Agenda for WUDC Council on Jan 1st 2012

1. Welcome

2. Roll call (& voting status)                                                                           10 min

3. Ratification of the Botswana reconstructed minutes                                 5 min

4. Report Botswana – presentation                                                                5 min

5. Report Botswana – discussion & decision                                                 20 min

6. Report Manila – presentation                                                                      10 min

7. Report Manila – questions & discussion                                                     20 min

8. Motion 1 – guidelines for a reg system                                                       20 min

– short break –                                                                                                            15 min

9. Motion 1 – vote                                                                                            5 min

10. Bid defense Berlin – presentation                                                             15 min

11. Bid defense Berlin – Questions & Ratification by regional reps               15 min

12. Discussion on Future of Worlds                                                              15 min

 

Motions: Each issue listed below will be explained in 5 minute time frame and consecutively. We will then adjourn the meeting briefly so everyone can confer and then return to vote on each motion in turn.

13. Motions 1-8 – presentation

Motion 2 – continue historic worlds ranking                                                    5 min

Motion 3 – constitutional change tabbing of teams that are pulled up 5 min

Motion 4 – inscribe responsibilities women’s officer                                       5 min

Motion 5 – can the current host send teams to WUDC?                                 5 min

Motion 6 – WUDC to support organisation of WUSLDC                                  5 min

Motion 7 – adding WUDC rules as addendum to constitution              5 min

Motion 8 – clarification of N-1 rule                                                                   5 min

– lunch –                                                                                                         45 min

14. Motions 1-8 – voting                                                                                  10 min

15. Question regarding eligibility – England NUDC                                          5 min

 

We expect the topics listed below to take more time to discuss and/or decide on, so we’ve allotted more time.

16. Motion 9 – break reform to allow all teams on 18 points to break    20 min

17. Who should fund persons presenting bid defense and report?   20 min

18. Archives of WUDC                                                                                   10 min

19. Committee reports                                                                                    20 min

President, Registrar, Secretary, Women’s officer, Equity officer, Regional reps.                 

20. Elections                                                                                                   10 min

President, Registrar, Secretary, Women’s officer, Equity officer, Regional reps.

21. End

 

Addenda:

Report Berlin WUDC 2012

Proposal 18 point break

Motion 2 – continue historic worlds ranking

Motion 7 – adding the WUDC rules as addendum to the constitution

Question regarding eligibility – England NUDC

 

MORE UPDATES FROM WORLDS

 

 Well Round 9 at WUDC 2012 has just finished.  Come back here at midnight Manila time (4pm UK/Ireland) for full coverage of the break.  Most of the action and updates about Worlds has been ongoing on Twitter but here is a summary of the main points.

The motions so far are:
Round 1: This house would make fathers take paternity leave
Round 2: This house would prevent politicians from making fact claims,that, while not technically lies, are substantially misleading voters.
Round 3:  This house would force large companies who leave an area to cover the costs of structural unemployment. 
Round 4: This house would require individuals to use all their wealth beyond $5 million for philantrophic projects
Round 5: This house would require deaf parents to send their children, whether deaf or hearing, to mainstream schools for their primary and secondary education
Round 6: This house supports politicians who pass progressive legislation even when it is contrary to the wishes of the democratic electorate
Round 7: This house supports the free movement of labour worldwide
Round 8: This house would exempt academic disputes from defamation
Round 9: This would ban all private healthcare in favour of a comprehensive public healthcare system

Can Okar has assembled a partial tab using google docs.  You can view the data but contrary to my earlier post only Can can edit it.  Post an update on twitter using hashtag #wudc and cc @canokar to send him missing details. To view the list visithere
If you want you can even bet on the winner via this list. Make of that what you wish. I’m not one for betting but at the moment my tips would be Victoria Wellington or Oxford. 

IDEA will be broadcasting live from WUDC.  If you want to follow a debate live from Worlds then visit http://www.idebate.org/streaming/wudc/  Hopefully they might have the break live.  

