Northeastern University International Relations Council
Fall Executive Board Meeting
Date: September 28, 2014 6:00 PM
Location: PoliSci Conference Room
Present: Cam, Sarah, Rawan (Google Hangout), Elise, Evan
Absent: Phil
Chairing
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Sarah: Created a schedule for chairs and a set of guidelines to standardize
chairing
Elise: All new chairs need to be accompanied by experienced vice-chairs to avoid
slip-ups and ensure proper parliamentary procedure.
o Sarah believes all experienced and new chairs must attend at least one
Chair Training session
o Cam: Vice-Chairs will bring a different chairing style for every topic which
is important for overall experience of delegates
o Elise is concerned about quality of debate if only inexperience members
are chairs
Vice-Chairs will rotate for every topic to not mess up country assignments
Next Chair Training session will be October 7th, more details later
We might need a new NATO Chair and might not have a Nationals chair. Will
discuss further when Phil is present.
Mentorship
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Sarah: Mentorship this semester wasn’t too effective; we need strong mentorship
presence in UN, especially during the first debate sessions
Cam: Still debating whether to create a new BoD seat for Mentorship
Sarah will get in touch with Gavin to touch base with him
Budget Update
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Elise: Another 1,700 from PoliSci and the initial 13,000 from PoliSci; high
possibility of receiving funding from new IAF Center.
98 dues collected so far, a good number. Cam will deposit this week.
Conferences
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CARMAL
o HD is Jane Rudy, AHD is Ryan Chaffin
o Jane, Ryan, Phil, and Sarah have been keeping tabs on promising new
members during class debate. There’s a concern about who the 5
experienced members will be but Sarah and Phil will speak to Jane and
Ryan to figure out the final numbers
Numbers are still in flux. Elise believes 10 is a good number but the budget
allows for 15 max.
o Must approach new and experienced members this upcoming week to
know who is up to go to DC for CARMAL
o Deadline to book rooms is October 27th
o High chance we can fly in and out of DC
 Elise: Average the NATO and NUMAL flight rates: $100 per
passenger
o Evan and Phil will pay McMun September 29th
McMun
o Evan will reserve Peter Pan bus once payment to conference is finalized
NERMAL
o Registration and Opening Ceremony logistics. Evan has been in contact
with PoliSci Department (Barbara Chen)
o Evan: rooms will be split between Behrakis (JCC) and Shillman
(traditional)
o Our competition is the Appalachian Regionals conference
NATO
o Elise: train down, flying back up
MsMUN
o We need a Secretary-General. Cam will approach Zach Badore this week.
o Conflicts with CARMAL—we need to figure out Chairing
 All Chairs need to attend a Chair Training session, must be
approved by UN-AGB, and clear with the new policy on minors
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Miscellaneous
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Sarah: Classes Progress Report
o All is going well
o Promising new members, good for CARMAL
o Older members are also demonstrating a higher level of maturity
All E-Board must submit short bios and pictures to Katie for the website
IAF Center Luncheon at the end of October: we need 8-10 past Arab League
travel team, grad students, etc.
Next Meeting:
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E-Board will meet next Sunday, October 4th
Next BoD Meeting is October 14th