WELCOME Cactus Clash Judges!

Decision in Room Process 

The START of the round: 

The round will commence as per STOA rules.  The competitors from each side will introduce themselves and ask the judge to provide their judging philosophy.  Once this has been completed they will begin the round.  Once again the round will be executed per STOA rules

1. Team Policy Debate Rules and Procedures
2. Lincoln Douglas Debate Rules and Procedures
3. Parliamentary Debate Rules and Procedures 

AFTER the round: 

When the round has come to a completion, the competitors will exit the room and wait outside the door.  The competitors will not pack their items at this time, they will wait to pack up their items after the decision and feedback have been shared. 

You have a couple of resources to help you formulate your decision on the judges table, including: 

• A summary from the live training
• Judge feedback form

10 minutes for Judge Deliberation:

1. Set your timer for 10 minutes.
2. Decide the winning team and circle your decision on the ballot.
3. Circle the speaker points and total the points for each debater.
4. Text a picture of the front of your ballot to the number provided by the tournament.  Logistics Staff will be in the hall outside your door to help with any questions you may have.
5. After the picture is texted, invite the students back into the room to give them your immediate feedback. 

15 minutes for Verbal Feedback to Debaters in the Debate Room:

1.  Set your timer for 15 minutes.
2. Tell the debaters who won and give the reason for your decision.
3. Tell debaters any feedback about the debate that will help them become better communicators.
4. Answer questions of the debaters.
5. After timer goes off, please dismiss the competitors so they can go to their next event.

 Notes:

1. If you ask for evidence to review, please take that into account and reduce your decision time or the feedback time for students.
2. The total time for decision and feedback is 25 minutes for all debate events. You will have an additional 20 minutes after giving the decision to make additional notes to the students, either on the feedback sheet or on the back of the ballot.
3. Once you complete any additional notes. Please return your ballot and any notes you wish to give the students to ballot collect.