Welcome to the Sac Central YMCA Delegations!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Delegation Bulletin 14 - A review of Bulletin 13

(Note: You received a Bob II evaluation form and a preview of Sac Conference preparation materials. If you haven't responded to the evaluation yet, please do so.)

DEADLINES
:

January 29 - Final NIC proposals due for NIC participants.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

January 28 - MANDATORY Meeting at 7pm in the Board room - please be on time.
- NIC Delegates be prepared to present your (nearly) final proposals.
- Sac Conference preparation. Parents welcomed (but not required) to attend)
February 4 - MANDATORY Last regular meeting of the year, 7pm in the Board Room, please be on time.
- Bill Sponsors/Authors be prepared to present bills and run them through a mock-hearing.
- Last Sac Conference details and preparation.
February 11-15: 62nd Model Legislature & Court - the big conference, the one you've been waiting for.

ONGOING EVENTS:

If you have "homework" for your program area - don't forget to devote some time to it between now and Sac conference!

If there are still coupon books out there, get them back to the Y.

REMINDERS/NEWS FOR THE WEEK
:

1.) Meeting this week!

2.) If you owe any payments or parts of payments, please get them in to the Y as soon as possible.

3.) Thank you for a successful Bob II. I hope everyone had a great weekend! How 'bout that weather?!

4.) Conference on National Affairs (CONA) applications are due at Sac Conference. If you have questions about the conference or are interested in applying, check out the website: http://saccentraldelegation.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-conference-on-national-affairs.html If you still want some more information, let me know, and I'll put you in touch with someone who has attended CONA before to answer your questions.

5.) A note about conference attendance: Though the final conference is held here in Sacramento and it's tempting to try to schedule other events around town between February 11-15, you are NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE CONFERENCE for any reason. This includes sporting events, family events, Valentine's Day dates, or because you forgot something at home. For our purposes, you may as well pretend we're in Los Angeles, Texas, or on Mars for the duration of the conference. It might seem weird to you since it's your hometown - but that's the way it works. Period.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Delegation Bulletin 13 - No meeting this week!

DEADLINES:

January 29 - Final NIC proposals due for NIC participants.

UPCOMING EVENTS
:

January 21 - NO MEETING
January 28 - MANDATORY Meeting at 7pm in the Board room - please be on time.
- NIC Delegates be prepared to present your (nearly) final proposals.
- Sac Conference preparation. Parents welcomed (but not required) to attend)
February 4 - MANDATORY Last regular meeting of the year, 7pm in the Board Room, please be on time.
- Bill Sponsors/Authors be prepared to present bills and run them through a mock-hearing.
- Last Sac Conference details and preparation.
February 11-15: 62nd Model Legislature & Court - the big conference, the one you've been waiting for.

ONGOING EVENTS:

If you have "homework" for your program area - don't forget to devote some time to it between now and Sac conference!

If there are still coupon books out there, get them back to the Y.

REMINDERS/NEWS FOR THE WEEK:

1.) No meeting this week.

2.) If you owe any payments or parts of payments, please get them in to the Y as soon as possible.

3.) Thank you for a successful Bob II. I hope everyone had a great weekend! How 'bout that weather?!

4.) Conference on National Affairs (CONA) applications are due at Sac Conference. If you have questions about the conference or are interested in applying, check out the website: http://saccentraldelegation.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-conference-on-national-affairs.html If you still want some more information, let me know, and I'll put you in touch with someone who has attended CONA before to answer your questions.

5.) A note about conference attendance: Though the final conference is held here in Sacramento and it's tempting to try to schedule other events around town between February 11-15, you are NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE CONFERENCE for any reason. This includes sporting events, family events, Valentine's Day dates, or because you forgot something at home. For our purposes, you may as well pretend we're in Los Angeles, Texas, or on Mars for the duration of the conference. It might seem weird to you since it's your hometown - but that's the way it works. Period.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Mini Bulletin

1.) We leave TOMORROW MORNING! Be at the Y at 3:30am.

2.) Pack for RAIN and COLD.

3.) Don't forget your delegation sweatshirt.

4.) Bring your ID (school, drivers license, etc, something with a photo)

5.) Bring some pocket money or snacks for breakfast and the ride tomorrow. And some pocket money for lunch on the way home. Food items and things will be for sale at Camp Roberts - totally optional - but bring money if you want any of that, too. All meals will be provided at the conference, so won't need too much cash, regardless.

Reminders for the coming week(s)
:

There are only a few weeks between Bob II and our final conference!

We will NOT meet on Thursday, January 21 (next week).

However, skipping next week means that attendance is required for the two remaining meetings: January 28 and February 4.

On January 28, NIC program members will present their proposals and we'll have a mock debate. Their final proposals are due (through an online submission process) on January 29 (the day after the meeting.)

We will also spend part of the meeting discussing the final conference, dress code, etc.

On February 4, we'll answer any last minute conference questions and have a mock hearing for our legislative bills (sponsors need to be ready to present).

On February 11 - we'll meet at the hotel for the final conference!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

2010 Conference on National Affairs (CONA) Application Available!

No, it's not in Hawaii . . .

The Conference on National Affairs was started in 1968 to provide a follow up to the statewide Model Legislature and Court programs. The Conference is an assembly of more than 500 Youth and Government and Model United Nations participants from around the country. All delegates are selected by their home states to write and debate proposed solutions to problems which are national and international in their scope.

Here are the application materials. Applications are due upon arrival to Sac Conference on February 11. You'll need an advisor signature and recommendation - so if you're interested, don't delay in getting started and letting your advisor know!

