Millenium Boogie: Early Internet, 2000
Before the internet as we know it today came into being, it wasn't a sure thing. Several pivotal events seemed to doom the project of the world-wide web before it even started. The downfall of file-sharing services such as Limewire and Metallica — alongside the plethora of ill-fated platforms launched during the dot-com bubble — represent the growing pains of the early internet, influencing its trajectory and the online services that would come to dominate the modern world.
In this committee, delegates will represent various key players and stakeholders in the internet’s nascent years, ranging from services like AOL, persistant industry landmarks like Columbia Records, and juggernauts of the time like Yahoo!. The Early Internet Task Force will task delegates with navigating a post-Y2K internet and handling the legal, cultural, and political events following it, allowing for history to be rewritten and doomed companies to correct their fatal blunders. By the end of committee, this alternative Internet will play a role in the outcome of the 2008 election, one of the first presidential elections to leverage the internet to its fullest potential.
Ana-Emilia Davalos
CHAIR
Dagny Bingham
CRISIS Director
Dagny is a second-year double majoring in Public Policy and (as of now) Data Science. She is from Chicago to everyone who isn’t from Illinois and from LaGrange, IL to everyone who is.
Last year, Dagny began her Model UN journey, serving as an Assistant Chair on the crisis committee Confessions of a Shopaholic: Macy’s & Co., 1922 at ChoMUN XXVII and It Was in the Will: The Biltmore Estate, 1914 at MUNUC (ChoMUN, but for highschoolers!). She had so much fun that she is now returning to ChoMUN XXVIII as a Crisis Director!
Outside of MUN, Dagny loves playing volleyball, running without stretching, spending time with friends, and listening to music. Specifically, she loves Taylor Swift and Caamp, one of which she has seen in concert and one of which she hasn’t.
If you have an extra ticket to the Eras tour (or any other questions, comments, compliments, or concerns) you can reach her at hdbingham@uchicago.edu.
Jonathan Allen
CRISIS DIRECTOR
Jonathan is a fourth-year majoring in Public Policy Studies and a MA program in International Relations. He is originally from Florida and has been a part of Model UN at UChicago for the entirety of his college career.
Jonathan has served as an Exec for the past two ChoMUN conferences. Jonathan has research interests in Chinese policy, has been studying Mandarin for some time, and spent his past two summers in Hong Kong. Outside of class, Jonathan is the Rock Format Chief for WHPK 88.5FM, UChicago’s student radio station.
If you have any concerns, feel free to reach out to him at jdallen@uchicago.edu
Secretariat oversight:
jiayi yue, Under-secretary-general