Hey folks, my name's Max, and I've been working on the free and open-source https://muncoordinated.io/, a collaborative browser-based MUN committee management app, for almost a year now.
Following its official release just a couple of months ago, it's been used at all large-scale Australian MUNs and over 20 other international MUNs. I've received a wealth of positive and helpful feedback, and have been working with directors to make sure that it's as easy to use as possible.
I created it because I wasn't really satisified with the apps on offer. Munrun is old and doesn't run on Macs. ChairMUN is non-free, closed-source, and lacks key features. CloudMUN is actually pretty cool from what I've seen, but it's also a non-free closed-source product, targetted at a Taiwanese audience.
Muncoordinated was built with a few key principles in mind:
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It should reduce director burden as much as possible. Frequent and repetitive tasks should be able to be performed with minimal effort. It should pre-empt tasks, e.g. creating a caucus to discuss a pre-existing draft resolution, with the proposer and seconder of the resolution already queued up to speak, with just a single click.
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It should be free and open source. It should be collectively owned and developed by the wider MUN community, not a single software developer. Individuals, societies and conferences should be free to customize the software to their liking.
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It should be collaborative. Multiple directors should be able to run the committee at once, sharing the directing burden. Delegates should be be able to send data to directors (requests to speak, draft resolutions, amendments) without external applications, like Facebook and Google Docs. Delegates should be able to monitor the progress of the committee if a projector isn't available, from their phones or laptops.
I'd love to see Muncoordinated grow to support the needs of the wider MUN community, so if you have any feeback, feature requests, problems, be sure to reach out to me at my email, [email protected].
Furthermore, I'd love to add another developer to the Muncoordinated team - if you've got any experience with React.js, be sure to ping me.