GUU Parliamentary Invite‏

As I'm sure many of you know, IVs are but a mere hobby for debaters of the Grand Old Union. GUU debating is really all about Parliamentaries. And, as we spend so much of our time explaining to you what they are, and how much fun they are, we stopped for a minute and realised we are being selfish. You should all get to join in the fun... but just for one night.

We invite you to enter a strange new world where the only Economist we care about is Mr Callum MacMaster, where facts are mainly ignored, and where marks for style include how well you can iron a shirt.

On Friday 16th March, we are holding the final Parliamentary of the 2011-12 season, where the Whig Club shall be in government, lead by the Hon. Property Ladder, known to many of you as Mr John McKee.

There are five clubs in the Chamber - and each has one space for a guest to speak in a round during the Evening Session. Beyond that, every Club is opening membership to any guest who wishes to join for the day to sit on the benches and ask POIs to the other Clubs. If you would like to speak, selection will be made by the leader of each Club. Get in touch if you wish to speak and I shall pass on details. There will also be a small prize for the best guest speaker.

The Parliamentary starts at 3pm and the Afternoon Session ends around 7pm, at which point we have dinner. If you wish to join us for dinner (to which you are most welcome) the cost is £10 BUT we need numbers by Tuesday 13 March. The Evening Session will commence around 8.30pm, and finish (roughly) 1am. As it is the last Parliamentary, the Clerks then retire to work out who has won, while everyone else consumes a large volume of complimentary alcohol. Hopefully, the results shall be available within a few hours, and will then be announced by candlelight in the Debates Chamber in the wee small hours.

We guarantee a fantastic night of true GUU hospitality, and we'd love you to take your chance to join in.

There is no charge, other than for dinner if you wish to attend. You will receive lots of free alcohol in the Evening Session, and we can offer crash if required. Please let us know if you're coming in advance to have an estimate of numbers. Dress code for the Evening Session is officially black tie, though a suit shall suffice. Please note that to sit in the Chamber, the dress code is a minimum of shirt and trousers (female equivalent: office wear) and there is a strict no denim and no trainers policy. To speak, you must be wearing a tie and ideally a jacket.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with myself at kirstykakanskas[at]gmail[dot]com, or the Debates Convener at debates[at]guu[dot]co[dot]uk.

The guide to Parliamentary debating can be found at the following link -
http://www.gudialectic.co.uk/archives.html - and contains more information.

Hoping to see you there, as well as at Ancients on 2nd/3rd March (details of which can be found at http://glasgowancients2012.wordpress.com).

Kirsty Kakanskas
Head Clerk

Glasgow University Union

DLSU Worlds Evaluation

Good day!

Again, we would like to thank you for allowing us to take you to Manila. It has been our pleasure to host you last December 27, 2011 - January 4, 2012. We would appreciate your help by completing this short evaluation form so that we can further improve on our hosting and provide constructive feedback to all parties involved in the preparations.

Please visit www.dlsuworlds.com or directly to this link to be able to answer our online evaluation form. For those who cannot access google docs, please send us your feedback by sending us an email to info@dlsuworlds.com.

Thank you very much!

Missing you guys dearly, ;)

Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico
Project Coordinator
De La Salle Worlds 2012

World Schools Round 1 & 2 Results & Ranking

See http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/ for more info


Ranking
TEAM WINS JUDGES
Argentina 1 3
Australia 1 3
Bangladesh 0 2
Bermuda 0 0
Botswana 1 3
Canada 2 5
China 1 3
Czech Republic 1 3
Denmark 0 1
England 2 6
Estonia 1 3
Germany 0 0
Greece 2 5
Hong Kong 1 4
India 1 2
Indonesia 1 3
Ireland 1 3
Israel 1 4
Japan 0 1
Korea 2 6
Kuwait 0 0
Lithuania 1 4
Malaysia 2 4
Mexico 1 4
Moldova 0 0
Mongolia 0 0
Netherlands 2 4
New Zealand 2 5
Nigeria 0 0
Pakistan 1 3
Peru 1 2
Philippines 1 4
Qatar 1 2
Romania 1 4
Scotland 1 3
Singapore 2 6
Slovakia 1 4
Slovenia 1 4
South Africa 2 5
Sri Lanka 1 2
Swaziland 1 3
Sweden 0 0
Thailand 1 3
Turkey 1 3
UAE 2 5
USA 1 4
Wales 2 5
Zimbabwe 0 1


Round 2
Motion: This House believes that newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties to participate in elections

