Fall Tournament Sign-Up
Fall Tournaments
We will be attending 4 tournaments this fall:
Hart House IV (at the University of Toronto) October 16th-18th. We will be leaving around 1pm on Friday, and returning around supper time on Sunday.
Yale IV October 23th-25rd. We will be leaving in the afternoon/evening on the Thursday, and returning on Sunday, likely around supper time.
Guindon Cup November 6th-8th. We will be leaving very very early in the morning on Friday, and returning very very late on Sunday.
Chancellors Cup November 13th-15th. We will be leaving very early in the morning on Friday, and returning very late on Sunday.
For all tournaments, the club covers your registration (most of your meals) and your accommodation. You're responsible for your share of the car rental and gas - somewhere between $30-$60.
How to sign up:
E-mail Lenny Loewith - training@uwodebate.com - with your name, e-mail, phone number, student number, year of study and faculty (so we can apply for faculty specific funding), and your availability for each tournament. If you are over 21 with a G license, and willing to drive a rental car, or have your own car, please let him know that as well. If you have an exam on the weekend of a tournament, it may be possible to get it rescheduled, so please let us know if you have a conflict.
We need to do tournament selections for the October tournaments very soon, so if you are interested in attending one of those tournaments, please be at both meetings next week and have your tournament availability email in by noon on Thursday.
It would be helpful if you could copy the following list and place your information beside each entry in the email totraining@uwodebate.com
Name
Phone Number
Student Number
Year
Faculty
Tournament Availibility
21+ with G
Bids for the 2010 Vebhi Koc World University Debate Championships
We are sending 1 team and 1 judge to the World Championships in Anatalya, Turkey. We are still trying to secure funding from the University for Worlds. Registration is CDN$653, and flights from Buffalo to Anatalya have been seen for as low as $1000.
If funding for Worlds is secured, you will recieve $700 from the UWODS, to help cover the cost of attending Worlds. For more information about worlds visit www.kocworlds2010.com.
How to Bid
The selection for debaters and judges will be conducted independently, you can bid to attend as both a judge and a debater if you wish. The selection committee for debaters will be chaired by Fiona Simpson (logistics@uwodebate.com), and the selection commitee for judges will be chaired by Lenny Loewith (training@uwodebate.com).
Written bids are due by 11:59pm on Friday, September 25th to Fiona and Lenny as appropriate. You also need to express your interest in bidding to them by noon on Thursday, September 24th so that they can schedule you for an interview in the afternoon of Saturday September 26th. You will notified on Saturday night if you have been selected.
You are required to pay Steve Robins the cost of your registration ($653) by the end of the Monday, September 28th meeting. If you do not pay on Monday, your spot will be given to the next person in line.
What's a written bid?
In your written bid you should respond to the following questions:
1) Of the fall 2009 tournaments (HH, Yale, Guindon and Chancellors) which would you be able to, and which would you be willing to attend?
2) What's your debate "resume"? i.e. competitive achievements, tournaments that you competed at/judged at?
3) What has your past contribution to the UWODS been?
4) How will attending Worlds 2010 improve you as a debater?
5) How will you take what you learned at Worlds to contribute back to the club?
Submissions are not meant to be large, and a simple 1-2 page response is more than adequate.
Kick-Off Show Debate and Meeting Information
Our first meeting will be held on Monday, September 28th, 2009 in Social Science Center (SSC) 2020. Come check out our show debate to see what formal parliamentary debate is like in person. We'll be happy to answer any questions you may have about debate at Western or upcoming tournaments.
We hope to see you on Monday!
Regular meetings will be held Monday and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7:30 starting Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 in the Kresge Building Room 106. The Kresge building is linked to Medical Sciences and the room in on the 2nd floor.
July Update
Only 82 days until Clubs Week One!!!
Clubs Week One is scheduled for September 21-25 from 9AM to 4PM in the UCC
Meetings will begin on September 28 and take place every Monday and Wednesday at 5:30 in UC (University College) Room 204
Don't forget your $20 membership fee! See you there!