By: Sara Feld and Julia Sheth
The students are not the only aspect that has changed throughout the 17 years Mira Costa has been running the Los Angeles Invitational Model United Nations (LAIMUN) debate. The conference itself has also transformed with new technological features this year. The Mira Costa Model United Nations program has constantly been ranked as a top-five team nationwide by bestdelegate.com. When advisor Robert Timberlake was not impressed with some of the other conferences his team visited more than 17 years ago, he decided to create its own novice conference.” The MUN class at Costa is a challenge, and I have high expectations for my students,” Timberlake said, “LAIMUN is a way for us to see what skills and weaknesses our own freshmen delegates have.” The LAIMUN conference has evolved in several ways over the many years it has been occurring. Along with the way the conference is run and the increase in the amount of delegates, technology has also been incorporated.” Technology at LAIMUN has definitely improved from where it was at the first conference,” Timberlake said, “This year, it had live update scoring and speaking times so advisors would know how their students were doing and when students would be speaking if they wanted to watch.” 
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