Delegate Information

Here's a list of some of the information that you may be interested in as delegates:

What To Bring
Why Come
Putting In A Bid to Host
How to Secure Funding
Conference Fees

But firstly...

How to Select Delegates

It is suggested a minimum of two delegates represent your college, as it is impossible for an individual to attend even half of the workshops and discussion groups where most information on colleges is accumulated. It is even harder once the delegate returns to College to grasp all the opportunities they have been made aware of as they will simply not have the required support. The more residents you send the more opportunities your College will hear of and have the chance to realise.

Suggestions for selection process

Here are a few suggestions for selecting your delegates:

1. The President should take the first place. They have the experience and knowledge of their college to exploit the information relevant to their residence. They are also in the best position to implement improvements on their return.
2. An active and hardworking member of the Student Club who will return to college next year. A suggestion is that the committee elect this representative.
3. Many colleges send three or more delegates that range from first years to senior tutors. However, all good delegates possess motivation, initiative, discipline and are outgoing and proactive in their attitude.

Many colleges obtain funding from the student club, college administration, the university and through fundraising. To enable the sending of further delegates it is becoming increasingly popular for each delegate to contribute to their costs.Send someone who will make a return on the investment that your college will make in sending them. It is going to be a great week so send great people! 

Why send a returning delegate?

When deciding on who and how many delegates to send to the conference, keep in mind the benefits of sending a past delegate as a Team Leader, including:

• more information is taken in by all your delegates and quicker: they are more likely to ask their Team Leader questions than strangers;
• fast-track the networking: the Team Leader knows the executive and past delegates and can introduce your delegates to them (networking is a very powerful post conference tool);
• know all about NAAUC and the conference: they know how the 8 days work, what the Association is about, what the executive and working party do and the format of the conference; and
• can co-ordinate your team to get the most out of the conference: direct them in the areas your college needs the most help with.

In return for sending them to the conference, they could:

• be responsible for compiling the post-conference report;
• organise a presentation of the report within a month of semester 2 beginning;
• help select the other delegates; and
• co-ordinate the registration and payment of all delegates.

Here are a few suggestions for selecting your delegates:When deciding on who and how many delegates to send to the conference, keep in mind the benefits of sending a past delegate as a Team Leader, including:In return for sending them to the conference, they could: