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2 March 2012

2nd China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2012 ( 7th to 14th July), Hangzhou, China‏

Dear Debate Friends,

I am happy to announce that we will be holding the 2nd China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2012 this summer in the city of Hangzhou, China.

Last year, 32 high school teams from the cities/territories of Macau, Hong Kong, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Tianjin and Wuxi took part in the inaugural event held at Jinling High School in Nanjing.  This year, we will give you more exciting debates, even better judges, and a lot more fun.  We are holding this event this July in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Hangzhou, which is renowned for its breathtakingly beautiful West Lake. 

We would like to invite your high schools and/or your former high schools to send debate teams to take part in this event. Together, we will celebrate the growth of high school English debating in China and give our young people 7 days of intellectual summer fun and many good memories to bring back to their homes and cities.

This is non-profit debate education project aimed at proliferating debate as a student development activity.

Please help us to spread the word on this event by forwarding this email to high teachers, debate trainers and high school students you know who may be interested to come and join our debate party. 

Below is a summary of the event:

1.  Dates: 7th to 14th July (Arrival on 7th July and Departure on 14th July)

2.  Location: Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, Hangzhou, China

3.  Debate Format : 3-on-3 World Schools' Style 
     (World Schools' Debating Championship or WSDC Debate Format)

4.  Tournament Capacity: 50 to 60 Teams

5.  Schedule: Please see Schedule at our website at :  http://cnsdc.wordpress.com/

6.  Tournament Structure

a)  Main Competition  -- For Mainland Chinese High School Teams

b)  International Finals Series -- For High School Teams from Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, International Schools in China, and the rest of the world

c)  8 Preliminary Rounds of Debates, Octo to Grand Final

d)  High Schools do not need bring along judges as we will be inviting top local/overseas judges to provide quality adjudication

7.  Registration Fee -- 800 Chinese Yuan/RMB per debater/teacher/accompanying judge (excludes hotel accommodation)

8. Registration Deadline: 21st May 2012

9. Registration Method : Send Registration Form A by 21st May 2012 to both these email addresses: 

b)  George Chen at: georgecc1991@hotmail.com

10. Social Events

a)  Opening Ceremony/Welcome Dinner
b)  Break Night Dinner & Party 
c)  Grand Final/Closing Ceremony/Awards Presentation/Championship Dinner

11.  Tournament Website

Our Tournament Website is at:   http://cnsdc.wordpress.com/

For more information or clarifications, please write to Loke Wing Fatt at: lokewingfatt@gmail.com

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Ms Tang Meng
Convenor
Director of Debate, Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, Hangzhou, China

Loke Wing Fatt
Overall-in-charge/Chief Adjudicator
2nd China National High Schools' English Debating Championship 2012
President
Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID)
Singapore

1 March 2012

Belgrade EUDC 2012 - Independent Adjudicators and Funding instructions‏

Dear Debaters & Adjudicators of Europe (and beyond),

Below is a link to the guide for the process of applying to attend Belgrade EUDC 2012 as an independent adjudicator. It contains the various dates and times when you can submit applications and when you can expect a response. It also lists the information you will have to provide when we begin taking applications on March 7th. Please read the document fully to ensure you are fully aware of how the application process will work.

Note: Anyone who wishes to attend Belgrade Euros as an independent judge MUST apply using this process - this is true regardless of whether or not you are also applying for a registration waiver and/or a travel subsidy.

Here is a link to the guide (it is also available on our website www.eudc2012.org under the "Registration" header):


The application form will be made available on March 7th via the usual channels (Facebook, Twitter, the debating mailing lists and our official website). We welcome applications for independent adjudicator slots from both inside and outside Europe.

If you have any queries or questions, simply email them to judges@eudc2012.org

All the best,

The Adjudication Team of Belgrade EUDC 2012

29 February 2012

NALSAR I.V. 2012‏


In 2011, for the first time in India, the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad brought British Parliamentary debating to these shores, giving Indian debaters the opportunity to compete in the format used by the World Cup of debating – the World Universities Debating Championships. We didn’t just cater to a need, though; the NALSAR Inter-Varsity Parliamentary Debating Championship (“NALSAR I.V”) boasted an internationally renowned Adjudication Core, comprising Suthen ‘Tate’ Thomas, Iqbal Hafiedz, Clive Eley and Nishita Vasan, Rs. 70,000 (USD 1500) in prize money and a break-night event at Aalankrita, Hyderabad’s finest resort.

We promised an event that would stay on the debate calendar; we continue to deliver on that promise with the Westlaw NALSAR I.V. ’12. From the 5th to the 8th of April, join us in Hyderabad to be a part of the Indian BP debate.

This year’s core yet again brings together the finest in international BP adjudication. It comprises a WUDC Chief Adjudicator – Sharmila Paramanand (CA of the Berlin WUDC ’13), champion of the British I.V. circuit – Harish Natarajan and two national debating stalwarts who have made their mark in BP internationally – Aashay Sahay and Pranay Bhatia. Our prize money is currently set at Rs. 1.5 lakh (USD 3000) and, as with the debate, we expect our break-night event to only get better.

Apart from the dazzle, though, we will deliver a great event because of our core values; last year’s I.V. distinguished itself on two fronts in particular. Our scheduling and tabbing was pin-point – our rounds finished well on time, we even made sure we all watched India lift its first World Cup in 28 years. We also made a strong commitment to hospitality – we appreciate your participation and will go out of our way to make sure that you’re comfortable. Further, the NALSAR I.V. ’11 was easy on participants’ pockets; support from Westlaw and Linklaters means we continue to provide the full accommodation and food package at last year’s registration amount.

Join us as we take forward the Indian debate tradition into the world of British Parliamentary. We look forward to hosting you in Hyderabad in April.

Please keep checking the website (www.nalsariv.wordpress.com) and our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/134897439930337/) for lots more information and updates.

28 February 2012

EUDC 2012 Registration TOMORROW


Dear debaters of Europe,

Here are the guidelines for EUDC 2012 Registration:

So that we have Google's servers to count on for when thousands of people will be clicking refresh every half a second.

START:  Wednesday, February 29, at 12:00 CET:
  • London/Dublin/Lisbon at 11:00,
  • Belgrade/Paris/Amsterdam/Berlin at 12:00,
  • Athens/Ankara/Tallinn at 13:00 and
  • Moscow/Doha at 14:00
In the initial phase, registration will be done on an n-1 basis (3 teams / 2 judges or 2 teams / 1 judge, and 1 team / 0 judges):
  • Maximum of 3 teams per institution.
  • First come first serve basis
  • EUDC requirement of 1 team per country is applied.

If your institution would like to seek an n-1 waiver (i.e., not be obliged to send 2 judges for 3 teams / 1 judge for 2 teams etc) if we were able to provide such a facility, please signify that in the relevant question at the end of the form. That question is not required for submitting the form.

At 22:00 CET, a list of all “registered” teams and those on the “waiting list” at that point in time will be announced. We remind you that the team cap is 220. After publishing the list, you will get the phase 2 guidelines (payment details included).

Keep your fingers in shape – [For a picture of the form visit http://belgradereg.blogspot.com/]:

On behalf of the Belgrade EUDC 2012 Organising Committee,
Selena Torlakovic and Marija Simic
Registration Officers

Mykolas Romeris University IV 2012

Hello there fellow debating mates!
Mykolas Romeris University Debate society is very delighted to invite you to the 10th annual international students’ debate tournament “MRU IV 2012″ (before known as “Vilnius Open”) held in Mykolas Romeris university on March 24-25th, 2012 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Having ten years of experience organizing fabulous debate competitions we will continue to offer the high quality British Parliamentary debates, well-managed organization and the best of all times in one of the most beautiful Northern European capitals – Vilnius.
During the two days you will be able to enjoy five preliminary, semi-final and final rounds, unforgettable parties and a trip around the city‘s most visitable places.
If you can come to the tournament – do! If you can’t – still do! Register now!
Or browse the website for more info-www.mru-debate.eu/mruiv
If you have any questions related to MRU IV 2012 or other similar matters feel free to address them to mruiv2012@gmail.com.

27 February 2012

The 7th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate

Hey guys,
The English Debating and Literary Club is pleased to invite you to the 7th IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate to be held from 4th to 7th March, 2012.

What is so special about our debate?
Total Prizes worth Rs 1.5L including prizes for all breaking teams, breaking adjudicators and best speakers. The highest prize money ever given at our debate!
Winners: Rs. 60,000
Runners-up: Rs. 36,000
Semi-finalists: Rs. 18,000 each
Best Speaker: Rs. 6,000
2nd Best Speaker: Rs. 4,000

Best Adju: Rs. 15,000
2nd Best Adju: Rs. 10,000
3rd Best Adju: Rs. 5,000
All breaking Adjus: Rs. 1,000

An awesome Adjudication Core comprising of Shivam Singh (NLS), Shobhit Singhal (IITB), Aamir Zeb (IITD) & Abhilasha Sinha (IITD)
Adjudicator Subsidy for A-level Adjudicators which includes 3AC travel fare, waiving off of reg and acco fees.
Our warm hospitality with free food for one and all including a break night party and accommodation for outstation teams.
Essentials:
Format: 3-on-3 Asians with 5 Prelim rounds and break to Octofinals
Team Cap: 50 teams - max. of 2 teams per institution
Adjudicators Rule: N+1
Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHF0cUxMa0daaTVDVnJkZ29WUGRIRGc6MQ
We have nearly reached our team cap. Register your teams and adjudicators by filling the above-mentioned form before 27th February, 2012.
If you wish to avail our Adjudicator Subsidy, reply to this mail with an attached CV outlining your debating experience.

