.html
1. Cornell University, USA
2. Universidad Andres Bello, Chile
3. University of Belgrade, Serbia
4. University of Vermont, USA
5. Comunidad de Debate, Venezuela
6. Assumption University, Thailand
7. Peking University, ChinaPEKING UNIVERSITY, CHINA
8. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
If everything goes well the organisers plan to hold a larger tournament in 2011.
For more information visit http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/worldcup/Welcome.html
The 9th NLS Debate
The National Law School Debate (NLS-D), now on its 9th year, is India's biggest, most prestigious and wildest parliamentary debating tournament. With over 60 teams and participation from across South Asia, a world-class Adjudication Core, and the strongest pool of in-house judges in South Asia, NLS-D raises the bar every year.
The Literary and Debating Society of the National Law School, Bangalore, is pleased to open registratio...n for the 9th National Law School Debate, 2010 to be held from the 6th to the 10th of November, 2010. The NLS Debate has successfully established itself as India (and the subcontinent's) biggest and most competitive debating tournament, which has raised the standard of debate in South Asia in the Asian Parliamentary Debate format. Through the introduction of international adjudication core members and teams, the NLS Debate has always been the trendsetter in the South Asian debate circuit.
This year, we're hoping to continue that tradition and alongside our usual legendary break night and stellar adjudication core, we are also trying to lighten the load on your pocket - with a flat rate of registration for domestic and international participants, as well as deals worked out with our partner airline Jet Airways, we hope to make this easy to access for South East Asia, and provide a platform for a pan Asian debate.
Here's the information you will need –
Registration for participants has two components - the basic cost of INR 600 / USD 12 that covers the rounds of debating, meals as well as the socials; this sum, following the registration, will be expected to be completed through a wire transfer. The remaining sum can be paid upon arrival in Bangalore.
The remaining registration amount of INR 1000 / USD 20 shall cover accommodation in Bangalore for the duration of the tournament, and 'crash' accommodation can also be availed of, which would entail sharing of a hostel room at a reduced cost.
The details regarding the registration payment as well as the accommodation shall be part of, amongst other things, the tournament package that will be sent to every successfully registering institution.
Further, anyone wishing to avail subsidized fares is urged to mail us immediately at lnd.nlsiu@gmail.com, so the information can be forwarded to our Airlines partner.
So, why should you come to the NLS Debate?
1) It's BIG - With a team cap of 80, and an institution cap of 3 teams, this is South Asia's biggest debate, showcasing the depth and breadth of debating in this part of the subcontinent. The returns are proportionally huge, with prize money totaling to INR 150,000 / USD 3300.
2) Our adjudication - We have South Asia's most experienced Adjudication pool, which has members that have broken at UADC, AUDC, All-Asians, WUPID and Worlds - all under one roof, and all of them will be around to judge 7 preliminary and 4 break rounds of Octos, Quarters, Semis and Finals.
Adjudication Core
Logandran Balavijendran - Asian Champion and a Worlds Chief Adjudicator not once, but TWICE. He's going to be the CA of WUDC in Botswana this year, and we're tickled to have him come down for NLS D. Oh, and if you're looking for more about him, he has also been an Australs CA, been a DCA for UADC and AUDC, has been an Australs finalist, a DCA at the Asians BP, a Worlds Octofinalist and a Worlds top 20 speaker.
Suthen Tate Thomas - he has been an Asian Champion, a Worlds DCA, an Australs finalist, a Worlds Octofinalist, a DCA for the Australs, and has been one of the shining examples of Asian debating at its best across the many years that he has been an active force in the Asian and Australasian Debate Circuit. Is also one of the best drinkers of beer, and starter of many infamous 'boat races' involving beer.
We've also invited Ahyoung Kim and Satya Venugopal to come down as our guests for this tournament. Both are slated to be DCAs for UADC 2011 next year. Satya was the best speaker at UADC this year as well as a finalist, while Ahyoung is the CA for Australs next year, and has been a Worlds Quarterfinalist judge. Joining them, we’re going to have various NLS Alumni who’ve taken the tournament to where it now is.
3) It's FUN - With a legendary break night party with flowing alcohol that is the social event of the debate calendar in addition to an opening night dinner, and a closing Championship party along with all sorts of crazy happenings (such as quizzes, a masters tournament, etc.) Also, the NLS Debate is starting right after Diwali, and international teams would be advised to drop down a day early to chill out and watch India's grandest festival, the festival of lights and joy (and delicious food and sweets).
4) Our experience - We have been doing this for the last 8 years, and each year our level of hospitality has ensured that each team gets picked up and dropped, gets accommodation and meals for the entire duration of the tournament. We shall leave no stone unturned to ensure that your time at the NLS D is absolutely enjoyable.
5) For novices – Knowing that not everyone has debated before, we know that some of you might question the wisdom of coming to NLS D if you've never done this before. We recognise that this isn't just about the fun and the competition - it is about developing debating and the kind of skills that go with it. Mindful of that, we have a separate novice break for all those who haven't done this before (or have only done it once before), and there will be a separate break for novice teams with Quarter, Semi and Final rounds.
IMPORTANT - Registration:
Domestic
International
Facebook Group
Contact Information –
1. Badrinarayan Seetharaman, Convenor - +91 99860 55149
2. Pranav Ravikumar, Joint Convenor - +91 99867 86165
3. Vipul Nanda, Press and Publicity - +91 80950 24731
We look forward to seeing you in Bangalore!
Regards,
The Literary and Debating Society,
The National Law School of India University,
Bangalore, India.
The Literary and Debating Society of the National Law School, Bangalore, is pleased to open registratio...n for the 9th National Law School Debate, 2010 to be held from the 6th to the 10th of November, 2010. The NLS Debate has successfully established itself as India (and the subcontinent's) biggest and most competitive debating tournament, which has raised the standard of debate in South Asia in the Asian Parliamentary Debate format. Through the introduction of international adjudication core members and teams, the NLS Debate has always been the trendsetter in the South Asian debate circuit.
This year, we're hoping to continue that tradition and alongside our usual legendary break night and stellar adjudication core, we are also trying to lighten the load on your pocket - with a flat rate of registration for domestic and international participants, as well as deals worked out with our partner airline Jet Airways, we hope to make this easy to access for South East Asia, and provide a platform for a pan Asian debate.
Here's the information you will need –
Registration for participants has two components - the basic cost of INR 600 / USD 12 that covers the rounds of debating, meals as well as the socials; this sum, following the registration, will be expected to be completed through a wire transfer. The remaining sum can be paid upon arrival in Bangalore.
The remaining registration amount of INR 1000 / USD 20 shall cover accommodation in Bangalore for the duration of the tournament, and 'crash' accommodation can also be availed of, which would entail sharing of a hostel room at a reduced cost.
The details regarding the registration payment as well as the accommodation shall be part of, amongst other things, the tournament package that will be sent to every successfully registering institution.
Further, anyone wishing to avail subsidized fares is urged to mail us immediately at lnd.nlsiu@gmail.com, so the information can be forwarded to our Airlines partner.
So, why should you come to the NLS Debate?
1) It's BIG - With a team cap of 80, and an institution cap of 3 teams, this is South Asia's biggest debate, showcasing the depth and breadth of debating in this part of the subcontinent. The returns are proportionally huge, with prize money totaling to INR 150,000 / USD 3300.
2) Our adjudication - We have South Asia's most experienced Adjudication pool, which has members that have broken at UADC, AUDC, All-Asians, WUPID and Worlds - all under one roof, and all of them will be around to judge 7 preliminary and 4 break rounds of Octos, Quarters, Semis and Finals.
Adjudication Core
Logandran Balavijendran - Asian Champion and a Worlds Chief Adjudicator not once, but TWICE. He's going to be the CA of WUDC in Botswana this year, and we're tickled to have him come down for NLS D. Oh, and if you're looking for more about him, he has also been an Australs CA, been a DCA for UADC and AUDC, has been an Australs finalist, a DCA at the Asians BP, a Worlds Octofinalist and a Worlds top 20 speaker.
Suthen Tate Thomas - he has been an Asian Champion, a Worlds DCA, an Australs finalist, a Worlds Octofinalist, a DCA for the Australs, and has been one of the shining examples of Asian debating at its best across the many years that he has been an active force in the Asian and Australasian Debate Circuit. Is also one of the best drinkers of beer, and starter of many infamous 'boat races' involving beer.
