SacC MUN Bulletin #4: Leadership Application Deadlines and Important Stuff for Next Week

Parents, please make sure to share this week's bulletin with your Ambassadors and encourage them to read the information. There is a leadership application deadline on Friday at 8pm and we would LOVE to see some Sacramento Central Ambassadors try out for some special roles! Parents, please encourage your Ambassadors to stretch beyond their usual comfort zones and set some big goals for the year! 

1.) And the Country Is . . . .  Mozambique! At our meeting this week, we learned that we will represent the Country of Mozambique in the Model United Nations. Now it is time to learn about the country. We reviewed a Country Profile and divided up the parts of the profile to research between now and the next meeting. Here is an example of country profiles. The Ambassadors who attended this week will bring their information to the next meeting. Next week, absent Ambassadors will draw their assignments.

2.) Delegation Motto: This week - hopefully with everyone there - we are going to choose our delegation's motto for the year.  It's a very important task! This motto will be a statement of what we think is important to making the world a better place. We started the process at the last meeting and hope to have all Ambassadors there next week to finish up this project.

3.) Program Areas:
This week at our meeting you will rank your Program Area choices. To prepare, please read these brief descriptions of the program areas with the number of spots we have in each:

• General Assembly (1 spot): In GA, you will work in a committee to create a resolution that sets values for the international community. Once you create your resolution with your committee, the resolution will be debated in the entire General Assembly and either be adopted or not. 
• Economic and Social Council (1 spot): In ECOSOC, similar to GA, you will work in a committee to create a resolution about economic (business and money) or social (how people live and interact) ideas. The resolution will be debated in the larger ECOSOC and will either be adopted or not.
• Non-Governmental Organization (3 spots): In NGO, you work with a small group to create a program idea meant to address some of the world's biggest problems. You will present your idea with your group at the NGO Fair (think of it like a science fair) to determine which project gets funded (with imaginary money). For example, you might come up with an idea to install large water tanks to catch rain in areas where people lack drinking water. 
• International Court of Justice (1 spot): The ICJ is a court of law that investigates disagreements between countries. You can serve as a lawyer or a judge in this program area. You will get to learn the facts of a case and come up with arguments if you are a lawyer or decide which side is right if you are a judge. 
• International Press Corps (1 spot): In IPC you will cover stories about what is happening at the Summit like you would for your school newspaper. You will learn how to ask questions and how to write a news story. 

At our training conference in March, you will learn all about your program area and how to do the jobs in that program area. You may not be in the same program area with people from our delegation, but you will get a chance to meet new people in March who you will see again in your program area in April in Los Angeles!

4.) Apply for A Leadership Role! Applications Due by Friday at 8pm

MUN is all about trying new things! We may be a new delegation and you may be new Ambassadors, but why not take a chance on applying for a leadership role in MUN? We strive to have someone apply for a leadership position and someone run for an elected position each year.

You apply through your REGGO registration account that you set up to register for our conferences. Here is a visual aid to help you find the applications. And here are descriptions of the available leadership positions.

• In ECOSOC (see description of this program area above)
• Elected: ECOSOC President (7th or 8th grade) - represent ECOSOC in program-wide proceedings. Use parliamentary procedure (remember when we made trail mix?) to preside over sessions. Make sure everyone gets a chance to speak and share an opinion. 
• Elected: ECOSOC Vice President (7th or 8th grade)- Work with the president or preside over sessions if the president isn't there.
• Appointed: ECOSOC Committee (All Grades!) - Use parliamentary procedure to be in charge of small group of delegates while they debate resolutions. 
• In GA (see description of program area above)
• Elected: GA President (7th or 8th grade) - same as the ECOSCO president, above.
• Elected: GA Vice President (7th or 8th grade) - same as the ECOSOC vice president, above.
• Appointed: GA Committee Chair (All Grades!) - Same as ECOSOC committees, above.
• In NGOs (see description of program area above)
• Elected: Agency Members (All Grades!): Instead of creating the NGO proposals with a small group, you would be in the "Agency" that decides whether to approve NGO proposals. You would suggest to the Secretary General what ideas should get funding.
• Appointed: Directors (All Grades!): Like a committee chair, you use parliamentary procedure to guide discussions about proposals.  
• Appointed: Under-Secretary-General (All Grades!): You would be in charge of an agency and will be responsible for making the final funding requests to the full United Nations. 
• In ICJ (see description of program area above)
• Elected: President (7th or 8th Grade): Represent the Court in full Summit proceedings. 
• Elected: Vice President (7th or 8th Grade): Represent the Court if the president isn't there. 
• In IPC (see description of program area above)
• Elected: Editor-In-Chief (7th or 8th grade): Coordinate the daily business of the Press Corps. Work to develop look of the IPC publications. Work with Bureau Chiefs to determine what stories are newsworthy and how to report on them. 
• Appointed: Bureau Chief (All Grades!): Ensure that assigned program areas are properly covered by the press. Help reporters. 

