Funky Facebook COMPETITION :)

So we are just one week away from the conference, and things are starting to heat up!

We are giving away two 2500/= vouchers from ODEL to any two individuals who spread around the most hype about the upcoming conference!

Join in the fun now. It’s simple actually. All you have to do is just set the official CO-MUN 2010 poster picture as your profile picture on Facebook, and tag twenty of random your friends on it. Once you’ve done this, message Michael Mendis and let him know that you have joined in the fun.

Once you’ve joined in the competition by changing your profile picture and tagging twenty friends, you can start promoting CO-MUN 2010 in any way you like via the Facebook platform. Just remember, to get on our radar as regards your contributions, you need to constantly update Michael via wallposts on the group or private messages to his profile.

Two winners will be selected, based on how much they have done to promote CO-MUN 2010, and possibly how creative they were in the process of doing so.

Remember, you DON’T have to be a participating delegate of this year’s conference to be eligible! Any wellwisher (ie, someone who wouldn’t mind a voucher from Odel) is welcome to join! 🙂

SO GET FACEBOOKING NOW AND WIN YOURSELF THAT VOUCHER!!!

NB:
*To join, you must *MESSAGE* Michael on his profile.
*To report your activity, you may write on the group wall, or message him privately.
*Wallposts on his profile may result in your DISQUALIFICATION, so please desist.

* The references to “Michael Mendis” and “his profile” made herein, refer to the profile of the facebook user found at http://www.facebook.com/michaelmendis7

Messages to any other profile may or may not be considered.

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!! 🙂

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RULES YOU MUST FOLLOW

1. You MUST message me (Michael Mendis) and notify me as regards your profile pic change, in order to qualify as registered to the competition.

2. Adding me is immaterial to the competition and do so upon your discretion. Adding me will NOT qualify you as registered for the competition.

3. You MUST upload your OWN pic, when tagging twenty friends on it. Tagging twenty friends on someone else’s picture will only benefit the original owner of the picture.

4. Uploading the picture, setting it as your profile picture and tagging twenty friends is the process through which you will qualify to register for the competition. Doing so will not suffice to be successful in the competition.

5. Joining the group is mandatory.

Failure to follow these rules and other conditions expressly made public via the blog ( http://wp.me/pEJGv-1F ), will result in your disqualification from the competition. If you haven’t seen the blog post yet, we suggest you carefully peruse it immediately.

Delegate Manual

The CO-MUN Delegate Manual is available online for all who wish to peruse it. Click here to visit the webpage.

Important Dates to Remember

The programme for the heavily anticipated workshops and practice debates have now been finalised. Make note of these dates, since participation in these workshops and practise debates will prove crucial in relation to your success at the conference.

The preliminary workshops will take place on the 23rd and 30th of January, from 9.30 am to 2.00 pm at Overseas School premises. The workshops are essential for administrative staff as well as delegates.

In turn, the practice debates will take place on 7th, 13th and 27th of February from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm at, again, Overseas premises. Participation in at least two practice debates is mandatory for all delegates.

Lunch, for all five dates specified above, is available for purchase at the Overseas Canteen.

Here’s a summary of the dates:

Workshops

23 and 30 January, 2010
9.30 am – 2.00 pm
at Overseas School premises.

Practice Debates

7th, 13th and 27th February, 2010
9.30 am – 5.00 pm
at Overseas School premises.

The dates of the conference proper, as you may well know, are 5th, 6th and 7th of March. The times and venues for these dates will differ from one another, and are specified as such, below:

5th:   7.30 am – 5.00 pm at Overseas School

6th:   8.30 am – 5.00 pm at Overseas School

7th:   8.30 am – 7.00 pm at Waters’ Edge

Any further inquiries are welcome at comun2010@gmail.com

Opinion: Iranian Dissent

A few months ago, we saw a media frenzy on the outcome of the Iranian presidential election. Thousands of people were reported to have stepped out into the streets to voice their dissent against the freshly re-“elected” president, Mahmoud Ahmedinajad. In a single stroke of anger, the world witnessed the power of the people, and what democracy means. At the same time, we also saw that, in some situations, the voice of the people, its voracity notwithstanding, can come to nothing.

How angry are you? What did the Iranian Dissent — and the subsequent Iranian Suppression — mean to you? Did it amount to nothing, or did it teach you that we’re only as powerless as how apathetic we are? Do you believe that there is something to the voice of the people, or as Mahmoud demonstrated, that power is all about guns and violence? Or, do you think  the Dissent was blown out of proportions by the Western media, to further their own agenda against a country who had the audacity to defy and deride the time-old veneration of the Western Power?

Let us know what you think. Remember, it is through debate that we arrive at the truth. And it is through voice that we kill apathy.

POLL: Which Com rocked the most?

2010 Organising Committee — Revealed!

If you’ve been wondering recently about who exactly will be shouldering your COMUN Conference for the year 2010 (or who exactly will be bossing you around as you jump enthusiastically up and down to yield the floor), well, wonder no more! Credible sources have now deemed it apt to announce to all who are interested the identities of the COMUN Organising Committee for the year 2010… The members (and their positions) are as follows.

CO-MUN 2010

Organising Committee

Secretary General                   –           Deshanee Senanayake

President of G. A.                    –           Yohan Senarath

Head of Administrations         –           Anarkalee Perera

Head of Public Relations         –           Chantal Balthazaar

Head of Logistics                     –           Insiya Jafferjee

Head of Finance                      –           Aneesha Madugalle

General Assembly

First Committee

Vice President                         –           Shiran Fernando

Chair                                       –           Sithira Gunasekara

Vice Chair                               –           Clyde Rodrigo

Second Committee

Vice President                         –           Natalie Wijewardena

Chair                                       –          Neminda Gamage

Vice Chair                               –           Tara Nelson

Third Committee

Vice President                         –           Michael Mendis

Chair                                       –           Lemis Martinez

Vice Chair                               –           Shaveendra Senarath

ECOSOC

President                                 –           Pravin Jayasinghe

Vice President                         –           Megumi Yamamoto

Security Council

President                                   –           Tharaka Hettiarachchi

Vice President                         –           Harini Indiketiya

Official COMUN2010 Blog Launched

CO-MUN 2009 is just leaving out the backdoor, and guess what, the organising of next year’s leg has already begun — only this time, it is going to be bigger, better and evermore exhilarating!

With the interviews conducted, the organising committee announced, serious deliberations on the nature and magnitude of 2010’s version of COMUN are already underway. Plans are set and the mood is thick with ambition: a fledgeling  committee, making new friendships, coming together to push for something they are all passionate about — making a change, the diplomatic way.

As part of this year’s improvement of the conference, the organisers are embarking on a media-wide publicity programme to ensure that the voices of Sri Lankan youth diplomacy will not go unheard. The launch of a blog, in this light, has become imperative, and will function as an effective mode of communication between enthusiasts, participants, student coordinators, former participants and organisers.

So make sure you keep it here for the latest scoop from inside the 2010 organising committee… And while you’re at it, please do not hesitate to drop in your suggestions and ideas to our official COMUN 2010 email address, comun2010@gmail.com.