to be eliminated. The modern championship grants voting strength of between one and four votes per country, based on numbers of institutions attending recent championships. To allow for fluctuations in participation due to the financial difference in attending championships nearer or further in succeeding years, nations lose or gain their voting strength gradually. The current chair of the council and the committee is Martha McKinney-Perry from the College Historical Society. Notable controversies Thailand WUDC 2020 There was concern over the public debate of Hong Kong in the Open Grand Final motion. This led to walk-outs during the debate. After the live-stream, all recordings of the debate were deleted and the motion was erased from the tabulation software. Many participants had names removed from the public record retroactively once the competition was over. The organizing committee claims this was done to respect participants' privacy and denies pressure from any national body or representative. Cape Town WUDC 2019 Accusations of racism were made against members of the organising committee over treatment of participants. On the last day of the competition and just before the Open Grand Final was to begin, an organised protest took place and disrupted the event. Rather than delay the Open Grand Final, speakers and judges were relocated to an undisclosed room and the debate took place in private. This action was the subject of further controversy due to perceived undermining of an anti-racist cause. Chennai WUDC 2014 This tournament is notable for several controversies. This included "tracking registration payments, to issues with getting participants visas, allocating hotel rooms, picking participants safely up from the airport, toilet paper disappearing, insufficient food provision, and dangerous dirt bike socials". Discontent among judges who had been offered payment in return for participation resulted in strike threats, jeopardizing the 7th round of the tournament. There were also complaints from Pakistani participants of detention by Indian immigration authorities. List of Tournaments Trans-Atlantic University Speech Association The "HONEYWELL" - World Debating Festival List of notable alumni Christian Porter, Australian Member of Parliament Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas Tara Zahra, U.S. historian Wu Meng Tan, Singaporean Member of Parliament Vikram Nair, Singaporean Member of Parliament Adam Spencer, Australian Comedian Craig Reucassel, Australian Comedian Daniel Mulino, Australian Member of Parliament Stephanos Bibas, U.S. Circuit Court Judge John Gastil, Professor of Political Science David Celermajer, Australian Cardiologist Kevin Sneader, global manager partner of McKinsey & Company Austan