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10 December 2008

Results of Melbourne Mini

The results of Melbourne Mini, the British Parliamentary tournament which was held at the University of Melbourne on December 5-7:

Winners: Victor Finkel and Ravi Dutta (Monash)

Runners up: Julia Fetherston and Tim Mooney (Sydney), Julia Bowes and Steve Hind (Sydney), and Evan Goldman and Lauren Humphrey (Queensland)

Semi-finallists: Amit Golder and Fiona Prowse (Monash), Kiran Iyer and Sashi Balaraman (Monash), Steph Paton and Emily Heath (Sydney), and Tom Chapman and Nita Rao (Monash)

Top 10 speakers:
1. Amit Golder (Monash)
2. Tim Mooney (Sydney)
2. Julia Fetherston (Sydney)
4. Fiona Prowse (Monash)
5. Julia Bowes (Sydney)
6. Steve Hind (Sydney)
6. Lauren Humphrey (Queensland)
6. Victor Finkel (Monash)
9. Sashi Balaraman (Monash)
10. Tom Chapman (Monash)

Best Novice speaker (joint): James Wilson (Melbourne) and Jonathan Benney (Melbourne)

Chief Adjudicators: Elizabeth Sheargold and Tim Jeffrie

Topics:
Round one: That this house would establish DNA databases of all citizens for the purposes of criminal investigations. (Dedicated to Lindy Chamberlain)
Round two: That this house believes that governments should set a maximum wage. (Dedicated to Warren “I saw the financial crisis coming which is why I am smarter and richer than you” Buffet)
Round three: That this house would end affirmative action for African-Americans. (Dedicated to Barack Obama)
Round four: That this house would allow corporations to hire mercenaries to protect their shipments from pirates (Dedicated to Johnny Depp)
Round five: That this house would ban gender discrimination within religions. (Dedicated to Sheikh Fehmi Naji el-Imam)
Round six: That this house would support the launching of foreign strikes on terrorists in Pakistan. (Approx.)
Semi-finals: That this house would deny foreign aid to countries with space programs. (Dedicated to Albert II, the first monkey in space)
Grand final: That this house would legalise all forms of sadomasochistic sex. (Dedicated to Josef Fritzl)

9 December 2008

Coaching opportunity‏ in Israel

Sia’h vaSig - The Israel Debating Society - regularly hosts week long Summer Debate Workshops in English in four different locations in Israel over a period of twelve days. These workshops serve to introduce high school students to the world of debating and are the catalyst for our weekly club meetings throughout the year. The workshops are run by the best Israeli debaters, usually former World Schools debaters and current World University debaters. We have found, however, that the addition of coaches from abroad helps to attract students to the workshops and offers the opportunity of studying with coaches of the highest standard from different traditions and with varying accents. Since the workshops tend to fall during the university exam period in Israel, we do not always have the assistance of our local university debaters and enjoy the outside help.

The duties of the coaches include:

To be in email contact with the workshop organizers to help devise a schedule.
To coach debate sessions throughout the two weeks of the workshop.
To give specific - knowledge sessions based on your educational background.
To judge debates and give age and level appropriate feedback to the participants.

In return, the coaches will receive:

2200 shekels towards airfare and night-life transportation costs.
Host families for the duration of the workshops.
Breakfast and Lunch for the duration of the workshops.
Transportation to and from the airport.
Inter-city transportation from workshop to workshop.

In 2009 the workshops will take place from Sunday July 5th at 9 a.m. to Friday July 19th at 1 p.m. Candidates must be willing to arrive in Israel by July 4th and can depart from the late afternoon on July 19th.

To apply, please send your debating CV to Hayah Eichler at hayah.goldlist@mail.huji.ac.il by the 24th of December.

Asian Unity Tournament DCA applications

Hi all,
It gives us great pleasure to announce that we are now acceptingapplications for the Deputy Chief Adjudicator (DCA) positions of the Asian Unity Tournament (AUT). As stated in an earlier email, there will be 4 Deputy Chief Adjudicator positions for the AUT comprising 1representative from South Asia, 1 from North East Asia and 2 fromSoutheast Asia. In line with the unitary aspect of the tournament, wewill also ensure that there is adequate representation from both Asiantournaments. We also believe it is important for the adjudication coreto represent gender diversity and include candidates with experienceas well as candidates with potential.

