1. September Meeting September 6, 2012

2. Agenda Breakfast Old Business New Business Upcoming Events 9/11 Community Service Field Trip

3. Upcoming Events 1.9/11 Community Service 2.Stevi B’s Social 3.DECA Fall Rally Field Trip 4.October Meeting

4. DECA Points You can earn points – called DECA Points for attending all our activities. These DECA Points are a way of earning end of the year honors. Point values per event: 3 points – for Meetings; 3 points – socials; 5 points –fundraisers; 10 points – competition; 10 points – state competition; 1 point for wearing your T-shirt every Wednesday; ½ point for every hour worked in the store Gold, Silver, & Bronze – earn these for end of the year awards. Gold & Silver – earn a Six Flags field trip at the end of the year

5. VP of Communications: Sarah Coheley VP of Finance: Brittny DePuy VP of Public Relations: Alexis Pepin VP of Chapter Development: open Historian: open

6. Community Service 9/11 Remembrance Project – We will bake cookies and other treats for local fire and police departments. – Next Monday -9/10 we will be putting baskets together. Come during your lunch if your not in class. – After school -3:45-5:00 p.m.– we will deliver to Trickum Rd. and Arnold Mill stations. Sign up to participate. – We need to know who need a ride and who will meet us there. – We may need some parents to volunteer to drive students to the stations.

7. Donations 1.We still need donations of baskets, ribbons, flags, and red/white/blue stickers. 2.Please bring to school on Monday to decorate the baskets.

8. Social Stevi B’s Social Tuesday, October 2 nd or 16 th 6 -7:30 pm

9. DECA FALL RALLY Friday, October 12 $40 for admission and NO rides. $45 for students riding unlimited rides. Price includes charter bus, registration, admission, and rides. You will need to bring money for food. Limited space of 18 students to attend. Approximately 5 spots left.

10. DECA Fall Rally What Were Doing There…. 6:00 am – Meet at Woodstock High School 9:30am-10:00am Registration @ Fairgrounds 10:00am-11:30am General Session/Keynote Speaker 11:30am-12:00pm Chapter Membership Poster Voting 12:00pm Lunch (at the Fair) 1:00pm Fair Rides Open 1:00pm DECA Theme Speech Competition (open to spectators) 1:00 – 4:00 – Enjoy fair! 6:00-7:00 pm – Expected arrival home

11. Fall Rally Competitions Georgia DECA will have 4 competitive events at the Fall Rally! I need to know who is interested in competing in these events.  Chapter T-shirt Design  Chapter Brochure  Chapter Membership Poster  Individual DECA Theme Speech

12. 1 Design Per Chapter: CHAPTER T-SHIRT DESIGN, BROCHURE, AND POSTER AWARDS: 1ST PLACE- $150, Plaque & Georgia National Fair Ribbon 2ND PLACE- $100 & Georgia National Fair Ribbon 3RD PLACE- $75 & Georgia National Fair Ribbon 4TH PLACE- $50 & Georgia National Fair Ribbon 5TH PLACE- $25 & Georgia National Fair Ribbon 1. Visual Appearance (20 points) 2. Creativity (20 points) 3. Use of Logo (20 points) 4. Overall Design (40 points)

13. Fall Fundraiser Yankee Candles Fundraiser We will begin our sales in October and sales will run approximately 2 weeks. This will help to pay for future DECA events. Information will be given in class and packets given to non-class members at the next DECA meeting.

14. Design our DECA T-shirt Help us come up with our new DECA T-shirt design for this year. Due by: 9/14/12 Requirements: – Must have River Ridge DECA – Must have year – Must have “Thrive” theme

15. Stay in Touch Be sure to stay in touch and know what’s happening. Check your email frequently – we will be using sign up genius for events. Check the school website. Check your text messaging – check with me today your information. Come by Room 1305. Sign up for Remind 101 – with DECA notifications – Send text message to 720-399-4448 – With message @nqr

16. Next Meeting Tuesday, October 9 7:45 a.m. Room 1305 Get fundraiser information and stuff on DECA week.

18. GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER