Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ is designed to answer questions about non-committee-related issues.
Before contacting CMUNCE, please consult this General FAQ for questions regarding conference logistics, and the Committees Page for inquiries into committee-related issues. It is likely that your questions have already been answered and are available online.
To contact CMUNCE directly, send your questions or comments to info@cmunce.org.
When and where is CMUNCE 2009?
CMUNCE 2009 will begin with Opening Ceremonies on the evening of Thursday, January 15th, and will conclude with Closing Ceremonies on the afternoon of Sunday, January 18th, 2009. We will be hosting the conference on Columbia University's central Morningside Heights campus, located between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues and 114th and 118th Streets in New York City, New York.
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Does CMUNCE allow double delegations?
CMUNCE does not allow double delegations. Each country, cabinet member, or other personality of a committee will only be represented by one student.
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Does CMUNCE have a maximum delegation size?
CMUNCE prides itself on its small committee sizes. As such, we generally limited school delegations to 12 students or less. Schools are allowed to request more than 12 positions, but we cannot guarantee that they will be available.
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Do I need to stay at one of the CMUNCE-recommended hotels?
All schools are free to choose their accommodations for the CMUNCE timeframe. However, only students staying at CMUNCE-recommended hotels will be eligible for free escorts to and from their hotel during the conference. Moreover, only schools staying at CMUNCE-recommended hotels will be able to attend midnight crisis sessions unless other arrangements are made by their advisors in conjunction with the CMUNCE Secretariat.
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How do escorts work, and are they mandatory?
CMUNCE will be providing escorts to and from the hotel throughout the conference, as well as on all conference activities. At any time while in transit, delegations will have the benefit of a CMUNCE staff member who is well acquainted with the surrounding area to guide them to wherever they are going.
Delegations will meet up with a CMUNCE staff member at the hotel each morning to take them to Columbia's campus. Likewise, a staff member will lead them back to the hotel following the end of the day's activities. Should delegations elect to not be provided with an escort, their advisor must notify a Secretariat member directly.
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How is security run at the hotel?
The conference is staffed by CMUNCE security staff 24 hours a day. Additionally, delegates are under the protection of Columbia University security while at the conference and under hotel security while at the hotel.
CMUNCE will have staff security present in a Security Suite at the hotel following each day's final committee session. These staff members will remain in the hotel overnight to perform rounds and enforce a 1:00 AM curfew, to ensure that the delegates and other guests in the hotel are able to get a good night's rest. Delegates must remain in their rooms and keep noise levels to a minimum after curfew.
Advisors may set an earlier curfew for their delegates, but will be responsible for enforcing them.
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What is the advisor reception?
At the conclusion of Opening Ceremonies, an advisor reception will be held where advisors will have the opportunity to meet the CMUNCE Secretariat as well as the other advisors. Here, advisors will be welcome to ask questions to and speak with any and all Secretariat members in an informal setting while their delegates are in their first committee session. Refreshments will be served.
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What and where is the delegate reception?
CMUNCE will be hosting a delegate reception on Saturday evening in Roone Arledge Auditorium in Lerner Hall, featuring light food and drinks as well as performances by Columbia student dance and music groups.
All schools are expected to attend the reception, as this new CMUNCE tradition will be a welcome improvement this year.
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The Code of Conduct is an agreement whereby delegates promise to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner and refrain from activities deemed by the CMUNCE Secretariat to be disrespectful, dangerous, and/or illegal. By registering and attending the conference, all delegates implicitly agree to the Code of Conduct.
The Code of Conduct will be available online later this year.
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Where can I find more information about Columbia University?
Founded as King's College in 1754, Columbia University has emerged as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Led by its world-renown faculty, innovative research, technological breakthroughs, and unique location in the best city in the world, Columbia University stands apart in the Ivy League as a school unto its own.
While at CMUNCE, delegates will be on Columbia's Central Morningside Heights campus. The newly-renovated Hamilton Hall will be playing host to all committee sessions; a bastion of liberal arts students, Hamilton Hall features the offices of many foreign language departments, the Classics department, the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, as well as fulfilling the administrative functions of housing the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and many Deans' offices, including that of the Dean of Columbia College, Austin Quigley.
Columbia University's website is located at www.columbia.edu.
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