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From EUDC Judge Briefing.
Rule no. 4
POIs are offered by standing during a speech given by a speaker on the other side of the debate, and saying, “On that point”, “Point of information”, or some variant thereof. When offering a POI, debaters should not use language that conveys, even partially, the content of their POI. There is one exception: Debaters may preface a POI with “point of clarification”, to convey that they wish to ask a clarificatory question about the other team’s definition/policy/alternative.
Once a POI is accepted, the offering speaker has 15 seconds in which to make their point. Speakers holding the floor should not seek, by word or gesture, to cut short a POI before 15 seconds are up. If a speaker holding the floor cuts short a POI, please intervene and permit the offering speaker to finish speaking.
POIs are there to facilitate engagement between teams. If a speaker is given a range of opportunities to take a POI and takes none, this is a breach of the rules. At EUDC 2013, we require speakers to take at least one POI per speech.
If the speaker holding the floor hasn't (yet) taken a POI any team that has offered at least one POI before the five-minute mark may offer POIs at the six minute mark. The speaker holding the floor is then obliged to accept at least one such POI. (If a team that does not fulfill this criterion offers a POI at the six minute mark, the chair and/or timekeeper should inform them that they are "out of order".) This is a rule of debating, just like the rules that specify the order in which speaker's speak. If a speaker takes no POIs, but does not violate this rule, they should not face any penalties. If a speaker is offered a POI in these circumstances, and refuses, the chair should intervene and remind them to take one. If they still refuse, they are cheating.
Rule no. 4
POIs are offered by standing during a speech given by a speaker on the other side of the debate, and saying, “On that point”, “Point of information”, or some variant thereof. When offering a POI, debaters should not use language that conveys, even partially, the content of their POI. There is one exception: Debaters may preface a POI with “point of clarification”, to convey that they wish to ask a clarificatory question about the other team’s definition/policy/alternative.
Once a POI is accepted, the offering speaker has 15 seconds in which to make their point. Speakers holding the floor should not seek, by word or gesture, to cut short a POI before 15 seconds are up. If a speaker holding the floor cuts short a POI, please intervene and permit the offering speaker to finish speaking.
POIs are there to facilitate engagement between teams. If a speaker is given a range of opportunities to take a POI and takes none, this is a breach of the rules. At EUDC 2013, we require speakers to take at least one POI per speech.
If the speaker holding the floor hasn't (yet) taken a POI any team that has offered at least one POI before the five-minute mark may offer POIs at the six minute mark. The speaker holding the floor is then obliged to accept at least one such POI. (If a team that does not fulfill this criterion offers a POI at the six minute mark, the chair and/or timekeeper should inform them that they are "out of order".) This is a rule of debating, just like the rules that specify the order in which speaker's speak. If a speaker takes no POIs, but does not violate this rule, they should not face any penalties. If a speaker is offered a POI in these circumstances, and refuses, the chair should intervene and remind them to take one. If they still refuse, they are cheating.
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