 

There is still no confirmed bid for Worlds 2014.  Indonesia were rumoured to be bidding but that now has been confirmed as a bid for 2015.  Beijing were also rumoured to be considering a bid but that now seems to be unlikely.  London, I presume ULU, and anunnamed North American University are still rumoured to be considering a bid.  It looks like no decision will be taken until a special council web-meeting in March.  Once again as I said on Twitter I will advise and assist any potential bids in any way I can.  A number of other WUDC alumni have also expressed a willingness to help.  Just contact me if you need anything.

 

Courtesy by-

http://flynn.debating.net/

 

BREAK AT WUDC 2012

 

 World Championship Break

1 Oxford A 23pts
2 Oxford B 23pts
3 Monash C 22pts
4 TCD Hist B 22 pts
5 Sydney A 21pts
6 Yale B 21pts
7 Victoria Wellington A 20pts
8 Stanford A 20 pts
9  Victoria Wellington B 20pts
10 Durham A 20pts
11 UCD L&H A 20pts
12 Auckland A 20pts
13 Nottingham A 20pts
14 Monash A 20pts
15 Sydney C 20pts
16 BPP A 19pts
17 Cambridge A 19pts
18 Sydney B 19pts
19 Harvard A 19pts
20 Melbourne B 19pts
21 Hobart & William Smith A 19pts
22 Oxford D 19pts
23 Alaska A 19pts
24 Birmingham A 19pts
25 TCD Phil A 19pts
26 Durham B 19pts
27 Auckland B 19pts
28 Monash B 18pts
29 Oxford C 18pts
30 Melbourne A 18pts
31 Yale B 18pts
32 University of London Union A 18pts

ESL Competition Break
1 Tel Aviv A
2 Utrecht A
3 Leiden A
4 Ljubljana A
5 Belgrade A
6 Gutenberg Mainz A
7 BDU A
8 UP Manila A
9 IIUM A
10 CUHK A
11 Galatasaray A
12 Malaya A
13 KDU A
14 Lahore Management A
15 Xavier University A
16 IIUM C

EFL Competition Break
1 Uni Indonesia C
2 EHWA A
3 Belgrade C
4 Defense Tech A
5 Zagreb A
6 UCD Venezuela A
7 Tianjin FSU A
8 STAN A

Breaking Judges
Adam Goldstein
Alex Just
Alex Worsnip
Anat Shapira
Anna Moore
Anne Valkering
Art Ward
Bronte Lambert
Bronwyn Cowell
David Mar
Doug Cochran
Emily Jan
Estelle Sorner
Fletch Williams
Fred Cowell
Gavin Ilsey
Cormac Ernen
Harish
Isha Fisher
James Torets
Jens Fisher
Joanna Connely
Joe Roussos
Josh Martin
Julian Bautista
Kamora Kirt
Logandran Balavijendran
Lucinda David
Mary Nugent
Masako Suzuki
Michael Shapira
Natalia Koran
Nick Long
Philip Releski
Sam Block
Santa Izan
Sharmila Parmanand
Sam Princeton
Silver
Simone van der Elk
Steven Nolan
Tate
Tim Jeffries
Tim Mooney
Tom Hopkins
Victor Finkel

 

 

 

Victoria University of Wellington win WUPID 2011

 

Sebastian Templeton and Richard D’Ath of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, became the World Universities Peace Invitational Debate 2011 champions in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, a few days ago. They won the championship with a 5-4 split decision.

The runners up were Ateneo De Manila University, Bank Rakyat Oxford Union and Cambridge Union.

The motion of the Grand Final was: This House Believes That Unfettered Capitalism Is The Greatest Obstacle To World Peace. Opening Government was Bank Rakyat Oxford Union, Opening Opposition was Ateneo De Manila University, Closing Government was Cambridge Union and Closing Opposition was Victoria University of Wellington.

