From diflnews at floridadi.org Fri Aug 3 15:35:54 2018 From: diflnews at floridadi.org (Florida DI News) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 11:35:54 -0400 Subject: [DIFLnews] August Newletter Message-ID: Greetings! We hope you have had relaxing summer and are gearing up for an exciting school year including Florida Destination Imagination. We are happy to announce that Julie Holt and Laura Clausen have joined us on the Florida Affiliate Board. Julie has started our Twitter page https://twitter.com/Diffle_DIFL where you can find jokes that Diffle (our flamingo mascot) likes as well challenge information. She started our new Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/DI_Florida/# with puzzles, challenges and information. Also check out her monthly Instant Challenge on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FloridaDI We hope that you will send us photos of your solutions to these challenges. Laura is coming up with some cool ideas for art and themes. Both Laura and Julie were great assets at our tournament last year, and we look forward to working with them. Florida DI is ready to help you prepare for the coming season. To get you started, visit our website at www.floridadi.org or our facebook page. These sites will provide you with the most up-to-date information about Destination Imagination in Florida. You can also go to www.destinationimagination.org for general information about DI as well as to purchase your team number. The First Look Document is now available to learn more about each of our competitive Team Challenges. The link will take you to a synopsis as well as a video presenting each of the challenges. Remember that the first look is only a synopsis. You must select your challenge in order to receive the full requirements for that challenge. The full challenges will be available on September 1st. To Start a Team, purchase your Team Number ($105 each). There will also be a $45.00 added Florida DI affiliate fee. You will receive an e-mail containing your Team Number(s) and instructions to access online materials, including the Roadmap. The Roadmap is your guide as you navigate your Team through the DI Challenge Experience to Tournaments. The Roadmap contains Instant Challenges and activities to use during your meetings. Georgia DI sells a Roadmap Materials Kit for $50 (shipping included) which includes all materials that would be called for in the Roadmap. Do remember that Instant Challenges are designed to use materials commonly found around your home, and you can feel free to adapt challenges to utilize materials you have. New this year: all materials will be only available in digital format. Destination Imagination Inc. (DII) will no longer mail printed materials to teams. This was done for environmental reasons as well as financial. Our 2019 tournament will be held at Park Maitland School, Maitland, Florida on March 30, 2019. We thank Park Maitland School for their continued support of Florida DI. We want everyone to have an awesome start to the new season. So, is there anything Florida DI can provide to assist you in starting teams? We can get you posters, flyers, stickers, PowerPoint presentations, DI introduction videos, etc. (If you check out MARKETING, in the STORE you can get an idea of what is available). These materials can be used for your Registration/Sign-up, Orientation, Open House, Meet and Greet and/or other Back to School Events. Just drop us a note, and we'll make arrangements to get you the materials. If you would like us to come to do an event, please let me know. We have long time DI participants who live in different areas of the state, so we might be able to work something out. Remember, we're just an email away. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance. We are here to see you succeed as Team Managers and School Coordinators! We look forward to working with each and every one of you. Best Wishes! Erica Bowler Affiliate Director Florida Destination Imagination www.floridadi.org DIFL.info at yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4878 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image006.png Type: image/png Size: 29191 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image007.png Type: image/png Size: 13452 bytes Desc: not available URL: