NOTE: GOMUN is currently operating solely on Discord for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Please contact [email protected] or @gohsmun on Instagram if you are interested in joining.
What do I do in the Grand Oaks MUN team?
As a member of GOMUN, you aren't just being trained to be a delegate—you are learning the skills you need to be a persuasive public speaker, detail-oriented researcher and writer, effective policymaker, and informed global citizen.
Whether you attend our Grizzly Den or afterschool meetings, you will be spending hours with our team of experienced officers to both prepare for upcoming conferences and develop a complex understanding of international affairs. This includes, but is not limited to: theory-based lessons, mock committee sessions, topic lectures and discussions, and individual progress checks.
Whether you attend our Grizzly Den or afterschool meetings, you will be spending hours with our team of experienced officers to both prepare for upcoming conferences and develop a complex understanding of international affairs. This includes, but is not limited to: theory-based lessons, mock committee sessions, topic lectures and discussions, and individual progress checks.
Wha do I do at a conference?
At an MUN conference, you serve in a committee as a delegate of a UN Member-State. A committee is based on a real-life UN body that discusses pre-set topics and writes resolutions on them to propose possible solutions. For example, you could be the delegate of France in the UN Security Council (UNSC) debating the refugee crisis in Europe, or the delegate of Namibia in the UN General Assembly Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN) discussing the promotion of sustainable infrastructure in developing nations.
You must clearly articulate your country's position on the topics and convince your fellow delegates to align with your proposed solutions through speeches and peer-to-peer discussion. Committees operate using "rules of procedure," which govern when and how you can speak (discussed more in-depth in team instruction). Model UN is based on impromptu speaking — you will only prepare one (1) speech, UNLESS you are following the Puerto Rican Method (PRM; discussed more in-depth in team instruction).
Prior to attending a conference, you write a position paper. A position paper is a four-paragraph research essay that 1) describes the topic and how/why it's happening, 2) what the international community has done about the topic and how it hasn't been enough, 3) what your country has done about the topic, and 4) what solutions you will be presenting. What makes Model UN different to acting is that the solutions you present are yours. You must analyze the policies of your country and develop a novel and comprehensive plan to tackle the issue — while you can incorporate pre-existing solutions proposed by your country, the majority must be delegate-produced.
You must clearly articulate your country's position on the topics and convince your fellow delegates to align with your proposed solutions through speeches and peer-to-peer discussion. Committees operate using "rules of procedure," which govern when and how you can speak (discussed more in-depth in team instruction). Model UN is based on impromptu speaking — you will only prepare one (1) speech, UNLESS you are following the Puerto Rican Method (PRM; discussed more in-depth in team instruction).
Prior to attending a conference, you write a position paper. A position paper is a four-paragraph research essay that 1) describes the topic and how/why it's happening, 2) what the international community has done about the topic and how it hasn't been enough, 3) what your country has done about the topic, and 4) what solutions you will be presenting. What makes Model UN different to acting is that the solutions you present are yours. You must analyze the policies of your country and develop a novel and comprehensive plan to tackle the issue — while you can incorporate pre-existing solutions proposed by your country, the majority must be delegate-produced.