Preparing for HSMUN 2009

While I hate to be cliché, the truth is that HSMUN will only be as good as you make it. Since HSMUN is a debate driven conference, if delegates are unprepared to discuss intelligently the issues at hand then we may as well all go home. Certainly, our staff are prepared to help you if you get stuck on foriegn policy, need some last minute research, or simply have questions on rules of procedure or how to draft a working paper but there are only 50 of us and 400 of you so we rely on you all to do some prep work before coming to the conference.
So with that being said, we strongly suggest that over the next month you go through the following list in order to make HSMUN a positive experience for everyone.
1) Read over the background papers for your respective committee which we will be sending to your schools at the end of January. You can also find them online here.
2) Read the brief delegate guide which explains what you'll be doing at HSMUN. You can also watch our helpful video on how to be a good delegate.
3) Do some preliminary research.
4) Write your position paper and email it to your committee dais staff. (There is an award for the best background paper from each committee but only entries submitted on time will be considered!)
5) Keep up to date on current events which affect your committee topics and read up on the links provided both on this blog and on your respective committee's blog.
6) Check out the rules of procedure but don't worry if they're a bit confusing. We'll give you a demonstration at the opening plenary.
7) Join our Facebook group!
Good luck on all your exams and remember, you can email your committee dais staff if you have any questions and they'll do their best to get back to you as soon as possible.