<div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-size:12.8px">Greetings, <span class="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-il">GFCA</span>!</font><div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We hope you are enjoying all debate and recreational activities this summer.</span></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif">Please join us for the GA Forensics Coaches <span class="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-il">Fall</span> <span class="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-il">Meeting</span> on <b>Saturd<wbr>ay, August 12, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. </b>at <b>Jackson High School, 717 Harkness Street, Jackson, GA 30233. </b>Special thanks to Laura LaChappelle for graciously hosting us.</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:12.8px">Our morning session will include <u>2 sessions of your choice*</u> of workshops designed for new and returning coaches, and the afternoon will include a business meeting, tabroom training, and a New Coaches' Orientation/Mentorship Meeting. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;font-size:9.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>We'll follow up in July with information on each of the presenters.</i></span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif;color:black"><br></i></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif;color:black">Coaches who attend the full day, 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., will earn PLU credits.</i><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif;color:black"> </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif;color:black"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif;color:black"><b><u>Schedule:</u></b></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div><span id="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-docs-internal-guid-cc6d37fa-fb11-bda4-d639-1d30fe9b3df3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-right:60pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8:30-8:45 a.m.  </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Welcome and Light refreshments
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">8:45-10:00 a.m.- *</span><b style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">Session 1: </b><b style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">Please choose one session on signup:</b><b style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">
</b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">A: Public Forum Debate & LD
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">B: Interp Events (DI/HI/DUO/POI)
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline">C: </span><span style="font-size:small;background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:12.6667px">Policy Debate</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-right:60pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Georgia;font-size:small;white-space:pre-wrap">10:00-10:15 a.m. Break</span><br></p></span></div><div><span id="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-docs-internal-guid-cc6d37fa-fb11-bda4-d639-1d30fe9b3df3"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span id="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-docs-internal-guid-cc6d37fa-fb12-094d-cfa4-ac4f6a47ec81"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.81895;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-right:60pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">10:15- 11:30 a.m. *</span><b style="background-color:transparent">Session 2: </b><b style="background-color:transparent">Please choose one session on signup:</b><b style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent">
</b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">A: Student Congress
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">B: Platform Speaking Events (EXT/OO/IMP)
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline">C: </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;background-color:transparent">Policy Debate </span></p><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">11:30- 12:00 Informative Speaking (or take an early start to lunch)
</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">12:00- 1:15 p.m. Lunch Offsite (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:transparent">We'll offer some nearby lunch options.)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">1:15- 2:30 p.m. Fall Business Meeting</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">2:30- 3:15 p.m. Tabroom training</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">3:15- 4:00 p.m. New Coaches' Mentorship Meeting</span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif;color:black"><br></span></div>
















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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia">To register and sign up for specific
sessions, please visit the following link:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia"><a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b45afad2ba4fd0-gfca4">SignUp Genius~ Fall 2017 GFCA Meeting</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>Please send any questions or topics you'd like addressed in any of the workshops or the business meeting to <a href="mailto:marykay.waterman@lovett.org" target="_blank">marykay.waterman@lovett.org</a>or </b><strong><u><a href="mailto:rioherrera@gmail.com" target="_blank">rioherrera@gmail.com</a>.</u></strong></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><i>If you know of new coaches who may not be on this listserv, please let us know so that we can reach out to them.</i></p>

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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif">Directions to Jackson High School (</font></b><b style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif">717 Harkness Street, Jackson, GA 30233</b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif">):</font></b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Take I-75 to Exit 205, east on Hwy 16 for 7.1 miles, turn right on Imogene Goff Road, just prior to the Dollar General Market, left on Harkness Street, </span><span class="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">school</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> is on the right. Everyone can park in the front parking lot and come in through the main entrance. If anyone needs directions coming from I-20 to the East, please contact <b>Laura </b></span></font><span name="Laura LaChappelle" class="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-gD" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font face="georgia, serif">LaChappelle</font></b></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:nowrap">  at </span><span class="m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-go" style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="mailto:lachappellel@bcssk12.org" target="_blank">lachappellel@bcssk12.org</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px">Please let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to an excellent </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px">year for GA Speech and Debate!</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><span style="line-height:20px">MK Waterman and the GFCA Executive Committee</span></font></p></div></div></div>