NWMUN 2024-2025 Secretary-General Application

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Thank you for your interest in serving as Secretary-General of NWMUN-Seattle 2024 and/or NWMUN-Portland 2025! Please fill out all of the questions below and then submit your application. If you have any questions, please email sameer@nwmun.org at any time.

Conference Information - NWMUN-Seattle 2024
Northwest Model United Nations – Seattle 2024 will be the 18th year of NWMUN-Seattle. Since it was first held in November 2007, NWMUN-Seattle has grown in scope and quality each year. Today, NWMUN-Seattle is the premier collegiate Model United Nations experience in the Pacific Northwest, and also the largest – a forum that cultivates international awareness and understanding, and provides diverse opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment, as well as for personal growth.

Conference Dates: November 22-24, 2024
Dates of Attendance (for Secretary-General position): November 20-24, 2024
Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Conference Information - NWMUN-Portland 2025
Northwest Model United Nations – Portland 2025 will be the 10th year of NWMUN-Portland. First held in February 2015, NWMUN-Portland is the most innovative conference in the Northwest. NWMUN-Portland provides diverse opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment, as well as for personal growth.

Conference Dates: February 14-16, 2025
Dates of Attendance (for Secretary-General position): February 12-16, 2025
Location: Portland, OR, USA
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Which Secretary-General positions would you like us to consider you for?Choosing to be considered for both conferences does not affect your chances of being chosen for either in any way, as the hiring process for each conference is completely separate.
NWMUN-Seattle 2024
NWMUN-Portland 2025
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This application is for the 2024-2025 academic year. However, NWMUN still has one conference this (2023-2024) academic year, NWMUN-Portland 2024 in February. Would you like to be considered for this conference as well?This is in addition to being considered for NWMUN-Seattle 2024 and NWMUN-Portland 2025. Being selected for NWMUN-Portland 2024 does give you preference in selection for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Yes, please consider me for NWMUN-Portland 2024.
No, please only consider me for the 2024-2025 conference(s) I selected in the previous question.
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Full Name* This field is required.
First Name
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Date of Birth* This field is required.
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College/University (or Alma Mater)* This field is required.
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Major (or degree)* This field is required.
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Phone Number* This field is required.
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E-mail (non-college/university address)* This field is required.
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Address* This field is required.
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Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
North Korea
South Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nagorno-Karabakh
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Northern Mariana
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
South Ossetia
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard
eSwatini
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Transnistria Pridnestrovie
Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
British Virgin Islands
Isle of Man
US Virgin Islands
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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What city and state/province (and country if outside the United States) will you be living in at the time of NWMUN-Seattle (in November 2024)?* This field is required.
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What city and state/province (and country if outside the United States) will you be living in at the time of NWMUN-Portland (in February 2025)?* This field is required.
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We expect that the Secretary-General will need to arrive by 7 PM on Wednesday and stay until at least 12 PM on Monday. Are you able to commit to being at the conference venue for the entire period of time required?* This field is required.
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Do you have any recurring commitments on Saturday or Sunday (Pacific time) that would prevent you from participating in regularly-scheduled Executive Secretariat conference calls? If so, please explain.
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Choose one or two specific MUN experiences from your resume. How did the experience gained from them help qualify you for this position?* This field is required.
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Please list any leadership / professional / academic experience from outside Model United Nations that you feel is relevant to this position. Include any experience you have managing people, whether employees or volunteers.* This field is required.
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Choose one or two specific experiences in your answer to the previous question. How did the experience gained from them help qualify you for this position?
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How has your prior experience at NWMUN conferences, including experiences as a delegate, head delegate, team leader, and/or staff member, prepared you to be Secretary-General?
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Why do you want to be Secretary-General of this conference? What will you gain personally from the experience?* This field is required.
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What is your vision for the conference? What goals do you have?* This field is required.
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HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO: During the conference, a delegate from one school tells their Head Delegate that another delegate (from another school) has made them feel uncomfortable during informal session. The Head Delegate passes this information on to you with details as to what happened, but does not identify either of the delegates involved. What would you do?* This field is required.
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Please describe in detail your plan to recruit delegations and delegates to the conference. What methods do you think will be most effective?* This field is required.
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How do you see your relationship with the other members of the Secretariat? Please utilize this question to elaborate upon your management style.* This field is required.
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How would you ensure accountability for members of the Executive Secretariat? Specifically, how will you ensure that when other members of the team (DG, COS, ASG-L, or ASG-CS) tell you that one of their tasks has been completed, they are telling the truth? How would you handle it if another Secretariat member tells you a task is completed when it has not been?* This field is required.
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What is the ideal relationship between the Secretary-General and NWMUN’s parent organization, the Northwest Association for Global Affairs?* This field is required.
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The NWMUN Staff and Secretariat often suggest great ideas for improvement of the conference. How would you balance the benefits gained from these improvements and the inclusiveness gained by listening to staff suggestions with the pragmatic reality of being unable to initiate more than a few new projects each year? What would be your decision-making process for determining which new ideas are implemented while you are Secretary-General?* This field is required.
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Based on your past experience with NWMUN conferences, what do you think NWMUN-Seattle 2024 or NWMUN-Portland 2025 could improve upon from previous years? Please give concrete examples if possible.* This field is required.
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