Chair of World Schools Council appointed District Judge

The following e-mail has been sent out to the mailing lists by Claire Ryan to announce her resignation as chair of council of the World Schools Debating Championships and that she will not be attending the upcoming championships in Dundee.  However the good news is that she is stepping down to take up a position as a District Court Judge in New Zealand. 

Congratulations to Claire.  She has contributed a huge amount to schools debating around the world and she will be missed.  I'm sure she will have a long and successful judicial career ahead of her.


Greetings everyone from an unusually sunny day in wintry Auckland - great for astronomy tonight!



I was planning on letting you know some other news today but with the exciting announcements emerging this morning about WSDC 2011 ( the draw!) and WSDC 2012 ( the newsletter!) which hopefully will take the limelight, I am grateful that my less interesting news can slip quietly in behind.


My news is that I have been appointed as a District Court Judge and will be sworn in on 5 August 2011. I am very fortunate to be able to carry out my judicial duties in Auckland and not have to work and live somewhere else although I may go on circuit to other places in New Zealand from time to time. I will be presiding over jury trials and working in the Youth Court which will be wonderful and I look forward to it.


I will need to leave WSDC and I have tendered my resignation to the Executive to be effective from 5 August 2011. In accordance with the rules, Beth James, as Vice Chairperson will step into the breach until the elections in Dundee when you will choose a new Chairperson. I ask you to give Beth every support in this time. As you know, she is doing a fabulous job as co-CA and her organisational and leadership skills are phenomenal. I am sorry that I am imposing such an extra burden on her prior to Dundee.


I also want to thank the other members of the Executive for their service to you and the debating community; Hayah Eichler, Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed, Sherria Ayuandini, Effie Giannakouri, Irene McGrath, Mert Onen and Joshua Park.


Sadly, I will not be able to attend Dundee. As a number of you know, I intended to stand down as chairperson at Dundee anyway but my appointment has moved matters forward more quickly. It means I can't say goodbye and thank you in person and I'm sorry about that. But as my little (6 ft 6) brother says, "it is what it is."


What I can say by email is that it has been an honour and a privilege to work with you for almost 10 years and to watch our school debaters grow into fine young men and women who contribute in positive ways to the community. I have made some wonderful friends from the WSDC community (you know who you are!) and know that those friendships will continue.


I end with two phrases in reo (Maori language).


First a whakatauki (or proverb) for our young people and their call to leadership;
Ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi.
The old net is cast aside, while the new net goes fishing.


Second, from within me;
Ko kaiwhakawā tōku mahi; ko nga hoa tōku mauri
Judging is my job (but) friends are my life-force.


Kind regards and thank you for all you do and all you are.


Claire

UKSG Conference 2011

In these tough times, we never like to see anyone miss out on a bargain, so please be aware that this year’s Super Early Bird discount for the UK Speechwriters’ Guild conference on Friday 16 September ends on Sunday.


We have added Charles Crawford, a former British ambassador, to the line-up, who will run a seminar on writing speeches in English for non-native speakers.

Buy your ticket here now: http://uksgconference2011.eventbrite.com/

If you are in need of accommodation there are three single bedrooms at The Whitehall available for the night of Thursday 15 September (& the Friday if required). The price is £46 per person per night for B&B. Tel Sara Uzzell 01202 554682.

Eve of Conference:
We are in negotiations with a branding agency to organise the first UK Business Speaker of the Year competition on Thursday 15 September in the Ocean Room Theatre, Bournemouth. This promises to be an X-Factor-style event, with Max Atkinson, author of Lend Me Your Ears, playing the chief judge role of Simon Cowell.

Those attending the conference the next day will get free entry to the contest.

Contestants will submit a one-minute showreel audition of their performance, which will be put on YouTube. The judges will be looking for ‘an inspirational business message for our times’. If you know of any aspiring professional speakers who would like to take part, please make them aware of the competition. The website will be launched next week.

Brian Jenner
http://www.thespeechwriter.co.uk/
Winner of the Vital Speeches of the Day Cicero Speechwriting Award 2010
Member of the UK Speechwriters’ Guild
http://www.ukspeechwritersguild.co.uk/
01202 551257
07545 232980

De La Salle WUDC important update on reg list

De La Salle Worlds have taken teams that have not paid their 50% down payments off the list. Please double check if your team was omitted by mistake.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtxsFl-mzfcYdE83RDhvYnI3Sk5rb2FudVFiWWpNUWc&authkey=CKPxs5EB&hl=en_US#gid=5

You have 24 hours to let them know and revise the public document.
They will be promoting a new batch of teams after that.
Thank you very much!

