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9 July 2011

Austral-Asians 2011 Day 4 Schedule

Day Four at the 2011 Austral Asian Debating Championships (9th July, Saturday)


- Rounds 4 and 5
- Women's Forum and Women's Night at EWHA Womens' University

8 July 2011

Australs Round 3 motion

Round 3 motions from the 2011 Austral-Asians

That military officers should be allowed to criticise government

That we should abolish parliamentary privilege as defence of defamation

That the US should directly elect supreme court judges


Ateneo 1 vs UNSW 1 is being streamed live by logan at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/debate2

Australs 2011 Round 1 & 2 motions & Pairings

Motions for Round 1 of the 2011 Austral Asian Debating Championships

That sporting teams should not tour nations of match-fixers
TWS legalise all performance engancing drugs in sport
That we should restrict access to international competitions for nations which abuse their athletes

You can view the pairings here
 
 
Motions for round 2:
That a fixed amount of development aid should be allocated to microcredit schemes
That developing nations should embrace medical tourism
That the World Bank and IMF chairs should selected on a rotational regional basis

You can view the pairings here

You can follow twitter comments on the event and results at #koreaaustrals2011 or #australs2011

The official website is posting a summary of events at http://www.koreaaustrals2011.com/roundbyround.  That's where I found much of this info.  I have re-posted it here for future reference.
The UNSW2 - Monash 1 Round is being broadcast on Logan's UStream


Live Streaming by Ustream

Austral-Asians 2011 Day 3 Schedule

Day Three at the 2011 Austral Asian Debating Championships (8th July, Friday)


- Rounds 1, 2 and 3

7 July 2011

Updates from Australs

I'll publish updates from Austral-Asians when I get them but in the meantime if you want to follow events here are some useful links:

The two twitter hastags being used are #KoreaAustrals2011 or #Australs2011.

Logan is streaming live debates at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/debate2



Watch it all LIVE on USTREAM

Austral-Asians 2011 Day 2 Schedule

Day Two at the 2011 Austral Asian Debating Championships (7th July, Thursday)


- Tournament / Debater / Adjudicator Briefings at Chung Ang University, from 10am
- Opening Ceremony at Chung Ang University

6 July 2011

Austral-Asians 2011 Day 1 Schedule

Day One at the 2011 Austral Asian Debating Championships (6th July, Wednesday)

- Registration at Lexington Hotel, Yeoido
- Unofficial Welcome Party

4 July 2011

De La Salle Worlds Rego update

Dear World Debating Community,

After giving all teams on our wait list a chance to register for the championship, we are now entertaining requests for institutions to increase their contingent size.

We are making an open call for interested institutions to send in their intent to add more teams via registration@dlsuworlds.com. We will be giving priority to institutions which currently have one team registered and will be granting one additional team per institution at a time. Based on our bid, we are now moving into the 3rd Criteria of Promotion which gives premium to an institution's consistency of participation in previous WUDCs.

Please note that we will still follow the n-1 rule and regular rates for registration will still apply. Kindly include "(INSTITUTION NAME) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TEAMS" as the subject of your email and be sure to indicate which WUDC (host and year) your institution has participated in. Deadline for application will be on July 8, 2011.

Thank you very much!

Yours in St. La Salle,

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

WODC 2011 update

One little update on the World Online Debating Championships.


Okay, so you've registered; but there's one little formality left(before the debates in August). Now, you have to either ask Dave for bursaries at dc@debatewise.org  (just ask, they only charge a fee to insure participation, if you can prove you are serious about participating you'll get a partial or full bursary) and/or send payments via Paypal or moneybookers to wodc@debatewise.org ($US20 per person 'or' $100 per team).

Only four more countries can join the loop to make it officially 32.

We had people from 34 countries in (wrote to Dave about wanting to participate) but a few of those countries have yet to settle financial matters. If you need a bursary please ask for it, or you might not be in the final pool. :S

Nadia

North East Asian Open 2011

It is a great honor for Taiwan Wenzao English Debate Society (TWEDS) to hold this year’s NEAO, which starts from 18th to 21st November 2011. The tournament will take place in Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Tournament Schedule
Nov 18th
Friday Check-in (all day)
Adjudication Briefing
Adjudication test
Welcome dinner

Nov 19th
Saturday Opening Ceremony
3 Preliminary Rounds
Council Meeting

Nov 20th
Sunday 2 Preliminary Rounds
Quarter-Final/EFL Semi-Final
Semi-Final/EFL Final
Grand Dinner

Nov 21st
Monday Check-out (Elective date 1)
Grand Final
Award & Closing Ceremony

Nov 22nd
Tuesday Check-out (Elective date 2)
Optional City Tour

Registration information
● Registration Fee
Plans Price (in NTD / per person)
Debaters and Adjudicators
A. Registration fee with 3 night stays at hotel NTD 5,500
B. Registration fee with 4 night stays at hotel NTD 6,500
Observers
A. Registration fee with 3 night stays at hotel NTD 6,500
B. Registration fee with 4 night stays at hotel NTD 7,500

Plan A (NTD 5,500) will get you:
● 3 nights of staying in a 4 star hotel
● Lunches and snacks from Nov. 19th to 21st
● 1 Welcome Dinner and 1 Grand dinner

Plan B (NTD 6,500) will get you:
Aside from the offers mentioned above, you can stay in the same hotel for one more night and enjoy the field trip on the 22nd for free by choosing Plan B.

We understand that you may not be able to catch the flight on the night of the 21st safely in time because the schedule ends late. However, due to the tight budget, we are not allowed the luxury to cover the accommodation fee for the 21st. Therefore, if you intend to stay in the hotel until the 22nd, although the charge would be on your own expense, we will provide you with a complimentary tour around this lively city of Kaohsiung.

● Registration Dates
**Phase 1 (institution representatives)
Registration period: July 25th – August 7th
Publish registration result and waiting list: August 8th
Phase 1 payment: August 8th – August 18th
Waiting list kicks in: August 22nd
Waiting list payment: August 22nd - August 26th

**Phase 2 (independent adjudicators and remaining slots)
Registration period: August 31st – September 4th
Publish registration result: September 5th
Phase 2 payment: September 5th – September 9th

**Release final list: September 12th
Enter personal details: September 12th – September 23th

Team Cap Policy
Each institution may send a maximum of 3 teams.
Total Cap: 120 teams
Outside the region: Open

Adjudicator: N=N rule will be enforced

Notes: Slots will be allocated based on a “first-come-first-served” basis. Institutions registering after the first 120 will be placed on the waiting list.

Open/EFL Policy:
EFL Criteria:
A person shall be considered as EFL as long as they do not take 50 % (or more) of their university classes in English, and have spent no more than one year living in a native English speaking country. To qualify for EFL BOTH criteria must be met.

Open group:
Teams not qualified as EFL or constituting native speakers would be classified into the Open group. With enough points to break in the Open Group, any EFL team should break in the Open Group rather than in the EFL group.

About NEAO 2011
● Adjudication Core
Chief Adjudicator:
Dohhee Roh (South Korea)

Deputy Chief Adjudicators:
Keita Takayanagi (Japan)
Flora Pan (China)
Sophy Chen (Taiwan)

● Hosting School
Excited to have the opportunity to host an international debating tournament for the first time, faculty members and students of Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages are all looking forward to this great event. Wenzao is the first five year college that specializes in foreign language education in Taiwan, including Mandarin Chinese, English,French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Korean.

On the campus of Wenzao, classrooms and the spacious auditorium capable of accommodating up to 1,700 people are well-equipped with modern AV facilities to ensure adequate capacity to manage the debate rounds properly. With extensive on-campus Wi-Fi coverage, participants will be able to continue their on-line social life and every connection without disruption, except during the debates!

● City Tour
With such a short stay in Kaohsiung, you can barely see the depth of this harbor city. Being called a harbor city, as the name implies, Kaohsiung is renowned for its high level of concentration of harbor and rivers, which in great part makes the city’s scenery ever more appealing.

Kaohsiung, a breath-taking city, is worth slowing down your pace to discover its beauty. We will take you to a few of Kaohsiung's most notable sightseeing and entertaining spots.

The tour fees will be covered kindly by Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages.

● Contact Information
taiwan.neao2011@gmail.com

-For more relevant information, visit our official website:
http://neao2011.wtuc.edu.tw/

-Follow us on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002568775430&sk=wall

NSU Asian BP 2011

Hello everyone,


North South University would proudly host this years Asian BP here in Dhaka..

