These types of notes try to outline the following:

• Who you are communicating with and why you trust them

• Any protocols for protecting your information or how to carry out your orders

• Where the base of operations is

• Ex: some delegates act through assistant, wife/husband, penpal, etc.

In historical committees, these types of notes show you know the biography of your delegation by referencing a confidante or base of operations. 

Setting the scene allows you to build a relationship with the crisis staffers that will make future directives more efficient and effective. It also provides a foundation for your future plans. The staffers are constantly slammed with notes, and stories are easier to remember for them.

Example: Directive The Thieves are Toast

To my trusted assistant Henry,

Great challenges are upon us, so I have to know that I can trust you with our mission over the next months. Together, we need to show these Toast Thieves how seriously we will take them through showing our force, and we must bring our school together through increasing the amount of available bread.

I need you to meet me at the old safe-house on the third floor every morning at 9am for your orders, which you must keep confidential at all costs. Thank you for your loyalty.

Best, 

Student Council President

These notes focus on the following information:

• General information about powers

• Try to expand to see what specifics you have early so you can plan accordingly

• It can be anything, including how many children you have

• Ex: personal funds, weapons, staff size, troop count, budget, properties you own, relief food or medicines have under your control, or spies in certain locations

Taking Inventory, as it may imply, will help you understand what resources are available to you, and thus, what directives you can implement in the future.

Example: Directive B.R.I.E. (Budget Recon Intelligence Epipens)

Dear Henry,

Please reach out to Lucille to get me a report on the current status of our office, with numbers for the following items critical to our success against the Toast Thieves: Fiscal Year 2020 Toast Budget, support staff, spies placed in the Toast Thieves gang, epipens, BB guns, Unarmed Surveillance UAVs.

Best, 

Student Council President

• Direct responses to crises that are announced

• Try to make yourself relevant

• Attempt to predict beforehand what types of crises they planned

• There is usually committee discussion on these topics

• Normally ends up as a committee directive if you don’t act quickly enough

Example: Directive Better than Sliced Bread

To my most cherished and beloved friend Henry,

To adjust for the challenges posed by our current crises, I need you to oversee the following changes to address the unique resource challenges posed to our school:

• Set up camps across the cafeteria to feed the students who are going hungry from resulting challenges, and route all food aid provision through our offices;

• To ensure the safety of these resources, place 1 troop for every 10 students armed with an nerf gun and given orders to drive off the toast thieves;

• Reach out to my connections on Student Council to request permission for the placement of these camps and emphasize it’s for the the students wellbeing;

• Place 1 epipen from the nurse’s office in every camp.

May the odds be ever in our favor, 

Student Council President

• More related to inter-committee dynamics

• Act more in personal interest than in relation to crises

• Attempt to base off of your characters personality but you can use this to create your own idea of how they would act

• Ex: leak stuff to the press, get people arrested, possibly murder, scam others to try to get rich

Helps you make yourself more relevant, get the upper hand on others, benefit yourself in any capacity, or take down people who are in your way.

Example: Directive Grain Her Trust

Oh sweet sweet Henry,

I have been wronged, my love. You are the only one I can truly trust so I am calling upon you to do me justice. Someone seems to have lied to the Nueva Current about my standings with the Toast Thieves and claims that I am a supporter. I have avidly denied these allegations but I am almost certain that it was Claire who said these lies. I need you to infiltrate her circle and get her to trust you. Be her right hand man. Write to me at least once a week with any evidence you may find so I may finally displace her.

I hope that I shall be able to see you again soon,

Student Council President