For further queries feel free to mail us at iitdebate@gmail.com or call us at:
Mayank Gupta                                                      Nishit Jain
Secretary, EDLC                                                   Liaison Coordinator, IIT PD
+91-9717617888                                                   +91-9999334226

MMU UADC-FAQ: Granting of team slots and payment of pre-registration‏

Hi all,

We've compiled a list of questions that we’ve received with regards to pre-registration and registration and here are our answers to them.

Q: Is the registration list published anywhere?
A: It’s available here <http://www.mmuuadc2012.org/node/16>.

Q: How were the slots granted to teams, adjudicators and observers?
A: To balance diversity and reward initiative to register early, we used a system of granting two teams to every institution that requested two or more teams and the number requested to those that did not. This was done on a first-come, first-served basis. Even with this policy, several institutions are on the wait-list and have not been allocated any team slots.

The decision to grant two slots per institution was on the basis of the tournament growing in size and the massive expression of interest that we received during pre-registration: over 241 team slots were requested, we’ve granted 121 (excluding the two teams from the host). This is in line with trends that we’ve seen at both the AustralAsian Intervarsity Debating Championships and the World University Debating Championships.

For the adjudicator slots, we allocated only as many as were necessary to meet the N-rule. However, in the case that an institution registered more adjudicators than were required to meet the N-rule we granted them those additional slots. For example, if Institution X registered for 4 teams and 6 adjudicators, they would be granted 2 team and 4 adjudicator slots.

For observers, we granted as many slots as were requested.

Q: Does being granted slots mean I’m guaranteed a place at the UADC?
A: No, it does not.

Those slots will be held for you till March 14th. However, if your institution fails to pay the pre-registration payment of MYR400 per debater or adjudicator and MYR600 before that date, we will release whatever slots that are not paid for in full. Please bear in mind that to pay for a team slot, you will have to pay pre-registration for the 3 debaters and 1 adjudicator i.e. MYR 1200.

Paying the pre-registration payment will hold your slot for you till April 14th by which time you should pay for all your participants in full. Failure to pay registration fees in full by April 14th could either result in the application of the late registration penalty or your unpaid slot being passed on to other institutions.

Q: If my institution hasn’t been granted a team slot (i.e. we are on the waiting list), what should we do?
A: Don’t panic. You still might have an opportunity to get a slot. If institutions that have been granted slots fail to pay their pre-registration sufficiently to hold those slots before the stipulated date of 14th March, we will release the slots and grant them to institutions on the wait list. We will do this on a basis of 1 team (and adjudicator) at a time, moving down a time-sorted list. If you’re on the waiting list, you should be ready to pay pre-registration as soon as possible after you’re informed that you’ve been granted a slot.

Please note that if your institution registered after midnight February 18th, you will not be eligible for a slot under this wait list process. Institutions in this category will be granted slots after all other requests have been exhausted.

Q: My institution requested more than 2 team slots, is there any chance of me getting the additional teams?
A: Yes, there is, but it is contingent upon two factors. First, there will need to be a sufficient number of requested slots that are not paid for before the March 14th deadline such that we can allocate those to
institutions on the wait list. Second, anything left over, will be allocated (one team at a time on a first-come, first-served basis) to institutions that have requested more than 2 teams slots. The further down your institution is on the registration list, the less likely you are to get the additional slots.

Q: If I’m granted slots later, will I need to pay the late registration penalty?
A: The late registration penalty will only apply to institutions that have been allocated slots before March 14th and still have not paid for in full (i.e. MYR 1000 per participant) for them. This is only applicable if we
have chosen to continue to grant your institution those slots; given the demand for slots at the tournament, the more likely outcome is that we will allocate those slots to other institutions.

Q: Can we get an extension on the payment deadlines?
A: All requests for extensions should be communicated directly to the Registration Director at registration@mmuuadc2012.org. Please bear in mind that we will be restrictive in granting extensions due to tournament financial considerations.

If you have any further questions, please direct them to
registration@mmuuadc2012.org.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all in May.

Arisha "Alexx" Arifin*
Convener*
MMU UADC 2012*
convener@mmuuadc2012.org*