We've also invited Ahyoung Kim and Satya Venugopal to come down as our guests for this tournament. Both are slated to be DCAs for UADC 2011 next year. Satya was the best speaker at UADC this year as well as a finalist, while Ahyoung is the CA for Australs next year, and has been a Worlds Quarterfinalist judge. Joining them, we’re going to have various NLS Alumni who’ve taken the tournament to where it now is.
3) It's FUN - With a legendary break night party with flowing alcohol that is the social event of the debate calendar in addition to an opening night dinner, and a closing Championship party along with all sorts of crazy happenings (such as quizzes, a masters tournament, etc.) Also, the NLS Debate is starting right after Diwali, and international teams would be advised to drop down a day early to chill out and watch India's grandest festival, the festival of lights and joy (and delicious food and sweets).
4) Our experience - We have been doing this for the last 8 years, and each year our level of hospitality has ensured that each team gets picked up and dropped, gets accommodation and meals for the entire duration of the tournament. We shall leave no stone unturned to ensure that your time at the NLS D is absolutely enjoyable.
5) For novices – Knowing that not everyone has debated before, we know that some of you might question the wisdom of coming to NLS D if you've never done this before. We recognise that this isn't just about the fun and the competition - it is about developing debating and the kind of skills that go with it. Mindful of that, we have a separate novice break for all those who haven't done this before (or have only done it once before), and there will be a separate break for novice teams with Quarter, Semi and Final rounds.
IMPORTANT - Registration:
Domestic
International
Facebook Group
Contact Information –
1. Badrinarayan Seetharaman, Convenor - +91 99860 55149
2. Pranav Ravikumar, Joint Convenor - +91 99867 86165
3. Vipul Nanda, Press and Publicity - +91 80950 24731
We look forward to seeing you in Bangalore!
Regards,
The Literary and Debating Society,
The National Law School of India University,
Bangalore, India.
2 September 2010
Botswana Worlds 2011 : Adjudicator Subsidy Application Results
Greetings,
We've had strong interest from very capable adjudicators and we only wish we had money to subsidize more. We hope that those adjudicators who did not receive the subsidy would still be interested to attend and if any further opportunities for funding arises we will be contacting you. If you did not get a subsidy, it does not mean we think you are a bad judge - there were other considerations beyond our estimations of your judging ability.
To those of you who are receiving the subsidy, Congratulations and Welcome Aboard. Please let us know if your plans have changed and if you are no longer able to judge at Botswana Worlds. Also please make your travel arrangements as soon as possible. Remember, we are depending on you to bolster our adjudication pool, so if for any reason you think you will not be able to serve at Botswana Worlds, please do let us know so we may offer the opportunity to someone else.
We've offered Registration Waivers to some international applicants as well, in cases where they were requested or we felt we'd like you to come to Botswana but didn't have enough flight subsidies to give.
We will be writing to all of you soon to arrange the terms of the subsidy. If you do not receive an email from us within the week, please write to us (it could be a problem with the email address you provided or an overactive spam filter) at adjudication @ botswanaworlds.com
The list of successful candidates is available at http://botswanaworlds.com/subsidy-results
Cheers
Logan
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Chief Adjudicator
World Universities Debating Championships 2011
Botswana Worlds 2011 : Clarification on the Wait List.
From the Registration Team
There are a few changes to the wait list - we have been informed that there were a few duplicates and some teams have pulled out. A lot of you who registered twice (sometimes using acronyms or slightly different names for your second registration) have still not owned up. We are not going to punish you, but we want to hear from you before we remove a duplicate account. Not informing us is terribly irresponsible because it means a legitimate institution has to wait longer to get a spot. Please, if you have registered twice, Let Us Know.
Please log into the online registration website and check to make sure that your account is correct. Universities with missing or seemingly strange information have been notifed, but some emails bounced back, so please double check. If there are errors don't worry, we can fix them. But if we cannot contact you and you do not contact us, we will assume you are not interested in attending Worlds and will deactivate your account.
