Welcome to Gulf Coast DI!

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Welcome to Gulf Coast DI!
On March 4th, 2017 you are invited to the largest
regional celebration of creativity, innovation
and teamwork in Texas!
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Important Resources

• www.idodi.org
• Roadmap
• Rules of the road
• Challenge
• www.texasdi.org
• www.gulfcoastdi.com
• Your schools DI sponsor
• Your districts DI representative
• Your regional director
• Todd Anderson
• gulfcoastrd_at_gmail.com

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Step 1 Form a team
1) Follow your school districts rules for team
formation 2) Make sure your teams formation
adheres to the rules of team formation in the
Rules of the Road document
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Step 1 Form a team
District Deadlines
Cy-Fair Oct 28th Ft Bend Oct 10th
Katy Oct 25th
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Step 2 Pick a challenge

• 1) Have your team decide which challenge they
  want to participate in.
• This is the first test of team chemistry and
  a good starting point for teaching teamwork.
• Please try to decide on a challenge early as
  we need solid numbers before the end of the year
  to plan the tournament.

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Step 3 Get your team number

• 1) Each team that participates must have a valid
  team number.
• If you are an independent team, you will need
  to purchase your team number from www.shopdi.org
• If you are participating through a school
  district, please check with your school
  sponsor/district DI coordinator for your team
  number

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Step 4 Register your team

• 1) Create an account on www.texasdi.org if
  you dont have one.
• Review the instructions for registering your
  team on www.gulfcoastdi.com/team-registration.htm
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• Please register early, you can still edit
  your information until the registration deadline
  in mid-January.

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Ongoing

1. Practice with your team
2. Attend team manager training sessions ( check
   schedule on www.gulfcoastdi.com )
3. Regularly check for clarifications on
   www.idodi.org for your challenge.
4. Regularly check the www.gulfcoastdi.com website
   for tournament information
5. Watch for email communications from your regional
   director

Monday
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Important Dates

• 10/10/16 Last day to register a team with FBISD
• 10/13/16 IC Forum Katy ISD ESC 7-900 pm
• 10/25/16 Last day to register a team with Katy
  ISD
• 10/28/16 Last day to register a team with CFISD
• 11/30/16 Early bird discount deadline
• 12/10/16 Team Workshop Salyards Middle School
  - 8 am 12 pm
• 1/15/17 - Gulf Coast registration deadline
• 3/4/17 - Gulf Coast regional tournament
  Seven Lakes High School
• 4/7 4/8/17 Texas affiliate tournament -
  Lubbock
• 5/24 5/28/17 Global Finals Univ of Tennessee

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Most importantly Have fun and enjoy the
journey with your team!