2011 ALSA UI Updates - Uni Level Debates - Day 2

The uni-level debates for the 2011 ALSA UI began a little behind schedule, but as at time of writing Round 3 is well under way.

Round 2 used the tournament's first set of pre-announced motions appearing under the heading "Economy".  These were:

M1 - THW abolish all conditions of development aid for war-torn countries.

M2 - THB in austerity to survive times of financial crisis.

M3 - THBT the EU and US should abolish their subsidies on agricultural subsidies. 

Round 3 deployed impromptu motions dealing with Religion:

M1 - TH opposes organised religion.

M2 - THBT religion is a force of good.

M3 - THW grant the right for religious institutions to discriminate. 

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2011 English Fiesta Updates - Day 2 - Rds 1-3 Motions & Pictures

Debate teams competing at the 2011 English Fiesta in Malang were off to an early start, as teams were required to arrive and register at 7:00 a.m.  this morning.

Round 1 motions were under the heading, "Social". These were: 

M1 - THW not restrict marriage between human and human.

M2 - THB Mark Zuckenberg deserves the Nobel Prize.

M3 - THW charge parents with obese children for negligence.

These Round 2 motions dealt with the Environment:

M1 - THW allow exaggeration of facts in the name of environmental conservation.

M2 - THW tax goods and services proportionally to the amount of CO2 they generate.

M3 - THW halt all nuclear energy.

The match-ups for the first two rounds were done randomly. Starting Round 3, match-ups are going to be power-matched.  

The motions for Round 3 dealt with ASEAN-related issues:

M1 - THW disallow religion-based political parties from running in Indonesia's elections.

M2 - THBT ASEAN should have free movement of labour.

M3 - THBT it's about time ASEAN scraps its NIP (non-intervention policy).

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - High School Debates

Early Birds.  High school teams queue up for Day 2 of ALSA UI.

Day 2 of the 2011 ALSA UI encountered a bit of a speed bump as the power went out this morning just before motions for Round 2 were deployed.

Moved. High school teams stream out of the debaters' hall to catch Round 2 motions.

Motions were therefore announced outside the debaters' hall.  

Round 2 used the announced motions under the heading, "Education".  These were:

M1 - THW ban ethnic-bases student organisations.

M2 - THW not allow teachers unions to strike.

M3 - THW criminalise service providers that make assignments for students.

Round 3 motions were impromptu, and dealt with "Sexuality":

M1 -THW give reserved seats in parliament for LGBT. 

M2 - THW create more unisex toilers.

M3 - THW allow homophobic comments in public spaces.

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Round 1 - Uni-level Debates

                                          Adjudicators and LOs are briefed by members of the A-Core 

                                                        after motions for Round 1 were launched.

Round 1 for the 2011 ALSA UI uni-level debates started this afternoon, with impromptu motions under the heading 'Human Rights'.  The motions for this round are:

M1. THBT even in full-fledged democracies, there should be no place for gun ownership.

M2. THW pay for prostitutes for the handicapped.

M3. THW allow citizens to sue their government for failure to provide a minimum standard of welfare. 

Hope the teams read up on their Second Amendment, and/or renewed their affiliations with the Republicans or the NRA :)  

All the best!

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2011 English Fiesta - Debate, Adjudication Seminars

Invi Atmanegara, Chief Adjudicator of the 2011 English Fiesta, facilitates this afternoon's adjudication seminar which started soon after the opening ceremonies.

If you've had it up to *here* with Wills and Kate .. catch the Easters live

If you're (i) in search of something else other than the Royal Wedding, OR (ii) oblivious to the Royal Wedding, OR (iii) in Indonesia and want a break from updates about ALSA UI and English Fiesta ... THEN you might want to catch some live stream debates from the Easters in Australia. 

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2011 English Fiesta

The 2011 English Fiesta opened with an impressive marching band comprised of elementary students.  Separate debate and adjudication seminars will follow at 3pm.  

