Proposals for Rule changes

Mark Gabriel writes:

The 2007 meeting of the World Schools Debating Council will be held in Seoul on the morning of 11 July (prior to the Grand Final of this year's World Schools Debating Championships that afternoon).

Each country which sends a team to this year's World Schools Debating Championships shall be entitled to send one official delegate to the meeting, plus a few additional observers (both delegates and observers will have speaking rights at the meeting, though only the official delegate for each country will have voting rights).

The World Council must be informed of any motions to amend the WSDC Rules one month in advance of the meeting. Such motions will then be discussed at the meeting and shall require a two-third majority of delegates voting in favour of them to be adopted into the WSDC Rules.

The Executive Committee is proposing six amendments to the WSDC Rules to be considered at the World Council meeting:

- Proposal E1: Incorporation of World Schools Debating Championships
- Proposal E2: Eligibility of competing nations
- Proposal E3: Code of Conduct
- Proposal E4: Team managers and team coaches
- Proposal E5: Dealing with complaints about judges
- Proposal E6: Guidelines for determining ability to judge debates

Details of these proposals can be found in the documents linked below.

Additionally we have been informed that New Zealand, Canada and Singapore intend to propose changes which are included in the documents.

Delegates from countries who have entered teams in at least two of the last three World Schools Debating Championships will be entitled to vote on motions to amend the WSDC Rules. Delegates from countries who have not entered a team in at least two of the last three championships will be entitled to vote on any other matters raised at the meeting, but not on motions to amend the Rules.

Regards,

Mark Gabriel
Secretary
World Schools Debating Council Executive Committee

• Proposed Rule changes
• Code of Conduct