 Applications to run or apply for leadership positions are due on Friday March 1 by 8pm.  Make sure to email Amanda and Christiana when you are finished with your application! 

Parent Corner:

Conference Transportation Update: Parents who will be driving Ambassadors other than their own will be given volunteer driver paperwork packets next week to complete and return.

Payment Deadline Next Week: March 8 is the Payment #2 deadline. Please send a check payable to "Sacramento YMCA" with your Ambassador on Tuesday or pay online by March 8 (links below). Thanks!

Thank you!
-Amanda Levy & Christiana Dominguez
Co-Lead Advisors, Sacramento Central MUN Delegation

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March 8: Payment #2 Due. (Pay online or bring check payable to Sacramento YMCA)
March 22-23, 2019: MUN Training Conference, Camp Jones Gulch

April 25-28, 2019: 18th MUN Summit, Los Angeles

We are committed to equal program access for all and are dedicated to ensuring the benefits of Y&G MLC and MUN are available to every student in our community without regard to financial need. No delegate should ever drop out or refrain from joining because of financial concerns. If you want to do this program, we want you to do this program. Please talk to us if your financial circumstances change during the program year. We're here to help. 

Y&G CapCo Bulletin Special: Banquet This Week!

Thank you for purchasing tickets to attend this week's Third Annual Capitol Coalition Celebration Banquet at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Rancho Cordova at 6:00pm. We're looking forward to a wonderful evening celebrating our wonderful delegates' accomplishments this year. 

We are also very excited to announce that we will be welcoming Secretary of State Alex Padilla who will administer the Oath of Office to our incoming CapCo officer teams!

Please take note of these important details for Wednesday:

• The Banquet starts at 6:00pm. Please be on-time as we are a large group and check-in will require some patience. Seating is first come first serve, with the exception of reserved seating for our honored guests and Officers/those with speaking roles in the program. (Officers and Presenting delegates, please watch your inbox for a separate confirmation email of your party size.) 
• Secretary Padilla has rearranged his schedule to attend so we are rearranging our format slightly to accommodate his schedule. Our program will begin promptly at 6:30 with an Invocation, his remarks, and the swearing-in ceremony. Then dinner will be served, and we'll resume our program shortly after. 
• Delegates are expected to attend in Sac Attire (business attire). 
• As mentioned in previous emails, the restaurant has gone out of its way to accommodate all who wanted to attend. There will be some seating areas that do not have a clear view of the presentations. We will welcome those seated at those tables to come into the main area for a better view during presentations. We appreciate your patience and flexibility this year. (We think record attendance is a great problem to have!)
• Old Spaghetti Factory Rancho Cordova is located at 12401 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 (just off Hwy 50 at Hazel)

This email is going only to delegates and delegate families. If you have guests attending who would not be on our normal email distribution list, please pass this information along to them (especially the start time!)

A special thank you to Old Spaghetti Factory for again providing complimentary beverages (iced tea, soda, coffee, tea) for our event. We appreciate their support! 

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

SacC MUN Bulletin #3: Which Country Will It Be?

Parents, please make sure to share this week's bulletin with your Ambassadors and encourage them to read the information. This week we will reveal our assigned country! I wonder what it will be . . . .

1.) Sweatshirt Design Ideas Due This Week! Last week we learned that our sweatshirt color this year is Royal Blue. Here is an explanation of what MUN sweatshirts usually look like. Bring your design ideas this week! They must be written down or drawn out (by hand or using a computer) if you want them considered.

2.) Delegation Motto: This week we are going to choose our delegation's motto for the year.  It's a very important meeting! This motto will be a statement of what we think is important to making the world a better place. Another word for that is "values." We'll discuss what values we want to show to others at conferences. You can prepare for our meeting by thinking about the YMCA's values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility. What does it look like when we care for other people? What does it look like when we don't?

3.) Program Areas:
It's time to start thinking about what program area you would like to be in! In each program area, you'll be pretending to be from our assigned country - which will be revealed this week! - so you will propose solutions to problems that face the people in our assigned country and look for other countries who might have the same problems and might want to work with you on solutions.

Here are brief descriptions of the program areas with the number of spots we have in each:

• General Assembly (1 spot): In GA, you will work in a committee to create a resolution that sets values for the international community. Once you create your resolution with your committee, the resolution will be debated in the entire General Assembly and either be adopted or not. 
• Economic and Social Council (1 spot): In ECOSOC, similar to GA, you will work in a committee to create a resolution about economic (business and money) or social (how people live and interact) ideas. The resolution will be debated in the larger ECOSOC and will either be adopted or not.
• Non-Governmental Organization (3 spots): In NGO, you work with a small group to create a program idea meant to address some of the world's biggest problems. You will present your idea with your group at the NGO Fair (think of it like a science fair) to determine which project gets funded (with imaginary money). For example, you might come up with an idea to install large water tanks to catch rain in areas where people lack drinking water. 
• International Court of Justice (1 spot): The ICJ is a court of law that investigates disagreements between countries. You can serve as a lawyer or a judge in this program area. You will get to learn the facts of a case and come up with arguments if you are a lawyer or decide which side is right if you are a judge. 
• International Press Corps (1 spot): In IPC you will cover stories about what is happening at the Summit like you would for your school newspaper. You will learn how to ask questions and how to write a news story. 

At our training conference in March, you will learn all about your program area and how to do the jobs in that program area. You may not be in the same program area with people from our delegation, but you will get a chance to meet new people in March who you will see again in your program area in April in Los Angeles!

4.) Apply for A Leadership Role!

MUN is all about trying new things! We may be a new delegation and you may be new Ambassadors, but why not take a chance on applying for a leadership role in MUN? We strive to have someone apply for a leadership position and someone run for an elected position each year.

• In ECOSOC (see description of this program area above)
• Elected: ECOSOC President (7th or 8th grade) - represent ECOSOC in program-wide proceedings. Use parliamentary procedure (remember when we made trail mix?) to preside over sessions. Make sure everyone gets a chance to speak and share an opinion. 
• Elected: ECOSOC Vice President (7th or 8th grade)- Work with the president or preside over sessions if the president isn't there.
• Appointed: ECOSOC Committee (All Grades!) - Use parliamentary procedure to be in charge of small group of delegates while they debate resolutions. 
• In GA (see description of program area above)
• Elected: GA President (7th or 8th grade) - same as the ECOSCO president, above.
• Elected: GA Vice President (7th or 8th grade) - same as the ECOSOC vice president, above.
• Appointed: GA Committee Chair (All Grades!) - Same as ECOSOC committees, above.
• In NGOs (see description of program area above)
• Elected: Agency Members (All Grades!): Instead of creating the NGO proposals with a small group, you would be in the "Agency" that decides whether to approve NGO proposals. You would suggest to the Secretary General what ideas should get funding.
• Appointed: Directors (All Grades!): Like a committee chair, you use parliamentary procedure to guide discussions about proposals.  
• Appointed: Under-Secretary-General (All Grades!): You would be in charge of an agency and will be responsible for making the final funding requests to the full United Nations. 
• In ICJ (see description of program area above)
• Elected: President (7th or 8th Grade): Represent the Court in full Summit proceedings. 
• Elected: Vice President (7th or 8th Grade): Represent the Court if the president isn't there. 
• In IPC (see description of program area above)
• Elected: Editor-In-Chief (7th or 8th grade): Coordinate the daily business of the Press Corps. Work to develop look of the IPC publications. Work with Bureau Chiefs to determine what stories are newsworthy and how to report on them. 
• Appointed: Bureau Chief (All Grades!): Ensure that assigned program areas are properly covered by the press. Help reporters. 

If you have questions about any of these, bring them with you to the meeting. Applications to run or apply for leadership positions are due on March 1. We'll show you how to apply at the next meeting. 

Parent Corner:

Conference Transportation Update: Thank you to all who completed our survey. I think our plan is starting to come together! Please note that this year is unique since it's our first year. Normally, participants are required to travel with the delegation. This is my way of saying that next year's plans may work differently, but we're goin' with it this year as we learn together! Please watch for separate emails from Christiana confirming travel plans!

Thank you!
-Amanda Levy & Christiana Dominguez
Co-Lead Advisors, Sacramento Central MUN Delegation

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Mark your calendars:

Join the Sacramento Central YMCA Annual Campaign! (Give online or return this form)
March 8: Payment #2 Due. (Pay online or bring check payable to Sacramento YMCA)
March 22-23, 2019: MUN Training Conference, Camp Jones Gulch

April 25-28, 2019: 18th MUN Summit, Los Angeles

We are committed to equal program access for all and are dedicated to ensuring the benefits of Y&G MLC and MUN are available to every student in our community without regard to financial need. No delegate should ever drop out or refrain from joining because of financial concerns. If you want to do this program, we want you to do this program. Please talk to us if your financial circumstances change during the program year. We're here to help. 

Sac Central Delegation Bulletin #22: Time to Celebrate!

It's been a truly amazing year. The advising team is extraordinarily proud of the hard work and many accomplishments of our delegates during the 71st Model Legislature & Court. Now, it's time to celebrate! We hope to see you on February 27th at the Celebration Banquet!

1.) Celebration Banquet Ticket Sales End Wednesday! You have just a couple of days left to get your banquet tickets: capcobanquet2019.brownpapertickets.com/ Ticket sales will end February 20. ***If the ticket cost presents a financial hardship, let me know ASAP. We don't want anyone staying home due to financial concerns***

2.) Vote for Delegation Awards - Due Friday, February 22: Cast your vote for this year's delegation awards! Click here to vote: http://bit.ly/saccawards

2.) Buddy Photo Challenge Extension: You have until Friday, February 22 at 11:50pm to upload your pictures to the album (bit.ly/buddyphotos71)!

4.) Make Sure to Complete the CalYMCA MLC Survey: Make your voice heard! Share your feedback about this year's Sac Conference and program year. Your  opinion matters. And it also counts towards next year's Delegation of Distinction application. Check your email or use this link (just make sure to correctly select our delegation in the menu or we won't get credit).

5.) VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Let's get a jump on next year by continuing our tradition of community service, here are two upcoming volunteer opportunities:

• Seize The Moment Run For Epilepsy: This volunteer and participation/fundraising opportunity comes to us from the Youker Family - Mitchell's younger brother Tommy lives with epilepsy and even after several medications and two surgeries, suffers from uncontrolled seizures. The Seize The Moment Run raises funds to support the Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California (www.epilepsynorcal.org) provides programs and services to the 180,000 people in Northern California living with Epilepsy. You can join Team Tommy and run/walk the 5k or run the 10k, donate, or volunteer to help on race day! 
• If you sign up to run or to volunteer, make sure to let me know so we have it in our delegation notes for next year! 

• Gold Country Half Marathon, El Dorado Hills: Because we've done such a great job running CIM Aid Stations, the Sacramento Running Association has asked us to run two aid stations at the Gold Country Half Marathon on Sunday, May 19 in El Dorado Hills. You'll be assigned to one of two aid stations after we receive the locations from the SRA - but both are in El Dorado Hills and very close to each other! Sign up here! 
• Date: Sunday, May 19, 2019 
• Time: Approx 7am-10am (final info TBA)
•  Location: El Dorado Hills
• Prospective Delegates welcome! 

