Gemma smiled at the students coming in late, "O don't worry about being late...no worries...I know you are all busy with your studies and other things...you have not missed anything important..." she glanced at her folder and opened it to the first page, "Since the majority of us are here, let's get this planning party started!"...she finished her statement with a flick of her arms and a tray of drinks levitated into the room and one landed in front of each person at the round table. Then she raised her right arm up a little bit and waited and then squashed up her face a little bit, "Well, I guess the cookies will find their way in here eventually..." she finished with a shrug of her shoulders.

She focused quickly back on her folder and then continued, "I have provided everyone with a copy of the basic plans for the Debate in Hogsmeade that the Headmistress and myself and a few other staff members have already reserved and put together...." she looked around the table making eye contact with each of them, "On December 13 (January 31-February 9 OOC), the school will be hosting a debate in Hogsmeade for the Board candidates." she got up with her folder in her hand and walked over to one of the blank dry erase boards and started writing down little notes about what she was saying.

"We have already reserved the main street area of Hogsmeade for the event. And to make it a little bit fun, our stage will actually be a dunking booth. Each candidate will be sitting on their own dunking booth and after they answer a question, the crowd will vote on how they felt about the answer. If they didn't like it, then someone is getting wet!" she said excitedly picturing one of the candidates in particular soaked and looking like a wet cat...o yes this could be fun.

She turned the page after making notes on the board and then walked to her original list on the first dry erase board, "Here's what I need from all of you...ya'll will be in charge of the planning and organizing of the actual debate. If you will look at this list and figure out which of these you would like to help with, then we can go from there..." she said pointing at her original list on the board.

"We need help planning the Decorations for the event, the Refreshments, the overall Agenda of the event, a list of ten to fifteen questions to ask the candidates, and a poster to advertise the event. We will vote on our two Master of Ceremonies in the coming weeks." she finished excitedly.

She picked up a red marker and then turned to the little group, "So, any volunteers? Once we get our mini committees set up then I'll let ya'll break up and go to planning!"