Background Guide Iheaven

iMUNC 2021

Background Guide iHeaven

Chairs Josephine M Rogers Dov Alperin Crisis Director: Georgia Badonsky

Saturday, April 10 | NYC iSchool Hi,

I’m Josephine M. Rogers. I’m one of the co-chairs of this committee. I’m a Junior at the iSchool, and I have quite a bit of MUN experience as a delegate now. I have a little experience chairing (boy, that gavel is fun) and I’m excited to co-chair this committee that I certainly did write some of. In our committee, I’ll be the angelic chair of the Leadership Council Meeting.

Thanks for choosing our weird, weird committee.

Email: [email protected]

Hi,

I’m Dov Alperin (Demon), I’ll be representing the co-assigned chair of the leadership council meetings. Being a Junior, I am very lucky to say I have done this quite a few times now, on either side of the dias. Writing committees for iMUNC is always a treat, it lets us do what we think will be most fun, a philosophy that stands in stark contrast to most other conferences. I truly hope that you enjoy yourselves as much as we have imagining this (after) world for you!

Email: [email protected]

Hi,

I’m Georgia Badonsky and I’m Crisis Director (God). Like Dov and Josephine, I am a

Junior here at the iSchool. I started my MUN journey two years ago. I have come to love the club and am excited for the upcoming crisis. I will be open to bribes in the form of a check or cash and I do also accept PayPal, Apple Pay and Venmo. Don’t be afraid to be weird and have fun, the more outrageous the better. Don’t hold back because I certainly won't!

Email: [email protected] Accepted Documents

Crisis Note

This is a direct action taken by you as a delegate. They should be written as notes to the chair and must have three core pieces: what you want to do, how you are going to achieve it or what means you will use, and why you are trying to do it. This will help your chairs effectively build crisis narratives for you and will make more of what you want to happen come true. Notes can be written directly to the chair, or in character as the person/delegation you are representing.

Directive

This is an action taken by the whole committee, either collective action by each delegate or using a power vested in the whole committee. They have sponsors (who wrote it), signatories

(who wants to see it voted on—not necessarily supporting it), and operative clauses that specify what actions are being taken. Directives must be voted on, passed, and then will be implemented by the crisis team.

Communiqué

A communique is a communication sent by the whole committee to another person or group. They are a way of representing the interests of everyone to other groups you may be trying to work with or are bargaining with.

Press Release

A press release is an announcement from the committee to the public at large. Itʼs a useful way to generate public sentiment, and some countries may demand them in the name of transparency at certain points.

Zoom Procedure Delegates please remember to update your zoom to the current version available before this conference. We will be using the yes/no buttons for voting procedure and the raise hand button for points, motions, and to call on delegates wishing to speak. We will also be using breakout rooms for unmods, which means we will rely on the fact that everyone will be able to put themselves into the rooms they wish to be in.

Background information

The afterlife did not start out privately managed, but over time more and more high ranking officials left for private consultancies until the lines between public and private blurred.

What was left after the restructuring is known as Heaven and Hell Developments, H&H for short. A highly synergistic co-op working environment for Angels and Demons alike, working together in one common goal, the administration of life and the afterlife. Known for their nontraditional leadership style (regular meetings turned out to be too torturous even for demons)

H&H developments have kept things running smoothly, and with zero problems ever since its inception. H&H developments has a wide range of departments dealing with a myriad of issues including mundane things like decisions on human lifespan, or miracles, to more important things like the administration of the American clothing and accessories retailer Banana Republic.

Every few hundred years or so H&H having a quick (no longer than 25 year long) meeting becomes unavoidable. The leadership council meeting consists of high ranking H&H officials coming together to discuss all manners of topics relevant to the next few hundred years: setting budgets, personnel decisions, policy debate, and addressing the extremely rare “problem”. While terrestrial pop culture would have you believe that Angels and Demons share a great deal of animosity in their daily lives (as much as the concept of a day exists for them), nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, everyone is rooting for their own team (what else could be expected) but there is a great deal of professional respect for the others' work.

Everyone, Angels and Demons alike, has absolute faith in the system and as such respects the placement of souls and all that happens with it. While the terrestrial beings didn’t get the social dynamics of afterlife administration right they did get pretty close on other things. For example what people might confuse as a push towards a right decision from a “Guardian Angel” or that they “heard the devil” whispering in their ear, was likely an action from the Department of Influence. And when people confused improvements in their sick relatives for miracles, well sometimes they were actually right. That was the Department of Miracles at work.

As everyone knows, hopes and dreams make the world go round (allocated in the budget for the upkeep of naturally occurring events). Terrestrials in their pre-afterlife lives thrive on hopes and dreams. In fact, the amount of hopes and dreams in circulation in any given year is directly proportional to the number of “good things” that happen that year according to research conducted by our economists. At the beginning of every terrestrial year (around three and a half seconds before the ball drops in New York) a certain number of hopes and dreams are allocated to Earth from the H&H vault. No one knows where the hopes and dreams from the vault come from, and asking is strictly forbidden. A steady trickle of hopes and dreams are distributed at a constant rate by regional managers throughout the year. Hopes and dreams serve a simultaneous, nearly as important task in providing the unit of currency for the afterlife to be used by Angels and Demons. Much like economic models found on Earth, a Angel or Demon with more hopes and dreams has access to the finer things in (after)life: bigger houses, nicer clothes, cooler wings, etc. Angels and demons are awarded a salary based on the “prestige” and importance of their department. For example, at the top of the compensation ladder the Celestial Lord of Banana

Republic is obviously the highest paid, where an earner at the lowest levels might be found in the

Department of Observation.

