MYIG News
2012 Spring Newsletter
Scholarship Opportunity - Video Competition
Video Competition!
MYIG is in need of two videos. Delegates, advisors, and delegations are invited to produce their own videos and submit them to MYIG for the competition. One video for each topic will be chosen as the winner. The winning videos will each receive a $300 MYIG scholarship. This scholarship may be used for one individual, or divided among several people.
The two videos that we are looking for are…
“How to Use Parliamentary Procedure at MYIG” and “What to Wear to MYIG”
Videos will be judged by the staff based on:
- Professionalism in overall production
- Teaching capability
- Clear Audio
- Sufficient Lighting
- Creativeness
The videos will be posted on our website for instructing MYIG delegates in middle schools and high schools across the state of Michigan. Videos should be no shorter than 3 minutes, and no longer than 6 minutes. Videos should include the title (see above) in the beginning, and credits for your production team at the end. Make sure to use the full name of State YMCA Michigan Youth in Government in the beginning. Questions may be directed to staff@myig.org.
Videos must be received on a DVD disk to MYIG by August 1, 2012.
Mail to: Michigan Youth in Government, P.O. Box 65, Quincy, MI 49082
MYIG reserves the right to deny a winner for either competition.
March Conference Highlights
Congratulations to Justin Williams on being election for March youth governor 2013
February Conference Highlights
Congratulations to Malory Rodriguez on being elected February 2013 youth governor 
2012 February Bills Signed by Youth Governor Hattie McKinney.doc
Students Participate in Key Leaders Conference
Michigan Youth in Government leadership students participated in this year’s Michigan Key Leaders Conference. Michigan YIG 
Executive Director, Brent Veysey, chose the students as a result of their outstanding public speaking skills. The students represented schools from many different regions in Michigan. They arrived in the state capitol of Lansing prepared with introductory speeches for each keynote and workshop speaker. In addition, the students acted as guides for the conference’s large number of attendees. The Causeway Bay Hotel Conference Center is akin to being a second home for the students, as it is the same location that is used for all Michigan Youth in Government state conferences.
Daryl Sieplinga, Resource Director for the YMCA of the USA, invited one of the students, Tyler Gross, a 2011 graduate from Beal City High School, to be a speaker at the conference. Tyler had participated in the 2011 Conference On National Affairs in Black Mountain, NC. While at the conference, Tyler demonstrated advanced public speaking and debate skills that earned him the prestigious honor of becoming a presiding officer for the upcoming 2012 Conference on National Affairs. While Tyler is humbled by the honor, his speech at the Key Leader’s Conference was not about himself, but about the integrity and convictions of today’s youth. Tyler is an excellent example of how today’s educated young people are learning to voice their opinions to make a difference in state and national issues.
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