Head Chair Introduction and Welcome!

 Hello, delegates and welcome to the Haitian Revolution crisis committee of BMUN 70! 

My name is Mathilde McKeever and I am thrilled to be serving as the Head Chair for this committee. I’ve been imagining a Model UN crisis committee focused on the Haitian Revolution for some time now, and I am excited to see how it plays out during our conference!

A little bit about myself. I am currently in my fourth year at UC Berkeley, studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In my free time, I love to read, swim, bake, and go on road trips around California.  I also have a particular fondness for snowy days (though sadly we don’t get many of those in Berkeley) and hot fudge sundaes. Aside from BMUN, I am involved in various teaching organizations on campus and I am a TA for Berkeley’s introductory computer science course. 

I am also joined by my lovely vice-chairs, Aisha, Alana, Chloe, and Srisai in chairing this committee. They have also introduced themselves in earlier posts from this blog if you’re curious to know more about them!

Now for some logistics! Position Papers are due on February 5th to be considered for the Research Award, and February 12th to be considered for any committee award. You can find position paper guidelines here.

A reminder that the committee will officially be starting on June 23, 1793. When writing your position papers, we ask that you focus on events that occurred prior to this date - however, you are welcome to let events that occur after this date inform your analysis and solutions. 

That’s it for now!

If you have any questions at all, feel free to reach out to me at haitibmunlxx@bmun.org

Best,

Mathilde McKeever




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