Being lost in your first committee session is normal. The room is full of unfamiliar words and everyone else looks like they know what they are doing. Most of them are following the same three or four things and guessing at the rest.
This page tells you what to do about each way of being lost.
Ask the chair. There is a point for exactly this.
A point of information to the chair is a question to the chair about facts or the agenda. Use it to ask which resolution is on the floor, or what stage the committee has reached.
A point of parliamentary inquiry is a question to the chair about the Rules of Procedure. Use it to ask what a procedure means or what happens next.
Neither one interrupts a speaker. Wait for a pause, raise your placard, wait to be recognised, then say your point.
If you are unsure whether your question is worth asking, ask it. Answering questions is part of what a chair is there for. A chair would rather explain something twice than debate in front of a room that has stopped following.
No point may interrupt a speaker. The one exception is a point of personal privilege about audibility. Wait until the speaker has finished.
Say what you mean in plain words. Chairs are asked to work out what a delegate meant rather than overrule them because the wording was unfamiliar. Getting a term wrong is a mistake, not an offence.
Inventing a point that does not exist is a different thing and is not allowed. If you are not sure a point exists, describe what you need instead. "The delegate would like to ask the chair a question about the agenda" is enough.
The list of points is in Points overview. The list of motions is in Motions overview.
You have not missed your chance. Start smaller than a speech.
Ask one point of information. It is one sentence and it is the easiest way in. See Asking your first point of information.
Write one amendment. It is one change to one clause, and it gives you something specific to speak about. See Writing and moving an amendment.
Then take the floor. See Your first speech.
Your country's position decides. Go back to what you wrote before the conference.
What you are allowed to do depends on your roll call answer. A delegate who answered "present" may vote for, against, or abstain. A delegate who answered "present and voting" may vote for or against and cannot abstain. See Present and voting.
If a motion to divide the house has passed. Abstentions are removed for that vote. Everyone still voting has to vote for or against. See Motion to divide the house.
If the house is voting. All points are out of order. The only exception is a point of order about the conduct of the vote itself. Wait until the vote is finished, then ask.
If you missed the roll call. Tell the chairs as soon as you get to the room. Say who you are and which delegation you represent. A delegate who arrives after the roll call must tell the chairs, and if they do not the chairs will ask them for an explanation. Until you are recorded as present you cannot vote.
Raise a point of personal privilege. It is about the comfort or wellbeing of the delegate. It is not debatable and it needs no second. If it is about not being able to hear the speaker, it is the one point that may interrupt them.
If you need to leave the room, ask the chair first. Delegates do not leave during debate without permission.
If you feel unwell, tell a member of staff in the room. They will get you the help you need.
Eating and drinking during debate is not in order. Water is the exception.
Ask any member of staff. Every conference has staff whose job is to keep the day running, and they expect to be asked.
In MEDIMUN, the Admin Staff department handles in-committee logistics. Other departments cover the rest of the conference. Ask whoever is nearest. See Departments overview.
One of your chairs handles logistics and replies to messages sent to the chairs. That is who you are writing to.
In MEDIMUN, you write to your chairs in MediBook. Open the Chats tab or the messenger icon. Chairs are not permitted to give delegates a personal email address or a personal phone number. They are not permitted to contact delegates on social media either. MediBook is the only route. See Messenger.
Tell your school director. They are at the conference for your delegation and they can raise anything with the organisers on your behalf. See The school director role.