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VOL. I, No. 43 October 29, 2002
In this issue...
  • 8th Grade Workshop Continues to Grow
  • Delegate Sign-up for High School Model U.N.
  • Collinsville H.S. Submits First Resolutions!
  • Video and Further Transcripts now Available from Africa Conference
  • Cover 2 wins Delegate Handbook Contest!
  • New Poll on Missouri Senate Race

  • Dear Arthur,

    This newsletter includes important information about the upcoming 8th grade workshop at the Khorissan Room at the Chase Park Plaza. Also in the newsletter is updates about our first regular high school model U.N. of the year (including links to the first resolutions that have come in), and a new poll in your preference for the U.S. senate seat from Missouri.

    In addition to reading our newsletters, you may also want to visit our web site by clicking here. We have a good deal of current information, and through the year we will be working on building up our archives from previous years.

    8th Grade Workshop Continues to Grow

    The November 7, 2002 workshop for 8th grade students and teachers will take place in the Khorissan Room in the Chase-Park Plaza. The reason for such a large facility is because the number of students participating has grown to nearly 500. The Khorissan Room (pictured below) can hold up to 1,000 people.

    The program will include video and PowerPoint presentations, explanations of how the real U.N. and a Model U.N. operate, a simulated Model U.N. performed by high school students, and we hope a special performance (now in the planning stage).

    As of now, the schools and the number of students that they expect to bring to the workshop are as follows:

    1. Cathedral School (25)
    2. Fanning Middle School (50)
    3. Hixson Middle School (50)
    4. Humboldt Middle School (60)
    5. Maplewood-Richmond Heights Middle School (35)
    6. Northwest Valley Middle School [House Springs] (15)
    7. Notre Dame Elementary School (12)
    8. Our Lady of Fatima School (25)
    9. Parkway South Middle School (63)
    10. Ridgewood Middle School [Arnold] (54)
    11. St. Gabriel School (3)
    12. St. Mary Magdalen School (15)
    13. Wydown Middle School (20)

    This totals out to well over 400 students. If any other teachers are interested in having their students attend, they should immediately E-Mail or call us.

    Delegate Sign-up for High School Model U.N.
    The first high school Model U.N. of 2002-2003 will be on Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at Forest Park Community College. This is a most important session because it essentially "sets the table" for our full-day one of Thursday, December 12. During this Saturday session, resolutions will be introduced, they will be discussed and debated, but probably not passed or defeated. It is more a time to discuss issues in general and to develop working papers. Considerable time will be devoted to caucusing among delegates.

    Please remember that each school should have at least three representatives for each country that it is representing. One will serve on the Political & Security Committee; one on the Economic & Social Committee; and one on the Human Rights Committee.

    Students who wish to electonically enroll as delegates may do so with ease. Just go to our intranet web site at www.civitasassociates.intranets.com. If you are already a member, then log-in. If you are not, click on "Enter as a Guest." Then click on the bar on the left side titled Model U.N. Sign-up and then complete the form. You can access the web site easily by clicking on the link below.

    Link to Sign-up for Model U.N. Sessions

    Collinsville H.S. Submits First Resolutions!
    Our special thanks to the students and faculty advisors at Collinsville High School for submitting resolutions for our opening High School Model U.N. session more than two weeks in advance. This week alone we have received nine resolutions from Collinsville. They are now posted on the web and you can access them (and all other future resolutions) by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article.

    The deadline for resolutions is Friday, November 8. This will give us plenty of time to get copies printed before the session on Saturday, November 16. The session will be from 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at Forest Park Community College. More details will follow in next week's newsletter.

    Link to High School Model U.N. Resolutions

    Video and Further Transcripts now Available from Africa Conference
    We now have nearly one hour of video from the "U.N. & Africa" Conference posted on our web site with more being loaded nearly every day. More detailed written information from the conference has also been added. Some of the video that was previously posted has been edited to brighten the images.

    To review the video, the transcripts, and the photos, please click on the link below.

    You can refer to our two previous newsletters to see what schools are representing which countries. For a more up-to-date listing, you can link to the country assignment page of our web site by clicking to our home page and then choosing the "General Assembly Assignments" link on the left side of the page.

    Special thanks once again to everyone who worked so hard to make the conference such a success!

    Information on U.N. & Africa Conference

    Cover 2 wins Delegate Handbook Contest!
    Many of our readers are "sports savvy," so the term "Cover 2" might mean a kind of alignment of defensive backs in a football defense. It's what Lovie Smith brought to the Rams last year from Tampa and it also is the type of defense that often thwarts the Rams' offense.

    However, in this context, "Cover 2" means the second choice of images that was offered to our readers to vote upon for our Delegate Handbook. We had our vote last week and "Cover 2" edged out "Cover 1" by a vote of 19-17. So "Cover 2" it will be. You can check out the two images by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article.

    The Delegate Handbook is graciously being printed gratis for us by Ameren Union Electric. It will be ready by the November 7 workshop for 8th grade students and teachers. High School students will begin receiving them at the November 9 Saturday Discussion Group!

    Delegate Handbook Cover Options

    New Poll on Missouri Senate Race
    Our new question for the week is:

    Of the candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat from Missouri, who would you be most likely to support?

    Jean Carnahan (Democrat)
    Jim Talent (Republican)
    Tamara Millay (Libertarian)
    Daniel Romano (Green)
    None of the above

    You can access the poll by going to our intranet site linked at the bottom of this article.

    Link to Current Poll

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