The Training Orientation and Committee Assignment took place in Room 301-1 of the General Education Building on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Dr. Yang, the director of the NTUT GOES TO NMUN 2012 program, opened with a congratulation to the 16 students who made it to the Reserve Delegation.
Dr. Yang then got down to the business. She talked about the training sessions that will last from November through December, collevtively termed as the Reserve Delegation Training. The training sessions will consist of three major components: the Small Group Discussions, the Rules of Procedures sessions, and the Topic Presentation sessions. Students are expected to conduct their own discussions for at least four times during the course of the Reserve Delegation Training (the Small Group Discussions), learn about the Rules of Procedures that are used in all United Nations committees (the Rules of Procedures sessions), and talk about what they learn from the group discussions (Topic Presentation sessions). NTUT will be representing the Dominican Republic in NMUN 2012, and students are divided into different groups, each representing a different committee and addressing different issues on behalf of the Dominican Republic in NMUN 2012.
Dr. Yang also talked about the selection of the final delegates representing NTUT in NMUN 2012. Only 12 out of the 16 reserve delegates will be selected into the final delegation representing NTUT in NMUN 2012. The scheme is an accumulative, point-based system that has two parts: the Base Points and the Training Points. Each Reserve Delegate is given points based on their performance at the Reserve Delegation Selection (the Base Points). The Reserve Delegate also receives additional points accumulated to their Base Points from the three major components of the Reserve Delegation Training. The top 12 Reserve Delegates with the highest accumulative points by December 30 will be made the Final Delegates representing NTUT in NMUN 2012.
Link Nie, a junior English major, was also selected as the provisional Student Delegation Chair, assisting Dr. Yang and Ms. Amy Shen of of NTUT Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence in organizing and hosting all Reserve Delegation Training events. Robert Hsiao and Alicia Chen, two students who represented NTUT in NMUN 2009, in which NTUT won an Honorable Mention, will also head the Rules of Procedures sessions in the Reserve Delegation Training.
Dr. Yang ended the meeting with a word of encouragement and wished the best for all Reserve Delegates in making it to the final delegation.
