§ 1 The general information

1. The following regulations specify the conditions of the participation in The Warsaw Negotiation Round 2012, named thereafter “The WNR 2012”, and the course of the competition.
2. The main Organizer of The WNR 2012 is the Student Scientific Association for Negotiation, Communication and Psychology (The SSANCP) active by Warsaw School of Economics, Al. Niepodleglosci 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland.
3. The main coordinators responsible for organization of The WNR 2012 are Aleksandra Lozowska and Patrycja Marton. The Organization Team consists of the members of The SSANCP.
4. The cost of the participation in The WNR 2012:
   1. The Organizer of The WNR 2011 is obliged to cover costs of accommodation and board from 20^th April to 23^rd April 2012.
   2. The costs of accommodation and board are not subject to exchange to money.
   3. The costs of travel and additional accommodation are on the participants’ side.
   4. The costs of any damages made by participants are on the participant's side.
5. The WNR 2012 lasts from Friday, 20^th April 2012 to Monday, 23^rd April 2012 and during that time participants are obliged to participate in all organized events. The absence during these events may cause the team in exclusion from the tournament.

§ 2 The terms of participation in the competition

1. The applicants for the participation in The WNR 2011 must be of legal age binding in the Republic of Poland.
2. There are twelve teams taking part in The WNR 2012, whereas one of those is the winner of Polish Student Negotiation Tournament, chosen in the last edition of this competition prior to The WNR 2012.
3. Each team has to consist of three members, students of the same university. In some cases we may accept teams, that consist of students from different universities, but the team has to represent only one university.
4. Students who take part in The WNR 2012 should be in Economics, Law or Business Studies faculty, however, in some cases we accept students of other specializations.
5. To take part in The WNR 2012 all interested teams are obliged to fill in the application form downloaded from http://www.warsawnegotiationround.pl/apply and apply on time by sending the application form together with the CVs of the team’s members at the indicated e-mail address.
6. The Organization Team for The WNR 2012 chooses 11 teams taking into account the education and the professional background of the applicants, their motivation, the University Ranking (according to The Times World University Ranking 2011 or other) and the diversity of countries.
7. The chosen teams should prepare and send the short presentation about the team’s members.
8. The official list of the participants of The WNR 2012 will be published on 1st of February 2012 on the tournament's website.
9. All the participants give their assent to data processing for use of The WNR 2012 by sending the filled-in application form and all needed documents.
10. The Organizer of The WNR 2012 does not take any responsibility for any problems with the application form sending process that are independent from the Organizer.
11. Any delayed applications forms are not taken into consideration by The Organizer and mean the rejection of the application for the participation in the competition.
12. The Organization Team sends remarks to each team in case of incomplete application.

§ 3 The course of the competition

1. The WNR 2012 is composed of four negotiation rounds treated as qualification rounds to the final round, by which one they are followed.
2. In each round the points are given on the basis of a specially prepared spreadsheet created by a case scenario author.
3. Every round involves solving the negotiation problem, specified in the negotiation cases prepared by the present and/or former members of The SSANCP for use of The WNR 2012 only.
4. Only during the final round the Jury is going to judge the negotiations based on the mentioned spreadsheet and on their judgment of team’s negotiation style. The Jury consists of: specialized experts of negotiation and communication, special honor guests and the author of the final scenario. The exact members of the Jury will be presented on the tournament's website before the beginning of the tournament.
5. The main aim of The WNR 2012 is to appoint the winning team that gets the highest number of points granted by the Jury.
6. The points are granted by the Jury.
7. The Jury grades the negotiation skills of the participants and the terms of the reached agreement among the competing teams.
8. The names and places of venues of each round will be presented on the tournament's website before the beginning of the tournament.

§ 4 Appointment of the Winner and the prizes

1. There will be two teams chosen for the Final Round with the highest score in total from all four negotiation rounds.
2. The winner of The WNR 2012 is the team appointed by the Jury during the Final Round on 22^nd April 2012.
3. The Finalists will receive a trophy and certificate. The Organizer does not guarantee any financial nor material prize.
4. The Organizer reserves the right to change the form of the prize without giving a specific reason.

§ 5 Obligations of the participants.

1. All the participants of The WNR 2012 have to follow the rules stated in the Statute of The WNR 2012.
2. All participants have to be present during all the organized events including, all the negotiation rounds, welcome ceremony, final banquet and others mentioned in the tournament's schedule.
3. Teams taking part in The WNR 2012 are obliged to write a notice in English about the tournament and post it on it's university official website and/or in the university newspaper.

§ 6 Final provision

1. The participation in The WNR 2012 means acceptance of the rules mentioned in the The Regulations of The WNR 2012.
2. The Regulations of The WNR 2012 is the only document specifying the rules of the competition.
3. The Organizer of The WNR 2012 reserves the right to change the form of the Regulations, without previous notice.