SBMUN VIII will be held on April 6, 2024.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time at southbaymun@gmail.com.
SBMUN is excited to be partnering with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley this year, a food bank that provides equal access to food for all Bay Area residents, as part of our collective interest to promote and advocate for the societal issues that we face currently. Apart from having a representative visit, SBMUN is going to be fundraising for Second Harvest's cause, raising money for such an impactful cause. If you would like to donate and contribute towards a notable cause, then you can visit SBMUN's food drive page here.
Position papers are to be emailed as a PDF to your committee’s email by March 31 for research awards, or by April 5 for any committee award.
You will not be eligible for any award if you do not submit a position paper.
In order to show your research into your topics, we request that each delegate submit a 2–5 page, typed, and double-spaced position paper, to be emailed as a PDF to your committee's email. Google Drive links will not be accepted. In this research paper, we request that you write three sections: one on an overview of your topic, one on your country or individual’s policies as extrapolated from the sources you evaluate, and one on the solution(s) you propose in your topic. We would also like for you to cite your sources in this paper to show that you have performed research.
For the crisis committees, you will be expected to put forward a plan for the success of the organization in your solutions section.
The heading should look like this (please do not include your name OR your school name in the heading!):
Country Name
Committee Name
SBMUN VIII
If you have any specific questions about position papers, email your dais! Each dais’ email can be found on their respective committee webpage.
This conference will be held on April 6th, 2024 at Homestead High School.
Payments will be completed on the Monta Vista High School Student Store, after an invoice is sent. If a check is being mailed, all checks should be made out to Monta Vista ASB. Checks should be sent to Monta Vista High School, Memo line: SBMUNVIII and your delegation name. Checks should be postmarked by the last day of the deadlines stated below — unless an exception with reasonable justification is arranged at least 72 hours in advance of the deadline.
Note: To expedite the assignments process, upon sending payment, please let us know. Country assignments will be sent out only after payment has been dropped off or postmarked.
For questions, please email southbaymun@gmail.com. Thank you for your interest!
South Bay MUN VIII will be hosted at Homestead High School (21370 Homestead Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014).
This is the schedule for SBMUN VIII.
Please fill out and bring physical copies of the following forms on the day of the conference. Failure to provide these forms at check-in will result in delegates not being allowed to attend the conference. You may also opt-in to submit forms online for pre-clearance before the conference to expedite the check-in process on the day of the conference (note that physical forms are required regardless of pre-clearance status).
Forms for the conference can be found here.
Masks are recommended indoors, but will not be required. Please let the secretariat or your chairs know if you are feeling unwell at any time prior to or during the conference.
In light of recent developments with regards to text generation tools such as ChatGPT, we are updating our technology policy. Technology will be allowed during the conference – throughout the conference for crisis committees and during unmoderated caucuses for GA and Specialized committees. Plagiarism of outside sources (such as ChatGPT) is strictly forbidden, and any delegate found to be submitting unoriginal work either for research or during committee will be ineligible for awards.
An addition delegate guide with parliamentary procedure and other information can be found here.