Current situation (FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY)

INTERNAL EMAIL

ONLY FOR INTENDED RECIPIENTS

TO: leadership.list@hh.soul

SUBJECT: Sensitive topic of discussion

It probably bears no need repeating but the consequences of leaking this email are being put to the Eternal Box. I’m sure the case of Kareniel from Soul Relations is fresh enough in our minds to remind us why being put in the Eternal Box would be a bad and unpleasant thing. H&H developments is known for its perfectly clean record when it comes to the management of our afterlife, this reputation is one we need to protect. As such you will understand the sensitive nature of this topic. After a careful but routine review of last centuries accounting records, some discrepancies have been noted by an outside firm. Please be clear that the word I am going to use is based on my own assessment of the report and does not necessarily reflect the views of management on a whole. We are dealing with what looks like: Embezzlement. Let it be clear that we do not take this charge lightly and it will be the primary discussion at next week's meeting. I am not too blinded with optimism to believe that none of you are involved in this heinous act, if you are in fact involved I would be terrified right now. You will be discovered, our reputation will be intact, and the situation will be handled. Any early indications as to where the money is being skimmed from are preliminary and as such will not be shared. More details will be forthcoming at the beginning of our meeting. Understand that we will protect the reputation of this company, and the integrity of our afterlife by any means necessary. An email following up with our goals and tasks for this meeting will be forthcoming.

-God

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Delegates

Secretary of Soul Placement

The Keeper of the Gate or Saint Peter are also both titles for the Secretary of Soul Placement.

The soul placement department is composed of an equal number of angels and demons that, through reports from the angels and demons from the Departments of Influence and Observation, place souls either in Heaven or Hell. Soul Placement works very closely with the Department of

Observation to ensure that souls get properly placed. They also frequently work with Brad and the Underhead Accountant of Hopes and dreams to ensure the gates of the afterworld are well guarded. Classification: Angel.

Secretary of Soul Relations, Heaven

The Secretary of Soul Relations, Heaven works to insure that once souls are placed in heaven, all of their needs are met. Does not work very closely with the Secretary of Soul Relations, Hell during work times because of how separate the goals of the departments are, however both departments have similar goals in this meeting of acquiring more funding for their departments.

Currently having a disagreement with the Head Accountant of Hopes and Dreams over aforementioned lack of funding. Classification: Angel.

Secretary of Soul Relations, Hell

The Secretary of Soul Relations, Hell works to insure that once souls are placed in hell, all of their needs go unmet. Does not work very closely with the Secretary of Soul Relations, Heaven during work times because of how separate the goals of the departments are, however both departments have similar goals in this meeting of acquiring more funding for their departments.

Currently having a disagreement with the Head Accountant of Hopes and Dreams over aforementioned lack of funding. Classification: Demon.

Secretary of Miracles

The Department of Miracles is composed only of Angels, the Department of Miracles creates outside (usually good, but always dramatic) events to affect the pre-afterlife humans. The

Secretary of Miracles is a most highly prestigious position. The current Secretary believes that miracles should be used extremely sparingly, and that influencing human actions is ineffectual and counter-productive to measuring whether or not they should go to heaven or hell. This has put the current Secretary at odds with the Secretary of Influence. Classification: Angel.

Secretary of Human Lifespan The Department of Human Lifespan is Composed only of Demons, and the Department of

Human Lifespan determines, seemingly at random, how long it is before people continue to the afterlife. The Department of Human Lifespan has always been most secretive and mysterious, unwilling to divulge any information about how they make the choices they do. This has been known to create resentment in the other departments, especially the Department of Accounting.

The Department of Human Lifespan consistently refuses to accurately report how they’re spending their HaDs, which makes it hard to determine their future allotments. Classification:

Demon

Secretary of Influence, Heaven

The Secretary of Influence, Heaven is in charge of the Heavenly side of the Department of

Influence. The Angels in the Department of Influence go down to the material world and try to influence people’s minds into making good decisions. Works closely with the Secretaries of

Observation and Soul Placement to better try and influence humanity to land them in Heaven.

Currently at odds with the Secretary of Miracles over their minimal intervention stance.

Classification: Angel

Secretary of Influence, Hell

The Secretary of Influence, Hell in charge of the Hellish side of the department of influence. The

Demons in the Department of Influence go to the material world and influence human minds to make bad decisions. Works closely with the Secretaries of Observation and Soul Placement to better try and influence humanity to land them in Hell. Currently at odds with the Secretary of

Miracles over their minimal intervention stance. Classification: Demon. Secretary of Observation

The Department of Observation is composed of both demons and angels. These workers observe human action, and write detailed reports to give to the department of soul placement. It is the largest department. It is also the department where mostly angels and demons start out, before they graduate to other departments. The Department of Observation has a reputation for being for when angels and demons can’t get into a more prestigious department. Classification:

Demon.

