Category — 2007-2008

It’s Saturday night and Grady has cleared to the elimination rounds of the Wake Forest National Earlybird:

In JV Lincoln Douglas Debate:

Demarius Walker

In Varsity Policy:

Minh Lam and Bree Gray-Jordan
Alexis Armand and John Holland

In the Double-Octafinal round, our two policy duos faced each other and the team of Minh and Bree advanced without debating.

Congratulations to everyone!

Brandon Sheats

If you haven’t already (and you’re on the team):

• Create a GradySpeaks account. Simply email brandon (at)
  gradyspeaks [dot] org with your name and the email address you want
  mail forwarded to, or if you want to use our mail service, say so.
• If you have a GradySpeaks account, get your credentials from me (Brandon). If you already have yours, log in.
• Sign your contract and turn it in. You cannot go to tournaments without it.
• Fill out your tournament preference form.
• NEW STUDENTS: Pay NFL dues. It’s one payment of $15, pay Mr. Herrera or Ms. Willoughby.
• See your event captain concerning practices, etc.

That’s it!

Parent’s meeting Wednesday, August 29 7pm. It is highly suggested that you be present for it, as we’ll go over the schedule, student contract, money, and other miscellany.

The first meeting of the year will be on the date posted above. Check later for a time. Expect a keynote, schedule, etc.

There’s been a very important comment on the transition that’s underway, and I want to publicly address it, as it’s something that will make or break the partnership that we’ve created.

Georgia Forensics Daily is for all of Georgia to come together and form an online community that we can all engage in. One of the reasons that I asked to partner with Jeff is to help realize the potential that the site has, and to give back.

The idea that this site is primarily for those in the Atlanta area, or is run by people in the area could not be further from the truth. Comments that I may have made about south Georgia appeared to have rubbed people the wrong way, and I want to clarify. The idea of south Georgia as a ‘hotbed of discourse’ is nothing more than my attempt to express the passion and respect that I have for that region, and a call for more news. In fact, more news and more voices all around is the goal, and to make this work, they’re absolutely essential. Georgia is, in my opinion, the state to be in for speech and debate right now, and we need to make our presence known in every way possible, and make it that we make our opponents nationally feel the power that we collectively have.

To those that I have turned off, I apologize. I took my passion far, and obviously I did not respect those I was targeting. I look forward to your comments (and please comment lots), and look forward to releasing the new Georgia Forensics Daily to the Georgia circuit.

If you want to comment, simply email me at brandon [at] gaforensics.com, google talk me at brandon.sheats [at] gmail [dot] com, aim me (britishkid06), or leave a post on Facebook, Cross-X and this post.