Top 16 teams in break order:

Bank Rakyat Oxford Union
Victoria University of Wellington
University of New South Wales
Yale University
Ateneo De Manila University B
Ateneo De Manila University A
Monash University A
Cambridge Union
Monash University B
University of Queensland
Cornell University
University of Melbourne B
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
University of Melbourne A
Universiti Teknologi MARA

Top 10 speakers:

1. Ben Woolgar – Bank Rakyat Oxford A – 411
2= Sebastian Templeton – Victoria University of Wellington – 410
2= Hugh Burns – Bank Rakyat Oxford A – 410
4. Collete Mintz – Monash A – 407
5. Richard D’Ath – Victoria University of Wellington – 406
6. Meredith Prior – Monash A – 404
7= David Trinh – Yale A – 400
7= Ely Zosa – ADMU B – 400
9. Ben Kornfeld – Yale A – 399
10. Ashish Kumar – Cambridge A – 397

 

WUDC Manila 2012 Day 3

Today at the 2012 World Universities Debating Championships in Manila

Time Activity Venue
0600 – 0800 Breakfast Harbor Tent, Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila
0800 – 0900 Travel to DLSU N/A
0900 – 0930 Releasing of Adjudication Exam Results and Briefing Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium
0930 – 1200 Round 1 Briefing, Prep, Debate and Adjudication Classrooms
1200 – 1300 Lunch Yuchengco Lobby, Marian Quadrangle and Central Plaza
1300 – 1530 Round 2 Briefing, Prep, Debate and Adjudication Classrooms
1530 – 1630 Snacks Yuchengco Lobby, Marian Quadrangle and Central Plaza
1630 – 1830 Round 3 Briefing, Prep, Debate and Adjudication Classrooms
1830 – 1930 Public Speaking Eliminations Classrooms
1830 – 2000 Dinner Yuchengco Lobby, Marian Quadrangle and Central Plaza
1930 – 2030 Travel to Women’s Night venue N/A
2000 – 0100 Women’s Night TBA
2200 Travel Back to Hotel (First Optional Trip) N/A

 

MONASH DEBATING REVIEW VOLUME 9 NOW AVAILABLE

 

 

 

 

Dear Debating Community!

Volume 9 of the Monash Debating Review (MDR) is now live! Edited by Worlds Co-Chief Adjudicator Doug Cochran with the assistance of an illustrious International Editorial Board, including World Champion Victor Finkel, Volume 9 promises to be an exceptional contribution to academic discussion of debating.

Volume 9 features
A concise introduction to debates about economics by Worlds Semi-Finalist Harish Natarajan;
A feature article examining potential options for expanding the Worlds break by Eric Barnes, Andy Hume and Steven Johnson; and
A fascinating look at Rwandan debating by World Champion Will Jones.

Volume 9 can be downloaded here.

If you have any questions about the MDR, please email mdr@monashdebaters.com. We will be opening applications for next year’s editorial panel in early 2012.’

Stephen Moore | Vice President
Monash Association of Debaters
E: vicepresident@monashdebaters.com
W: www.monashdebaters.com
M: 0401 699 931

 

Another Chance for DLSU Judge Subsidy

Dear World Debating Community,

The adjudication team have recently been able to free up some funds to subsidise independent adjudicators, and some who were offered places have, regrettably, had to decline due to work/other commitments. In view of this, we have decided to re-open applications for a period of one week in case anybody missed the opportunity to apply last time.

Please be aware that funding remains limited, so applicants are still encouraged to be honest in their appraisal of the funding they would need. Applicants asking for small amounts of subsidy will be considerably more likely to be successful. All applicants who have already applied to us will be considered alongside any new applicants.