Argentina Opp (3) defeated Mongolia Prop (0)
Australia Opp (2) defeated Mexico Prop (1)
Botswana Opp (3) defeated Nigeria Prop (0)
Canada Opp (3) defeated Peru Prop (0)
China Prop (3) defeated Moldova Opp (0)
England Opp (3) defeated Estonia Prop (0)
Greece Prop (2) defeated Bangladesh Opp (1)
Indonesia Opp (3) defeated Zimbabwe Prop (0)
Korea Prop (3) defeated Scotland Opp (0)
Lithuania Prop (3) defeated Germany Opp (0)
Malaysia Prop (2) defeated Denmark Opp (1)
Netherlands Opp (2) defeated Philippines Prop (1)
New Zealand Prop (2) defeated Israel Opp (1)
Pakistan Opp (3) defeated India Prop (0)
Qatar Opp (2) defeated Swaziland Prop (1)
Romania Prop (3) defeated Kuwait Opp (0)
Singapore Prop (3) defeated Sri Lanka Opp (0)
Slovakia Opp (3) defeated Czech Republic Prop (0)
South Africa Opp (2) defeated Hong Kong Prop (1)
Thailand Opp (3) defeated Sweden Prop (0)
Turkey Opp (3) defeated Bermuda Prop (0)
UAE Opp (3) defeated Ireland Prop (0)
USA Prop (3) defeated Japan Opp (0)
Wales Prop (2) defeated Slovenia Opp (1)

Round 1
Motion: This House would ban alcohol

Canada Prop (2) defeated USA Opp (1)
Czech Republic Opp (3) defeated Pakistan Prop (0)
England Prop (3) defeated China Opp (0)
Estonia Opp (3) defeated Moldova Prop (0)
Greece Opp (3) defeated Qatar Prop (0)
Hong Kong Opp (3) defeated Turkey Prop (0)
India Opp (2) defeated Slovakia Prop (1)
Ireland Opp (3) defeated Germany Prop (0)
Israel Prop (3) defeated Nigeria Opp (0)
Korea Opp (3) defeated Argentina Prop (0)
Malaysia Opp (2) defeated Australia Prop (1)
Mexico Opp (3) defeated Denmark Prop (0)
Netherlands Prop (2) defeated Romania Opp (1)
New Zealand Opp (3) defeated Botswana Prop (0)
Peru Opp (2) defeated Japan Prop (1)
Philippines Opp (3) defeated Kuwait Prop (0)
Scotland Prop (3) defeated Mongolia Opp (0)
Singapore Opp (3) defeated Indonesia Prop (0)
Slovenia Prop (3) defeated Sweden Opp (0)
South Africa Prop (3) defeated Bermuda Opp (0)
Sri Lanka Prop (2) defeated Zimbabwe Opp (1)
Swaziland Opp (2) defeated Bangladesh Prop (1)
UAE Prop (2) defeated Lithuania Opp (1)
Wales Opp (3) defeated Thailand Prop (0)

Belgrade International Model United Nations BIMUN 2012‏

The United Nations Association of Serbia is organizing for the ninth time in a row the „BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS - BIMUN“ from 15 to 18 March 2012.
Participants at the BIMUN are social science students from all over the world.
„Belgrade International Model UN – BIMUN 2012“ will feature comprehensive simulations of the following UN bodies, with focus on real-life agenda items:
• THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: „The situation in Libya“
• THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL Crisis Committee: „The situation in the Middle East: Israeli-Palestinian conflict“ • GENERAL ASSEMBLY – II Committee: „Sustainable Development – The Transition to a Green Economy“
• HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: „Human rights and corruption in Southeast Europe“
• UNESCO World Heritage Committee: „World Heritage and identity of cultures“
• BIMUN Junior / High School Committee: „Terrorism and International Security: The Situation in Afghanistan“.

BIMUN gives students a possibility to learn more about current international issues and ways to resolve them within the UN system, to apply basic diplomatic courtesy and also contributes to development of their personal skills (public speaking, negotiations, debating and compromise). „BIMUN 2012“ will be an opportunity for new experiences, diplomatic debates and young leaders networking. The working language will be English.

Eligible to take part in this event are social science students and postgraduates up to 29 years of age, fluent in English. Also, a filled-in application form and a motivation letter have to be sent.

Best participants will get a financial award and a chance to participate in „BIMUN Plus“ Project.

For further information about the conference itself and the application procedure:

Belgrade International Model United Nations - BIMUN

22, Makedonska | Belgrade 11000 | Republic of Serbia

Website: www.bimun-unaserbia.org | E-mail: bimun.unaserbia@gmail.com ,

Visit us at: Facebook | YouTube | Twitter

Thank you very much for your support.

Sincerely yours,

Vanja Popovic, BIMUN Team Coordinator

Biljana Vukosavljevic, President of the BIMUN Organizing Committee

United Nations Association of Serbia

Updates from World Schools Debating Championships 2012 #WSDC

Hello all – good luck to the competitors in WSDC 2012 which is now underway.  Just a reminder you can follow the results of the debates in a number of places, including:

·         Official WSDC Twitter feed:  http://www.twitter.com/SchoolsDebate

·         WSDC 2012 feed: https://twitter.com/#!/WSDC2012

·         WSDC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Schools-Debating-Championships/340591412990

·         WSDC website: http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/

·         WSDC 2012 website: http://www.sa-debating.co.za/wsdc/

·         And the WSDC blog: http://blog.schoolsdebate.com/

Overwhelmed by choice?  Follow @SchoolsDebate and @WSDC2012 on Twitter, or keep visiting the WSDC blog.  We’ll post the results as soon as the adjudication team are done with them.

