Hi delegates, I hope everything has been going well for you all these last few weeks. With conference just less than three weeks away (I hope you're all excited!), a few of our upcoming posts will discuss some things that are going to be important during conference weekend.
For this post, we'll be talking about crises and what that means for you. As I've mentioned in an earlier post, we have several crises for both topics planned for you all, and these crises are going to be spread out over the course of the weekend. So what should you expect? Well to be honest, I can't say for sure - how the committee adapts to the crisis is largely on how you all choose to respond. Crises in committee will be a combination of urgent events and news updates - each of these crises are events that we as a dais anticipate will happen between now and 2030, and they will vary in terms of their urgency.
When a crisis starts, we won't necessarily introduce anything you're not familiar with if you've never done a crisis committee before. There'll be no need for directives or communiqués or anything of that nature. With that being said however, it is likely that the crisis will change the flow of debate and quicken the pace, and moderated caucuses are generally a great way to perhaps table the topic in order to address the crisis at hand. Ultimately, we don't want you to dwell too long on the nitty gritty details of the crisis, but when writing your resolutions, we hope that you integrate those discussions into your solutions. As far as preparation for the crises goes, just be ready to think on your feet!
Additionally, a quick reminder that if you would like to be considered for any committee award, position papers need to be turned in by tomorrow night, Monday February 15th, before 11:59 PM. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email anyone on our dais to let us know.
For this post, we'll be talking about crises and what that means for you. As I've mentioned in an earlier post, we have several crises for both topics planned for you all, and these crises are going to be spread out over the course of the weekend. So what should you expect? Well to be honest, I can't say for sure - how the committee adapts to the crisis is largely on how you all choose to respond. Crises in committee will be a combination of urgent events and news updates - each of these crises are events that we as a dais anticipate will happen between now and 2030, and they will vary in terms of their urgency.
When a crisis starts, we won't necessarily introduce anything you're not familiar with if you've never done a crisis committee before. There'll be no need for directives or communiqués or anything of that nature. With that being said however, it is likely that the crisis will change the flow of debate and quicken the pace, and moderated caucuses are generally a great way to perhaps table the topic in order to address the crisis at hand. Ultimately, we don't want you to dwell too long on the nitty gritty details of the crisis, but when writing your resolutions, we hope that you integrate those discussions into your solutions. As far as preparation for the crises goes, just be ready to think on your feet!
Additionally, a quick reminder that if you would like to be considered for any committee award, position papers need to be turned in by tomorrow night, Monday February 15th, before 11:59 PM. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email anyone on our dais to let us know.
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