+1 (207) 370-4MFA

Agenda: Fall Coaches Meeting 2016

Debate and Speech

Coaches and prospective coaches, join us from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m. at Lewiston High School, 156 East Avenue, Lewiston on September 9, 2016.

8:30 Breakfast and General Talking

8:55 Welcome and introductions

  • Vote on Parliamentarian for the meeting

9:00 Officers’ Reports

  • Secretary Lyndsy Denk (Falmouth)
    • Approval of Spring Meeting minutes
  • Treasurer ­­ Kris Deveau (Brunswick)
    • Approval of Treasurer’s Report
  • Vice President D’Arcy Robinson (Poland)
  • President ­­ Matt Leland (Lincoln)
    • State of the League report / new schools

9:30 Moderator’s reports

  • Speech: Pat Spelecki (Lewiston) and Tory Gram (Orono)
  • Congressional Debate: Paul Bibeau (Kennebunk)
  • Lincoln Douglas: Dan Haskell (Chevrus)
  • Public Forum: Joe Pelletier (Bangor)

10:00 Technology committee report

2016-2017 Calendar Finalization

Lunch

Old Business

  • Challenges to Speech Pieces at States (setting up a more transparent process, see Spring minutes for initial proposal, reworked proposal to come)
  • Judging Requirements at States (see Spring minutes for initial proposal, goal is to work this out at the Fall meeting, any suggestions from those who can’t attend would be appreciated).
  • Judge Training Proposal by Moderators
  • Vote on adding new events to States / compressing prose and poetry into one event (see Spring minutes for details on this).

New Business

  • Possible fundraiser tournament
  • Contact new schools

2:30 Adjournment

Post Meeting

  • CFL Report: D’Arcy Robinson
  • NFL Report: Kris Deveau