Newsletter & waiver form
The latest newsletter from the Korea Championships has been released. Note that the organisers are asking all under-18s attending the tournament to bring with them a "Consent and Acknowledgement of Risk" form, signed by parents, which is available for download from the WSDC 2007 website.
This form is prepared by the organisers of the 2007 competition in accordance with local law (Alberta, Canada). If you have any questions about it, the Executive recommends you take your own legal advice to check its effect on your rights.
Update, 13th July: The organisers have revised the form in light of comments received. See the new version.
Update, 15th July: And again! See the newer version.
posted by Trevor @ 7:07 am
5 Comments
5 Comments:
Query: a waiver form relating to South Korea but referring to Canadian law????
Well actually, it now refers to both South Korean and Alberta law -it says that those who sign must abide by South Korean law but that the waiver form will be governed and interpreted by Albertan law. I'm not sure why.
It also refers to an Alberta Health number.
It's probably borrowed from a form used in Alberta and people just forgot to properly change it over.
It also refers to "Association" but I don't know whether that means the WSDC or the convening organisation which might be the Korea Debate Association or the Korea Forensics League or an association or committee set up to host Worlds or the event organisers Norman Leach and Associates.
It's a shame if people have to pay money to get legal advice wehen they are already paying lots of money to get to the Championships but the form's got a few problems so people should just take some care.
If, as will be the case in many instances, debaters are over 18 on arrival and legally able to take responsibility for themselves, in what way do they then differ from the adjudicators and coaches who will not be asking their parents to countersign a form for them?
Has there ever been a form like this before? Is a form drafted like this legal and able to be enforced? I've run it past some legal eagles. They say no.
Hi everyone,
The organisers have resolved the problems with the form for the time being. The new form is available now!
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