If you would like to apply, please email the application form (which can be found at http://www.dlsuworlds.com in a post dated the 13th of July, or is available on application to sam.block@dlsuworlds.com) saved as'[Surname], [Firstname] Application’ to sam.block@dlsuworlds.com by 5.00 p.m. GMT on Wednesday the 5th of October. No other members of the adjudication team should be copied in, as this would disrupt the anonymisation of applications before they are sent for evaluation. For the same reason, please direct all queries to this address, including those relating to any difficulties with the timescales in question, about which we are keen to hear.

Many thanks,

The Adjudication Team

 

Zimbabwe PAUDC 2011: DCA applications now open!

Applications are now open for the three Deputy Chief Adjudicator posts at this year’s Pan-African Universities Debating Championship (PAUDC). The tournament will take place in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe from 4th – 11th December 2011. The PAUDC 2011 organizing committee will work in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Debating Network and Contemporary Affairs Foundation in hosting the Tournament.

PAUDC is the largest debating tournament in Africa, attracting participants from several countries across the continent. It functions both as a regional tournament and a development project aimed at promoting all levels of university debating in Africa. DCA applicants should therefore keep in mind that, in addition to the usual organisational and judging duties of an adjudication team, they will be expected to be part of developing and running a comprehensive training programme.

We are looking for 3 DCAs for PAUDC 2011. In keeping with the regional nature of the tournament we are committed to regional diversity in our selection. We are also committed to expanding PAUDC as a tournament of international standards and quality. Non-African applicants are therefore welcome. There is also a strong possibility of travel grants for DCAs.

The following commitments and criteria will guide the selection of our DCAs:

A commitment to quality adjudication at PAUDC, with a focus on developing debating in Africa.

A commitment to introducing and maintaining international judging standards in regional debating (WUDC experience would be an advantage).

A solid background in BP debating and/or speaking (WUDC experience would be an advantage).

Organisational experience is a must, but it need not be related to debating.

Applicants should plan to be in Zimbabwe up to a week before the tournament (i.e. from the 27th November 2011). In the months leading up to PAUDC, each DCA will work on a specific aspect of the training programme. It is therefore a requirement that applicants will be easily contactable and ready to work on planning the training programme in this period.

The application process:
Application Phase: 10th May – 15th June
Each application should send a debating CV and a completed DCA application form to the Chief Adjudicator via e-mail (cweley@gmail.com). Applicants will receive e-mail notification upon receipt of their completed application.

Review Phase: 16th June – 29th June
Applications will be reviewed by the CA. If necessary, applicants may be contacted to provide additional information. If candidates are particularly closely matched, the CA may ask for feedback from the wider debating community on two or more applicants (to aid the decision making process).

Announcement: 30th June
Successful applicants will be notified and their names announced on the tournament facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201169549917040&ref=ts) as well as other online debating forums.

Please feel free to contact me (cweley@gmail.com) with any questions about your application.

Kind regards

Clive Eley
Chief Adjudicator
2011 Pan-African Universities Debating Championships

 

Cornell Debater’s Story: Change What You Can

Leah Salgado is a top debater with the Cornell Forensics Society, and she teaches those skills to incarcerated teens.

Sitting in the library watching Leah Salgado approach, I note a confident and attractive young woman, like many other college students. But her story proves me wrong. Leah’s mother, a Yaqui Indian, was part of the third generation to grow up on the impoverished Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation outside Tucson, with rampant substance and alcohol problems and high rates of incarceration. Leah’s mother was 15 when Leah’s oldest sister was born, and she had seen enough men go to prison for heroin while the women raised kids who grew up barely knowing their fathers. Leah’s mother, determined that her children not be raised in an environment drenched in drugs and alcohol, moved her family to a poor minority community outside of Los Angeles.

Before Leah’s parents met, Leah’s father had been incarcerated for non-violent crimes. Just at the point he felt he had reached rock bottom, he had a brief but eventful interlude with a prison guard, who handed him a Bible. Reading from the Bible daily, Leah’s father began the long, arduous process of transforming his life, which he steadfastly pursued until his death.

