DEBATE REGULATION OF NEED 2017

DEBATE REGULATIONS OF NEED UMY 2017

1.      The Competition of NEED 2017 will use British Parliamentary System Debate.

2.      There will be 3 rounds of preliminaries and 3 rounds of elimination (Quarter, Semi and Grand Final) rounds.

3.      The technical meeting with Chief Adjudicator on 1st day (April 14th 2017).

4.      Each team is required to face all 3 preliminary rounds on 2nd day (April 15th 2017).

5.      The top 16 teams will face the elimination rounds on 3rd day (April 16th 2017).

6.      Each team consists of two members.

7.  There will be no substitution of member under any circumstances. Changes result in a team considered as walked out (WO) and automatically will not be able to break to top 16.

8.      For any walked out team, the committee will provide swing team to replace the blank spot.

9.   Swing team will not break to top 16. Swing team will still be scored and put into tabulation system but as if they are included into top 16, their position will be deleted and replaced by the team under the rank.

10.     The tabulation system that will be used is tabbies as used in NUEDC and WUDC.

11.  The tabulation is using power match system so team from same institution might meet in    preliminary rounds.

12.  The first preliminary round will be drawn by the tabulation system.

13.  All the motions will be impromptu motions. The motions will not be limited under English Education aspect but more like common range of English Debating motions which might take from National, Economy, Politics and etc.

14.  Case building times will be given for 15 minutes without any additional times.

15.  Participants are not allowed to bring communication tools or gadget during case building times and on the debate except for time keeper while speech. Printed materials are allowed to be brought during case building times but are forbidden to be brought on speech.

16.  The adjudicator result is final.