Registration (Now Open)
  • Priority (Early) Registration (to be included in the first round of Country Assignments) will end on January 28th at midnight. School fees for Priority Registration will be $30 and it is $25 per delegate.
  • Regular Registration will end on February 16th at midnight, or when VIMUNC has reached full capacity. Delegation Fees for Regular Registration will be $35 per school and $30 per delegate.
  • To qualify for a school award, a delegation must have at least 5 delegates. 
  • Fees should be made payable to Langley High School and sent via check to Jennifer Stocks at Langley High School (Langley High School, 6520 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101). ​
  • Regular Registration should be postmarked no later than February 9th. ​
  • Final changes to delegations must be completed by February 23rd to avoid charge. Email all requests to [email protected].
  • Delegate and School Fees should be turned in to the conference by February 29. If there is an issue with this date for your club, please email [email protected]

Individual Awards

VIMUNC does not use a points total system to grant individual awards. Instead, awards are given to delegates based upon their impact on committee. This impact can be derived from the creativity of their legislation, practicality of their solutions, strength of oration, leadership, and the depth of their position papers in addition to other aspects. The general outline is the same, but contact your chair before committee to see if they have any unique criteria they want to be satisfied in committee.
The awards that are given out are as such:
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First Place: Best Delegation
Second Place: Outstanding Delegation
Third Place: Honorable Delegation
Fourth Place: Verbal Commendation

School Awards

School delegation awards will be given on the basis of overall school performance. Awards will be determined based off of a ratio system. Schools will be eligible for delegation awards with a minimum of six delegates, however, the cut-off for small and large delegations will be determined at the conference by the secretariat.
  • Best Large Delegation
  • Outstanding Large Delegation
  • Best Small Delegation
  • Outstanding Small Delegation

Additionally, high school teams will be eligible for the Scott Stone Diplomacy Award. The award is named after the late Scott Stone - a beloved mentor, sponsor, and friend. He was kind and caring, smart and funny. Whether it was coming out to many of Langley's sporting events, chaperoning on MUN trips, or giving students coffee in his Physics class, he truly valued those around him. After working as a lawyer for thirty years, Mr. Stone retried to become a teacher in order to have a greater impact on us, the students. He will be missed dearly, and it is our honor to present the Scott Stone Diplomacy Award in his name.

Middle School teams will be eligible for the following delegation awards:
  • Best Middle School Delegation ​

Position Papers

Position papers are required in order for a delegation to be considered for an award, however they are not required for Crisis Committees. They should be printed out and brought to your chair by the start of the conference. VIMUNC realizes that different schools have different ways of writing position papers and will be flexible in grading them.

Plagiarism

Any form of plagiarism found in position papers, working papers or other elements of debate will lead to the violating delegate's immediate disqualification from any award and notification of the offense to his/her school sponsor. In the most serious cases, schools may be disqualified from delegation awards.

Pre-written legislation (written before the first committee session) is not allowed. Delegates are, however, allowed to work on legislation anytime after their first committee session, including outside of the conference.

Behavior

Western Business Attire is required. However, some special committees will allow (or even recommend) attire appropriate for their characters and/or time period. Religious headdresses or coverings are permissible.
Bullying will not be tolerated. Offending delegates will be disqualified from awards. In the most serious cases, an offending delegate may be asked to leave.
Other behaviors that disrupt the sanctity of debate may incur appropriate consequences.
All participants must follow all FCPS COVID-19 guidelines and policies.