Reminder: IDEA debate census 2011

Just a reminder that IDEA are attempting to do a world wide census of University debating. The sort of information being gathered includes what universities debate, how to contact them, what language they use etc.


The purpose is to gather and then share as much information as possible about debating around the world. This could be useful for organising tournaments, attracting sponsors etc.

If you want to include your university on the list visit http://www.idebate.org/debate-census/

DLSU Worlds update

To Institutions that have not paid their 50% deposit (Phase 2),


Please note that your payment should have been deposited into our account by June 27th (Monday, 3PM Philippine Standard Time) and failure to meet the deadline may result in the forfeiture of your slots. This will serve as your third and final reminder.

Please be sure to indicate "Debate" or "Worlds" on your wiring slip along with your institution name so that we can identify who the payment is from.

It is important for you to send us a copy of your wiring slips ASAP so that we know that your payment is in transit. Kindly send a copy of your wiring slip to james.sy@dlsuworlds.com  AND registration@dlsuworlds.com  with the subject line "(university name) Payment Slip".

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all in Manila!

Best,
DLSU Worlds Registration Team

Announcement from ADI

Greetings!

The Asian Debate Institute (ADI) is pleased to announce our list of trainers for ADI Summer 2011 in Korea! Represented among this list are the adjudication cores of 5 Worlds, 5 Australs and at least 8 Asian Championships! Some of their profiles are already on the ADI website (adi.learndebate.net), others will be up there soon. We might also be adding some trainers!

In no particular order, your trainers will be
Tim Sonnreich
Logan
Ahyoung Kim
Suthen Tate Thomas
Sharmila Parmanand
Kim Namchul
Angie Goh Szeying
Hyewon Rho
Christy Bradley
Jason Jarvis
Jan Galas
Yaman Verma
Son Jiyoon
Toshi Ikehara
TJ
Sarabeth Trujillo
Yu Minjae

To register, visit http://adi.learndebate.net/registration  and if you have any questions or comments, contact us by going to http://adi.learndebate.net/contact

The Organizing committee would like to remind everyone that regular registration is untill 18th of July and starting that day untill the 1st of August is late registration.

If anyone has any questions regarding the ADI please feel free to e-mail anyone from our orgcom.

Best Regards
Taeyeong Kim
ADI Director

Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español

Just a quick reminder that the Spainish Language World Debating Championships (Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español CMUDE) takes place from the 25th to the 31st July this year in Universidad Central de Venezuela.

If you are interested in attending this tournament visit http://www.ucv.ve/cmude

Still looking for some tabs

I'm still looking for some tabs of recent competitions.  Specifically, based on events I've blogged about but never got the tabs for I'm looking for the below.  If you can add any large ones to this list they are also welcome. e-mail me at colm_flynn@hotmail.com if you can help.  Thanks!

UK & Ireland
Oxford
Cambridge
Cork IV
Glasgow Ancients
English Mace
UCD IV


Europe
Belgrade IV
Israel
Koc
German Nationals

Asia
Austral Asians
WUPID
PIDC
Dorthy Chung
Hong Kong Debate open
Malasian Debate Open
SMU Hammers
UADC Macau

Australia/NZ
Austral Asians
Sydney Mini
Melbourne Mini
Vic Wellington IV
Easters
ANU Spring

North America
APDA BP
APDA Nationals
CUSID BP
CUSID Nationals
USU
US BP/WUDC circuit
North Americans

Africa
Pan African
South African Nationals
Stellenbosch IV

South America
Spanish Language Worlds (Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate en Español – CMUDE) www.ucv.ve/cmude

Worlds
Worlds

German Debating Championship Results

On the pentecostal weekend, the DebatingClub Heidelberg of the time-honoured University of Heidelberg hosted the German Language Debating Championship. The format of this year's Championship was Offene Parlamentarische Debatte (OPD), or open parliamentary debate.

Winners: Debattiergesellschaft Jena (Severin Weingarten, Moritz Niehaus, Clemens Lechner)
Best Speaker by points: Severin Weingarten
Best Speaker elected by the honourary adjudication panel: Free Speaker Lukas Haffert (St. Gallen)
Finalists: Streitkultur Tübingen (Pauline Leopold, Steffen Jenner, Dominic Hildebrand)
Free Speakers (a characteristic speaker position in the format of OPD): Tom-Michael Hesse (Leipzig), Nicolas Eberle (Mainz), Lukas Haffert (St. Gallen)

This tournament's CAs were Gudrun Lux, Jan Lüken, Marcus Ewald and Tim Richter.

The motions: (Translated from German)
Round 1: Should we prohibit begging?
Round 2: Do we need a mandatory reference of real names on the internet?
Round 3: Do we need state-run control of the mineral oil markets?
Round 4: Should Antigone bury Polyneices?
Round 5: Should Belgium be split up?
Round 6: Should we abandon the international war on drugs?
Octos: Does the European Central Bank need a veto on the government budget of Euro countries?
Quarters: Should Wikiepedia become UNESCO World Heritage?
Semis: Do we need a European Marshall Plan for North Africa?
Final: Should laws generally be determinable?

--
Anja Pfeffermann
on behalf of the Achte Minute editorial team

Monash Debating Review calls for Associate Editors

Hi All,

The Monash Debating Review, the world’s only international debating journal, is calling for applications for associate editors for the upcoming edition, due out at the end of this year.

This is a great opportunity for experienced debaters, adjudicators, and coaches to get involved in the publication of a peer-reviewed journal, all the while building their CVs and shaping the global debating community’s thinking about the activity we love. Further details below.

If you have any questions about the position, article ideas, or the MDR more generally, please do get in touch!

Best Wishes,
Doug Cochran
MDR Editor
kdc24@cam.ac.uk

Zimbabwe PAUDC 2011CA applications

Hi all

Just a reminder that the closing date for DCA applications is the 15th of June (next Wednesday). Applications should be submitted before midnight on the 15th - please make sure you get e-mail notification that your application has been received!

Email cweley@gmail.com if you didn't receive an application form last month and would like to apply.

Please may I also request that you invite members of your debating institutions to join this facebook group. There will be some important announcements posted soon about tournament details (venue, training program etc.)

Kind regards
Clive Eley
Chief Adjudicator
Zimbabwe PAUDC 2011

Korea Australs 2011 - Personal Registration/ Payment‏

Dear All,

This is Soo Min Park in charge of Registration for Korea Australs.

Currently we still have about total of 100 participants' information missing from personal registration for debaters and adjudicators.

This email is to notify you that your institutions must pay the money andfill in personal information for all of your participants *by June 13, 2011.

*This is FINAL CALL. We will not be responsible for your missing information.
* It is your responsibility to fill in the necessary requirements to inform us about your needs. You will all be considered as *Regular eaters* if you do not fill in the information by *MONDAY*.

We have to make a prior assessment on different dietary requirements and room arrangements. It is very difficult for us to make final arrangements without all of your information.

Here are the links for personal registration.
Personal Registration for Debaters
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF9kbFBEMmE4UC14RC1JZ2N0dllET3c6MQ

Personal Registration for Adjudicators
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdMTlVjZWpDbi1wRDB4aVVLYmNZV3c6MQ

Personal Registration for Observers
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEJTaXRySHlHVUFEMXlnclZTM1E1dWc6MQ

Thanks,
Soo Min Park
Registration Director
Korea Australs 2011

IDEA Debate Census 2011

IDEA are attempting to do a world wide census of University debating.   The sort of information being gathered includes what universities debate, how to contact them, what language they use etc. 

The purpose is to gather and then share as much information as possible about debating around the world. This could be useful for organising tournaments, attracting sponsors etc. 

If you want to include your university on the list visit http://www.idebate.org/debate-census/

Last chance to register for WODC

Hi everybody,
Your last and final chance to register for the WODC ends today.
 
We extended the deadline to give you more time to find teams, apply for a bursary and/or start your ad-hoc car washing business to generate the registration fee. But to be fair to all concerned we do have to close the door sometime and tomorrow is that time.

So please, if you want to take part tell me now. Don't wait for a better time, don't put this in your 'must-get-round-to-soon' folder, you know the folder you never get round to. Simply email me with your details and your money or your reasons why you deserve a bursary and a great summer of learning and laughter will ensue.

BTW, you will have to send money by Paypal and we can't promise the laughter. But we can promise the learning. Oh there'll be lots of that.

Thank you,

Dave

dc@debatewise.org

Looking for some tabs

Hi all,
After being a little lax in maintaining results on this site I'm looking for some tabs from competitions I have mentioned in the last year but not published the full results.  Can anyone give me tabs from the following competitions? If so e-mail me at colm_flynn@hotmail.com

UK & Ireland

Oxford
Cambridge
Cork IV
Glasgow Ancients

Europe
Belgrade IV
Israeli Nationals

Asia
Austral Asians
UADC
WUPID
PIDC
Hong Kong Open

Australia/NZ
Sydney Mini
Melbourne Mini
Vic Wellington IV
Easters
ANU Spring

North America
USU
CUSID BP
APDA BP
Cusid Nationals
APDA Nationals

Africa
South African Nationals
Stellenbosch IV

South America
Spanish Language Worlds

Thanks & Regards,
Colm

Israel's National Championship Results

This week the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev hosted Israel's National Championships:

Winners: Haifa B (Meir Yarom & Edo Rosenblum)

Best Speaker: Maya Boursi (IDC A)

Finalist :

IDC A (Maya Boursi & Itsik Zarfati)

TLV A (Omer Nevo & Sella Nevo)
BGU F (Yonatan Hunger & Schachar Langbeheim)

This tournament's CA was Lior Hadas, his DCAs were Shiri Noyman, Anat Paz and Michael Shapira.