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2011 ALSA UI Updates - Round 1 - High School Debates

The high school debate rounds at the 2011 ALSA UI have started.  For Round 1, the A-Core deployed impromptu motions dealing with health care.  These motions are:

M1 - THW exclude smokers from universal health care.

M2 - THW oblige all online games to stop operations between midnight to dawn.

M3 - THBT schools should create a standard diet for all students.

Let the games begin!

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2011 NUEDC Updates - Kopertis V

Vitri Sekarsari, incumbent Chief Adjudicator for the NUEDC Kopertis V qualifying rounds, sent debateIndonesia the following detailed information about the NUEDC Kopertis V. 

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NUEDC Kopertis V Update

The Kopertis V (Yogyakarta) Selection Round for NUEDC 2011 is set to be held on May 10-11, 2011. The event will be hosted by the Universitas Atmajaya Yogyakarta and the venue shall be at the Eden Hotel 1 in Kaliurang, Yogyakarta.

As at the time of writing, 36 teams from 36 universities and colleges in Yogyakarta have registered. The targeted number of participants is 44 teams from 44 universities.  The remaining 8 (eight) slots are still up for grabs and, as such, registration is still open and will remain open until 5^th May 2011.

The technical meeting will be held on May 5, 2011 at the Kopertis V Office.

The details of the tournament, A-core and the schedules are as follows:

I. A-Core:

Chief Adjudicator : Vitri Sekarsari (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta or “UNY”)

Deputy Chief       : Aditya Rakhman (Universitas Islam Indonesia)

                              Kestri Ariyanti (UNY)

II. Technical Meeting

Date : May,5 2011

Venue : Kopertis office, Pingit Yogyakarta

Time  : 08.30 -09.00      Opening Ceremony for NUEDC Kopertis V

            09.00 - 10.00     Debate and Adjudication Seminars (parallel sessions)

            10.00 - 11.00     Exhibition Debate

            11.00 - 12.00     Adjudicator Accreditation and Tournament Briefing

Tournament Day 1

Date : May 10, 2011

Venue : Eden Hotel, Kaliurang

Time   : 07.30 - 17.00                 Preliminary Rounds 1,2 & 3

             19.00 - 21.00                 Breaking Party (16 Best teams)

Tournament Day 2

Date    : May 11, 2011

Venue :  Eden Hotel, Kaliurang

Time   : 07.30 - 11.00                Quarter Final

             11.00 - 13.00                Break + Announcement for Semifinalists (Teams to National Round)

             13.00 - 15.00                Semifinal

             15.00 - 17.00                Break

             17.00 - 20.00                Grand Final and Closing Ceremony

As part of pre-tournament preparations, especially for novice debaters in Yogyakarta, the A-core will collaborate with the Jogja Debating Forum  (JDF) to holding mini workshops on BP debate as well as united sparring every Friday and Saturday at 2- 5 pm started from April 15 - May 7 2011. The workshop and sparring are to be conducted at the Rectorate Hall, UNY.

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UCTI IVs Tabs and Motions

Danial Hamzah, Chief Adjudicator for the UCTI Asian Intervarsities 2011 (UCTI IV - Malaysia), recently posted the results, motions, and tabs for this tournament.  The UCTI IV was attended by teams (including composite teams) from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, and is one of the ongoing pre-UADC warm-up tournaments happening in the Asian region. 

Team Rijal 2.5 (ex-IIUM) took the trophy home, whose Zamir Hamdy Hamdan was crowned Best Speaker of the Finals.  Faiz Yahaya and Zaimah Zaim also joined Zamir to complete Team Rijal 2.5.  Also appearing in the finals was Team Super Mamak (Fareez Zahir, Tharishni Arumugam, and Hasif Georgie).