CONA General Info flyer
Packet Contents
Calendar
Application Instructions
Application
Reference Form
Scholarship form

Note: all documents open in Microsoft Word. If you cannot open the application or would like a printed copy, please let your advisors know and one will be provided to you at the next meeting.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Delegation Bulletin 12

The super condensed bulletin for the week:

Upcoming Events: Bob II is THIS SATURDAY, January 16 through Monday, January 18. You will need to be at the Y at 3:30am. Please get some sleep on Friday night.

REMINDERS/NEWS FOR THE WEEK:

1.) This week's meeting is MANDATORY. If you don't show up, on-time, and don't contact Christiana or Patrick or Chelsea with a verified, legitimate excuse (and there won't be many for this week's meeting), then don't bother coming on Saturday morning because you won't be permitted to board the Bob II Express.

2.) Bob II is a MANDATORY conference. You cannot continue the program if you do not attend the conference.

3.) The conference runs from SATURDAY to MONDAY (for the last conference, we left on a Friday. We don't do that this time.)

4.) You should be fully paid up at this point unless you are on a pre-approved alternative payment schedule. Please make sure you bring your final payment to the meeting this week (it was due last week) or you will not be permitted to board the bus on Saturday.

4a.) For those on alternative payment schedules, I will do my best to have an updated account statement to you by this afternoon or tomorrow morning.

5.) This is the last week of coupon book sales. All money collected and all coupon books themselves MUST BE RETURNED TO THE MEETING THIS THURSDAY. If you don't return the books you took to sell, we will charge you for them.

6.) NIC delegates must bring a draft proposal to Bob II, plus 10 copies. We are happy to make the copies for you, but you must bring a hard copy of your draft to the meeting or email me no later than noon on Friday, January 15 with your draft. Otherwise, you're responsible for your own copies.

7.) Don't forget to work on your applications if applying for a position at Bob II. Also - let me know if you applied for the Broadcast Media program and have an interview scheduled at Bob II so we can make sure you are where you need to be on-time.

See you on Thursday at 7pm. PLEASE BE ON TIME. Too many people are late too often. You know when meetings start. Plan accordingly.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Delegation Bulletin 11

Hope everyone had a great holiday season! Now it's time to get back to work for this last stretch of the Y&G year!

If you received an individual scholarship from the Y&G scholarship committee, you should have received from me a blank thank-you note at Bill Hearing Night. The completed thank-you note was due back to me several weeks ago. If you have not returned the note, please bring it on Thursday - or plan to stay a few minutes after the meeting to complete a new one.

(Also note: I'm including as many parent emails as I have for all bulletins from now on. Welcome, Parents!)

DEADLINES:

January 8 - Final $200 payment deadline. Please bring your payment to the Thursday meeting - then you won't need to make a special trip to the Y on Friday.
January 20 - Final NIC proposals due for NIC participants. (You should have some ideas to kick around and mock-debate at the meeting this week and next week.)

UPCOMING EVENTS:

January 7 - meetings resume - 7pm, Board Room, just like usual. Please be on-time.
January 9 - benefit comedy show. See Reminders section below.
January 10 - Antique Fair Parking lot. Please email me if you are interested in doing this. It's the last month for us to hold the event.
January 14 - Mandatory regular meeting to prepare for conference.
January 16-18 (Saturday-Monday): BOB II at Camp Roberts. Attendance at this conference is mandatory. No exceptions.
February 11-15: 62nd Model Legislature & Court - the big conference, the one you've been waiting for.

ONGOING EVENTS
:

If you are on an adjusted payment schedule, I expect you to be pulling out all the stops for the end of the program year - sell coupon books, sell comedy show tickets. Make these last few weeks count and put in the effort. The final conference is a great reward!

REMINDERS/NEWS FOR THE WEEK:

1.) Meetings resume this week - see you this Thursday, January 7, at 7pm in the Board Room, just like usual. Be on time. Anyone who emails to ask if there is a meeting this week must bring me a $1 fine for failing to read his/her bulletin. ;)

2.) Get your payments in. If you're on an adjusted payment schedule, get whatever you can in, as often as you can get it in. If you're on the regular payment schedule YOU MUST BE ON-TIME WITH YOUR FINAL $200 PAYMENT THIS WEEK. Bring it to the meeting to avoid making a special trip on Friday. Or have your parents call the Y with a credit/debit card number and then you don't even need to bring a check.

3.) COMEDY SHOW: The benefit comedy show is scheduled for this Saturday, January 9. You received an email about it. Check your inbox - it's there along with all the details. I expect everyone to participate in this event either by attending, volunteering, or selling tickets. Patrick has 30 tickets with him for sale (if you're a West Campus student, talk to him to get some to sell). If you are a student elsewhere, I can get you tickets to sell, if you contact me ASAP. This is basically free money for us IF WE SELL TICKETS. If we have not sold 40 tickets by Wednesday, I will cancel the event. Let's not let that happen. Remember, YOU and your family do NOT need to buy tickets (though you're welcome to do so, of course). You can sell them to other people. Contact me if you'd like to volunteer for the show. And in case you missed it when I said it earlier, I expect everyone to participate in this event somehow, so if you don't think you'll be able to sell tickets, then I better hear that you'll be there to volunteer.

4.) A note about conference attendance: Though the final conference is held here in Sacramento and it's tempting to try to schedule other events around town between February 11-15, you are NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE CONFERENCE for any reason. This includes sporting events, family events, Valentine's Day dates, or because you forgot something at home. For our purposes, you may as well pretend we're in Los Angeles, Texas, or on Mars for the duration of the conference. It might seem weird to you since it's your hometown - but that's the way it works. Period.

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