A point of information to the chair is a question to the chair about a fact or about the agenda.
Use it when you need to know something to take part properly. What is being debated. How much debate time is left. What happens next.
It does not interrupt a speaker.
Wait to be recognised. Name the point, then ask the question.
Ask one question and keep it short. Speak in the third person and address the chair.
The chair answers with facts. The chair never answers with an opinion.
The chair repeats the point back to the house first, then gives the answer to the whole house. Other delegates will usually have the same question.
The chair never says whether a resolution, a clause or an amendment is good or bad. A chair who does that will draw a point of order, and deserve it. A question that asks the chair for an opinion is answered by saying the chair does not hold one.
If you are unsure. If the chair does not know the answer, the chair says so. Tell the house you will find out and come back to them. Then find out. Do not guess a fact in front of the house.
In MEDIMUN, the committee state and the debate floor are shown in MediBook, so a delegate can see what the committee is doing. See Debate for delegates.
A question about the Rules of Procedure is a point of parliamentary inquiry, not a point of information to the chair. See Point of parliamentary inquiry.
If you are unsure. The two are easy to confuse and delegates mix them up often. Do not overrule a delegate for using the wrong name. Work out what they meant and answer it. Then tell the house which point it was, so the house learns the difference.
A point of information to the chair is not a way to comment on the debate. If a delegate uses one to make a statement, the chair asks them to put it as a question or moves on.
All points are out of order during voting. The one exception is a point of order about the conduct of the vote itself. See Voting procedure.