2015 LMC Regional Debate Tournament

2015 LMC Regional Debate Tournament Burnaby Mountain Secondary School is pleased to host this year’s LMC Regional High School Debate Tournament. We are excited to offer this opportunity to teams who have gone to at least one DSABC sanctioned tournaments this year. The key details and dates for the tournaments are listed below. Date: January 31st, 2015 Time: 8:00AM – 6:00PM Location: 8800 Eastlake Drive, Burnaby BC V3J 7X5 Registration Fee: $70/team or $35 per debater Registration: December 1st – December 20th Team Cap: 5 teams per school Judging Requirements: One judge per team Senior Format (Grades 11 & 12) The format for seniors will be CNDF for all rounds. There will be two prepared rounds in the morning, and two impromptu rounds in the afternoon. The senior prepared resolution is: THBT selfdetermination through referenda should be respected. You will be debating both sides. Junior Format (Grades 9 & 10) The format for juniors will be Cross Examination Style for the first two rounds (the prepared rounds), and CNDF for the last two rounds (impromptu rounds). The junior prepared resolution is: BIRT there should be quotas for Aboriginal MP’s in the House of Commons. You will be debating both sides. Novice Format (Grade 8) The format for novices will be Cross Examination Style for all four rounds. There will be two prepared rounds, and two impromptu rounds. The prepared resolution is (the same as the junior resolution): BIRT there should be quotas for Aboriginal MP’s in the House of Commons. You will be debating both sides. CNDF Times Speaker Seniors Juniors 1st Proposition 8 minutes 6 minutes 1st Opposition 8 minutes 6 minutes 2nd Proposition 8 minutes 6 minutes 2nd Opposition 8 minutes 6 minutes 1st Opposition Reply 4 minutes 3 minutes 1st Proposition Reply 4 minutes 3 minutes Speaker Juniors/Novices Seniors 1st Affirmative 4 minutes 5 minutes Cross Examination by 1st 3 minutes Negative 3 minutes Cross Examination Times 1st Negative 4 minutes 5 minutes Cross Examination by 2nd Affirmative 3 minutes 3 minutes 2nd Affirmative 7 minutes 8 minutes Cross Examination by 2nd Negative 3 minutes 3 minutes 2nd Negative 7 minutes 8 minutes Cross Examination by 1st 3 minutes Affirmative 3 minutes Negative Reply 3 minutes 3 minutes Affirmative Reply 3 minutes 3 minutes Registration Registration opens on the 1st of December and will close on December 20th. Each school will be able to send a maximum of 5 teams, but can add teams that they want to have on the waitlist in the case that we can let in more teams. Registration will be completed via your regional coordinator. Please send the team pairings, name, grade, judge, and dietary restrictions for each student to your regional coordinator Dena Tabyanian at [email protected]. Registration for the tournament will be on a first come, first serve basis. By December 22nd your regional coordinator will send out the list of teams that have made it into the tournament from your main registration list and your wait list. By December 25th if there are any cancellations you will need to tell your coordinator, as after this date cancellations are no longer allowed and debaters must pay the registration cost regardless of whether they attend unless in the case of an emergency. Cheques must be mailed to Burnaby Mountain by January 9th, made out to Burnaby Mountain Secondary School. Judging Requirement In order to have a good tournament we need judges. As a result, we require that schools provide one judge per team that they register. Each judge at the tournament will be provided with a judging guide, and a judges briefing explaining how to judge debates. Judges must be over 18 years of age OR have at least four years of debating experience. Student coaches or experienced senior debaters are welcome however not preferred. Schools that have concerns about their ability to meet the judging requirements should contact the regional coordinator as early as possible. We strongly encourage all adults present to participate in the tournament as judges. Those adults who choose not to judge and who are not coaches or chaperones representing a school will be charged an observer fee of $15 if they require meals. Meals We will provide meals for debaters, judges, and coaches including a light breakfast and lunch on the day of the tournament. Vegetarian options will be available, and we will do our best to accommodate other dietary restrictions provided that we are made aware of them. Schedule 8:00 – 9:00 Registration & Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 Judges/Debater Briefings 10:00 – 11:00 Round 1 Prepared 11:30 – 12:30 Round 2 Prepared 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 2:00 Impromptu Topic 1 Announced 2:00 – 3:00 Round 3 Impromptu 3:30 – 4:00 Impromptu Topic 2 Announced 4:00 – 5:00 Round 4 Impromptu 5:30 – 6:00 Awards If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact [email protected] or [email protected] Sincerely, Norina Sun (Tournament Director) & Dena Tabyanian (Regional Coordinator)

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