May 23, 2009 Whitney High School Cerritos, California Model United Nations Specialized Committee and International Gaming Conference VII
CONFERENCE POST-MORTEM Mafia council
Chair Asad Yaseen		Vice Chair Shafqat Hut		Legal Kevin Han
WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS COMMITTEE?
One thing that we have noticed about Mafia Council is that when the floor agenda is open to the delegates in the beginning, is that it always goes to the topic of who is going to be the leader. The way the delegates quickly and efficiently worked together to put together a resolution set the pace and the standard of how the committee was going to go. Whenever we threw something at them, they would quickly come up with something interesting and work from there, whether it be underhand dealings with other delegate or sending notes to us (as their henchman) telling us to kill so and so or kidnap them or bribe, etc. Overall, the delegates made it a really fun committee. We recall that as we were leaving the room for lunch, one of the delegates met up with his friend and upon being asked how the committee was, said delegate exuberantly expressed his enthusiasm and enjoyment of how the committee was progressing. While throughout the committee, we somehow ended up picking on one of the delegates (unintentionally), revealing her underhanded dealings or her plots, she went with the flow and played her part, making for exciting and tense debates going back and forth. While we did tone down the heat on her, the vice-chair took upon himself to have forty of her men killed, re-instigating other delegates heat on her. Once again she went with the flow. Another delegate operated his ‘gang’ really well, making secret underhand dealings and establishing connections and expanding his businesses, etc. While everyone was scrambling to get a hand in the narcotics business, yelling out numbers as if they were bidding for the drugs, while this delegate was sending notes to us and forming secret and subtle connections that when revealed to the committee not only left the other delegates confused but also covered his tracks. All in all, it was the delegates and how they performed as well as the funny accents that they were throwing and the jokes they were making that made it an overall enjoyable experience for all.
AWARDS
Best Delegate: · Otto Berman—Huntington Beach Outstanding: · Abraham Weinberg—Unknown (please send an email) · Charles Luciano—University · Vincent Coll—Northwood Commendation: · Virginia Hill—Tustin · Albert Anastasia—Huntington Beach · Louis Bechalter—Cal High · Benjamin Siegal—El Toro
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