e-Debate: All-Asian Parliamentary Debate

e-Debate: All-Asian Parliamentary Debate

Mechanics:

1. Each college/university is encouraged to send two (2) teams.
2. The debate will be in Asians Parliamentary debate format.
3. Each team must have three debaters.
4. There will be 3 preliminary rounds. The teams will be paired at random for the first round. The teams will be paired according to their ranks in the succeeding rounds.
5. Breaking teams for the semi finals will be based on the win-loss record and not by the accumulated team scores or speaker scores.
6. The top two performing teams during the semis will debate for the championship round.
7. Colleges / Universities should send their list of debaters a before the tournament (November 11, 2010). Names that will be sent will be the official representatives of the colleges/universities in the said event. Late entries and substitutions will not be entertained.
8. Use of any electronic gadgets i.e. (Laptop, cellphone and E-book reader) are not allowed if motions are released, only printed materials are allowed to be used during preparation time.
9. Teams should be at their assigned rooms 5 minutes before the preparation time expires.
10. Five (5) minutes after the preparation time expires, teams which are not yet in their assigned room will be declared default by the chief adjudicator.
11. All Debate round except the finals will be done at Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges on November 12-13, 2010. Finals will be held at Robinson’s Place of Gensan on November 17, 2010.