END of the "Registration & Payment" Period

Hello again!

The Registration and Payment Period for International Islamic University Malaysia's Debate Open (IIUM Debate Open) has been officially closed.

For teams that have not completed their payments, please be aware of the chance of you being bumped out of the list as we have a long waiting list that has mostly completed their registration and payments, and are just waiting for spots.

We advise those who have not completed their payments to do so by the end of tomorrow's working day - 29th of July 2010.

For teams who have completed your payments, BRAVO and Good Job to you and we are looking forward to having you here at our tournament come August 13th, next month.

Also, please ensure that all details we require, have been sent to us. Most importantly, keep us updated if there are any changes in the order of teams and adjudicators.

We're excited to have reached this far and we're excited to have you all come to our tournament. We will continue to update all of you regarding the tournament over the next 2 weeks.

Lastly, we are proud to inform all of you that we have hit the 90 team mark for the tournament and we still have more wanting to participate, so if you have yet to register and you're bumped out of the list, then we hope to see you there at the IIUM Debate Open non the less, as spectators.

Cheers,

Sheikh Muhammad Faizal,

Convener IIUM Debate Open.

Extension of Payment Period

Greetings fellow debaters,

With one day before the closing date of the registration, we gladly inform you that we have reached and gone past the 60 team cap.

However, due to demands from institutions for us to increase the team cap for the tournament, IIUM Debate Open is now a tournament with a team cap of 80 teams, but only 4 teams per institution may break, just like before.

With an extra 20 spots up for grab, the hosting university has selected a few institutions of which we believe to have a large pool of new debaters. But of course to ensure fairness is still kept going in our tournament, we ensure that the 20 teams that will be filling up the extension of our team cap to be non-breaking teams.

This is to ensure that more new debaters will gain experience in the tournament; without risking the competitiveness among teams that are eligible to break.

Also to the teams that have registered/ reserved spots,

Please continue to email us and update us should you :-

*have not submitted the names of the participants from your institution

*have not completed details required by us (i.e IC number, contact number, accommodation and lunch)

*have not submit the names of the adjudicators

*have not made payments of the tournament.

We will send an confirmation e-mail confirming your spots after the payment is done.

Please contact us directly via phone or via email should you have any problem with regards to the tournament.

Also, we have postponed the last day of payment to next Wednesday, the 28th of July. All teams are advised to complete the process of payment before then.

Regards,

Sheikh Muhammad Faizal

Convener IIUM Debate Open.

Payments Part III

Hi again,

Our registration is closing very soon. The timer on the top right of the page says that very clearly. We'd like to remind all teams that have registered to complete the payments as we are looking to open up the slots if teams fail to pay on time.

If you have any problems on making sure payments are completed before the closing date, please e-mail us and tell us what the problem is and give us a date that we can expect the payments to be made.

And for those who find it difficult in finding a scanner, technology has made life easier. Use your camera on your phone if you have one.

-Snap a CLEAR picture of your receipt.

-Upload it to your e-mail

-Send it in to our official e-mail address

And don't forget to bring the receipt on the day of registration. This is to ensure that should there be a complication in tracing your money, you can say, "Here is the receipt, SUCKERS".

For those who have not given us the full details of your institution, please do so.

Regards,

Sheikh Faizal Al-Ayubi

Convener IIUM Debate Open

Payments Part II

Greetings debaters,

As you may see on the right side of this blog; there is a counter that indicates the days left for both closing date of registration and also to the tournament.

Kindly be reminded for those who have not registered for the tournament to do so before the closing date; as we have only 20 spots left for grab.

And we are still looking forward to emails from institutions who have reserved spots but yet to complete the registration details such as :-

• The number of teams the institution is sending
• The number of judges the institution is sending
• The names of the debaters and judges
• Contact number and IC numbers of both debaters and judges
• Mode of payment (Cash, Cheque or Invoice)
• Whether you will be needing accommodation (and the choice of package)
  
• Whether you will be needing lunch

So kindly update us on the list so we could complete the registration for your institutions.

Prior to this post,

We would like to inform institutions that will be paying via invoice; to notify us as soon as possible.
This is to ensure that we can get the invoice sent to your institution before the deadline, and to also make sure that your institution's registration process would be completed.
For this invoice, we will be needing the number of participants that will be participating in this tournament, i.e :-

2 teams - 4 debaters and 2 judges. (RM80 x 6)
With/Without accommodation. (depending on the charge for your accommodation choice)

This is for us to prepare the invoice accordingly.
Once you have finalised how many teams you are sending, email us at iiumdebateopen@gmail.com to request for an invoice.

Also, for any inquiry with regards to the tournament,
you can directly contact us at :-

Khadijah - 012-6187905
Sheikh Muhammad Faizal @ Habib - 013-6033203

or email us at our official email address.

Thank you, good day :)

Regards,
Khadijah bt. Shamsul
Deputy Convener
IIUM Debate Open

Official Invitation Letter

Greetings fellow debaters!

It is already 3rd of July. Just a reminder that for those who have yet to register; that you have exactly 20 days from the deadline to do this. We are looking forward for your registrations and come make this a fun competitive tournament :)

With regards to official invitation letter,
We believe it is only procedure for our institution to send a formal invitation to your respective institution in ensuring your registration in our tournament flows smoothly.

Of course this does not apply to all the universities and colleges,
However we would like to notify that should your institution request for an official invitation letter before approving your participation to our tournament, kindly request for it by sending us an email at iiumdebateopen@gmail.com.

Also include the name/position of the person we are referring to and the institution name so we can prepare the invitation letter accordingly and email it to you.

Cheers, Good day.

Regards,
Khadijah bt. Shamsul,
Deputy Convener
IIUM Debate Open.