{"id":10874,"date":"2011-09-08T20:29:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T18:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/?p=10874"},"modified":"2013-10-07T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:41:00","slug":"wudc-berlin-2013-verstarkung-furs-chefjurorenteam-gesucht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/20110908\/wudc-berlin-2013-verstarkung-furs-chefjurorenteam-gesucht\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted: Deputy chief adjudicators for WUDC Berlin 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Unbenannt-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6500\" title=\"WUDC Berlin 2013 Worlds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Unbenannt-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>Just 15 months until the global debating community is going to assemble in Berlin from December 27, 2012 until January 4, 2013 to compete for the title of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or  Worlds). Right now, chief adjudicators\u00a0<strong>Sharmila Parmanand<\/strong> and <strong>Doug Cochran<\/strong> are looking for deputy chief adjudicators (DCA) to enhance their team. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/pub?id=1746jVj4ooRuV_pgPIfMihVf0YkLAYoJQr-x-gLauBhc\">Please use the application form made available for you by Achte Minute. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the task? Doug gave Achte Minute the answer: DCAs should &#8220;serve alongside us in training judges, setting motions, and generally managing the adjudication of the tournament.&#8221; Sharmila and he are &#8220;looking to &#8220;build the strongest possible team for Berlin Worlds; we\u2019re looking for candidates who can provide the experiences, skills, and perspectives that we can\u2019t.&#8221; As they promised during the bidding period, they want at least one DCA on board who is a non-native English speaker, &#8220;eligible for either the ESL or EFL break, according to current WUDC rules.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three more characteristics candidates should bring along with them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organisational ability &#8211; Is the candidate a capable administrator  and organiser?\u00a0 Do they work well as part of team?\u00a0 When part of  adjudication teams, do they rank, promote, and break judges on the basis  of merit?<\/li>\n<li>Skill as adjudicator &#8211; Is this person a top adjudicator, scrupulous  in reaching the correct decision and willing to invest time in quality  feedback?<\/li>\n<li>Skill as a motion setter &#8211; Does the candidate set motions that are fair and fun to debate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You feel like they&#8217;re looking for you? <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/pub?id=1746jVj4ooRuV_pgPIfMihVf0YkLAYoJQr-x-gLauBhc\">Then fill out the form<\/a>, send it back to both adjudicators via <a href=\"javascript:DeCryptX('1t313s3d0r2o1b0n3d3q3g2B3z1v2f0c0b1f3u2n0i2p1\/1d2q3p')\">s [dot] parmanand [at] wudcberlin [dot] com<\/a> and  <a href=\"javascript:DeCryptX('1e0.2e2q1d0h1s2c2p1A0w1v0d2e2d3h2t0l0i0n1\/1d2q3p3d3q2f')\">d [dot] cochran [at] wudcberlin [dot] comand<\/a> make sure it&#8217;s there before September 30. After that, Doug and Sharmila are going to publish a full list of names and solicit feedback from the global debating community as Doug explained in an e-mail to that very same community.<\/p>\n<p>Die World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC) werden seit 1981  j\u00e4hrlich um den Jahreswechsel ausgetragen, seit 1996 immer im <a href=\"http:\/\/vdch.de\/unterlagen\/regeln\/bps2007.pdf\">British Parliamentary Style<\/a>.  Vom 27. Dezember 2012 bis 4. Januar 2013 wird die Debattierwelt zu Gast  in Berlin sein. Die Gastgeberin, die Berlin Debating Union, erwartet  1.100 Teilnehmer aus mehr als 50 L\u00e4ndern. Das Chefjurorenteam wird  angef\u00fchrt von Sharmila Parmanand (Philippinen) und Doug Cochran  (England). Debattiert wird auf Englisch in drei Sprachkategorien: \u201cMain\u201d  (vor allem Muttersprachler), \u201cESL\u201d (English as a Secound Language, f\u00fcr  Leute mit haupts\u00e4chlich englischsprachigem Unterricht oder Aufenthalten  in englischsprachigen L\u00e4ndern) und \u201cEFL\u201d (English as a Foreign Language,  f\u00fcr Leute, deren Sprachkenntnisse nur auf Schulunterricht basieren).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just 15 months until the global debating community is going to assemble in Berlin from December 27, 2012 until January 4, 2013 to compete for the title of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds). Right now, chief adjudicators\u00a0Sharmila &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[94,152],"class_list":["post-10874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turniere","tag-berlin","tag-wudc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19056,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10874\/revisions\/19056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}