Points or Motions Types of Delegates Directives and Resolutions Crisis Notes and Arcs GA Shenanigans
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What is a point of Order?
When your chair begins committee without asking for a motion to open debate, you would be warranted in raising this
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Who is a Lone Wolf
This delegate likes to work on their own, and are the mascot of the del-team favorite party game that was played last week
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What are the preambulatory and operative clauses
These are the two types of clauses found in a working paper
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What is a Response
You should always wait for this before sending another crisis note
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What is a page
The role that passes notes between delegates
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What is a Right of a Reply?
"Hey dummy, if you were smarter you'd be motioning for this instead of letting me berate you"
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Who is a Bloc Fattener
This is the colloquial term used to identify delegates who aren't particularly invested and offer a unique chance at easy votes
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Who are the Sponsors
These are the individuals who determine if an amendment is friendly or unfriendly
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What is being killed
While this may seem like a negative, it is actually often a sign that your fellow delegates think you are doing well and are a threat
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What is a double del
The pairing in GA
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What is a point of Parliamentary Inquiry?
When the policy on when you can divide the question is unclear, you may raise this
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Who is a Power Delegate
This delegate is often associated with Uchicago, and their only goal is to get the Best Delegate award
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What is introducing the working papers?
Working papers are known as draft resolutions only after this step in the process is reached
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What are who what where when why how
These are the six questions every crisis note should seek to answer. These questions will guarantee you get the Ws (and one H)
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What is a working paper
The collective clauses you write with your bloc before a merger
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What is the number of speakers?
This property of a moderate caucus determines its disruptiveness
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Who is the Folk Politician
This delegate will always seek to make friends in committee, and lead the committee to victory against his corrupt counterpart.
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What is enact a binding proposal
The main difference between a directive and a resolution is the directive's ability to do this
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What is your end goal?
The first thing you should figure out when planning your crisis arc is this, which will hopefully be achieved on saturday afternoon
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What is a Q&A panel
The part of the committee that causes the most stress but also is where you need to be to award
What is a Consultation of the Whole?
This rarely used motion always speakers to speak as long as they wish, relinquishing it to the delegate of their choice.
Who is yourself?
This delegate is the only delegate who can stop you from winning an award at every conference
What is a baby clause
This type of clause refer to those developed before committee that you will present and push as your main contribution tot he final resolution you produce
What are crisis updates
The best indication that you're crisis arc is being run with is it appearing during these
What is the front middle left
The best place to sit to get picked by the chair






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