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Definition
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Term
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Competitive event hosted by schools/universities
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Conference
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The particular group you are in during an event
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Committee
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Group of students who travel to a competitive event together
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Delegation
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What a participant is called
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Delegate
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The term for when two people represent one nation or person
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Double delegation
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Set of rules to aid and guide committee in a productive and inclusive way
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Parliamentary procedure
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Nameplates with who/what a delegate is representing used to vote
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Placard
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Attendance
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Roll call
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The person or people running a committee
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Chair
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The group running the committee
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Dias
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How to call order
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Decorum
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An official request for something to be done in committee
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Motion
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A group of delegates working together
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Bloc
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Section of a paper written to enact policy
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Clause
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Delegate that wrote a paper
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Sponsor
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Delegates that would like the see a paper being presented in committee but did not write it
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Signatories
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Who grants secret requests and presents sudden changes that prompt crisis committees
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Backroom
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Type of committee that has the end goal of passing one or multiple resolutions (tend to be larger)
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General Assembly
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Type of committee where delegates pass many directives, deal with active and immediate changes, and have a personal arc (tend to be smaller)
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Crisis
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Type of committee similar to a GA, but smaller, more niche, and sometimes with slightly different rules
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Specialized
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Type of committee that doesn't provide a background guide in advance
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Ad-hoc
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Discussion with a set time to speak, a given subject, and a speakers list (ex. 6:30 on xyz)
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Moderated caucus
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Discussion with a set time, but free to wander the room and no speakers list (ex. 15 min _____)
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Unmoderated caucus
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Discussion with a set time and no speakers list, but delegates must remain in their seats
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Gentleman's unmoderated caucus
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The first available opportunity for delegates to speak in committee, purpose is to set the topic
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Primary speakers list
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Opens after the above when topic is set
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Secondary speakers list
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First paper written by group of delegates, presented but not voted on, get merged later
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Working paper
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Final merged paper written by multiple groups of delegates, goal of committee is to pass
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Resolution
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Short papers voted on in rounds in crisis to solve immediate issues
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Directive
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Directives submitted on behalf of a few characters
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Joint Personal Directive
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How delegates in crisis committees make secret requests
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Note
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Sudden changes or actions that need to be acted on in crisis committee
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Crisis drop/break
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Storyline of a delegate's character in a crisis committee, usually through notes
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Crisis arc
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