Parent Corner:

- Thank you to all of our Sacramento Central Delegation Families for another great year. It's been an honor and a privilege to serve your children. We hope to see our non-seniors back next year and we hope our graduating seniors will keep up posted on where they end up next year. 

- We're excited to report that we have crossed the $4000 mark for the Capitol Coalition's Annual Campaign drive. We are even more pleased to report that participation is now at 62%! Thank you to all who participated this year. If you'd like to invite others to give, the campaign continues! Please consider sharing this link with your friends and family and on social media: give.classy.org/teamcapco

-Christiana
Lead Advisor

Sac Central Delegation Stands For Respect, Responsibility, and Purpose

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Capitol Coalition Annual Campaign (Give online or return this form)

Mark your calendars:

February 27, 2019: Third Annual CapCo Celebration Banquet, Old Spaghetti Factory, Rancho Cordova

We are committed to equal program access for all and are dedicated to ensuring the benefits of Y&G are available to every student in our community without regard to financial need. No delegate should ever drop out or refrain from joining because of financial concerns. If you want to do this program, we want you to do this program. 

El Dorado Youth and Government Delegation Bulletin #23 (Sac Edition)

This is what you need to know for our best and last conference of the year:

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?” 

― Benjamin Franklin”

You are not anonymous. You matter. The choices you make matter - for worse or for better. You have more power than you think. You can change the world if you want to. And you can start today. Your advising team is so proud of you and we know you're going to do GREAT THINGS this week.

1.) Pre-Conference Letter: Please carefully review this letter. If you have questions, ASK! If a parent/guardian did not attend last week's meeting, make sure to ask me any questions you have.

2.) Conference Prep Info: here's the presentation from the pre-con meeting.

Top 6 things to bring:

Besides Sac Attire (and some casual clothes and shoes) make sure you bring:

- Food money & snack foods

- Delegation of Distinction Lanyard

- Band-aids for blisters

- Pen and Highlighter

- Delegation sweatshirt

- Rain jacket & umbrella

- Your "A" Game!

3.) And here's the MLC Schedule. You will be provided a hard copy of the schedule when you check-in on Thursday. Take a look at it now to familiarize yourself with your schedule. As ever, things may change, so watch for updates. The days in Sac are LONG! Get some extra sleep between now and Thursday if you can!

4.) Arrival Info: The conference begins this Thursday, February 14. Your check-in window is 10:15-10:45am. Head for the Sacramento Convention Center entrance on J past 13th Street. Take your luggage to Exhibit Hall C and then find the El Dorado advisors/Christiana for your registration materials and badge. LABEL YOUR LUGGAGE (Name, Delegation, Hyatt Hotel) Don't forget to arrive wearing Sac Attire!

Once delegates are checked-in, they are expected to remain within conference boundaries for the duration of the conference. Guests and Visitors are not permitted. Delegates must attend all assigned sessions. No sessions are optional except for evening social events.

Delegates must be picked up from the Hyatt Hotel between 9:45am and 10:00am on Monday, February 18.

5.) Program Area Specific News:

- Bill Sponsors (primary, secondary, and author) should make sure you meet up between now and Sac conference to make sure each has everything needed for a successful bill presentation. Primary Sponsors need to have your 2 min sponsor speech ready for committee and the floor (if your bill passes committee. Secondary Sponsors need a floor speech ready if the bill makes it over to their house.

- NIC Delegates need to have a 2 minute sponsor speech ready to go on your proposals. Keep in mind the criteria used for evaluating your proposals. Make sure you're ready!

- Court delegates should be preparing their cases.

- DOF and LegAn delegates should be preparing to present their proposals

- Court delegates should be preparing their cases 

- This list is not exclusive! If you have stuff to do before Sac conference, make sure to get it done!

6.) Third Annual CapCo Celebration Banquet - Save the Date!: Our annual Celebration Banquet will take place on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 from 6:15-8:00pm at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Rancho Cordova. Purchase your tickets here: https://capcobanquet2019.brownpapertickets.com/  Ticket sales end Wednesday, February 20. 