Detailed instructions to wait listed teams
- If you are on the wait list and are planning to attend Worlds - you have 1 week to inform us (until the 9th of September 10 GMT). If we do not hear from you by then, we will assume you have pulled out and will give your spot to someone else. If you pay us without first informing us you are planning to attend, we might give away your place and cannot guarantee we will have a place for you. We also cannot guarantee we can refund money you paid for a spot you did not first claim. If you not planning to attend, please do the responsible thing and inform us so we can give your spot to someone else.
- If you are planning to attend Worlds and want to send more teams - inform us and we will make a note of that. In a month or once we get to the end of this list, we will give out more spaces to interested institutions.
- After informing us of your intention to attend, please initiate payment. You have until the 14th of September (10 GMT) to send us the money. Immediately after making payment, please send us your proof of payment. When you submit your proof of payment you need to do two things.
- Email the proof, with your institution name, to finance@botswanaworlds.com
- Upload the scanned copy to your registration payment page. If you don't identify your institution on your payment we won't be able to track it and it will cause delays. If we do not receive at least your proof of payment by the 14th of September you will be dropped and another institution will be offered your spot. It's your responsibility to ensure you have sent us your payment, not ours to keep checking with you.
- Payment instructions: Go to this link to see our bank details. This is the only way to get the money to us. http://botswanaworlds.com/node/35
Do us a favor please, if you have paid just double check one more time to make sure everything is right inside of the online rego site. If you don't do this, and we have made a mistake, then there is no way we know to correct it. Just let us know and we'll reply right away and get it worked out.
I'm sorry this waitlist promotion has been a long time coming. The delay was mainly caused by many institution sending us money without letting us know where this money was coming from. We've done our best to track down everyone we have gotten money from and hope that the delay was not too annoying.
This announcement the list of waitlist teams is available on the front page of Botswanaworlds.com
Registration Team
Botswana Worlds 2011
1 September 2010
Botswana Worlds 2011 : Wait List Announced
Greetings!
On behalf of the registration team :
Apologies for the delay - we had a lot of trouble sorting out proof of payments from institutions. We have published the wait list of 105 teams - viewable on the front page of www.botswanaworlds.com.
As per our wait list policy, we have given each institution on the wait list 1 team. You have two weeks to make payment. Your status on the online accounts should be updated to allow you to produce an invoice. If your account is not activated in a week, we'll take that to mean you are not interested in attending. If you can't access your account or have any questions about your status, our wait list policy or anything else, please email me (grahamsowa @ gmail.com)
Thank you for your patience.
Sincerely
The Botswana Worlds Registration Team
Update from the Hart House Invitational 2010
We’re extremely excited for the upcoming HHIV, October 15-17.
With registration opening soon (September 1), we thought it would be pertinent to send out the final registration details.
Here is how registration will take place for the 2010 HHIV:
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STEP 1: Beginning on September 1, all schools are eligible to register up to 6 teams by emailing harthousedebate@gmail.com with the following information:
School Name, number of teams, number of judges, billeting requirements, and payment type (cheque or credit card)
-Teams who must travel a significant and unusual distance (ie. those outside of North America, or similarly onerous distances) can request that their registration be waived. We will consider these requests on a case-by-case basis. Please indicate your request in your registration email.
-Credit card is our preferred form of payment, and due to policy constraints, is unfortunately the only form of payment that we can accept from American and other international participants.
STEP 2: You will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of emailing. If you don't, please try contacting us again, just to make sure we have all of your information.
STEP 3: If paying by cheque, please make your cheques payable to the Hart House Debates Committee and put HHIV 2010 in the subject line. Cheques can be sent to:
Hart House Debates Committee
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H3
For credit card payments, we have switched to an online system and you will be contacted by Hart House within one week with password information for our secure online system.
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Once again, the cost for the HHIV will be $150 per team and $70 per judge.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We are also now making 100% of the payment due by October 8. If payment is not received by this date, all registered teams will be dropped and we will turn to the waiting list.
UPDATE ON HOTEL & ACCOMODATIONS
The Bloor-Yorkville Holiday Inn has set aside 20 rooms with two beds for October 15 and 16 $129.99 per room based on two adults in the room (a extra person charges are $10 each up to a maximum of four persons in a room).
