This article is part of our Celebrating Success in MUN: Recognition and Rankings in 2020-2021 series. Please read here to understand about the purpose behind these articles.
This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted how Model United Nations is done. Many college Model UN conferences had to figure out how to pivot to virtual formats. Many head delegates and club members had to navigate not only college virtually, but meeting and training in MUN virtually. And some MUN teams faced challenges that were difficult to navigate and may have prevented their teams from being as active on the circuit as they would have liked, or may have cancelled MUN altogether.
Nevertheless, Model UN was happening on the college MUN circuit this year. Here at Best Delegate, we want to make sure that the community’s hard work and dedication this year is recognized. There were a lot of college MUN leaders who had to step up and lead — conference organizers who had to create new experiences, head delegates who had to recruit and train their teams virtually, and many other leaders who have contributed to the college MUN community in intangible ways. College MUN would not have been possible without these leaders this year.
Each year, Best Delegate invites the North American Collegiate Model United Nations community to vote for exemplary university delegates for our annual All-Star Team. Members of the All-Star Team are active MUNers that also positively impacted the community both inside and outside committee on the college circuit. These delegates can be consistent winners on the circuit or delegates that demonstrate to you the qualities you admire in Model UN: diplomacy, cooperation, innovation, leadership, and creativity.
How does voting work?
In order to be eligible to vote, you must be a college student that has participated as a staff member or delegate at a North American collegiate conference in the 2020-2021 season. You are allowed to nominate up to ten delegates or staffers that you see fit, and each name will be considered one vote. Due to the All-Star Team’s emphasis on community, students may only vote for up to two delegates or staffers from their own school out of the ten total votes and, students may not vote for themselves.
Votes will be tallied, and the individuals that received the most votes will be announced as members of the North American Collegiate All-Star Team. While Best Delegate will edit inconsistencies and misspellings to the best of its ability, it will validate submissions under the following Ballot Rules:
Qualifications:
- Candidate must have participated as a delegate or staffer in at least one collegiate Model United Nations conference in North America during the 2020-2021 academic year.
- Students must include the name and school of each nominee to verify candidates’ participation at a conference.
Ballot Information:
- Ballots will go live starting today, Monday, April 26, 2021 and nominations will conclude on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 11:59pm PST. Ballots submitted afterward will not count towards the vote tally.
- Each individual may only submit one ballot. Multiple ballots submitted with the same information will be considered invalid.
- Votes must follow the rules indicated on the ballot.