Applications for the above commence today, the 8th of December, andwill close in a fortnight on the 22nd of December. Thereafterapplicants will be displayed on Asian debating mailing lists for thesolicitation of feedback from the debate community till January 10th2009. After giving due consideration to all applicants and takinginto account all feedback, we will announce the adjudication core onthe 19th of January.

We are looking for the following in our applicants:
* A commitment to quality adjudication at the AUT as well as developing and/or maintaining the same for the regions they represent.
* Achievements in debating and/or adjudication in the Asian-formatand/or any other format.
* The ability to provide a conduit for information (on debaters,adjudicators, etc.) from the region they represent to the AUTadjudication core and vice-versa.

We would like to encourage anyone whom believes they are qualified toapply, and put as much detail as possible into your applications. Toapply, please fill in the application form at this address:http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p5g1B2gH6WnX6iNLY269ddg&hl=en

Deputy Chief Adjudicators for the AUT will get the following:
* Registration fees will be waived
* A return-ticket to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from their country ofresidence in April next year
* A special edition AUT DCA T-Shirt ;-)

With regards to my own qualifications, they are as follows:
Asians-Format (Adjudication Experience):
* UT MARA Friendly 2008, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam(Deputy Chief Adjudicator)
* MMU Intervarsity 2008, Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur(Chief Adjudicator)
* SMU Hammers 2008, Singapore Management University, Singapore(Grand Finals Adjudicator)
* AUDC 2008, International Islamic University Malaysia, KualaLumpur (Grand Finals adjudicator, sponsored adjudicator)
Asians-Format (Debate Experience):
* All-Asians 2003, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai (Grand-finalist)
* All-Asians 2004, Assumption University, Bangkok (Quarter-finalist)
* All-Asians 2005, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (Champion,Grand Finals Best Speaker, 2nd Best Speaker Overall)

Other formats (Adjudication Experience):
* Worlds 2005, Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur (Octo-finals Adjudicator)
* National Debating Championship 2007, Philippines MilitaryAcademy, Baguio (Grand Finals Adjudicator)
* Singapore Debate Open 2007, National University of Singapore,Singapore (Grand Finals Adjudicator)
* Worlds 2008, Assumption University, Bangkok (Grand Finals Adjudicator)
* Australs 2008, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila (Grand FinalsAdjudicator, Deputy Chief Adjudicator and co-author of the tab)

Other formats (Debate Experience):
* Malaysia National Varsity Debate 2001 (Grand-finalist)
* Malaysia National Varsity Debate 2002 (Grand-finalist)
* Worlds 2003, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch (Octo-finalist)
* Australs 2003, Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur (Quarter-finalist)
* Australs 2004, University Technology Sydney, Sydney (Grand-finalist)
* Australs 2005, University of Queensland, Brisbane(Semi-finalist, 3rd Best Speaker Overall)

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions. We arelooking forward to hearing from all of you.

Regards,
Suthen "Tate" Thomas
Chief Adjudicator
Asian Unity Tournament
Voices MMU Debate Society

EWU AUDC 2009 Website Launched

From AUDC list

Dear Asian Debating Community,
East West University, Bangladesh would like to announce the launch of the official website for EWU 5th Asian Universities Debating Championship-AUDC 2009 with all its existing news and plans for Asia’s largest and most prestigious debating tournament. Please visit this website at http://www.ewuaudc2009.com in word www [dot] ewuaudc2009 [dot] com. The website is best viewed from Opera or from Mozilla browser.

The website team for AUDC 2009 is now working with the final closure of the website. Please visit the website along with the official facebook group for AUDC 2009 which has already 1331 members. All updates will be put in these two places along with the regional debating groups.

The Value:
Asian Universities Debating Championship – AUDC proposes the most talented adjudication, tab system and top Asian Debating Teams from Asia, its not just a tournament rather an exclusive debating championship for the best Adjudicators and Debaters from Asian Countries. Through the last four years, this tournament now has become the united colors of the Asian Debating Community.

The Plan:
The EWU AUDC 2009 orgcom has plans to give you the best AUDC experiences, with top quality Adjudication Core, Rocking Socials, and a Taste of South Asian Debating. Teams from Middle East and South Asia will add the extra flavors to AUDC for the first time.

