International Worlds Schools Debate Tournament in Ljutomer

Pozvánka na mezinárodní turnaj ve formě WSDC, který proběhne 1. - 3. prosince 2011 ve slovinském Ljutomeru.

Slovinská debatní asociace zve české debatéry a rozhodčí na mezinárodní debatní turnaj formátu WSDC. Na turnaji proběhne 6 kol debat a vyřazovací kola. Turnaj je doporučujeme také pro začínající debatéry a rozhodčí.

Termín: 1.-3.12.2011 (vzhledem k programu možno přijet již den napřed)
Místo: Ljutomer, Slovinsko
Účastnický poplatek: 60 EUR v případě ubytování v rodinách, 100 EUR (130 EUR při příjezdu již 30. 11.) při ubytování v hotelu. Doprava na místo není v ceně.
Přihlášky: Zájemci nechť vyplní do 15. 10. 2011 formulář zde.
Podrobné informace v originálu pozvánky:

Dear all,

Za in proti, zavod za kulturo dialoga and Gimnazija Franca Miklošiča kindly invite you all to our traditional International Worlds Schools Debate Tournament in Ljutomer, Slovenia, 1st – 3rd December 2011

You should plan your arrival on Wensday, 30th October or morning on the 1st of December if your travel is short. The tournament will start on the 1st afternoon.

TOURNAMENT 6 debate rounds, quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals. Please, check the tentative schedule at the end of this message. Debates will be in English in Worlds Schools Debate Format. By team we mean 3 debaters – we will not accept teams with 4 or 5 debaters. Debaters should be accompanied by at least one adult who can also judge – 1 team/1 judge, 2 teams/1judge, 3 teams/2 judges.
Tournament will be power paired, for the tabbulation we are using Rich Edwards computer programme.

MOTIONS There will be 3 prepared and 3 impromptu motions.
Prepared motions:
Round 2: This house would stop sending humans into space.
Round 5: This house believes that the governments should be allowed to disable social networks during civil disorders.
Round 6: This house believes capitalism is an enemy of the ecology.
Quarterfinals: This house believes there can be no peace at Middle East without independent Palestinian state.

REGISTRATION There is a team cap of 40 teams. The registration is open now. Deadline for applications is October 25th. Please, fill the application form – in attachment and send it to debata@siol.net

In the cases of multiple entries from one country and if we need to limit the number of teams we will follow the principles of regional diversity giving the privilege to the teams which are supported by the national debate organisations.

PARTICIPATION FEE
Participation fee for the ones who would like to enjoy the home stays with Ljutomer students: 60 EUR, it covers the food during the tournament and other tournament expences. When sending the application form, please, indicate clearly if you want to be in home stay or in Hotel Jeruzalem.

Participation fee for the ones who would like to stay in Hotel Jeruzalem in Ljutomer:
For 3 nights stay (1st – 3rd December) 100 EUR, it covers 3 nights/breakfast/dinner in 2-bed room and food at the tournament.
For 4 nights stay (30th November – 3rd December) 130 EUR, it covers 4 nights/breakfast/dinner in 2-bed room and food at the tournament.

There is a very limited number of single rooms available, the ones who would like to enjoy the privacy of a single room need to pay additional single room cost in clearly indicate they would like to have a single room.

Participation fees should be paid in cash upon arrival.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Arrival on Wensday, 30th October or morning on the 1st of December

Thursday, 1st December 2011
Registration 13.00 - 16.00
14.00 – 16.00 Workshops for debaters and judges (optional)
16.00 Openning ceremony and announcement of the impromptu motion
16.30 – 17.30 Judging briefing
17.30 Debate round 1 Impromptu
19.00 Dinner
20. 00 – 22.00 Country exhibition
Friday, 2nd December 2011
9.00 Announcement of the motion
10.00 Round 2 Impromptu
12.00 Round 3 Prepared
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 Announcement of the motion
15.30 Round 4 Impromptu
18.00 Round 5 Prepared
20.00 Dinner
Saturday, 3rd December
9.00 Round 6, prepared
11.00 Quarterfinals, prepared
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Semi – finals, prepared
16.00 Finals, prepared
17.00 Closing ceremony

ORGANISING COMMITEE:
Martina Domajnko, coach of the Ljutomer Slovenian debate club;
Liana Miholič, coach of the Ljutomer English debate club, more than 10 years judging at the Worlds Schools Debate Championships;
Sašo Pergar, home stays officer;
Bojana Skrt, director ZIP, coach of Slovenian WSDC team for more than 10 years.
Tab will be run by Peter Mesarec and Aljoša Polšak who have considerable experience with running tournaments.

If you have any additional questions, please, feel free to ask. Looking forward seeing you all in Slovenia, Bojana