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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks for catching the mistake Cheryl. As I was going
through the attachments, I thought that several of the changes from the August
meeting were missing. I look forward to seeing the updated version as
soon as you have it out to us for the discussions next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org
[mailto:thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ms. Cheryl
Stanga<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Jeffrey Miller'; thegfca@lists.gradyspeaks.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GFCA] Constitution Voting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mario and Jeff – this
draft for the by-laws doesn’t include the stuff we talked about at the August
meeting. Any chance I can get you the updated copy for a re-send
tomorrow?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cheryl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Ms. Cheryl Stanga<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Director of Forensics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Social Studies Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Marist School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:stangac@marist.com">stangac@marist.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>770-936-6464<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org
[mailto:thegfca-bounces@lists.gradyspeaks.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeffrey
Miller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> thegfca@lists.gradyspeaks.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GFCA] Constitution Voting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Below is an important message from GFCA President, Mario
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<p class=MsoNormal>Coaches--<br>
<br>
Some great things are happening in Georgia speech and debate!
Congratulations to Jenny Heidt at Westminster Schools and Deanne Varitek at
Gwinnett Central High School for hosting the first two tournaments of the
year! Both had fantastic success and set a great tone for the rest of the
year. Thanks to both coaches, their schools and communities for their
hard work and dedication to the activity.<br>
<br>
Voting for the new Constitution is September 15 through September 21 at 7pm
EDT. All votes should be sent to Jeff Miller. Jeff will send out
confirmation emails when votes are received. Some things to keep in look
at as you vote: If you find spelling or grammar errors, please let us
know so we can assure the document is correct. These corrections will not
require a new document, but will inform membership of the correction of these
anomolies. No changes will be made that will fundamentally change the
document. Results will be announced on the website September 22nd.<br>
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Additionally, the bylaws of said Constitution must also be decided.
PLEASE NOTE: These bylaws affect EVERY school that participates in this
activity and should be evaluated with a critical eye. We have set up the
listserv through the this website for such discussion. Any changes will
be discussed and added/deleted as decided upon by the Executive Committee as
deemed necessary before the actual vote. This is a HUGE document, so when
we vote it will be by Section. I believe this will avoid coaches/schools
having to vote down the entire proposal when it is one section they may not
agree with. I think it also makes evaluating the document more
manageable. Discussion and changes to the document should take place from
Wednesday, September 14th through Sunday, September 26. This is to assure
that ALL programs have a chance to have their opinions heard and that
governance of the activity is precise and fair. Voting for the bylaws
will begin on Wednesday, September 29th and end on Tuesday, October 5th.
More details will be provided before the voting begins. <br>
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Thanks to GFCA Treasurer John McClellan of Warner Robins HS for doing the
legwork on a bank account for the organization. We are currently looking
in to the process for becoming a 501(c)3 organization, making us a charitable
organization. More on this as we find out information.<br>
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Colleges and universities are being contacted about hosting the Varsity Speech
and Debate Tournament in March. So far, Georgia Tech has expressed great
interest in hosting the tournament. I have contacted several such schools
to host so we can fulfill the expressed desire of coaches to allow double-entry
in events should students meet qualifications. In order to achieve this,
THE TOURNAMENT MUST BE TWO DAYS, WITH A START TIME OF (HOPEFULLY)
MID-AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. THIS IS FOR ALL EVENTS, NOT ONLY DEBATE!
If you have any site proposals for the tournament, please let me know as soon
as possible. I would like the site to be settled by October 15th.
Any later than this does not allow teams to make appropriate travel plans, so
this date is firm. The site must be approved by the Executive Committee.<br>
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Any school wishing to host the First/Second Year State Championships in
February should also contact me. The schedule has not been decided, but I
assume it will follow the format of the Varsity tournament. If we have
Varsity State in the Atlanta-metro area, I think the First/Second Year
tournament should be outside of metro-Atlanta if there is a school that would
like to host. Contact me if you would like more information.<br>
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Finally, a note to coaches regarding state qualification: Keep track of
tourmanents your students attend and when they qualify to State.
Tournament directors: please send all results of your tournaments to Jeff
Miller so we can keep track of qualifications/attendance. This will be a
learning process, but I know we are up to the task.<br>
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Thanks to everyone for their hard work, and thanks for your dedication to your
teams and to Georgia Speech and Debate.<br>
<span style='color:#888888'><br>
Mario Herrera<br>
GFCA President.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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