Without high school diplomasLeah’s parents juggled many minimum wage jobs while managing to create a spiritual home where curfews and homework were givens, but so were close, loving, supportive relationships. Leah’s parents often attributed their successful family life (and their five children attending college) to their spiritual underpinnings.Leah’s community in Southern California was dominated by minorities — Hispanic, Mexican, Samoan and African-American. Families were poor and kids were raised to fend for themselves. Being poor correlated with understaffed schools, single-parent homes and scant supervision. Leah’s sophomore chemistry class was so crowded, with kids sitting on counters, there was not enough room to do experiments. The few who had money opted to go across town to a school with more resources. Leah was not one of them.

After the family moved, Leah was singled out by two high school teachers who coached her to pursue a college education. A strong student and athlete as well as a very successful debater, Leah chose Cornell University out of an array of college acceptances. Now a junior at Cornell, Leah is one of the top debaters with the Cornell Forensics Society, coached by Sam Nelson. Female debaters, it turns out, are few and far between.

In addition to the challenge of adjusting to Ithaca’s long, cold winters far from her family, Leah jokingly describes rubbing elbows with much more privileged students everywhere she turns at Cornell. Yet once a week, Leah treks with her debate team to a maximum secure facility to teach debate skills to incarcerated teens.

Within the facility, Leah finds herself surrounded by inmates who remind her of her classmates growing up — kids from poor, minority backgrounds, tangled up early on with the criminal justice system: “He could be the kid I sat next to in middle school who went to prison, or my friend who was killed because of the group he chose to associate with.” In her Cornell classes, Leah has reflected on how our environment structures how we react in our struggle to survive. Leah notes that many incarcerated teens have lacked the stable, supportive community and family that provide opportunities to use language and reason in interactions: “I’m a big believer that the environment that these young men grew up in shaped the way these young people interact. The typical reaction that they have is aggression, if only to provide themselves with the ability to protect themselves. When you grow up being told that you must be aggressive, it seeps into every aspect of your life — friendships, romantic relationships, physical encounters, sexual encounters. These young men are a product of the environments that they grew up in.” Why teach debating skills to incarcerated kids? Leah points out that as we speak, we also learn to think in an orderly and logical manner. “When we learn alternative ways to see a situation, we learn that we can challenge norms in a constructive manner. We don’t have to use confrontation; there are other ways to solve problems. “Debate forces us to examine the root cause of problems. Once we figure that out, we can structure a plan that changes the negative situations around us. What we learn in debate, we can apply to other situations in our own lives.”

In the facility, the young men are taught to communicate in a way that doesn’t rely on aggressiveness, but rather rhetorical skills and argumentative value. It won’t and doesn’t change everything, but it’s something.

“In these situations it’s better to change what you can, to help when you can. If you sit idly by because you don’t believe you can change everything, you lose sight of the big picture, the long-term goal, and the ones who are hurt are the individuals who needed your help in the first place.” http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011104230301

Source–

Mr.Alfred Sinider

Lawrence Professor of Forensics, University of Vermont.

http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.com/

 

DLSU Worlds 2012 Adjudication Webseminar #1

Our hardworking DLSU Worlds Adjudication team will be producing webseminars on adjudication in the run up to WUDC in December in Manila. Here is the very first one — An Introduction to Adjudication. Web seminar 1 comes with slides on an introduction to adjudication and a video of a debate complete with oral adjudication from one our co-CA’s, Sam Block. So if you want to hear their thoughts on adjudication issues, pick up some new methods of tracking debates, hear Sam’s oral adjudication and compare your notes with his, take the DLSU Worlds 2012 Webseminar 1. Enjoy!

DLSU Worlds 2012 Webseminar 1 Slides: An Introduction

Practice Debate 1: THB national sporting teams should reflect the diversity of the national population

Oral Adjudication 1

DLSU Adjudication Webseminar 1 Notes

http://dlsuworlds.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/adjudication-webseminar-1/