<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><u>FALL MEETING REMINDER & SIGNUP: August 12th</u></span></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><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="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Fall</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-il">Meeting</span> on <b>Saturd<wbr>ay, August 12th, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. </b>at <b>Jackson High School, 717 Harkness Street, Jackson, GA 30233. </b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks to our host Laura LaChappelle.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Our morning will include <b><u>2 sessions of your choice*</u> </b>of workshops designed for new and returning coaches. The afternoon will include a business meeting, tabroom Q & A, and a New Coaches' Orientation/Mentorship Meeting. </span><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Mario Herrera will send out the business meeting agenda on Tuesday, August 8th. If you have items to add to it, please email them to </b></span><strong style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:rioherrera@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:underline">rioherrera@gmail.com</a> this week.</strong></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i style="font-size:12.8px;color:black"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></i></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><i style="font-size:12.8px;color:black">Coaches who attend the full day, 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., will earn PLU credits.</i></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:black"> </span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px;border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:1pt 4pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">To register and sign up for specific sessions, please visit the following link:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b45afad2ba4fd0-gfca4" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">SignUp Genius~ <span class="gmail-il">Fall</span> 2017 <span class="gmail-il">GFCA</span> Meeting</font></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Please send any questions or topics you'd like addressed in any of the workshops (or for the business meeting agenda) to <a href="mailto:marykay.waterman@lovett.org" target="_blank">marykay.waterman@lovett.org</a> and </b><strong><u><a href="mailto:rioherrera@gmail.com" target="_blank">rioherrera@gmail.com</a>.</u></strong></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><i><font face="georgia, serif">Please sign up by <b>Friday, August 4th </b>so that we can anticipate attendance and plan sessions. If you know new or veteran coaches who are not on this listserv, please let us know so that we can reach out to them.</font></i></p></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:black"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:black"><b><u><font face="georgia, serif">Schedule:</font></u></b></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span id="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-6787468951676869732gmail-docs-internal-guid-cc6d37fa-fb11-bda4-d639-1d30fe9b3df3"><font face="georgia, serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-right:60pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8:30-8:45 a.m.  </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Welcome and Light refreshments in the Media Center (Rooms for other sessions will be provided that morning.)
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">8:45-10:00 a.m.- *</span><b style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap">Session 1: </b><b style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap">Please choose one session on the signup:</b><b style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap">
</b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">A: Public Forum Debate & Lincoln Douglas Debate led by James Brock of Houston County HS and Pamela Childress of Valdosta HS
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">B: Interp Events (DI/HI/DUO/POI)- led by David Gay of Dunwoody HS
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline">C: </span><span style="font-size:small;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:12.6667px">Policy Debate led by Maggie Berthiaume of Woodward Academy</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-size:small;white-space:pre-wrap">10:00-10:15 a.m. Break</span><br></p></font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span id="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-6787468951676869732gmail-docs-internal-guid-cc6d37fa-fb11-bda4-d639-1d30fe9b3df3"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span id="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-6787468951676869732gmail-docs-internal-guid-cc6d37fa-fb12-094d-cfa4-ac4f6a47ec81"><font face="georgia, serif"><p dir="ltr" style="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 the 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;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">A: Student Congress led by Charity Wang of RW Johnson HS
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">B: Platform Speaking Events (EXT/OO/IMP) led by Steven Wang of North Hall HS and MK Waterman of Lovett School
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">●</span><span style="font-size:7pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">C: </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;background-color:transparent">Policy Debate </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;background-color:transparent">led by Maggie Berthiaume of Woodward Academy</span></p><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">11:30- 12:00 Informative Speaking led by </span><font style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Laura </span></font><span name="Laura LaChappelle" class="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-gD" style="font-size:12.8px">LaChappelle of Jackson HS</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">12:00- 1:15 p.m. Lunch Offsite (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;background-color:transparent">We'll offer some nearby lunch options.)</span><br></div><div><font color="#000000"><b><i>Anyone active and/or interested in NSDA District Committees will have an option to group together for lunch.</i></b></font></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">1:15- 2:30 p.m. <span class="gmail-il">Fall</span> Business Meeting</span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">2:30- 3:15 p.m. Tabroom training/Q & A</span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">3:15- 4:00 p.m. New Coaches' Mentorship Meeting led by Brian Bellamy of Thomas County HS, James Brock of </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Houston County HS, Pam Childress of Valdosta HS, and Lisa Willoughby of Grady HS</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">~~~~~</span></div></font></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Directions to Jackson High School (</b><b style="font-size:12.8px">717 Harkness Street, Jackson, GA 30233</b><b style="font-size:12.8px">):</b><br></font></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="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-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><span name="Laura LaChappelle" class="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-6787468951676869732gmail-m_-4974221800584591858gmail-gD" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>LaChappelle</b></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;white-space:nowrap"> at </span><span class="gmail-m_5043276010022962518m_-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></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></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"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="georgia, serif">Thank you,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><span style="line-height:20px">MK Waterman and the <span class="gmail-il">GFCA</span> Executive Committee</span></font></p></div></div></div>