2011+Fall+In-School+Conference

**Fall 2011 In-School Conference:**
=**UN ECOSOC Commission on Population and Development** =

Congratulations to all delegates on a successful conference! It was great to see everyone pull together at the last minute to pass resolutions, and we're glad everyone was interested enough to stay even after the bell.

Here are the two resolutions we passed:

Special congratulations to our award winners:
 * 3rd Place: Holy See (Lauren Korczakowski)
 * 2nd Place: Indonesia (Sam Jacobson & Tim Chwal)
 * 1st Place: Nigeria (Justin Gaskey & Diana Wu)

PICTURES!

We hope to see everyone at the rest of our events throughout the year.



__**Logistics **__
 * **Location:** UDHS Library
 * **Date:** Wednesday, November 23, 2011
 * **Time**: 7:40 – 11:00; lunch: 11:00 (C Lunch) – all students are dismissed from school at 11:30 that day
 * **Topic **: World Population Growth
 * Dress: Western business attire or your country's traditional clothing.

__ **Instructions for all participants:** __
**1. Read the background guide.** Make sure you know basic conference procedure. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Less experienced members may also want to browse the <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MUN Conferences <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">page for more information.

**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Research & Write a Position Paper ** <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A useful tool for starting your research is available [|here] <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A guide to writing position papers can be found [|here]. You can read a sample position paper [|here]. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Submit your position paper** to <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">jongewirtzman@gmail.com <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **by Monday, November 21** or you may be replaced.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**3. Get teacher permission.** Have each of your teachers sign form this in advance. T <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**urn it in before the conference begins**.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Come to the conference prepared! ** Bring your research, a copy of your position paper (for your own use), and paper and pens for taking notes and drafting working papers/resolutions. **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please wear ** **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Western business attire or your country's traditional dress. **

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Participating Member States** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">: **__
 * // Registration is now closed. Delegations in red still need to submit position papers .// **
 * //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px;">: Carter Merenstein and Kyle McKibbin //
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// Japan : // Stinkypants McGee and Peter Moller
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// Republic of India : // Steven Yang and Ruban Kopli
 * //United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland// : Bread Hirsch and Julie Im
 * //Federal Republic of Germany// : Tatum Lauder-Mulvany and Lucile Ionescu
 * // United States of America //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">: Ryan McCann and Julie Hu
 * //Holy See// : Lauren Korczakowski and Gloria Kim
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// Kingdom of Cambodia : // Ross Fine and Seth Harrison
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// Federative Republic of Brazil : // Kevin Li and Georgianna Sandilos
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Federal Republic of Nigeria// : Diana Wu and Justin Gaskey
 * //Republic of Indonesia//: Tim Chwal and Sam Jacobson
 * // Arab Republic of Egypt //: Alex Woodin and Tim Klein
 * //United Mexican States// : Greg Fry
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// People's Republic of China: // Seth Carver and Sam Hotchkiss
 * //French Republic// : Brian Day
 * // Commonwealth of Australia //: Zach Bohm and David Goosenberg
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">//Moderator//: **Jon Gewirtzman