Complete tabs can be seen here, and the motions deployed for the UCTI IVs are as follows: 

Round 1 - Golden Finales

1. THW ban all race-based political parties.

2. THBT in times of war, the state should offer convicts imprisoned for heinous crimes the option to fight for the army in exchange for a conditional pardon.

3. THBT emigration of the best and brightest from poor countries to the first world profits both countries.

Round 2 - The King(s) & I

1. THW end the British monarchy.

2. THBT Thailand should repeal all its Les Majeste laws. 

3. THBT Malaysia should return 'immunity from prosecution' to its sultans.

Round 3 - The State and You

1. THBT liberal democracies should cover the medical costs of individuals who sustain injuries during protests.

2. THW abolish all private schools.

3. THW remove the right to refuse life-saving treatments.

Round 4 - International Affairs

1. THBT the West should not accept military assistance from non-democratic states in their (the West's) support of pro-democratic uprisings.

2. THBT all countries should end the development and usage of cyber-weaponry and cyber-attacks.

3. THBT the United States should end all attacks on Taliban forces operating outside Pakistan.

Quarterfinal - Elections

1. THW allow parents to vote on behalf of their children.

2. THW allow the selling of votes.

3. THW allow prisoners to vote.

Semi-final - Crime & Punishment

1. THW remove the pardoning powers of heads of state.

2. THBT there should be no difference between punishment for attempted criminal acts and those which are successfully completed.

3. THW punish HIV-positive individuals who are convicted for spreading the disease intentionally, due to recklessness or accidentally with the same penalties as murder , manslaughter or negligence resulting in death.

Final - God said What?!

THBT the state should censor religious text which clashes with its laws. 

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Manila Worlds A-Core releases first Web Adj Seminar

The Manila Worlds Twitter team was up early this Thursday, and posted news that the Manila Worlds Adjudication team has posted the first in a series of web-based adjudication seminars in the run up to the Worlds in December. 

Seminar 1 features (1) slides on an introduction to adjudication, (2) a debate topped with (3) oral adjudication from Sam Block, co-CA of the Manila Worlds, and (4) ends with a set of web seminar notes.

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What's happening on debateIndonesia for May

The entire Asian debate community traipses to the tune of the "Merry Month of May", as the days close in on the 2nd United Asians Debating Championships. 

debateIndonesia is all set for this event with our May lineup! Here's a glimpse of what lies in store for debateIndonesia readers:

Bitten - To mark the 15th year since an Indonesian team made its debut on the All Asians debate circuit, debateIndonesia gets in touch with Patsy Widakuswara, Perry Harahap, and Achmad Sukarsono and asks them to reminisce the joy of competing on behalf of Indonesia for the very first time. Photos and cameo appearances included

Matter Loaded - Our guest contributor for May is Patsy Widakuswara, a respected TV journalist for Voice of America who is now based in Washington, DC.  This month, she shares one of her favourite resources for US-based issues. 

Tournament of the Month - No prizes for guessing that our TOTM for May is the 2nd UADC.  Get to know the ins and outs of organising a tournament of regional proportions, spanning all corners of Asia! Nicole Ng (Botswana Worlds Octofinalist, ESL Category) shares her own and her committee's experience with debateIndonesia readers.

Movers and Shakers - Meet Marc Castrodes, an ex-debater from the Mindanao State University (Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines) who is now a successful litigator, public speaking trainer, TV show host, entrepreneur, and politician.  His is not your typical tale of 'rural boy makes it big in the city' .  Read how debating changed his life, and find out how debate can change yours

One of Us - The University of Macau is hosting the 2nd UADC, and is a growing contender in the Asian and Australasian scene.  Learn more about and compare notes with a fellow comrade-in-arms. 

debateIndonesia is also delighted to announce that we will be running a special column called 'Coach's Corner' where guest coaches answer training questions from our readers.

Also, catch the latest updates as they happen at ALSA UI and English Fiesta this weekend. debateIndonesia's volunteers and live reporters will cover both tournaments.

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2011 JOVED - Updated List of Participants

Based on information appearing on the 2011 JOVED website* , 41 out of a maximum of 60 slots have been filled up as the deadline for registration fee payments fell yesterday. 

The updated list of institutions appears below; institutions whose names appear in blue are those who made yesterday's deadline: 

Institution	Number of Teams
1.   BINUS INTERNATIONAL	2
2.   Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya	2
3.   Universitas Hasanuddin	2, payment made for 1 team
4.   Universitas Gadjah Mada	2
5.   Institut Teknologi Bandung	2
6.   Universitas Indonesia	2
7.   Universitas Lampung	2
8.   Bina Nusantara University	2
9.   Universitas Katolik Parahyangan	2
10. Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya	2
11. Universitas Tarumanagara	2, payment made for 1 team
12. Universitas Jenderal Soedirman	2
13. Politeknik Telkom Bandung	2
14. Sampoerna School of Education	2
15. Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana	2
16. Universitas Islam Negeri Maliki Malang	1
17. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta	2
18. Universitas Diponegoro	2
19. Akademi Angkatan Udara	2
20. STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta	2
21. Universitas Dian Nuswantoro	1
22. STKIP Banjarmasin	1
23. IM TELKOM	2

The remaining 19 slots will be filled up by institutions which are currently wait listed.  These institutions and the number of slots allocated for them are: BINUS INTERNATIONAL (1), Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya (1), Universitas Hasanuddin (1), Universitas Gajah Mada (1), Institut Teknologi Bandung (1), Universitas Indonesia (1), Universitas Lampung (1), Universitas Katolik Parahyangan (1), Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya (1), Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (1), Universitas Islam Indonesia (1), STIKES Muhammadiyah Samarinda (1), Institut Pertanian Bogor (1), Universitas Gunadarma (1), UIN Sunan Kalijaga (1), Universitas Bakrie (1), Universitas Negeri Semarang (2).

* Accessed 21st April 2011

2011 JOVED Payment Deadline is today (20 April 2011)

Ghufron Mustaqim, Registration Director for the 2011 JOVED (Java Overland Varsities English Debating Championships), reminded registered institutions that the last day of payment is 20 April 2011 (today). 

Based on data appearing in the 2011 JOVED website *,  the following institutions have settled payment:

Institution	Number of Teams
1.  BINUS INTERNATIONAL	2
2. Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya	2
3. Universitas Gadjah Mada	2
4. Universitas Indonesia	2
5. Bina Nusantara University	2
6. Universitas Katolik Parahyangan	2
7. Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya	2
8. Universitas Tarumanagara	2, payment made for 1 team
9. Universitas Jenderal Soedirman	2
10. Universitas Islam Negeri Maliki Malang	1
11. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta	2
12. Akademi Angkatan Udara	2
13. Universitas Dian Nuswantoro	1
14. STKIP Banjarmasin	1

whilst institutions whose payments have yet to be received are:

Institution	Number of Teams
1.  Universitas Hasanuddin	2
2.  Institut Teknologi Bandung	2
3.  Universitas Brawijaya	2
4.  Universitas Lampung	2
5.  STBA Teknokrat	2
6.  Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia	1
7.  Universitas Lambung Mangkurat	1
8.  Universitas Ahmad Dahlan	2
9.  Universitas Padjadjaran	2
10. Politeknik Telkom Bandung	2
11. Sampoerna School of Education	2
12. Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana	2
13. Universitas Diponegoro	2
14. STMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta	2
15. Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang	1
16. STIK Muhammadiyah Banjarmasin	1
17. Universitas Negeri Malang	2
18. IM TELKOM	2
19. Universitas Sanata Dharma	1
20. Public Health Sriwijaya University	2

In the instance a registered institution fails to meet today's deadline, that institution's teams automatically forfeit their allocated slots and will subsequently be replaced by teams appearing in the wait list. 