7.) Deadlines Extended - Last Chance for A Lot of Stuff!

• New: I&A Party Chair Application - Deadline Extended. Applications are available in Reggo and are due February 8th in Reggo. You don't need to be in I&A currently to apply.

The below are all due FEBRUARY 11 (except award nominations):

• New: Cal YMCA Awards Season! Via google form, available here: nominations can be made here, Due by 11:59 PM on Thursday, February 14th. For a list of all awards and a description of each, click here.
• MUN Secretariat Application Extension. Applications are available in Reggo and are due February 11 in Reggo. More info in previous bulletins
• Conference on National Affairs (Extended). Application in Reggo. Due Feb 11. Must request my recommendation by the end of tomorrow night's meeting. More info in previous bulletins.
• Youth & Government Governing Board Position. Applications are available in Reggo and are due February 11. More info in previous bulletins.
• YMCA175: we are waiting on some additional information before we know whether a Capitol Coalition Delegation to this London conference is possible. In the meantime, if you are interested in this program, please apply for the Y&G Delegation via Reggo. Due: February 11
• New: National Judicial Competition Apps Extended. Due in Reggo by Feb 11: The National Judicial Competition (NJC) is a nationwide YMCA Appellate Court and Mock Trial competition program, taking place in Chicago, IL each summer and is hosted by the YMCA of the USA in partnership with the American Bar Association. Interested delegates should complete the application available in Reggo now and tell me no later Feb 11 for approval. The conference takes place between approximately July 25 and August 2, 2019.

You must notify me if you apply for any of these programs so that I can approve your application. Failure to let me know means your application won't be considered by CalYMCA.

If you apply for special programs, make sure that you read your email regularly between now and the conference and review the conference schedule when it is released next week to check for interview times and locations or other requirements.

Parent Corner

- Communication is Key! There will be additional information emailed between now and the conference. Please remind your delegate to check their email, Groupme, and Remind texts frequently (read: daily) between now and the conference. If your delegate will not have a cell phone at conference or if you need to update their number, please email me ASAP so I know. 

- Conference Transportation: Because we're the home team, delegates are responsible for their own transportation to and from downtown Sacramento for the conference. Delegates may not, under any circumstances, drive themselves to or from the conference. It is a violation of the CalYMCA Code of Conduct and delegates found to have driven themselves to conference will be sent home. 

- Sac Conference Meals: Unlike our first two conferences, our final conference includes only 2 provided meals (Friday and Sunday night dinners). Delegates are responsible for all other meals. We generally recommend a budget of $100 per delegate, depending on their appetite. Delegates are highly encouraged to bring non-perishable breakfast items (instant oatmeal, fruit, granola bars) to save on costs and time in the morning. If the meal budget for the conference presents a financial hardship, contact me ASAP. No one will be allowed to go hungry during the conference. 

- Sac Conference Attendance: Sac Conference is Feb 14-18 and constitutes an excused absence from school under the Education Code. I wanted to take this opportunity to remind you again that regular season sports or other regular, predictable, or recurring events (like homework or tests) do not constitute valid excuses for missing any part of Sac Conference. Exceptions will only be granted on a case-by-case basis for special circumstances (like state championships, meetings with the pope or president, that sort of thing). 

It may seem like no big deal to pop out for a couple of hours, but your advisors are responsible for knowing the whereabouts of 140 people at all times and tracking delegate location when every one is at conference is tricky enough. Y&G is also preparing delegates for real life in that, in life, sometimes you have to make tough choices about what activities to prioritize. 

We thank you for respecting this policy and helping us ensure a safe and positive experience for all delegates.

As always, thank you for reading and I will see you in Sacramento!

Derek Dolfie

Lead Advisor/Delegation Dad

El Dorado Delegation

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Mark your calendars for these key events!

February 14-18 - 71st Model Legislature & Court (Sacramento)
February 27, 2019 - Third Annual CapCo Celebration Banquet, Old Spaghetti Factory, Rancho Cordova