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Agenda: Fall 2017 Coaches Meeting

Debate and Speech

All are welcome to join the Fall Coaches meeting. RSVP to Pat Spilecki. See the agenda below.

Lewiston High School room V217, 156 East Avenue, Lewiston
September 8, 2017

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 Ellen Parent (at large)
  • Vice President D’Arcy Robinson (Poland)
  • President Brian Dodge (Deering)

9:30 Moderator’s reports

  • Speech: Pat Spilecki (Lewiston)
  • Congressional Debate: Paul Bibeau (Kennebunk)
  • Lincoln Douglas: Matt Leland (Cheverus)
  • Public Forum: Joe Pelletier (Bangor)

10:00 Technology committee report

10:15 2017-2018 Calendar finalization

Lunch

Old Business

  • Use of button poetry in competition events (Spilecki)
  • How to get schools/administrations to pay fees (Robinson)
  • Name scholarship awards (Robinson)
    • Writing summaries of namesakes
    • Judge of the Year
  • Debate documentation and briefing

New Business

  • Tabroom.com digital balloting

2:30 Adjournment

Post Meeting

  • CFL report: D’Arcy Robinson
  • Maine District NSDA report: Kris Deveau