Fees + Timeline
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Delegate Fee: $50
Delegation Fee: none |
December 2, 2016 - Priority Registration Deadline
January 9, 2017 - Priority Country Assignments Sent Out January 11, 2017 - Final Registration Deadline January 15, 2017- Final Country Assignments Sent Out |
Position Papers
Position Papers are due January 26th to chairs. Please email an electronic copy ahead of time and bring a hard copy to the first committee session, so that they can be collected. You must write a position paper on each topic in your committee's guide, unless you are specifically instructed otherwise by either this website or by your chair. For a sample position paper, please consult the delegate guide.
Schedule
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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
1:30 - 1:45 Outside Delegate Registration (Faculty Advisors only) 2:00 - 3:15 Opening Ceremonies 3:30 - 5:30 Committee Session 1A 3:30 - 6:30 Committee Session 1B 5:30 - 6:10 Dinner A 6:30 - 7:10 Dinner B 6:10 - 8:30 Committee Session 2A 7:10 - 8:30 Committee Session 2B |
Friday, January 27th, 2017
3:15 - 3:30 Advisor Check-In 3:30 - 5:30 Committee Session 3B 3:30 - 6:30 Committee Session 3A 5:30 -6:10 Dinner B 6:30 - 7:10 Dinner A 6:10 - 8:30 Committee Session 4B 7:10 - 8:30 Committee Session 4A 8:45 - 9:30 Closing Ceremonies/Awards |
Guest Speaker
Dick Morris,
Political Analyst |
Dick Morris is a decorated American political consultant and commentator. Dick Morris became a political adviser to the White House during Bill Clinton's first term, creating Clinton's strategy of triangulation during his time in office. Dick Morris was appointed campaign manager of Bill Clinton's 1996 campaign for President, helping Bill Clinton win a resounding victory after suffering heavy losses in the 1994 mid-term elections. Later, Morris served as a strategist in Christy Mihos's 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign.
As a political commentator, Morris has appeared on national television programs on Fox News, including multiple appearances on The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes. Morris also regularly speaks on national syndicated radio talk shows, and has written for poltical websites such as The Hill and Newsmax.com. Morris has also provided his services to political campaigns outside of the United States. He worked on the 2004 UKIP European Parliament campaign, in which UKIP won 12 out of Britain's 78 seats, an increasing UKIP's portion by 9 seats over the 1999 elections. He served as a consultant for Viktor Yushchenko during his successful 2004 Ukranian Presidential campaign. Morris also assisted the Orange Democratic Movement's ticket in the 2007 Kenyan Presidential campaign. |