All the best

Trevor

(WSDC Development Committee)

Dutch Open 2012

On the 30th and 31st of March the Erasmus Debating Society and the Leiden Debating Union will bring you the very first Dutch Open!

Registration:
Teams: € 50-
Judges: Free
Team cap is 52 teams
N-1 will apply for domestic institutions. There is no judging rule for non-domestic institutions, but we welcome and encourage them to send judges.
An institutional cap of 3 will apply to Dutch institutions

At this moment crash is only guaranteed for non-domestic institutions and those having to travel far (e.g. Groningen/Middelburg)

Reg is open now!https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpnUzYwM0NtNjg5dFBJNlZhOVhwSkE6MQ
Registration will be open till the 1st of March, more information concerning payment will be sent after registration.

The IV:
5 preliminary rounds
7 min speeches
Break to semi’s
Novice final!
All meals provided on Friday and Saturday
Two Socials!

CA-Team:
Will soon be announced!

Location:
The Dutch Open takes place at the Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw in Leiden

Leiden is only a 20 min train ride away from Schiphol Airport(Amsterdam). But has good public transport connections to Rotterdam and Eindhoven Airport as well. If you are traveling from Germany or France the train would also be a good option to consider.

From Leiden central station it is only a short walk to the university

address:
Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw (KOG)
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden

Time Table:
Friday
14.00 reg
15.30 Welcome and announcements
16.30 Dinner
18.30 round 1
20.30 Round 2
22.00 Social

Saturday:
10.00 reg
11.15 round 3
13.00 lunch
13.45 round 4
15.30 round 5
17.30 semi finals
19.30 dinner
21.30 finals
23.30 Social + results

More info:dutchdebatingopen@gmail.com

 

Invitation to Inner Temple IV‏

Greetings debaters!

The Inner Temple IV, 'probably' the best dressed IV on the circuit, will be held on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February 2012.

 

The competition is being made possible this year by the generous sponsorship of Blackstone Chambers. Our CA this year will be Alex Deane – former world champion.

We will be running five rounds of 5 minute speeches before breaking to semi-finals, resulting in a public final. All break rounds will consist of 7 minute speeches.

We’ll also be offering a candlelit, sit down dinner before the final (romantic?), and an uber central London social afterwards.

Registration is now open and all this is available for £65. To register please contact the Convenor: Peter Elms at inner2007@hotmail.co.uk or via our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Inner-Temple-IV-2012/351248574889169

 

Payment can be made before, or on the day - details to follow upon reg.

We are also 'debating' whether to break all teams on 10 points...WUDC style...

 

Hopefully see you there.

Peter

Convener

@InnerTDebating  

Inner Temple Debating Society

UL Open 2012

Hey one and all,

The UL Open 2012 will be taking place on the 9th and 10th of March this year and promises to be the best one yet!

The team cap is provisionally set at 32 teams.

We have a wonderful and very enthuastic CA team this year including:
-UCD's finest Christine Simpson (WUDC semi-finalist!,EUDC quarter Finalist 2011,Cambridge 2011 quarter Finalist,Oxford quarter Finalist 2011, Edinburgh Open 2011 Winner,most importantly UL Open 2011 Finalist and too many other breaks too mention)
-UL's (whatevs NUIG) own Maurice Cotter (UL Open 2011 Finalist,UCD Earlsfort Open Finalist 2011,Cork IV 2010 Semi-Finalist,Cork Open 2011 Finalist and various other accomplishments such as best speaker wins etc.)

Our Tabmaster is Harry McEvansoneya (UL Open Finalist), who has run tabs at EUDC(!!!),SOAS, UCD, Maynooth and Trinity as well as being an excellent tabmaster at last year's IV. He has confirmed he will be mostly sober so huzzah!

As always UL never fails to feed its guests and there will be food and drink in abundance including baked goods on arrival (provided ye arrive on time)!

Reg will open on January 30th 2012.
Payment in advance of the IV is 60euro.
Payment on the day is 70euro.
There will be a reduced reg fee for UK teams (30 euro) and non-IONA teams (FREE).

We have a limited amount of crash, with the first priority being making sure any judges that travel are comfortable and any non-Irish teams are also a priority so if you could book accommodation for the weekend where possible it would be great. If you need crash, don't be afraid to contact me and I'll endeavor to help.

There is a certain amount of money set aside for funding judges to come down to Limerick, if you're interested in coming drop me an email or a phone call (ulopen2012@gmail.com and 0870569164 respectively) and I'll do my best to accommodate you. There will be much free drink and appreciation.

Any questions, feel free to contact me at ulopen2012@gmail.com.

Best wishes,
Michelle Coyle
IV Convenor

China Open 2012‏

Willamette University, the International Debate Education Association, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics proudly announce the Third Annual China Open to be held on May 25 - 27, 2011. 

 

The tournament will feature competition in three divisions: English and Mandarin divisions of British Parliamentary debate and an English division of Moot Court. 

 

Invitation

Schedule

Registration Information