Well, the Santa Clara Conference went well. We had 13 students there both days of the conference. Out of these 13, 9 won awards, including three new delegates (Oscar Cuming-Timms, Anne Fraysse, and Pearson Lyvers). These awards were:
Outstanding Delegation:
Andrew Hughes & Jenny Reich - USA on UNDP
Jeremy L. Wolff & Oscar Cuming-Timms - USA on Legal
Stephan Chan - USA on IAEA
Honorable Mention:
Tom Parkinson-Morgan & Miguel Lopez - USA on SOCHUM
Anne Fraysse & Pearson Lyverse - Greece on SOCHUM
This was all quite impressive. Had Cal High not been at the conference Acalanes would have received multiple gavels not just Outstanding Delegation awards but this conference taught us something. Our rivals at Cal High prepared a lot more than we did. While many of us didn't even write position papers, the position papers of Cal High delegates reached up to 27 pages in length. In the olden days of Model UN we'd be able to arrive without researching and still win hands down, those days are over. The quality of competition in Model UN has gotten much higher and so our quality of competition must rise as well.
Ever since the class of '04 graduated Acalanes MUN has focused a majority of its energy on recruiting new delegates. We will continue to try to get more members but from now on our main focus has to be getting our current delegates to be the best they can be. We still have both Berkeley and Davis to prove ourselves. Carson Ley will be doing most of the organizational work for the Davis conference because I will not be able to attend (it's the same weekend as Senior Ball) but this will free me up to focus on training. Acalanes proved to be the most talented at this conference, performing top notch with little research or preparation, with a bit more work we will regain our spot as the best MUN club in Northern California.
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