UP at 7:30am..OUT by 8:15am & the LOTTERY TODAY!
Well, another day is about to begin, and for our delegates, it is starting to get intense. Last night after the closing at 10pm, I had almost all the delegates come to my room and complain about one country or a certain delegate that is not cooperating in passing a resolution, or agreeing to specific terms in a report. Ahhh, the life of a diplomat. The great thing about this, is the passion it arouses in delegates. Although we know, we are not 'real' delegates, the role playing becomes real. People are passionately involved in the affairs of their 'country' and therefore role playing becomes as aggressive, as it is in the real world.
One calm spot is Marisol Slater's committee, the World Food Program. She says that her committee is 'overly' polite and diplomatic. It's hard to campaign against giving food to the hungry..so they have filed reports, passed resolutions, and generally acted like a conclave of priests!
Today is the Lottery. What is the lottery, you ask? This is where we will find out what country we are next year. They actually use a large pickle jar with slips of paper in it with the names of the schools registered for the lottery. They shake the jar and start pulling out names. You must be prepared and have your list ready. They give you 3 minutes to tell them what country you want. The first year Columbia College was 7th, last year we were 77th! Who knows where we will be this year. But I will have the Permanent Representative with me, Lindsey Miller to help me keep up with the list. We need to scratch off the names of the countries taken by schools ahead of us.. With over 150 schools, we could be called anywhere from the 1st slip or the last slip taken out of the jar! Wish us luck..we would like a country on the Security Council this year again. Also they have a special committee next year, the Commission on the Status of Women. There are 45 countries on that committee, hope we are part of it.
Well will finish this blog and will return when we know who we will be representing next year!
One calm spot is Marisol Slater's committee, the World Food Program. She says that her committee is 'overly' polite and diplomatic. It's hard to campaign against giving food to the hungry..so they have filed reports, passed resolutions, and generally acted like a conclave of priests!
Today is the Lottery. What is the lottery, you ask? This is where we will find out what country we are next year. They actually use a large pickle jar with slips of paper in it with the names of the schools registered for the lottery. They shake the jar and start pulling out names. You must be prepared and have your list ready. They give you 3 minutes to tell them what country you want. The first year Columbia College was 7th, last year we were 77th! Who knows where we will be this year. But I will have the Permanent Representative with me, Lindsey Miller to help me keep up with the list. We need to scratch off the names of the countries taken by schools ahead of us.. With over 150 schools, we could be called anywhere from the 1st slip or the last slip taken out of the jar! Wish us luck..we would like a country on the Security Council this year again. Also they have a special committee next year, the Commission on the Status of Women. There are 45 countries on that committee, hope we are part of it.
Well will finish this blog and will return when we know who we will be representing next year!
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