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Webmaster: To make this email short, you need to apply on the 22nd of June (in 4 days!) and you will have to pay in advance, that means that you are not able just to register the whole cap and then pull teams out. Some countries in Africa and other countrieshave reserved places, so you don't need to worry too much. Are you going to WUDC 2010?
Hello from Turkey!
We are writing with some final details concerning the registration process for Worlds which commences next week. Please read thiscarefully as we hope we have been as clear as possible. If you have any outstanding queries regarding registration, you can contact HasanSadik Arik at
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Exact day and time
The first stage of registration for the Vehbi Koc Worlds 2010 begins on 22nd June 2009 (this coming Monday). Registration will be on afirst-come, first serve basis so you should note the exact time at which registration starts. We will turn on the system at 9am Turkishtime (GMT + 3). For your ease, this means the time will be as follows in some cities around the world (though we advise strongly that youre-check this time as we cannot be held responsible if we have gotthis wrong!):
San Francisco - 23:00pm (21st June 2009)
Ottawa - 02:00am
New York - 02:00am
Dublin - 07:00am
London - 07:00am
Paris - 08:00am
Berlin - 08:00am
Gabarone- 08:00am
Baghdad - 09:00am
Moscow - 10:00am
Mumbai - 11:30am
Dhaka - 12:00pm
Bangkok - 13:00pm
Beijing - 14:00pm
Tokyo - 15:00pm
Sydney - 16:00pm
What you need to do in order to register
At 9am Turkish time on the 22nd June 2009, you can access the registration page by clicking the REGISTER NOW link atwww.kocworlds2010.com. This will redirect you to our registration page. You will only have registered when you enter your details andthen press the Register button. Please ensure that your details are correct, particularly your e-mail address - if you write this wrongly,we cannot send you a confirmation mail and you will face a very
stressful couple of days. The details required at this stage are as follows:
Institution Name, Country, City, Representative Name, Representative Status (is the person who is filling in the form a debater,adjudicator or not attending Worlds), Phone Work/Home, Phone Mobile, E-mail, No. of teams, No. of Adjudicators, Password (that you choose)
Please, please only register as many teams and judges as you plan to send! We will be merciless in our adherence to the pre-payment systemand will delete teams who do not pay their pre-payment as described in our previous mail and on our website (www.kocworlds2010.com). To makeit clear, if you register 3 teams and 2 judges and pay only 500 EUR in pre-payment, we will only accept this as payment for 2 teams and 1judge. If you send an amount that does not correspond to n-1 (i.e. you send 400 EUR), we will take this to mean 1 team and 1 judge and youwill not receive your 100 EUR back. We want to reiterate two important facts about the pre-payment system:1) Once you pay the pre-payment, it absolutely non-refundable. We instigated this approach because last year, teams registered and thendisappeared for months meaning that the teams that eventually took
their slots had to pay exorbitant air-fares. 2) You cannot pay 800 EUR for three teams and two judges in the Second Phase, then reduce yourcontingent to five people and expect the 300 EUR back or to top up
your outstanding balance. Please only register and then pre-pay for teams that you will actually send.
Our policy for nations with notoriously slow internet-access
We have put in place a policy this year that protects the international nature of the tournament and ensures that institutionsfrom nations with slow internet access are not automatically stripped of the opportunity to compete at Worlds. We have set aside 24 teamslots for the nations listed below and institutions from these nations will compete with one another for places at Worlds. If institutionsfrom these nations register in the first 300 teams, this will not affect the 24 team slots - these are independent of the 300 team slotsthat are purely first-come, first serve. The nations we have listed are below but if you believe your nation should be included, pleaseget in touch with
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before Sunday 21st June 2009:
China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, all of the African continent (except for South Africa), all of the South Americancontinent, all of the Middle East (except Qatar and UAE).
We want to reiterate that this does not mean that only 24 teams can come from the above mentioned countries and regions. We are sayingthat in addition to any teams from these countries and regions who register in the first 300 team slots, we will also put aside 24 placesfor the next teams from these countries and regions.
One final note: you will have noticed that we have mentioned 300 teams which are purely first-come, first serve and 24 teams set aside fornations with slow internet access. The remaining 36 team slots are set aside to ensure that every nation that went to Worlds last year can gothis year. These 36 slots will be held until the end of the first registration phase and if untaken will then be given to teams on thewaiting list.
Our n-1 and adjudication registration policy
If you register with 3 teams, you are constitutionally required to send 2 judges. If you send 2 teams, you are constitutionally requiredto send 1 judge. If you send 1 team, you are allowed but not constitutionally required to send 1 judge. If you wish to send morejudges than your n-1 allocation, you should get in contact with Can
Okar at
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He will then speak with the regional DCA and a decision will be made as to whether we can accommodate yourrequest for extra judges.
Some institutions have stated that they wish to send less than the number of judges stipulated by the Worlds Constitution (i.e. less thann-1) either because air-fare is very expensive or because they do not
feel they have sufficiently qualified adjudicators. In this situation, we will expect you to pay the full registration as required by theConstitution (i.e. if you want to send 3 teams, you will be expected to pay for 8 people) but you must get permission from the adjudicationteam first. At the first stage of registration, you should enter 3
teams and 2 judges or 2 teams and 1 judge but you will need to contact Can Okar as soon as possible to let us know that you won't actually besending a judge. We will then use the registration fee you pay to
subsidise an independent adjudicator to take the place of the judge that you should have sent. This policy has been discussed withrepresentatives of the Worlds Council Executive and we believe that it is the most effective way of ensuring that we get the right balance ofserving the interests of teams that want to compete at Worlds without undermining the quality of the adjudication pool.
If you are planning to register as an independent adjudicator, you can do this on the first day of registration. However, you must contact amember of the adjudication team first so that we can ensure that you
are sufficiently qualified. We are able to offer limited subsidies to independent adjudicators who show financial need so please do get intouch with us as soon as possible.
Observers may also register from 22nd June onwards but must contact Hasan at
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and take a look at our website forfurther details.
Communication
We realize that you may need to get in touch with us on the day of registration. We have set up two Skype accounts for which you can addus from tomorrow onwards. These accounts will be live from 8am Turkish
time on the 22nd June 2009 through to 5pm Turkish time on the 22nd June 2009. These accounts are kocworldshotline1 and kocworldshotline2.
You can also call us that day on +90 212 338 19 26. Before then, you an e-mail us at
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. We would be much obligedif you could try to limit your queries on this day and in the mmediate following two days to issues surrounding Phase 1. Once wehave ensured that the Phase has been completed, we will gladly entertain questions regarding payment.
That is a lot of information for you to digest but we hope that it is clear. Let us reiterate, if there are any areas of confusion, pleasedo get in touch with any questions or concerns. We have tried to set up a registration that is fair for all involved, transparent and inthe spirit of our guiding Constitution. We also believe that it is in
the interests of both individual institutions and the tournament as a hole from the perspectives of international involvement and strengthof the adjudication pool.
The 22nd awaits. We are ready - we hope you are too.
With our warmest regards,
Fatih Mehmet Inal and Suleyman Onay
Co-Convenors, Koc Worlds 2010
Hasan Sadik Arik
Registration Officer, Koc Worlds 2010
Can Okar
Chief Adjudicator, Koc Worlds 2010
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