Kolluru,+Mahadev

I have been judging LD and Speech events at different Bay Area competitions including Santa Clara and Stanford over past 2 years.

My philosophy is very straight-forward:

1. Participants can ask Judges their preferences before the debate starts. 2. Debaters need to be courteous to and respectful of their opponents - no personal attacks. 3. I am OK if debaters want to __spread__, though am not a big fan.  Participants are free to ask this question before start of competition. 4. Debaters can make __any relevant points substantiated with evidence__ to support their argument, within the guidelines stipulated by the competition organizers. 5. Prefer debaters to __summarize their viewpoints__ supporting their AFF/NEG stand, before concluding their argument. 6. I do follow their debate flows, and monitor dropped lines of thought. Will not readmit dropped flows, in accordance with contest rules.