1. Welcome to the DECA Update Session
Welcome to the DECA Update Session. I am Lisa Cline, President of the Georgia DECA Board of Directors

2. This year’s theme is Ready for It
This year’s theme is Ready for It. The logos are available for download on decadirect.org

3. Georgia DECA Board of Directors
Position
Location
Lisa Cline
President
North Forsyth High School
Sharon Shahan
President-Elect
Rockdale Career Academy
Shayna Brown
Southern Region
Houston County High School
Tywanda Mathis
Eastern Region
Sims Academy
Halie Bissell
NorthWestern Region
East Paulding High School
Leslie Austin
Western Region
Chapel Hill High School
Shannon Aaron
Executive Director
Georgia DECA
Linda Smith
Program Specialist
DOE
Nancy Ruff
GMEA President
South Forsyth High School
Bob Armbruster
Board President
DECA Foundation
Walter Burgess
Industry Certification Chair
I would like to recognize our GA DECA Board of Directors, if you are present please stand.

4. Board Vacancies Eastern Region- 2018-2021 Western Region- 2018-2021
Application available online
If more than 1 candidate from each region, the region will vote per survey monkey
First meeting is at Fall LDC
We do have 2 vacancies coming up this year. The board application is available online at gadeca.org under resources. Each region will vote on a representative if there is more than 1 candidate. The first meeting will be at Fall LDC.

5. CHAPTER CAMPAIGNS Membership
GEW-success story does not have to be DECA Alumni
Promotional
Community Service
Advocacy
Enter and save as you go- new sets of examples are coming this summer!
Be sure to read about the chapter campaigns on decadirect.org and in the Chapter Manual you should have received at the DECA Booth at the conference.

6. WorkWinWow September 20, 2018 Georgia FFA-FCCLA Center, Covington GA
$25 per person
Deadline to register is August 31st (early bird is August 24th)
Professional Development for Advisors and Officer Training for Students
This year we are combining advisor professional development and local officer training at WorkWinWow. This is a 1 day event for advisors and local officers. Be sure to register by August 31st. You will need to register as a new chapter on the registration site, it is not tied to membership so it probably won’t recognize your DECA membership log in. An agenda is located on gadeca.org

7. COMPETITIVE EVENTS PROGRAM UPDATE
We do have some changes to competitions this year. We will speak more about these at WorkWinWow and the Competition Workshop in September but wanted you to be aware of a few changes

8. GA DECA Competition Updates
GA Only Testing- 6 events (keeping Middle School marketing test)
Continuing Online Written Manuals
Advisors working Competitions at State CDC will receive 1 free chaperone registration
Region Winners and TDM Participants must score 60% or higher on State Test in January. TDM must score an average of 60%
Integrated Marketing Campaign & Professional Selling Testing will take place in January. IMC Events must score an average of 60%
We will continue to offer the Middle School Marketing Exam in September as part of our GA Only Testing Events
We will continue to submit Written Manuals online
We encourage all advisors to work competitions at State CDC, we will be providing 1 chaperone registration for advisors working Competitions. Please know that it does take a lot of people to work and we really need your help!
Last year we started a minimum testing score for Region and State Testing. This year there is a little change- we won’t be looking at region test scores, all students who test at region will be allowed to role play at region. All region winners and those participating in the TDM, Integrated Marketing Campaign and Professional Selling events will test in January and must score 60% or higher in order to compete at State. For events with more than 1 team member, the team must score an average of 60% or higher. This means that students can do region events and if they do not win at region, they can do either TDM, IMC or Professional Selling in January.

9. Professional Selling & Consulting Events
Rubric has been updated with new wording on criteria #8,#11, and #13
Please be sure to use the updated guidelines in the DECA Guide, Professional Selling & Consulting Events have an updated rubric. Don’t go off of last year’s rubric or projects

10. All Written Presentation Guidelines
No wheeled carts, moving straps, only visual aids that can be easily hand carried will be permitted
No alternate power sources allowed (like generators)
Absolutely no food or drink
There are several changes to Written Event Presentation Guidelines. Please be sure to read those and share with your students.

11. Penalty Point Checklist
Do not have to double space major content
All current 30 page projects are now changed to a maximum of 20 pages
All current 5 and 11 page projects change to a maximum of 10 pages
Must be printed single sided
Everything must be typed, no handwritten, including charts and graphs
No size rules with display boards
The Penalty Point Checklist is updated. Read slide with changes.

12. Restructure of Marketing Rep Events- ADC, FMP, SEPP
Specific outlines for Product, Service and Event
Campaign Length is 45 consecutive days
Rubric has been updated
Integrated Marketing Campaign-Product
Integrated Marketing Campaign- Service
Integrated Marketing Campaign- Event
Marketing Representative Events are now called Integrated Marketing Campaign Events. There are 3 categories- Product, Service, Event. May want to add any details you learned from Train the Trainer about these events

13. ONLINE MANUAL SUBMISSION
Deadline for Manuals- January 25th
Judges will have 4 days to review
Feedback will be given electronically after State CDC
Students will need to bring Executive Summary to State CDC and turn into the judge
National DECA will pilot 1 chapter team event no later than 2020 ICDC
We will continue online manual submission. You will have until January 25th to upload manuals to the online site. After State CDC you will be able to log into the site and see the scores and feedback from judges. We are requiring that students bring their executive summary to State CDC and leave it with the judge. National DECA is going to be piloting 1 chapter team event for online manual submission at ICDC either this year or next.

14. GA QUALIFYING TEST SCORE
All Testing Events for State will have a 60% or higher qualifying score
Region Testing will not have a qualifier this year
All State Test Takers must score 60% or higher on the State Exam in January in order to compete at State CDC
Read slide

15. State Role Plays
Students participating in Individual Series Role Play Events at State CDC will complete 1 role play this year. The total score will be made up by: Role Play- 2/3 State Exam- 1/3
This year we will only have 1 role play at state for all individual and team role play events. The role play will count twice and the exam will count once.

16. Updated Professional Standards Form
Every student must complete a Professional Standards form for each GA DECA Event
Forms will now require a Student AND Parent Signature (no advisor signature)
Students cannot possess/use/have knowledge of achohol or drugs
Any student that violates the Professional Standards will be removed from the event and will forfeit the right to to attend any other DECA event.
We have updated the professional standards forms for this year. Read slide

17. Shannon Aaron georgiadeca@gmail.com
QUESTIONS?
Shannon Aaron
Shannon will be back from Maternity Leave the 2nd week of August, feel free to her with any questions you might have. We hope to see you in September at the Competition Workshop and WorkWinWow.