* Accessed 20 April 2011.

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BIND 2011 Update - Manila Worlds CA, Assumption Worlds Convener part of A-Core

Invi Atmanegara, incumbent Team Captain of BIPEDS (BINUS INTERNATIONAL Pool of English Debaters), announced today that the Adjudication Core for the 2011 BINUS INTERNATIONAL Debates (BIND) will include Lucinda Teresa David (Co-Chief Adjudicator, 2012 Manila Worlds) and Thepparith "TJ" Senamngern (Assumption Worlds Convener, CA - 2009 ABP, CA - 2010 UADC). 

On its third year, BIND is a national debate tournament initiated by BIPEDS in 2009 which uses British Parliamentary as its debate format.  During its first two years, BIND was held in July. For 2011, due to lingering suggestions to move it to a time which does not clash with final exams, BIND tournament dates have been slated for September 13-16.   

With this latest development, BIPEDS seems to be on its way to keeping a now-growing reputation for hosting a BP tournament which adheres to international best practices, such as bringing world class BP adjudicators to Indonesia, deploying impromptu motions, employing a vetted power matching system, and using the latest BP materials for accreditation.    

Last year, the 2010 BIND had a stellar group of Deputy Chief Adjudicators comprised of Will Jones (2009 Worlds Champion), Can Okar (2010 Koc Worlds Chief Adjudicator), Julia Bowes (2007 Worlds Champion), Sam Natale (Octofinalist, 2011 Botswana Worlds).   

BIND is open to both high school and tertiary level teams from Indonesia and abroad. Teams will have to hurry when registration begins, since the team cap remains at 40 slots.  

Tournament developments can be monitored by following @BIND_2011 on Twitter.  For the more inquisitive, they can send early queries to: bind.regist@gmail.com

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NUEDC Kopertis 3 Update - Dates, Host Uni

Registered Kopertis 3 participants for this year's National Universities English Debate Championships (NUEDC) have received word that the Kopertis 3 qualifying rounds will be held from 26th to 28th May 2011 at the campus grounds of Atma Jaya University in Jakarta. 

The technical meeting will be held on May 19, 2011, although the time, venue and breakdown of activities of both the technical meeting and qualifying rounds were not released, neither were details as to the composition of the Kopertis 3 Chief Adjudicator and his/her A-Core members.

The NUEDC is sponsored by the Directorate for Higher Education (DIKTI) of the Indonesian Ministry of Education.  For the past two years, winners of the NUEDC national level are sent by DIKTI to the Worlds.  This year might prove to be a challenge for NUEDC organisers, as a number of Indonesian universities (including a team using the name of 'DIKTI') did not manage to make it to the 400 allocated slots for Worlds participants.

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Macau UADC - Participants enjoined to complete reg details

With the Macau UADC less than a month away, Jennifer Wang (Registration Director) has appealed to all participants to complete their registration details by going to this site.

Registration details will be used to observe participants' food preferences, arrange airport pick-ups, and accommodate room requests.  

Additionally, the organisers will be using a smart card for the tournament, which will be used for on-site registration and roll calls for the tournament.  

Although no deadline was provided, participants are enjoined to complete this as soon as possible.

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LSIV 2011 - Registration extended

Gabriel Pavico, the Convener of the La Salle Intervarsity 2011, announced to the Asian debate community that registration has been extended to 18 April 2011 (today!) instead of 31 March 2011.  The decision to extend registration was apparently due to a demand from several institutions to extend the registration period. 

The last day for the payment of registration fees will be 22nd April 2011. 

Promoted as the 'pre-UADC tournament you do not want to miss', the LSIV boasts of a strong adjudication core, which include Lucinda David (Manila Worlds CA), Gica Mangahas (UADC Macau CA), Azrul Izzam (UADC Macau DCA), and Phra Chainarong Sangranoi ("LP").

Interested parties can read more about the LSIV by clicking here. 

 

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