Over the course of the first two terms, alot of planning was required by us four Secretary Generals and the Teachers in charge of the whole thing. We planned the numbers of student from each of the schools, allocated them countries through long a country matrix, put on simulations of the procedure of the conference among other things. The stressed importance behind having these simulations are to make the delegates feel comfortable as many this year were new and had no idea of how the conference ran or what they were expected to do, so this helped to ensure that the actual days of debate were as heated as possible.On the first day in which delegates try to find support for their action plans, my fellow Secretaries General and I floated around between the allocated rooms for each committee which were each dealing with different world issues. We gave advice to the Chairs (those who run the committees), and gave help to lost or confused delegates in addition to introducing the few days of amazing debate that were ahead of us.
On the first day of debate, I entertained the Ministers and Her Royal Highness in the Royal Lounge and then showed them around the committee and tried to give them an overview of what the delegates were doing. Once the ministers left, I gave advice to the Chairs and made sure that they kept their committees in check. On the second day of debate, a new opportunity for debate was introduced to BGIC and was run by the school year above us. This involved making up fake information to present to the various committees as a simulation crisis. The idea behind this was to bring something new and different to BGIC and to make to delegates think on their feet from their country's point of view to quickly come to a general consensus on the actions that should be undertaken to solve them. Finally, the third and final day of debate involved the committees in each Forum (we have two forum in BGIC, essentially two separate conferences are going on at the same time because we are so large now) and I chaired the whole General Assembly of over 150 delegates with my partner Secretary General and our Parliamentarian (who acts as our helper). I was very excited to see the participation of one of the youngest delegates that I have ever seen and he proved to be an active leader in committee debate and general assembly debate.I enjoyed having control over this many people and to allow the debate to run in the way that we saw fit, so that the debate was the best that it could be to make the delegates' experiences the most enjoyable for them. I think that all of the delegates took away with them fantastic memories and I enjoyed being a part of it, to see all the hard work and preparation come out, and most of all, to receive the praise of so many people who either watched or took part in ISB BGIC VIII. This just goes to show that if you put your mind to it, you can do anything!
