Online WSDC 2020

Hi All,

As promised, here is our CAP report for Online WSDC 2020: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jGiA4ajuV9ik011gpXzpN8wjWk9UYGW_k-2fal3bNmM/edit?ts=5f3fc4c5 #.

Here is a link to our previous post with all the motions from the tournament: 
https://www.facebook.com/OnlineWSDC/posts/855009268362876.

It has been an honour serving as the CAP for this tournament. We are grateful for this opportunity. We will also be presenting a shorter version of this report at the AGM next week.

All the best,
Online WSDC CAP

Online WSDC 2020 CAP report Online WSDC 2020 CAP Report We have structured the report according to key CA/CAP responsibilities. In general, we describe the processes we followed and identify practices that worked well as well as those that could be improved. In some parts, we describe the thinking behind some of the decisi...

Hello All,

Here are the motions we set for Online WSDC. Some elimination rounds have more than one motion because we had to hold the rounds at different times.

Prepared motions for both divisions (prelims):

Round 1: This House would designate specific non-residential areas in which drug users and dealers are legally allowed to buy, use, and sell drugs

Round 3: This House would replace human judgment with computer algorithms in criminal sentencing decisions

Round 5: This House prefers a world where all land was held in government trust and leased out on limited-term contracts

Impromptu motions (prelims):

Round 2 (Maya): THW pay additional benefits to families on welfare according to their child’s performance in school

Round 2 (Aztec): THBT opposition political parties should boycott elections, rather than contest them, when the electoral process is believed not to be free and fair

Round 4 (Maya): THW ban political parties and require all candidates for national public office to seek election as independents

Round 4 (Aztec): THBT multinational companies should be liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their supply chains

Definition: A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in supplying a product or service to a consumer. Supply chain activities involve the transformation of natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer.

Round 6 (Maya): THBT mainstream search engines should refuse to list results with sexist, racist or otherwise offensive content

�Round 6 (one rescheduled match in Maya): THW ban job applicants from disclosing the name of the university that issued any degrees they may hold��

Round 6 (Aztec): THW ban corporate* sponsorship of research within academic or educational institutions

*for this debate, "corporate" means for-profit companies

Elimination rounds (all impromptu):

PDOs:

Motion 1: TH opposes the narrative of sacrifice as a description of the work performed by essential workers during a pandemic

Motion 2: THBT large international institutions (e.g. UN & World Bank) should only accept female country delegates

Motion 3: THW allocate the majority of government sports funding to encourage grassroots participation (e.g.: amateur community clubs, after school sports clubs, etc.) rather than invest in achieving success in prestigious competitions (e.g.: intensive coaching academies, player and personnel salaries, etc.)

Octofinals:

Motion 1: This House prefers a world where each believer established their own connection to God, rather than establishing one through organised religion

Motion 2: THBT social movements should actively use anger to mobalise support for their cause

Motion 3: THW impose criminal liability on individuals who fail to assist a person in danger, when doing so would not place them at serious risk.

Quarterfinals:

Motion 1: THW not distributed emergency and humanitarian aid through non-state groups linked to terrorism

Motion 2: THBT the West should withdraw their military cooperation from India until they restore special privileges to Kashmiris in the J&K region

Info-slide: There is an ongoing dispute between India, Pakistan, and China over territory in the former federal unit of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

J&K was the only state in India to have a majority Muslim population, and there has been a longstanding secessionist movement in this state. The Government of India has consistently responded to this with brutal military repression.

Formerly, J&K also enjoyed 'special status'. They had a separate constitution, flag, and autonomy over internal administration of the state. Only designated permanent residents of J&K could own property, obtain government jobs in the state, receive govt. scholarships, etc.

In late 2019, the Government of India placed major political leaders under house arrest, revoked its special status, and partitioned the state into two territories that the Government of India has direct and complete control over. Non Kashmiris now can buy land and own property, access government positions, etc, effectively ending any special protections for Kashmiris.

Semifinals:

THBT states should reclaim a large proportion of all donations to charities and redistribute it across charities on the basis of their effectiveness

Grand final:

Context: You are a talented, middle-class person in your early twenties about to start your career. You have the choice between a job in which you will make a lot of money and work long hours (e.g., investment banker, corporate lawyer, etc.) and a job which pays less but that you are more passionate about (e.g.: social worker, chef, teacher, small business owner, etc).

Motion: THW choose the job they are passionate about

All best,
Online WSDC 2020 CAP

*** Tab and Speaker Awards ***

The tab is now out and available. Coaches should have received the complete version via email. For the publicly available tab, please go to the following link -
https://tinyurl.com/wsdctab

Included in this tab are the Open, ESL, EFL and New Nation speaker rankings along with the final team rankings of each division.

