Honours

The following people have put in a lot of effort over the past year in making MHoC a better place to be a part of. To volunteer to help improve a community is a big undertaking that can take up a lot of a persons time, and we are always grateful to those who choose to do this. Thank you to each and every person on this list for their time and service to improving the Model House of Commons and ensuring things keep on working smoothly.

lily-irl - Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Excellence (GCOE)

For her steadfast commitment to the community of the Model House of Commons for the duration of her time as Headmod.

Muffin5136 - Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

For service to Devolved Speakership, as well as for volunteering to run and manage the Model United Nations, volunteering his free time over the Holiday’s Break.

BlueEarlGray - Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

For service to the Events Team, as well as for volunteering to run and manage the Model United Nations, volunteering her free time over the Holiday’s Break.

Maroiogog - Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

For service as the Chair of Ways and Means, as well as service to the MHoC Main Discord as a Discord Moderator.

model-kurimizumi - Companion of the Order of the Timanfya (CT)

For service to the Commons Speakership, his leadership of the Labour Party, and his service as Prime Minister.

BasedChurchill - Companion of the Order of the Timanfya (CT)

For service to the Commons Speakership, as well as Deputy Leadership of the Conservative and Unionist Party.

Yimir_ - Companion of the Order of the Timanfya (CT)

For service to the Lords Speakership, as well as Chair of the Labour Party.

tartar-buildup - Companion of the Order of the Timanfya (CT)

For service as the Chair of Committees and long-standing service to the Lords Speakership.

The Model House of Commons in 2024

2024 has the potential to be a big year for the sim and community as a whole! May in particular will be a very important month for us all, with it being our 10th Year Anniversary. Plans have been underway since early December for the big celebrations, with things to be properly announced as we progress through the year! In terms of the short-term, this is what the meta will look like for MHoC in the next couple of months:

• Lord’s Discord Test - we will be testing out how activity can be improved by expanding the medium in which we allow marked debates. Seph has kindly agreed to use the Lord’s Discord as a testing ground for this. It is my hope that having debates on Discord count towards polling will result in increased activity that can then be expanded to further parts of the sim.
• Parliamentary Standards - Aya has worked hard on updating the Parliamentary Standards. These will be published soon, so be sure to read up on them to avoid any potential Points of Orders thrown at you.
• Recruitment Team Push - Seph and the Recruitment Team will be going into overdrive and working even harder following the end of the break, including posters and advertisements.
• Events Team Reforms - due to myself getting rather busy due to personal reasons, the Events Team discussions effectively lead to nothing. I’ll be collating the main ideas and putting them out for a discussion so as to hopefully refine and create a system that will (hopefully!) last.

Lastly, I want to say a few quick words as the Head Moderator of this Community. On a personal level 2023 has been an absolutely awful year for me, but one of the highlights and things keeping me going is holding a meta position in the sim - first as Lord Speaker and now as Head Mod. I want to thank you all for continuously being a community I can be both proud to be a part of and proud to represent. Here’s to a better year for all of us.