EUDC Provides record of Past Council Decisions

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Council decisions 2002-2007

Haifa 2002
Proxy voting allowed – used by Netherlands and Turkey
Needed better representation of EUDC in IONA
Zagreb wins the bid for 2003 (unopposed)

Zagreb 2003
Wales recognized as a country under the EUDC. (this decision was overruled in Durham 2004 because the vote was carried out without the 2/3 majority which is needed for Constitution change).
Recommendation regarding new countries-Conclusion: “We recommend that we draw a new law that relates a list of countries, which are allowed to participate in the European Championship, and gives the organizing committee the authority to allow a one year exemption to countries out side of said list if they express an interest in participating. The European Council of that same year will have to make a rolling ruling about the country from then forth”.
Web site - Conclusion: Derek Lande Volunteered to moderate the EUDC mail list. He will also try to find someone willing to take upon them selves the web site. Meanwhile it might be a good idea to take the existing site off the web and if we can’t find someone by next year to continue this work we should re-visit the idea of making it the hosts’ responsibility.
Debating in Europe
As part of a suggestion to strengthen connections between debaters and debating societies in Europe it’s been suggested that the EUDC mailing list is used as a contact platform for European debaters.
Seeing how the most of the people on the list at the moment are not actively participating in the championship it’s been suggested that the executive committee for Zagreb Europeans includes in its final e-mail a call to all participants to join the list.
There was also a suggestion to start working towards creating a European debating body, similar that of Austral- Asians (or APDA) the head of which can be a properly elected European representative to the world committee.
Durham wins the bid unopposed

Durham 2004
Constitution changes- see Constitution as it stands now
Wales- voted again and not recognized as a country under the EUDC
Yugoslavia- changes in Serbia and Montenegro (as separate two countries)
Czech Republic placed from North and West Europe to Central and Eastern Europe
Kosovo- decision made that the Council shall discuss recognition of Kosovo when Kosovo's institutions not only apply for the championships (like in the case of Durham) but when they arrive and present their case to the Council
Cork wins the bid unopposed

Cork 2005
National eligibility: Council supports the principle that hosts should err on the side of inclusion in accepting borderline countries.
Institutional eligibility: RRIS and IDC (Israel) recognized as separate institutions, Zagreb and Zagreb Law (Croatia) recognized as separate institutions.
Two bids presented Berlin and Istanbul. Berlin wins 8-7

Berlin 2006
Regarding the ESL status the EUDC will take into consideration the guidelines given by the Worlds Council.
Istanbul wins the bid unopposed.

Istanbul 2007
No distinction between medical and cultural food requirements. – Hosts can’t discriminate in registration fees and catering when food is considered.
Ljubljana and Ljubljana law are not recognized as separate institutions.
The Council shall follow the same guidelines, as the Worlds Council, the responsibility lies with the institution to request deviation from the rule.
Hosts should seek to reserve at least one place for every nation that was presented in the last years European Council.
Council recognizes the need for and would strongly encourage hosts to make rationalization for break rounds available to the entire European community.
Azerbaijan is placed in South East Europe.