Asian Debate Institute 2008

This is a preliminary announcement about the Asian Debate Institute 2008.The host for the ADI is the Korea Development Institute of Public Policy andManagement, Seoul, Korea.

We have confirmed the dates for this year's event:

August 14 to August 23
We are making substantial changes to the program which will include:
- a longer session (10 days rather than 1 week)- high school and college sessions will run simultaneously- a better hostel than last year! (location to be announced soon)- round trip transportation to and from the hostel

Currently confirmed faculty members:
-Logan (2 time Asian Champion, no real last name, Chung Ang Univ, Korea)
-Matt Stannard (Director of Debate, Univ. of Wyoming, USA)
-Loke Wing Fatt (Asian Debate Super Trainer!, Worlds Quarterfinal Adjudicator, SAID, Singapore)
-David Peterson (US Nationals NDT Quarterfinalist, Obama supporter, Korea)

Invited, but as yet unconfirmed faculty:
- Dr. Alfred "Tuna" Snider (Director of Debate, Univ. of Vermont, USA)
- Hafiedz Iqbal (Asians Top Speaker 2006, UT Mara, Malaysia)
- Lucia Pietrapaoli (Australian debate legend, future KDI School Professor)
We are talking with other potential faculty members as well. Hopefully the website will be up and running by the end of next week,

kind regards,

Jason Jarvis
Director, Asian Debate Institute
Assistant Dean and Lecturer
Korea Development Institute Graduate School of Public Policy and Management
http://www.kdischool.ac.kr/
Office: 82-2-3299-1031
President, All Asian Debate Championship Executive Council

Debate Academy

From Britishdebate

The ESU's intensive summer camp, Debate Academy, returns this year to make experts of a whole new generation of schools debaters. Back at Oakham School, between 25 and 28 July, the course offers top-level coaching, at least five debates in three different formats with constructive feedback, subject lectures in things like economics, law,and science, and plenty of fun activities, free time and socialising for debaters aged 14-18, of any level of experience.

There are only 120 spaces, and every Debate Academy in history has been oversubscribed, so apply now to reserve your place.

Information and online applications are available at www.britishdebate.com/schools/academy

James Probert
Deputy Director of Education &
Head of the Centre for Speech and Debate
The English-Speaking Union
37 Charles Street
London W1J 5ED
T: 020 7529 1550
F: 020 7495 6108
E: james_p-@esu.org
W: www.britishdebate.com
W: www.esu.org

Great serdang debating championship 2008

From AUDC

Dear all….
Great Serdang Debating Championship (GSD) 2008 will be coming soon….

University Putra Malaysia is proud to announce that it is hosting The Great Serdang Debating Championship 2008 and also known as GSD '08. This prestigious tournament is going to be held in Serdang, Malaysia from 22nd May to 26th May 2008. GSD'08 used Asian Parliamentary concept, which is used in All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships.

We well come all of you to join this fun and interesting tournament and we can guarantee that this tournament will give you a precious experience because time it will be bigger and challenging.

Details are as below:
Date : 22nd May to 26th May 2008
Venue : Kolej Tun Dr. Ismail,
Universiti Putra Malaysia ,43400 Serdang , SelangorMalaysia

REGISTRATION FEE :
Deadline (phase 1) Registration = 15th April 2008
50 USD per person (for debater) It will include Accommodation + Meals (5 times a day) + Goodies Bags.
32 USD per person (for adjudicator) It will include Accommodation + Meals (5 times a day) + Goodies Bags.
32 USD per person (for officer/observer)1 team including 3 debaters and 1 adjudicator and maximum 5 teams per institution

Fax us at +603 89467364
Thank you.
Mohd Nazri Mohd Rahim (014 - 2211750)
Convenor
GSD `08

Debate central revamped

Alfred "Tuna" Snider's debate central website has been updated to now include brief descriptions of, and links to training material on, a number of different styles of debating such as WUDC, American Policy debate, American Parliamentary debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, Public Forum Debate, Asian format debate and the World Schools Debate format.

Tuna has also posted links to a number of different debating videos and hopes to have videos of debates in other languages soon.

New full-time ESU debate post

From Britishdebate

The English-Speaking Union is looking to fill the newly created post of

Debates and Education Officer (up to £21,500 depending on experience)

You will deliver educational support for debating and other persuasive spoken English activities for schools and universities. You will travel widely within the UK and sometimes overseas, to run workshops and training sessions for people of all age groups, including children and teachers, using the ESU’s own materials and lesson plans. Experience of debate, either as a coach, judge or participant, is essential, as are good communication and administration skills. Experience in schools and knowledge of the current educational environment are desirable.

Application deadline: Friday 11 April 2008
Interview date: Wednesday 23 April 2008 at Dartmouth House

Please send a CV and covering letter to James Probert, Head of theCentre for Speech and Debate, at Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street,London W1J 5ED. Job descriptions can be obtained by ringing 020 75201550 or emailing james_probert@esu.org.

James Probert
Deputy Director of Education &
Head of the Centre for Speech and Debate

The English-Speaking Union
37 Charles Street
London W1J 5ED
T: 020 7529 1550
F: 020 7495 6108
E: james_probert@esu.org
W: http://www.britishdebate.com/
W: http://www.esu.org/

Hong Kong Open 2008

Invitation to the Hong Kong British Parliamentary Open 2008

Date: 13 – 16 July 2008

Location: University of Hong Kong

Cost: HKD 800 (approx. USD 100)

Format: 8 Preliminary Rounds, Break to Quarter Finals

Adjudication Core (subject to confirmation):

* Logandran Balavijandran (Chief Ajudicator, MMU Worlds)

*Jacob Cliffton (Semi-Finalist, MMU Worlds)

* Loke Wing Fatt (Worlds Break Judge)

* Fiona Prowse (Grand Finalist, Assumption Worlds)

Hong Kong is just a short flight away from Manila, where this year’s AustralAsian Championship concludes on the 11th of July. Offering world-class adjudication, the Hong Kong BP Open is an excellent opportunity for debaters in the Asia-Pacific region to kick off the 2008 BP season in the lead-up to Worlds. For more information, please contact hkbpopen@gmail.com or feel free to ask me questions directly.

Hope to see you there!

Sing

Reminder on AUDC adjudication subsity

Dear all
Further to my email previously, the AUDC Exco now opens application for adjudication subsidy for AUDC 2008. The minimum criteria are as proposed by the Exco:

1) He/she must have been a CA/DCA of AUDC, Asians, Worlds, Australs > or any major local national tournament
OR
2) Was an adjudicator who has:

(a) judged at the semis of AUDC/Asians OR

(b) broken at Australs/Worlds OR

(c) recognized more than once as one of the top 10 adjudicators > at AUDC, Australs, Worlds or any major local national tournament
OR
3) Debaters who have:

(a) major local/international adjudication experience AND

(b) has made it to the finals of AUDC/Asians OR has made it to the main break of Australs/Worlds

Just to clarify that the criteria above applies only to the main category i.e criteria 2(a) means that the adjudicator judged at the semis or AUDC/Asians in the main category.

All you need to do to apply is email your adjudication/debating CV to anyone of the following officers:

Estelle (President) - hunichi@yahoo.com

Mark (Vice) - mjcordiner@gmail.com

Mohd Sani (Adj Officer) - mohdsani@gmail.com

It will also be useful if you could also clarify how you meet the minimum criteria.

The application will remain open for the next 10 days i.e until 4th April. After this date, the list of applicants will also be emailed to this yahoo group so that Union members can privately email the exco any comments on the applicants. The exco will then deliberate on all applications and make our recommendations to IIU. The final announcement will be made by Latif, CA for AUDC 2008 which hopefully can be made by mid April.

Thanks
Sani

Adjudication Officer

AUDC Exco 2007/2008

Update from Monsah bid for Australs 2009

The Monash Association of Debaters (MAD) is pleased to announce that Jacob Clifton (aka Jake) will be the Chief Adjudicator for their bid for Australs 2009.

Jake brings an enormous amount of experience as a debater and adjudicator, particularly at Australs, where he has achieved the highest honours in debating andadjudicating - Jake was an Australasian Champion and Top-10 speaker at Vic Australs in 2006, and judged the Grand Final at UT Mara Australs in 2007. Within Australia, Jake has judged the Grand Final of the last two National "Easter" Championships. As a BP debater, Jake was a semi-finalist at MMU Worlds in 2005.

Jake also brings a wealth of experience as a debating coach and administrator that will help him in his role as C.A. Jake has been extremely active in the Australasian debating community over the last six years, and has coached in Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and Japan, and regularly coaches in Hong Kong at their Summer Workshop. Jake was also President of MAD in 2005.
Jake is currently working for a member of the Victorian Parliament, and holds Bachelors degrees in Arts and Law.

Announcements will be made in the near future about the Deputy Chief Adjudicators for the tournament.

CEDA Knockouts

Final:
Towson CL (Deven Cooper and Dayvon Love) beat Kansas JS (Chris Stone and Nate Johnson) 7-4

Semi Finals:
Teams: Kansas JS beat Dartmouth KO 2-1
Judges: Sarah Holbrook (West Georgia) Gordon Stables (Southern California) Heather Walters (Missouri State)

Teams: Towson CL beat Missouri State OW 3-0
Judges Malcolm Gordon (Missouri-Kansas City) James Davis (Central Oklahoma) Jason Russell (Oklahoma)

Qtr Finals:
Kansas JS beat West Georgia LS 2-1
Towson CL beat Fort Hays hs 2-
1Missouri State OW beat North Texas CE 2-1
Dartmouth KO beat Whitman AS 3-0

Octo-Finals:
Kansas JS beat Michigan State LM 3-0
Towson CL beat Kansas BJ 2-1
Missouri State OW beat Texas-Dallas RS 3-0
Dartmouth KO beat Emory CP 3-0
Whitman AS beat Georgia State GL 2-1
North Texas CE beat Wyoming CJ 3-0
Fort Hays hs beat Atrium Whitman CS 2-1
West Georgia LS beat Dartmouth AH 3-0

Martin Osborn top CEDA speaker

Martin Osborn of Missouri State has won the top speaker award at the 2008 Cross Examination Debate Association (US) National Championships.

For more info check globaldebate

For more detail on the CEDA style of debating then visit Tuna's debatecentral site.

Cambridge win Tilbury house 2008

The Cambridge team of Giles Robertson and Mischa Balen won the 2008 Tilbury house IV.

Mischa Balen was the best speaker in the final. Sharon Kroes was the "most entertaining" in the final. Shane Murray topped the speaker tab.

For more details please see their e-mail or website

On a side issue I see on their website that having made it to but lost the ESL finals at the last Europeans and Worlds they have declared themselves World & European Debating Vice-Champions (ESL). What the hell are "vice champions"? Someone in Tilbury has a promising career in PR or political spin doctoring ahead of them. We didn't lose. We are vice champions.... ;-)

EUDC payment update

The organisers of EUDC have extended the deadline for payment by universities wishing to attend Euros in June. The previous deadline clashed with the easter bank holidays across Europe.

The new deadline for payment is March 25th.

For more details please see here