Secretary General Election

Question to both candidates:

If you were a biscuit, what one would you be and why?

Reply 2

DayneD89

How do you feel activity can be increased?
Are there any ways in which you would like to see the MUNs operation be changed?
Would you support ways to increase position papers in the MUN and how would you go about this?
Do you have any ideas for summits or hypothetically you would like to start?
How can resolution numbers be increased?

RoryS
Does 'Post interesting news stories for MUN reps to vote on' mean you would allow voting on stories rather than just on resolution? Dont you feel this would reduce the amount of resolutions?
You say you want to 'Dramatically increase the activity of MUN representative'. Could you expand on this idea and detail how you would like the role to change?

Birchington
you say you want to introduce 'Referendums on global issues and resolutions', how would these activities impact on the MUN and how would they fit into the model framework?
How would you advertise major events outside of the MUN?

I think that's all for now.

Reply 3

thunder_chunky

OP

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Original post by zaliack

Question to both candidates:

If you were a biscuit, what one would you be and why?

You win the award for the most important and most impressive question of all time. :cool:

It's the sort of question Paddy would ask.

Reply 4

Cheese_Monster

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Rorys- You seem to focus on integrating the MUN and the MHOC a lot more, do you believe this is a desirable idea for most members of the MUN? A lot of members would prefer to keep the two separate?

Birchington- How would you improve the flailing activity within the MUN? And leading on from tehFrance, do you not believe you hold too many time-consuming positions to be able to benefit the problem of inactivity which will surely only increase without an active SG?

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Reply 5

tehFrance

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Birchington, after delays in MHoC Ad Hoc and poor running of the recent hype, are you sure you can handle being SG? it takes a lot more time than the two above do and I feel you don't have the time thus you would let the MUN fall to the way side.

Reply 6

LETSJaM

Best of luck to both; you have big shoes to fill.

<3 x

Reply 7

Original post by zaliack

Question to both candidates:

If you were a biscuit, what one would you be and why?

I would be a chocolate digestive - irresistible and good looking :tongue:

Original post by DayneD89

How do you feel activity can be increased?
Are there any ways in which you would like to see the MUNs operation be changed?
Would you support ways to increase position papers in the MUN and how would you go about this?
Do you have any ideas for summits or hypothetically you would like to start?
How can resolution numbers be increased?

RoryS
Does 'Post interesting news stories for MUN reps to vote on' mean you would allow voting on stories rather than just on resolution? Dont you feel this would reduce the amount of resolutions?
You say you want to 'Dramatically increase the activity of MUN representative'. Could you expand on this idea and detail how you would like the role to change?

Q1: I think activity is the major issue in the MUN and I think T_C has done remarkably well to already start tackling this. I think activity can be increased in a huge amount, I would continue T_C's work of removing inactive members. I would try to contact inactive members in important positions by PM, email and any other forms of communication. I would also try to stimulate activity generally within the forums by posting interesting news topics for debate and would recruit new more active members through the ModelUN Twitter account.

Q2: I think the basic operations of the MUN currently works well - I would attempt to make communications/operations better by having more regular communication with the individual groups within the MUN and make them have a more dominant role within the community.

Q3: I think position papers are a good way of creating debate and activity so an increase in the publication of them would be beneficial as part of my plan to make the MUN more active. I would go about this by encouraging MUN Representatives to run away with their viewpoints and ideas and actually not be afraid to share their views on international matters. I would also encourage members within the news topics to write a position paper on issues they feel most passionate about. If I have the time, I'd like to have a dialogue with each active MUN member and ask them to write a position paper about an issue and publish it.

Q4: My first key development with summits is to encourage the TSR Admins to create a chatbox for us to turn on/off for summits and debates. I think summits could be held about any matter that feels most important to MUN members. I'd just facilitate the summits, but ultimately, I personally think its up to MUN members to decide what they need to meet and talk about.

Q5: Err, good question. I think it's the same kind of idea as position papers - I need to have a constant dialogue with active representatives and encourage them to move with the news and create resolutions in direct relation the issues affecting the world at this very minute.

Q6: Sorry, that was dodgy rushed wording. I meant that I'd be continuing where T_C left off with posting up interesting news stories so people can debate issues and discuss them. I wouldn't get people voting on these news topics but would definitely encourage people to think about writing a resolution relating to these stories.

Q7: I think this links back to all the other points I've made about activity. I think we should be, if possible, more selective about who we choose as MUN Representatives and should make sure they are committed to their roles before they get the opportunity to start working within the MUN. I think MUN Reps should get more help and guidance as maybe new members are put off by the concept of the MUN if they don't understand how things work perhaps. So maybe a updated newbie guide to the MUN is in order as well as a Help thread for those who needs answers on issues.

Original post by Cheese_Monster

Rorys- You seem to focus on integrating the MUN and the MHOC a lot more, do you believe this is a desirable idea for most members of the MUN? A lot of members would prefer to keep the two separate?

Birchington- How would you improve the flailing activity within the MUN?

It's ultimately up to the MUN Members - I personally think our relationship with the MHoC is important, but others think differently. I'd be happy to support what the MUN Members want to support and would assist them with this in anyway I can.

Original post by tehFrance

Birchington, after delays in MHoC Ad Hoc and poor running of the recent hype, are you sure you can handle being SG? it takes a lot more time than the two above do and I feel you don't have the time thus you would let the MUN fall to the way side.

A fair point.

Original post by LETSJaM

Best of luck to both; you have big shoes to fill.

<3 x

Thank you for your kind words :wink:

Reply 8

Original post by RoryS

I would be a chocolate digestive - irresistible and good looking :tongue:

But, aren't chocolate digestives the most common biscuit, a bit plain, and only good when they come in multiples, with a side serving of coffee?

Reply 9

Original post by zaliack

But, aren't chocolate digestives the most common biscuit, a bit plain, and only good when they come in multiples, with a side serving of coffee?

You might think that, I don't :tongue:

Reply 10

Original post by RoryS

You might think that, I don't :tongue:

But you can't deny that they are the most common of biscuits, and there is a dramatic difference between value digestives and McVities caramel chocolate digestives.

Reply 11

Mazzini

OOC: Good luck to both. :smile:

Reply 12

Original post by Mazzini

OOC: Good luck to both. :smile:

Thank you

Reply 13

DayneD89

Birchington

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How can we trust you with the MUN if over 36 hours into a 48 hour Q&A session you have yet to post or answer any questions?

Reply 14

Miracle Day

Good luck to you both aswell :smile:

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Original post by DayneD89

How can we trust you with the MUN if over 36 hours into a 48 hour Q&A session you have yet to post or answer any questions?

I'm on TSR every day practically and do let people know when I'm going to be away on holiday or short breaks (which isn't very often!)

Original post by Miracle Day

Good luck to you both aswell :smile:

Thank you

Reply 16

DayneD89

Original post by RoryS

I'm on TSR every day practically and do let people know when I'm going to be away on holiday or short breaks (which isn't very often!)

I'm far too addicted to this site. For about a year my post per day average was over 40. Even with a few months of being away at different periods due to RL problems I've got a PPD of 11.73. The vast majority of my posts are in the MUN of MHoC though.

Reply 17

Original post by DayneD89

How can we trust you with the MUN if over 36 hours into a 48 hour Q&A session you have yet to post or answer any questions?

To get an active MUN, our SG must be inactive :cool:

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