Our format consists of a Cabinet Crisis. In lieu of countries as in a standard MUNcommittee, delegates will be representing different positions in a state’s security cabinet. Forexample, our Cabinet is the 'United States National Security Council'. Here the positions canvary from 'The Vice President' to 'The Director of National Intelligence' to 'The NationalSecurity Adviser'.

Each position has its own set of capabilities. For example 'The Chairman of the Joint Chiefsof Staff', General Martin Dempsey, is charged with, among other things, serving as the mostsenior officer in the American Armed Forces and the senior adviser for the Army.Additionally, there are cabinet wide capabilities. For example, before recommending to thepresident that he sign off on moving an entire battle group, the 'Chairman of the Joint Chiefsof Staff' must coordinate with all of the other advisers of all of the different military branchesto ensure proper execution.

Chairing the cabinet will be its Head of State (President). It is up to the person filling thisposition to rally the delegates, manage the team, and creatively maximize everyone’spotential and capabilities to help navigate through the Crisis. The flow of the committee willbe up to the Head of State, though typically crisis committees operate in a perpetual'Moderated Caucus'.

The Cabinet is also commonly referred to as 'The Front Room'.In order for the front room to be able to operate properly, someone needs to process all ofits actions. This is where ‘The Backroom’ comes into play.

The Backroom receives, analyzes and acts according to the various requests coming in fromThe Front Room. It is also charged with managing the crisis (making sure it doesn't veerviolently off course, or that no one nukes everything in the first 5 minutes). Additionally it'scharged with simulating every other actor ranging from other states, to internationalorganizations, and even extremist organizations.

The BGUMUN Cabinet Crisis will be open-ended. This means that the directors’ plan out thebeginning, but it is completely up to the delegates to choose how it continues and eventuallyends.

Lastly, the crisis format employs Directives instead of Resolutions. Directives are shorter andfaster to push through the approval procedure. More information on them can be found inthe Directives section of this background guide