I hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday. Now, let's look ahead to the last 6 weeks of the program year.
1.) Calendar: We don't have many meetings left. Two are absolutely mandatory. The other two, well, come on, be there.
Jan 6 - Regular meeting, final payment deadline - $250. All delegate account balances must be cleared by Friday, January 8 unless you have spoken with Christiana or Samia about an exception.
Jan 13 - MANDATORY pre-con meeting, NIC delegates should have proposal drafts
Jan 16-18 - T&EII in Fresno
Jan 20 - No Meeting?
Jan 27 - Regular meeting, Bill sponsors practice bill presentation
Feb 3 - MANDATORY final regular meeting, pre-con meeting
Feb 11-15 - 68th ML/C
2.) NIC Delegates You should begin thinking about your proposals. Please review the attached information on the NIC program area and proposal development process. You also have Victoria and Efrain as resources since they both participated in NIC last year. You should have an idea selected by our Jan 6 meeting and a draft proposal by our Jan 13 meeting.
3.) DUE TODAY National Judicial Competition and Conference on National Affairs There are two additional conferences to which you can apply that are national and convene during the summer. The NJC application is due January 4 and the CONA application will likely be due February 11. You can learn more about these here and here. The NJC application is already available in Reggo. I am going to work on having delegation alumni who have participated in these conferences visit a meeting or do a google hangout to answer your questions. We'll discuss CONA more at a future meeting, but you should read up now.
4.) Spring Conference Interest Each April, there is a Y&G Spring Conference held in Corcoran, CA. It's a short weekend with NIC and Legislative House and it's really fun. It is great for delegates considering running for office next year or to recruit your friends for the program. We camp on the YMCA lawn in Corcoran, it's all very casual, there's still a dance, and there's a water slide. The conference this year is April 8-10. The cost last year was $200 for program fees + Amtrak tickets (about $60-80). I don't yet know what this year's program fees will be. Financial assistance or an extended payment plan may be available. I would like to know if anyone is interested in attending. We do not yet know how many delegates we'll be able to take. Please let me know if you might like to attend or if you have friends who might be interested in checking out the program. So far, I've only heard from Gus.
5.) Sac Rack Sac Rack is a chance to clean out your closet or encourage your parents to clean out their closets. The Y&G Interns organize a pop-up boutique of Sac attire offered at low or no cost to delegates at T&EII. You can bring gently used, clean, good condition professional attire with you to Fresno to donate.
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