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8 August 2008

How EWU won the right to host AUDC 2009

There is an article in the Bangladesh Weekly Economic Times on how East West University won the right to host the 2009 Asian Universities Debating Championships.

If interested you can find it at http://weeklyeconomictimes.com/news-details.php?recordID=1548

Source BDC mailing list

7 August 2008

World Schools Incorporation

From WSDC Mailing list
Dear World Schools community,

I received today a certificate from Cardiff that reads as follows:

“Certificate of Incorporation of a Private Limited Company

Company No. 6666449

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales hereby certifies that

THE WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIPS LIMITED

Is this day incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 as a private company and that the company is limited.

Given at Companies House on 6th August 2008”

This means that one important phase of the journey towards making World Schools a charity is complete. There will be much more information regarding the consequences of this, and the next steps, to follow, but for now I would like to thank the members of the incorporation working group and in particular Nick Pacheco (Team Bermuda, 1995) for his support in a personal capacity and as a solicitor practising in England and Wales. Without his generously given advice and input we would not have been able to get this far.

James Probert
Deputy Director of Education &
Head of the Centre for Speech and Debate
The English-Speaking Union

IDEA Video Sites

From the allasiansdebate list
Hi All,
I just wanted to let you all know about 2 IDEA video resources that you may not be aware of:

1) You can see several debates and some lectures on IDEA's new video page at http://idebate.blip.tv/
2) You can see debates in various formats, plus interviews, important historical speeches and citizen journalism resources at

http://www.idebate.org/encyclomedia/

Thanks,

Alex Dukalskis
IDEA Program Coordinator
adukalskis@idebate.org
http://www.idebate.org/

IITG National Parliamentary Debate

The Indian Institute ofTechnology, Guwahati will be hosting its First National Parliamentary Debate this September from the 5th till the 7th.

The debates shall follow the 3 on 3 format of debating. The registration process shall go on till August 15th, 2008 during which each Institution /University can register up to 2 teams (of 3 speakerseach). Teams are also expected to bring along an equal (1 or 2(max) per team) number of adjudicators.

To confirm your participation e-mail iitg.literaryclub@gmail.com.

For the 'troubleshooting' of any queries that you may have regardingthe event, the following may be contacted:
Vikram Chatterji Literary Secretary, IIT Guwahativikram.chatterji@gmail.com
Shobhan Shah Member, Literary Societyarayans@gmail.com

Regards
The Debating club,
Literary society,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati

5 August 2008

Kyiv Open 2008

Dear all,
we’re glad to announce that on September 26–28, 2008 in the beautiful city of Kyiv (Ukraine) International Debate Tournament KYIV OPEN will take place. It is held by UYNGO “Debate Academy”

Just imagine: sun, blossom, greenery and… debates! =)

The tournament will be held in British Parliamentary style.

Language – English.

Team cap – 32 teams.

Participation fee €10 per debater, no charge for adjudicators. Participants are provided with accommodation, food and transfer round our beautiful city.

We do not insist on N-1 rule, for we don’t mind composite teams to enter the Tournament.

Chief Adjudicator – G. Rhydian Morgan (CA at numerous UK and European tournaments: Euros Warm-Up, Belgrade Open 2008 and Tilbury House 2008, DCA at Ankara Open, European Open winner, well known and highly appreciated lecturer on debates and rhetoric).

DCA's: Uve Poom (EUDC 2007 ESL winner), Sergei Naumoff (Member of IDEA Board) and... a new EUDC 2008 star ;)

During the three days of the Tournament participants will face 5 preliminary, semi-final and final rounds, training on rules, debate party with some r-r-real surprise; have an opportunity to communicate with extraordinary people; and feel the unique atmosphere of one of the oldest cities of Europe.

REGISTRATION is OPEN till September, 12!

Don’t miss your chance to debate in one of the greenest, most picturesque and ancient cities of Europe!

Details are available at http://debate.org.ua/category/KYIV-OPEN/

Our group in Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=17670692839 .

If you have any questions feel free to contact us on kyivopen@gmail.com.

Co-conveners
Kira Shymanska
Anton Dvorienkov

IDEA and Qatar Debate NY Event

Dear WSDC Debate Teams,
Please join IDEA and the Qatar Debate Team for a coaching day, practice tournament, and team mingle in New York City Tuesday, September 2nd and Wednesday, September 3rd. IDEA will provide complimentary debate videos and refreshments for all participants.

The event will take place in mid-town Manhattan.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Rachel Aicher at raicher@sorosny.org by August 11th. Be sure to include your phone number, email address, and country of origin in the message.

We hope you can join us September 2nd and 3rd for great debate and conversation!

Thank you,
Arminda Lathrop
IDEA

Source: WSDC mailing list

Registration DAPDI 2008

Dear all,
Just a brief reminder: DAPDI registration has already started.

DAPDI is a 5 day debating summer school in Rotterdam. The programme consists of 3 days top debating workshops, hosted by great tutors from Oxford and Cambridge and a 2 day tournament.

DAPDI will start at Monday, the 25th of august and will end at Friday the 29th at 1:00 pm. Registration fee including food and accommodation: 95 Euros.

To register: send an e-mail to dapdi@hotmail.com

You can also find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10848834884

Thank you for reading.

Abulhassan Al-Jaberi,
DAPDI

Cork Worlds 2009 - Registration Update

Dear All,
We would like to thank everyone for registering for Cork Worlds 2009, the demand for places at the Championships was exceptional with the initial team cap of 266 teams filling within minutes! Stage 1 of registration will remain open until 6pm BST/GMT+1 on the 14th of August so anyone who wishes to add their institution to the waiting list for Cork Worlds 2009 may still do so. We would like to take this opportunity to confirm that all spots up the initial team cap of 266 have been allocated.

We would also like to ask all of you who did register regardless of whether you are on the waiting list or not, to activate your accounts by clicking on the link in the email that was sent to you when you first registered. We would ask that upon activating their account, that you check the details that were submitted to ensure that everything is correct. In particular we would ask you to check the contact details that were provided to ensure that there are no typo's or errors.

If there is anyone has any further questions please do not hesitate to contact our Registration Department by emailing registration@corkworlds2009.com and all queries will be addressed as soon as possible.

Best wishes,
Mark Collins
Director of Registration & Communications,

29th World University Debating Championships.
Cork 2009.