Head Accountant of Hopes and Dreams

The Accounting Department keeps track of every expense of angels and demons. They carefully track the location of every Hope and Dream. The Head Accountant is deeply impartial. Due to the all important nature of the Accountants work they are authorized to oversee most other departments to ensure the books add up. This puts them at almost constant odds with every other department who just wants the accountants off their backs. Classification: Demon

Underhead Accountant of Hopes and Dreams

The Underhead Accountant is responsible for monitoring the shipments of the HaDs to and from the afterlife and the material word. They answer to the Head Accountant. Due to the all important nature of the Accountants work they are authorized to oversee most other departments to ensure the books add up. This puts them at almost constant odds with every other department who just wants the accountants off their backs. Classification: Angel. High Manager of Angelic and Demonic Bodies

The High Manager of Angelic and Demonic Bodies is the manager for all the fucking guys you know? He makes sure they do job. Classification: Angel.

Undermanger of Angelic and Demonic Bodies

Allocates resources for angels and demons (providing they can afford it). Job includes provisioning everything from houses to toothbrushes. All of these things are made by pure will and divine providence so you’d think they wouldn’t cost any HaDs but they do. Really trying to prove themself so they can get promoted to High Manager. Classification: Demon.

Celestial Lord of Banana Republic (Brad)

The only other entrance into the afterlife is through the Banana Republic. H&H industries is unclear when the Celestial Lord of Banana Republic started to be an official position in the company. What is known for sure is that Brad showed up, alerted H&H that there was another entrance to the afterlife, and that he was a representative of The Sacrosanct and Esoteric Emperor of Banana Republic. Brad is currently very concerned about the number of Banana Republics that closed last year. He works closely with the Secretary of Soul Placement and the Underhead

Accountant of Hopes and Dreams to make sure the Gates are managed properly and everything that passes through is accounted for. Classification: Brad

Chief Justice of Being Resources

Being Resources is concerned with the protection of the company first, as such they always act in its best interest. Most of BRs time is spent doing investigations into angel and demon crimes as well as having influence over more mundane things like the setting of pay. Has the ability to send people to the Eternal Box. Classification: Angel.

Eternal Box Warden

When Angels or Demons do bad confirmed majorly bad things that are investigated and confirmed by HR, they are sent to the Eternal Box, where they spend the rest of their undying lives in complete isolation for all of eternity. The boxes are guarded by the Box Warden.

Everyone is terrified of the Box Warden. The Box Warden’s boss is sort of the Chief Justice of

Being Resources, but no one is really willing to question the Box Warden. Classification: Box

Warden.

Secretary of Development, Heaven

The Secretary of Development, heaven and their team come up with creative ideas to constantly improve heaven for the souls who live there. Works closely with Undermanger of Angelic and

Demonic Bodies to acquire the necessary resources for their plans. Classification: Angel.

Secretary of Development, Hell

The Secretary of Development, hell and their team come up with creative ideas to constantly worsen Hell for the souls who live there. Works closely with Undermanger of Angelic and

Demonic Bodies to acquire the necessary resources for their plans. Classification: Demon.

Head of Information Technology Department Unfortunately for everyone involved Email is a universal constant and as such can be found in all processes at H&H. While all employees understand that intentionally tampering with the email system to avoid meetings or other tasks is an action punishable by Eternal Boxing, some still do it (looking at you Kareniel). The IT department fixes the messes and gets everyone right back to a productive work state! Email and all. Classification: Disappointed.

Facilities Manager

Responsible for the upkeep of H&H property. The afterlifes janitor. From cleaning conference rooms to fixing the aftermath of unauthorized miracle practice, the Facilities Manager has their hands in it all. The facilities manager is well liked and appreciated by all but often fades into the background. This allows them to overhear a great deal of information and makes them H&Hs resident secret keeper. Classification: Demon

Goals/Questions to consider (FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY)

INTERNAL EMAIL

ONLY FOR INTENDED RECIPIENTS

TO: [email protected]

SUBJECT: Goals for next week's leadership council meeting

Our goals for this meeting are as follows:

1. Ascertain who is involved in this heinous act of fraud against the company

a. Punish them accordingly

2. Respond to and fix the damage done on Earth due to the severe lack of hopes and dreams Upon your arrival to the meeting the following will be presented to you:

1. The current state of our investigation

2. Relevant accounting documents

3. Procedural information

Please think upon these questions before the meeting:

1. What should the punishment be for those caught embezzling?

2. What methods should be used to root out the traitors?

3. What problems might arise on earth (or have already arisen) due to the lack of Hopes and

Dreams?

4. How might we fix those problems?

As always we demand you absolute cooperation and silence. Due to the sensitivity of this matter there will not be a second warning before the Eternal Box.

-God