A common problem in university debating societies has been running the tab fairly. I have software which I wrote several years ago but lost contact with those I knew in the debating community since after I graduated. Anyone out there looking to new options for running a tab are more than welcome to give Zorro a test run free of charge. It is a web based system. It has only just been revived after several years of laying dormant on my old university computer society server account. It has been dusted down but could probably do with a complete rewrite, there are more than likely still bugs in the system and for this I would like to draw on the debating community for help in tracking down these bugs and developing a robust system. As far as I can remember the speaker allocation is finished but might need some pruning and refinement to become an industrial strength application.

I would look forward to any comments and ideas from anyone willing to give the system a trial run, a few live tests to see how the system runs in real world debating scenarios would be of immense use in improving the system, I would however for the moment recommend that Zorro be used alongside an existing known-to-work tab system (if such exists!).

To get setup with Zorro send an email to me requesting a login.

Perhaps let the dust settle after Vancouver and then investigate new tabbing options for the year ahead. In the meantime, to anyone in Vancouver, happy debating!

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