2011 WSDC - Prepared Motions launched

As previously announced, the WSDC Prepared motions were released yesterday at midday GMT (6pm in Indonesia).

The Prepared Motions and their corresponding rounds are as follows:

Round 1  This House would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
Round 3  This House believes that Universal Primary Education is a misallocation of resources for the  

                developing world
Round 5  This House would legalise the sale of human organs
Round 7  This House believes that women can only achieve equality under a secular system of government
 

The Grand Final  This House believes that autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook

Other motions for the upcoming tournament in August will be announced one hour before their respective rounds.

The members of the Motions Committee for this year's WSDC are:  Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed, Christopher Bishop, Thepparith (TJ) Senamngern, Eva Spoor, and Cameron Wyllie.  Simon Quinn is the current chair. 

The Chief Adjudicators of the 2011 Dundee WSDC are: Beth James and Andrew Marshall.

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2011 WSDC - Prepared Motions to be launched on June 1, 2011

In a message published at the 2011 World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) website, Beth James (Co-CA of the 2011 Dundee WSDC) announced that prepared motions for the 2011 WSDC will be deployed today, at midday GMT (that's 6pm in Jakarta). 

Her message is replicated below:

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Dear all

I am pleased to announce that the prepared motions for WSDC Dundee will be released at midday GMT on 1st June 2011. The motions will be uploaded as a PDF document on the official WSDC Dundee website http://wsdctournament.wordpress.com and I will publish the URL link to access this document on the Netpals and registered participant mailing lists and on the main WSDC website, facebook page and blog. 

Regards

Beth James

Co-CA WSDC Dundee 2011

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A new resource for the WSDC format

One challenge for a World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) coach from our part of the world is, other than Simon Quinn's book on the format, there is little resource available on the web to help a novice coach direct the training of a team going to the WSDC.  

One reason for this is most WSDC training is derived from experience, and not the one-off sort of experience, but repeated exposure to the tournament, its nuances, its rules, - not to mention an enduring love affair with debate and oratory.

Enter Samuel Myat San, a "debate addict" (going by his own words), who started as a debater for the Anglo-Chinese Junior College Debate Team and the Singapore National debate team. He eventually became the vice-president for the Harvard University Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society, which allowed him to focus on novice Harvard debaters and adjudicators.

Samuel has culled together his wealth of experience as a debater, adjudicator and coach to produce Debateable! , a free internet resource which features debate topics such as: "the set up", "case construction", "the arguments" and more. 

Readers are also treated to topics on debate strategies such as "debate research", "the psychological dimension of debate", and "training tips". 

NOTA BENE: The information on the website is free, and Samuel requests that the web site contents not be held out for sale.

Here's to more resources like this on the internet!

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2011 National Schools Debating Championships

The official selection for the top high school speakers from Indonesia to represent the country at the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships will be held on 26th May to 1st June 2011 at the PPPG Bahasa (Gardu Srengseng Sawah).  This is according to one of the current 2011 Team Indonesia Coaches, Ahmad Naufal Da'i.  

The 2011 NSDC Committee officially opened the bid for Chief Adjudicator for the 2012 Team Indonesia selections through an early email posted on Indodebaters.

The following criteria will be considered by the selection committee in choosing the Chief Adjudicator:

1. Past accreditation (preferably ISDC or WSDC);
2. A-core and adjudicating experience (preferably ISDC or WSDC); and
3. Debate experience & achievements.

Interested parties can submit their CVs through email with the subject line "NSDC CA Application" .  Each resume should contain a maximum number of 3 examples per the abovestated criterion.

Additional queries should be directed to Aditya Rahman  at +62 853 2802 0819.

Detailed information re: the rundown, the rules, the venue will also be announced on Indodebaters.

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