The Top Asian Debating Teams:
WUDC and Australs top ranked teams from Asia participated at AUDC from 2005 when it was hosted by NTU for the first time. AUDC then went to AdMU in 2006, ITB Indonesia in 2007, and IIUM in 2008. 2/3 of All Top ranked WUDC Asian Teams participated in AUDC and they have considered this as the Prime Asian Debating Championship. AdMU, DSLU, UP Manila, NTU, IIUM, Assumption, SMU, NUS, Mahidol, ITB, EWU, IUB, IMU, and ICU Japan with the rest, are among the participating institutions who have participated regularly for the fair adjudication and tab policies of AUDC. The Registration:

We have developed an automated information generated register system for AUDC 2009 registration. Debaters, Adjudicators and Observers can easily register, add and edit their individual account detail. The immigration and invitation latter will be generated individually from our sate of the art online database system.

Please register your team and adjudicator from December 15, 2008

More on Registration Policy: http://www.ewuaudc2009.com/registration_policy.php

The Adjudication Core:
CA- Rashedul Hasan Stalin (Bangladesh)Institution: East West University- EWUDCA and Grand Final Adjudicator at AUDC 2008CA South East Asians 2007CA Bangladesh Open 2007Chair 8 Rounds at WUDC 2007-2008CA IUT Bangladesh Nationals 2005Champion at Bangladesh Nationals 03 and 04

DCA- Sharmila A. Parmanand (Philippine)Institution: Ateneo de Manila University- AdMU Consecutive Three Times Champion of AUDC 05 to 07Chief Adjudicator 9th Philippine National Debate 2007Semi-Finalist Debater of WUPID 2007Octo-finalist (18th breaking team), WUDC 2006Semi-finalist of Austral-Asian 2006Finalist of Austral-Asians 2005

DCA- Vikram Balasubramanian (Singapore) Institution: Nanyang Technological University-NTUSemifinal Adjudicator at AUDC 2008 Top Ten Debaters at AUDC 2007Quarterfinalist Debater at AUDC 2006 and 2007Quarterfinal Adjudicator at AUDC 2005 EFL Grand Final Adjudicator at AUDC 2005 Semi Final Adjudicator of All Asian 2004

DCA- Fareez Bin Zahir (Malaysia)Institution: International Islamic University-IIUM Semifinalist Debater at AUDC 2007Semifinalist Adjudicator Australs 2007Champion Environmental Debating Championship 05Octo-Finalist Debater at Austral-Asian 2004Octo-Finalist Debater at All-Asians 2004Champion Royal Malaysian Debating Championship 2004

DCA- Luang P (Thailand)Institution: Mahidol University of Thailand Octo-Finalist Debater at AUDC 2008 DCA Thailand Environment Nationals 2008DCA Chula US Nationals 2007Champion & Best Speaker 2008 Thailand E.U. NationalsChampion & Best Speaker 2007 Thailand Environment Nationals Champion Thailand B.P. Nationals 2006

Tab Director: Muhammad Abdul Latif (Malaysia) Institution: International Islamic University Malaysia -IIUMCA AUDC 2008DCA of Australs 2005DCA of All-Asians 2003Breaking Adjudicator at Worlds 07, 05, 02, and in 00 Adjudicated at Semi Finals of Glasgow WorldsChampion at All Asians 1997

More on Adjudication Policy: http://www.ewuaudc2009.com/adjudication_policy.php

Great Socials:
AUDC 2009 will offer you the best socials ever in Dhaka and Worlds Longest Beach in Cox’s Bazer. See detail: http://www.ewuaudc2009.com/ . all the participating teams and adjudicators will be staying in international five stat hotel though the tournament.

We like to give you the experience of your life time, so what are you waiting for…..come on… and smash your critical desire at EWU AUDC 2009 and have the experience for your lifetime.

Please wait for the next announcement. Visit our official website at www.ewuaudc2009.com
With Regards,
Rashedul Hasan Stalin
CA and Convener,
EWU 5th Asian Universities Debating Championship 2009
Phone: (+88) 04476890001
stalinhasan@gmail.com
East West University, Bangladesh