The booking code for the group is HHD and the name is Hart House Debate Committee. Guests may choose to make reservations online at www.holidayinn.com/torontomidtown or directly with hotel reservations at 416-968-0010 or via email at cn312res@whg.com .
You have until September 20, 2010 to make a reservation; we cannot guarantee that guests who choose to make a reservation after this date will have the same rate or room options.
Note: For those who wish to billet, billeting is allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis. International teams are given guaranteed billeting.
ON ADJUDICATION
Our adjudication team, led by our Chief Adjudicator Richard Lizius (DCA Botswana WUDC 2010, Koç 2nd speaker), will be releasing a style guide in the coming weeks consistent with previous HHIV judging standards. Once again, the format is standard BP.
HHIV is known for its exceptionally deep judging pool. We won’t list every extreme overqualified, internationally renowned adjudicator that we’ve had in the past, because that list would go on for far too long. Suffice to say that our finals panel last year included 3 past World Champions and a Worlds Top Speaker (not to mention the winners of some of the world’s other most prestigious IVs and regional events).
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To see the original invitation, you can check the thread on CUSIDnet:
http://www.cusid.ca/community/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20718
Take care and please feel free to contact us with any questions.
All the best,
Jake Brockman and Sam Greene
Tournament Directors, HHIV 2010
harthousedebate@gmail.com
With registration opening soon (September 1), we thought it would be pertinent to send out the final registration details.
Here is how registration will take place for the 2010 HHIV:
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STEP 1: Beginning on September 1, all schools are eligible to register up to 6 teams by emailing harthousedebate@gmail.com with the following information:
School Name, number of teams, number of judges, billeting requirements, and payment type (cheque or credit card)
-Teams who must travel a significant and unusual distance (ie. those outside of North America, or similarly onerous distances) can request that their registration be waived. We will consider these requests on a case-by-case basis. Please indicate your request in your registration email.
-Credit card is our preferred form of payment, and due to policy constraints, is unfortunately the only form of payment that we can accept from American and other international participants.
STEP 2: You will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of emailing. If you don't, please try contacting us again, just to make sure we have all of your information.
STEP 3: If paying by cheque, please make your cheques payable to the Hart House Debates Committee and put HHIV 2010 in the subject line. Cheques can be sent to:
Hart House Debates Committee
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H3
For credit card payments, we have switched to an online system and you will be contacted by Hart House within one week with password information for our secure online system.
---
Once again, the cost for the HHIV will be $150 per team and $70 per judge.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We are also now making 100% of the payment due by October 8. If payment is not received by this date, all registered teams will be dropped and we will turn to the waiting list.
UPDATE ON HOTEL & ACCOMODATIONS
The Bloor-Yorkville Holiday Inn has set aside 20 rooms with two beds for October 15 and 16 $129.99 per room based on two adults in the room (a extra person charges are $10 each up to a maximum of four persons in a room).
The booking code for the group is HHD and the name is Hart House Debate Committee. Guests may choose to make reservations online at www.holidayinn.com/torontomidtown or directly with hotel reservations at 416-968-0010 or via email at cn312res@whg.com .
You have until September 20, 2010 to make a reservation; we cannot guarantee that guests who choose to make a reservation after this date will have the same rate or room options.
Note: For those who wish to billet, billeting is allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis. International teams are given guaranteed billeting.
ON ADJUDICATION
Our adjudication team, led by our Chief Adjudicator Richard Lizius (DCA Botswana WUDC 2010, Koç 2nd speaker), will be releasing a style guide in the coming weeks consistent with previous HHIV judging standards. Once again, the format is standard BP.
HHIV is known for its exceptionally deep judging pool. We won’t list every extreme overqualified, internationally renowned adjudicator that we’ve had in the past, because that list would go on for far too long. Suffice to say that our finals panel last year included 3 past World Champions and a Worlds Top Speaker (not to mention the winners of some of the world’s other most prestigious IVs and regional events).
~~~
To see the original invitation, you can check the thread on CUSIDnet:
http://www.cusid.ca/community/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20718
Take care and please feel free to contact us with any questions.
All the best,
Jake Brockman and Sam Greene
Tournament Directors, HHIV 2010
harthousedebate@gmail.com
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