Dawson High School’s Second Meeting 9/25/17 Model United Nations Dawson High School’s Club Second Meeting 9/25/17

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AGENDA HAMUN details Club Details Current Events Discussion

HAMUN Details Crisis Committees HAMUN is our most important conference of the year. Date: January 25th-26th but moved to an unannounced date. We will inform you all as soon as possible. Countries selected: - Finland (8), Belgium (8), Slovenia (7), Sri Lanka (6), Jordan (5), Crisis Committees (6), and Belize (4) for a total of 44 delegate seats. - We will get more if necessary Crisis Committees   - International Court of Justice, World War 2, Aftermath of the Korean War, Game of Thrones: Robert’s Rebellion, Mongol Invasion of China

HAMUN Details Part 2 Choosing Delegates Delegate Workshops - Late October and another in January. We could possibly host. - We highly suggest attending at least one of these. Only take about 2 to 3 hours. Choosing Delegates - Last year we used the point system - Not everyone may get the committee and country they want. Everyone should be able to go to this conference

Club Details Remind is our primary source of communication and announcements - The website will have all important information and meeting details, but it is not 100% up to date all the time. Check the website often. Make sure you sign-in to all meetings so we can count your MUN points Make-up meetings only occur for mandatory meetings and will usually occur Tuesday morning in Mr. Fahler’s room, portable 19, at 6:45 am. Members page on the website honors those who are active in our club and are not officers. Easier for colleges when they confirm your ECs

Club Details Part 2 We may not have emphasized enough that we are also a “Current Events” club too and that is what “optional meetings” are for Optional meetings can be mock committees, current events discussions, or debates. Usually on Fridays and will be longer than our “mandatory meetings” Optional meetings are where we can really get to know you personally. Many of you are busy, but want to join Conferences, that is why our meetings are this way ( missing optional meetings do not count against you) Some mandatory meetings will not be purely informational and are intended to prepare you for conference

Club Details Part 3 We will be going to at least 2 conferences. We are aiming to go to a conference in November/December and HAMUN. - The HAMUN Model UN workshop will be useful for those who want to attend the November/December one - If we can’t do a Nov/Dec conference we will do one in March or April Potential conferences include: - Baylor University Conference is 1 day conference in November in Waco (Most likely Nov/Dec Conference) - UT Austin Conference is a 3 day conference in November in Austin

We will have have our first non-mandatory meeting this Friday after school in Mr. Fahler’s room (P 19), which will be a me (Emmanuel Yambq) presenting background information about a topic and a current events discussion