The motions: (Translated from Hebrew)

Round 1: THW ban lobbyists.

Round 2: THW consider the sexual history of the complainant in sexual assault cases.

Round 3: THW bar Sons and daughters of IDF bereaved families from combat duty

Round 4: THW ban paid super natural advice.

Round 5: THW only subsidize academic degrees that financially benefit the state.

Round 6: THW condition all plea bargains to victim's connect.

Semi: THW will publish the pictures from the Itamar terrorist attacks.

Final: THW cancel all anti-smoking law except those that relate to selling to minors.

World Schools Debating Championships Motions 2011

The 2011 WSDC Motions Committee have announced the following prepared motions for the Championships.

Rd 1 This House would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
Rd 3 This House believes that Universal Primary Education is a misallocation of resources for the developing world
Rd 5 This House would legalise the sale of human organs
Rd 7 This House believes that women can only achieve equality under a secular system of government

Grand Final: This House believes that autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook

All other motions will be announced one hour before the start of each debate.

De La Salle Worlds promoted teams‏

We have taken institutions and teams that have failed to settle their balances off the list of registered teams.


If you believe that you have been taken off by mistake, please do not hesitate to contact us at registration@dlsuworlds.com within 24 hours (1:30 PM PST).

Priorto deletion of teams, we have promoted the first batch of teams based from institutions that have pulled out, or revised their contingent size.

The Institutions are:
Tianjin Foreign Studies University
Warwick
Bogazici University
Tokyo metropolitan University
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Mindanao State University - Marawi
International Islamic College
University of Gadjah Mada
kobe
Boston University
Botswana Accountancy College
University of Potsdam
Middle East Technical University (METU)
Independent University, Bangladesh
Asian University for Women
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Texas State University - San Marcos
BRAC University
Carnegie Mellon University
Singidunum University
Swinburne Universtiy of Technology (Sarawak Campus)
Cambridge Union Society
Yokohama City University
RMIT University
Tokyo Womans' Christian University
Universiti Sains Malaysia
University of Waterloo
San Beda College of Law
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
Tsuda College
University of Hawaii
Texas A&M University at Qatar
UT MARA
Loyola Marymount University
Rhine Wall University
University of New Brunswick
NYU

We will be promoting the second set of teams in 24 hours. All promoted teams in this phase must settle their accounts by June 27, 2011. Failure to meet this deadline will result to revocation of your slots in the tournament.

The second batch of teams are:
Webster University

Galatasaray University
City University of Hong Kong
Chung Ang University
HanYang Debate Society
National University of Malaysia (UKM)
The College of the North Atlantic Qatar
Shanghai International Studies University
BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Universitas Tarumanagara
ILF - UMM
London School of Public Relations
Universitas Diponegoro
State POlytechnic of Sriwijaya
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) Debate Society
Xavier University
Perguruan Tinggi Teknokrat Lampung
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Dikti Indonesia
Bilkent University
Belmawa Indonesia
Yogyakarta State University
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Universite Lyon
Government College University Lahore (GCU lahore)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lahore School of Economics
Tel-Aviv uni
The University of Hong Kong
ege üniversity
botho college debate union
University of Newcastle
University of Technology Sydney
Bar Ilan University
Kyushu University
Tsinghua University
Seattle University
Portland State University
Cornell University
Underwood Union (Yonsei University)
ITESM Campus Estado de Mexico
FAST-NU
United States Air Force Academy
Universidad Anahuac Mexico Norte
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
Universidad Iberoamericana
Machabeng College
UP Visayas Tacloban College
The College of New Jersey
University of California, Davis
Duke University
State Polytechnic of Malang
National Law Institute University
IDC Herzliya
Universitas Pelita Harapan
Eastern University, Bangladesh
London College of Legal Studies (South)
Yeditepe University
Hong Kong Baptist University
University Of Chittagong
University of the Punjab
Weill-Cornell Medical College Qatar
SciencesPo Paris
Universitas Negeri Padang

Thank you very much,

DLSU Worlds Registration Team

Dino de Leon

Convenor, De La Salle Worlds
Claretiano. Lasalliano. Filipino.
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!