Rules of Procedures #1
What are two ways to reply in Roll Call?
“Present”
“Present and Voting"
How to add yourself to the General Speaker List?
Raise your placard when asked or Send notes to the Chair
Name of the document that you work on before it gets adopted as a Draft Resolution
Working Paper
TIUMUN 2020 is our _____ (second/third/fourth) annual conference
Third
What is the tool shaped like a small wooden hammer that the Chair uses to keep order?
Gavel
Explain the difference between Unmoderated and Moderated Caucus
Moderated: Delegates can make short comments on a specific sub-issue
Unmoderated: delegates can leave their seats to go and talk to others freely and informally
What kind of clauses that you can amend?
Operative clauses
How many executives and officers do we have?
3 executives and 10 officers and assistances.
Explain the difference between Friendly and Unfriendly Amendment
Friendly: receive the support of all sponsors + automatically be added
Unfriendly: not receive the support of all sponsors + require a vote
What can you do in a substantive vote but not in a procedural vote?
Abstention
Name 5 verbs/phrases that can be used in a Preambulatory Clauses
Recalling, Emphasizing, Recognizing, Considering, Realizing, Noting, etc.
Name 2 advisors of our club
Professor Blackwood & Professor Sakurai
Explain three types of yield
-Yield to another delegate: allow the second delegate to use the remaining time
-Yield to questions: allow delegates to ask the delegate who just finished speech questions
-Yield to the chair: allow the Dais to absorb all of the remaining time
When do you use the right of reply?
When you feel like your personal/national sovereignty is attacked by other delegate's statements
There are 30 delegates on the committee. How many sponsors and signatories are required for the draft resolution to be introduced?
At most 6 sponsors
At least 9 signatories
When was our club founded?
2016
Explain 4 types of points
- Point of Inquiry, if delegates have questions for the Chair;
- Point of Information, if delegates have questions for a delegate after his/her speech;
- Point of Personal Privilege, if delegates feel personal discomfort;
- Point of Order, if delegates believe that the Chair has made a procedural mistake.
Explain 4 motions you can raise in a voting procedure?
- Motion to Move into Voting Procedure: bring the committee into the voting procedure
- Motion to Roll Call Vote: calling each delegate in alphabetical order to cast their vote
- Motion to Divide the Question: vote clause by clause
- Motion to Divide the House: making abstention not in order
Preambulatory clauses end with_____
Operative clauses end with_____
(Colon ( : ) ; Comma ( , ); Ellipsis ( … ); Semicolon ( ; ); Period ( . ))
Preambulatory clauses end with commas
Operative clauses end with
semicolons
We have a tradition of taking pictures with a special person every time we finish a conference. Who is this person?
(Our supreme leader:) Kim Jong Un