Additionally, you can find the speaker award presentation here - https://tinyurl.com/speakerawards

Finally, you can find the team award presentation here -
https://tinyurl.com/team-awards

Online WSDC 2020 Tab Aztec Open Tab Aztec Open Speaker Tab Rank,Debater Name,Country,Language Status,R1,R2,R3,R4,R5,R6,Avg,Stdev,Num 1,Ivan Buckland,🇿🇦South Africa,EPL,—,75.17,—,71.83,73.17,74.5,73.668,1.28,4 2,Joe Atkinson,🦁England,EPL,—,—,—,72.5,73.5,74.33,73.443,0.75,3 3,Matthew Anzarouth,🇨🇦C...

All the recorded rounds from Online WSDC 2020 are now online!

Debates from 30+ teams, every motion in the tournament, and the world's best speakers.

You can watch and subscribe here: 👉https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCquNtX33eAg33dezwrK0JDw?sub_confirmation=1

*** Grand Finals Result ****

Congratulations to Team Canada and Team Sri Lanka for an excellent round!! After a tight debate, Canada emerges as champions of Online WSDC 2020!

We want to thank everyone who participated in the tournament. Thank you judges, coaches, debaters and observers!! None of this event would have been possible without you. We hope you enjoyed these past few weeks and we hope to see you all in person soon.

The speaker awards and other relevant information will be posted later today. We will be releasing the tab and other relevant information ASAP.

*** Closing Ceremony ***

Hey everyone, please make sure to join us during the Closing and Award Ceremony!! We will begin in about 15 minutes !!

Online WSDC - Closing Ceremony

*** GRAND FINAL ***

We made it to the GRAND FINAL of the Online WSDC 2020. CONGRATULATIONS to both teams for an amazing tournament and we are sure the Final Round will be of outstanding quality!

On Proposition we have Team Sri Lanka, on Opposition Team Canada.

The motion: THW choose the job they are passionate about.

Debate starts at UTC 13:30 hrs and it will be streamed through FB live or you can join us at our Youtube Channel https://youtu.be/CxHFvX94AC0

*** Grand Final Schedule and Panel ***

Dear Online WSDC Community,

As this tournament nears its end we hope you join us for the final moments! This upcoming Sunday will be the Grand Final of the first edition of Online WSDC, featuring Team Canada and Team Sri Lanka.

The amazing panel for the final is as follows:
- Josh Broomberg
- Senkai Hsia
- Matt Song
- Teck Wei Tan
- Varshini Venkatesh
- Vee Nis Ling
- Clíodhna Ní Cheileachair
- Andrew Fitch
- Tasneem Elias

Included below is the schedule for the Grand Final. 15 minutes after the debate ends is when we will begin the Closing Ceremony which of course will include the announcing of all relevant awards and the result of the Grand Final!

Please make sure to look on this page later on for more relevant schedules and announcements regarding the final day of Online WSDC!!

*** SEMIFINALS RESULT ***

The finals are set!! After 2 back and forth rounds, there are only 2 teams left in competing in Online WSDC 2020...

In one corner, we have a previous champion who is returning to the final for a second year in a row. The first finalist team is team Canada!!!

In the other corner, we have a team advancing to the finals for the very first time. The second finalist team is team Sri Lanka!!!

More details on the finals will be posted soon. We hope you join us for the Finals and Closing Ceremony on the 2nd of August :)

*** SemiFinals Streams ***

In about 30 minutes the SemiFinal debates Online WSDC 2020 will begin!! Congratulations to the four outstanding teams for making this far.

We will be live-streaming both rounds, the links of which are:

Canada vs Singapore - https://youtu.be/Jx28K-AH3OY

Ireland vs Sri Lanka - https://youtu.be/PLf6HJgKscU

The debates are set to start at 1:20 PM UTC

*** QuarterFinal Result ***

The last QF debate is over and Team Canada emerges victorious! Congratulations to both teams for an excellent performance.

The Semi-finals are now set:
1 - Singapore vs Canada
2 - Sri Lanka vs Ireland

The schedule for said rounds are also included in this post. Please be on the lookout for our livestreams tomorrow!

The debates will begin around 1:20 PM UTC + 0 !!

The final Quarterfinal debate is set to start about 20 minutes from now! You can watch the debate at the following link -
https://youtu.be/UjGcu4KXelM

The motion for the debate is included in the following images -