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Jan. 5, 2016

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The District Conference Registration Deadline Is TODAY!

The 2016 Tennessee DECA District Career Development Conference online registration portal will be open until 11:59 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. After the Jan. 5 deadline, additions may not be made, but deletions may be made through 5 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Please register your participants ASAP to avoid last-minute problems.
 
If you have changes to make, that is fine. Simply log back into the registration system, make any changes/adjustments, and click "Finished Registering" again. You can click "Finished Registering" as many times as needed between now and Jan. 5, 2016.

Your chapter will be financially responsible for all participants entered into the registration system as of 5 p.m. (CST) on Jan. 7, 2016.

Required CTSO Release Form

All 2015-16 district and state conference participants must have a signed CTSO Release Form on file before participation can be granted. Please CLICK HERE to download a copy of the form. All forms can be turned in at the registration table at your district conference. Attendees without a signed form will be sent home from the conference and will be unable to participate. 

Google Hangout Sessions for Chapter Officers

The Tennessee DECA state officer team would like to have a monthly meeting with your chapter officers. Please nominate two officers from your local chapter as a main representative and an alternate representative who can participate in monthly Google Hangouts that will last for one hour. Students nominated will serve for the remainder of the 2015-16 school year during the Google Hangouts listed below.

Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. CST

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 at 8 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. CST

Register your chapter officers by CLICKING HERE, and specific instructions regarding the hangouts will be sent directly to the students who are registered.

DECA's #EPIC Student Scholarship Opportunities

DECA’s scholarship program provides over $300,000 in scholarships to high school and college DECA members at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) each year! Many corporate partners of DECA provide scholarships through the DECA scholarship program. DECA Inc. administers the program based on guidelines set by the donor. DECA scholarships are strictly merit based. Have your students applied for DECA scholarships yet?

The deadline is Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Encourage your students to apply today at deca.org/scholarships.

Tennessee DECA Honorary Life Member Nominations

One of the most prestigious honors a Tennessee marketing teacher can receive is to become a Tennessee DECA Honorary Life Member. Tennessee DECA is now accepting nominations for this award. The nomination form must be submitted by Jan. 18, 2016 or via email to Mickey Burrell, the Honorary Life (HL) Coordinator, at MickeyBurrell@charter.net.

For more information and a listing of current Honorary Life Members, please review the Tennessee DECA Honorary Life Member webpage.

Important Dates and Deadlines

JANUARY 2016
5          District Conference Registration Deadline for All Five Tennessee Districts
7          District Conference Registration DELETIONS ONLY by 5 p.m.
11–15  District Online Testing Week
15        District Conference Payments due

MARCH 2016
3-5       Tennessee DECA Career Development Conference | Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville

All written event submissions will be collected from all chapter advisors at the district conference registration table. You do not need to mail in these documents.

District Conference Date Conference Fee What the Conference
Fee Covers		 Conference
Location		 Conference
Coordinator
1 Friday,
Jan. 22, 2016		 $25/person Conference registration and
lunch		 Messick Adult Center Taura Turner
2 Tuesday,
Jan. 19, 2016		 $15/person Conference registration Union University Jackie Howard
3 Tuesday,
Jan. 26, 2016		 $17/person Conference registration and lunch Long Hollow
Baptist Church		 Dawn Walters
4 Monday,
Jan. 25, 2016		 $20/person Conference registration Embassy Suites
Murfreesboro		 Pamela Thurman
5 Friday,
Jan. 29, 2016		 $25/person Conference registration and t-shirt Knoxville Expo Center Angel Fowler
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