The registration would start tomorow.

Short infos regarding the NSU Asian BP

Host:
North South University
Dhaka, Bangladesh

CO-CAs:Sharmila Parmanand & Mabroor Wassey
DCA:Sam Block

Tab Director:Muhammad Abdul Latif


Registration Phase I:
Date: 5th July 2011.
Time: 12pm BST(GMT +6)
Closes: 20th July 2011.

Registration fee:
Debater/Adjudicator – US $140
Observer- US $240

Total Team Slots: 80
Team Cap:3 (N-1 Rule for Adjs)

Website: http://www.nsuasianbp2011.com/

Hope to see you and your affiliated institutions and all the debating institutions from your country here in Dhaka soon,

Happy Debating till then,

Saad Bin Amjad
North South University

Korea Australs 2011 - Survival Guide‏

Hey guys,

Some of you may be already packed to come and some of you might be all worried about what to do when you get to Korea.

Here is a file that will provide you with information to Survive even if you don't know anything about Korea!
[Note: The file is on yahoo groups so you may need a yahoo login to view it]

We are very excited and ready to have you all!!!

We hope that you will have a safe trip to Korea and we will be looking forward to have you.

Thanks,

Soo Min Park
Korea Australs
Registration Director

Follow up info:


Greetings from Seoul :)

In relevance with the Survival Guide in Seoul previously posted, I as the finance manager would like to make one more announcement.

One of our main sponsors, the NH Bank, have promised to provide currency exchange services at the cheapest price in Korea. They will not be receiving any exchange fees, but will exchange your currencies into KRW in whatever price it is at the market at the time of your visit.

Therefore, it is advised to all participants, to buy the minimum amount of KRW at the airport, and exchange the rest at the bank branch office right beside our registration venue, the Lexington Hotel.

The Finance Team will be guiding you to the branch, provide translation services, and help you with the process so that you may take maximum advantage out of this great opportunity to enjoy Korea. It is vital that you have enough Korean Wons as most, if not all, Korean stores only accept Korean Wons.

Exchangable currencies are as follows:
USD
JPY
EUR
CNY
GBP
CHF
CAD
HKD
SEK
AUD
DKK
NOK
SAR
KWD
BHD
AED
SGD
MYR
NZD
THB
IDR
TWD
PHP
INR

The currencies not mentioned above can not be exchanged into KRW in NH banks, so if you come from a region that use a currency not mentioned above, it is advised that you exchange your currencies at the airport, or within your own region.

Only a few days to go!! Can't wait to meet all of you in Seoul :)

With Regards,

Aaron J. Yoo
Finance Director
36th Korea Australs
Seoul, Korea

Open Society debate program in New Orleans

The International Debate Education Association in association with the Open Society Foundations is looking for university debaters from around the world to take part in a debate program in New Orleans in early August. The project will be divided into two parts and entrants are welcome to apply for either the first or for both. All transport costs will be paid by IDEA and accommodation will be provided by Loyola University.

The first part, the Open Society Debates, runs from the third to the seventh of August. We are calling on college debaters world wide to audition to be in the pilot of a show about debate. Six speakers from different universities and countries will be randomly placed into two teams, and a video crew will document drama and tension as debaters from around the globe learn to work together to construct their arguments for a public final debate. We are hoping that the videos will be broadcasted around the world starting in the fall

The second stage, starting on the eighth of August, is a debate camp for local high school students who will be investigating the balance between liberty and security. Participants who choose to stay on for this part will receive a per diem allowance and, once again, all accommodation, meals and transport will be provided. The debate camp will run until the nineteenth of August.

The application deadline for both programs is July 12th, and the application can be found at: http://www.idebate.org/open-society-debates/

All debaters have to do is fill out some basic information about themselves, submit a short clip of themselves debating, and submit a statement explaining their interest, not to exceed 200 words.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks,
Cara Eckholm

Princeton Debate Panel 2014
Open Society Foundations, Consultant

3 July 2011

Red Sea Open 2

The Ben - Gurion University of the Negev is again hosting it's "end of the summer" tournament in the resort city of Eilat from the 4th to 8th of September.

Reg is due to open on July 9th.

Take a look at this website for more details.

http://www.redseaopen.com/