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Hey maddies due to some unforeseen circumstances and team preferences we have decided to push sorensen's back a week. This is good news for most of you as it gives you more time to sign up and get in some Australs training before trials 🙃

Sorenson's sign up form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CfXsb-1WqPB6nMHpZnWN4YhL8lQGeH7l4wx8B_95OT8/viewform?c=0&w=1 Hey guys just a reminder Sorensen's is set to kick off next monday, so Sign up ASAP smile emoticon

Monash Association of Debaters

LAST MINUTE EASTERS ADJUDICATOR SPOT MAD has one spot remaining to adjudicate at the upcoming Easters tournament. It will be held at Melbourne Uni from 27th March (this Sunday) – 31st March. It is one of the largest uni debating tournaments in Australia, with teams from over 15 universities travelling to Melbourne to compete. MAD is sending a contingent of over 50 members to debate and adjudicate. More general information about the tournament is available here: http://melbourneeasters.wix.com/home IMPORTANTLY: This remaining spot is a 'Stay at Home' spot. This means that your registration fee will include access to all debates, meals and socials, but NOT accommodation in the city. The registration fee for these spots is $170. If you are interested in this spot, please send an email to Andrew BLT at externals@monashdebaters.com ASAP.

Sorenson's sign up form

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CfXsb-1WqPB6nMHpZnWN4YhL8lQGeH7l4wx8B_95OT8/viewform?c=0&w=1 Our first internal competition of the year is called Sorensen. We will be trialling a 2 tiered internal tournament for Sorensen in 2016. There will be an open and novice category, where teams from each category exclusively debate with each other. There will be a break to finals for both categories. Tier One: Open Category Each team must be a team of 4 people. Out of the 5 rounds in Sorensen, each team must field a 4th member to adjudicate 3 out of the 5 debates to be eligible to break. Teams can rotate the 4th person who’s adjudicating each round. Tier Two: Novice Category Teams of 3 or 4 depending on capacity. Each novice team will get the assistance of an adjudicator for the first part of prep to assist them with brainstorming ideas for their case. A novice is anyone who is in their first year in MAD (i.e. 2nd years who haven’t been to Easters do not qualify). - if you require clarification on if want to move in between the categories please contact us. Any further questions should be directed to our internals officer, at internals@monashdebaters.com.

We are very excited to announce our contingent for Easters 2016: MONASH 1 Alex Lawrence Gabby Stolzenhain Subi Ramesh MONASH 2 Amy Gilbertson Mary Pirozek Andy Downie MONASH 3 Allan Quanchi Tanaya Joshi Andrew Moore MONASH 4 Andrew Elder Martha O'Hagan Judith Apte MONASH 5 Reece Hooker Ryan Ahern Karan Luthra MONASH 6 Peter Vicary Harrison Jones Murphy Bong MONASH 7 Beatrice Paull Prithi Rajiv Laurel Trinh MONASH 8 Shara Teo Nicholas Campbell Ashwin Agarwal MONASH 9 Amelia Kearney Natasha Pace Steven Dickson MONASH 10 Keefe Chan Laura McArthur Boris Lam MONASH 11 Albert Ho Emma Buckthorpe Seamus Horan MONASH 12 Nathan Steinkoler Glenn Donahoo Joshua Sim ADJUDICATORS: Freya Boppha Rich Shourye Dwivendi Maria Angelica Arteaga Jaime Mayank Adlakha Rohan Waring Wallace Huang Kelvin Ng Keith James Beth Hosking Sophia McNamara Joyce Li Rhea Navani (Independent) Ovindu Rajasinghe (Independent) Andrew Belyea-Tate (Independent) Thomas Stansfield (Independent) Molly Dale (DCA)

Monash Debating Review – An annual publication of the Monash Association of Debaters

The Monash Association of Debaters is extremely proud to announce the publication of the 2015 Monash Debating Review, the world's only peer-reviewed debating journal. Thank you to our Chief Adjudicator Syed Saddiq and all associate editors for their tremendous hard work in publishing this. You can read all the articles or download a pdf copy at http://mdr.monashdebaters.com/

REMINDER: Member training tonight will be in R6 (Rotunda building, lecture theatre 6). There will be sessions for - Novices and new members - Intermediate/pros - ESL + Public Speaking. Plus practice debates after a free BQQ dinner! Priority will be given to new members, so this is the week to come give speaking a go! Hope to see you there. 😄 Allan - Member Training Officer.

2016 Easters Adjudicator Sign-Up

REMINDER: EASTERS ADJUDICATOR SIGN UPS CLOSE TONIGHT If you are interested in coming to Easters (27th-31st March, Melbourne) as an adjudicator please fill in this form before 11pm tonight! 2nd year members and above are particularly encouraged to express their interest. First years may also apply, but note that significantly more places will be available for first years to participate in the Novice Program as debaters. If you have any questions please contact Rhea Navani at novices@monashdebaters.com, or Andrew Belyea-Tate at externals@monashdebaters.com https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10YOHdP8gdaqkj9YZErx8Uh5kRm_PgfZpFqf91tdo3XU/viewform

Team Leader Applications - Semester 1 2016

REMINDER: TEAM LEADER APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY All MAD members in 2nd year or above are encouraged to apply to lead a team as part of the 2016 Novice Program. Team Leading is a fantastic opportunity to mentor new members of the club and develop your own skills as a debater at the upcoming Melbourne Easters, President’s Cup, and at our internal debates on Monday nights. Applications close Monday 7th March (this coming Monday) at 11pm. Please note that if you are applying to lead a team for the first time, we would appreciate receiving your application before Sunday 6th March (this Sunday). If you have any questions please contact Rhea Navani at novices@monashdebaters.com https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GRU2RlV-ed0Jb-zB81KBI2a9e-AJhBK1_K_FbNLhMPw/viewform

Commencement Picnic and Drinks

Timeline Photos

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