January RISD Staff Luncheon

The Rogers PTO will be providing the RISD Staff lunch on January 4th at 11:30 in the Multipurpose Building.

We will be providing a variety of soups, salads, breads and brownies. The food and servers should arrive by 11:00.

If you or someone you know is available to provide food or help serve during the luncheon, please contact Melissa Nix no later than December 22, 2009 to allow time for meal planning.


Volunteers, please email or call Melissa Nix.
melissa.nix@killeenisd.org
254-913-0557

December 2009 Newsletter

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By-Laws - Revised 11/12/2009

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Meeting Minutes for November 10, 2009

** Pending Approval at next meeting **

The meeting was called to order at 6:34 pm by President Melissa Nix. All in attendance were asked to sign in and the sign-in sheet will be attached to the minutes and kept in the minutes binder. The minutes and agenda were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to approve the minutes, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion, the motion passed.

Faculty/Staff Luncheon for January 4th Teacher/Staff Inservice Day - Melissa Nix stated that she called Kostroun Catering to check on prices for this but they have not returned her call. It was discussed that it would be very expensive to have it catered and that maybe we should so it ourselves by asking volunteers to make Soup and the PTO could do the salad, bread and desserts. Teresa Andel made the motion to do the soup, salad and bread, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Lindsey Schiller made the motion to bake brownies, Cherryl Rice 2nd the motion, the motion passed.

By-Law Amendments – Article VII, this was amended by more than a 2/3 vote by the general membership to have treasurer reports at all general membership meetings, so as they are not required monthly due to us not meeting in December, June, July and August.

Teresa Andel made the motion to have the recording secretary produce the minutes within 2 weeks of the meeting date, Cherryl Rice 2nd, motion passed. Kim Campbell stated that if we do this we will have to amend the by-laws. The motion was made to amend Article V of the by-laws by Teresa Andel, Melissa Nix 2nd , motion passed by more than a 2/3 vote of the general membership to have the recording secretary get the minutes distributed within 2 weeks(14 days) of the meeting date so that they can be posted pending approval on the PTO Blog for all to read before the next meeting.

It was decided that buying apples from the FFA for the treat jars for the teachers and staff would not be a good idea due to the fact there is so much food around the week before school releases for Christmas. Anne Kohring suggested we do cider mix and hot chocolate mix instead. The motion was made by Cathy Bruggman to place cider mix and hot chocolate mix in the large treat jars for the teachers and staff for Christmas time, Wendy Lesikar 2nd and the motion passed. Wendy Lesikar said she would check the prices at PFG and email us her results. The motion was made by Melissa Nix to buy coffee urns to have the hot water available for the mixes for each campus, Anne Kohring 2nd , and the motion passed. Teresa Andel checked on prices and informed us that they would cost about a dollar a cup, so a 30 cup urn would be about 30 dollars.

Christmas Shoppe Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman explained this fundraiser to everyone. She stated that if we decided to do this fundraiser that we would do it December 7th – 11th. She explained that we set our own prices and that Mr. Layne said we could use the elementary library to conduct this fundraiser. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to have the fundraiser, Wendy Lesikar 2nd , the motion passed. Cathy Bruggman will be the chairperson for this fundraiser and will get a committee together for it, they will have a committee meeting on December 1st, time and site to be determined. Cathy also stated that we would receive $300.00 in free merchandise from the company. It was decided we would ask the teachers to give behavior bonuses worth $0.50 to kids so that every child would have a chance to participate in this fundraiser. Teresa Andel will make the Behavior Bonus Certificates and email them to Melissa Nix so that she can copy them for distribution.

Cathy Bruggman stated that the PTO could not do the Snack Bar for the Elementary UIL meet on December 8th because the elementary school does this as a fundraiser for their activity account.

Fundraising Ideas – we discussed ideas for these, the ideas and decisions are listed as as follows:

• Melissa Nix suggested Spring Fling, Field Day T-Shirt Sales, Bingo/Bunko Nights, Bake Sales, nothing decided.


• Anne Kohring suggested publishing a cookbook and selling them. Kim Malcik made motion to do these, Melissa Nix 2nd, motion passed. Melissa Nix will head up committee for this.


• Teresa Andel suggested doing something at the Christmas Band Concert. Cathy Bruggman will check with Band Boosters to see if they are doing anything before we decide.


• Kim Campbell, Kim Malcik, & Cathy Bruggman suggested doing something at the elementary Christmas choir program. Cathy Bruggman will check with the music teacher at elementary to see if that is a possibility. It was suggested by Kim Campbell that maybe we use this as an opportunity to have a short meeting and membership drive. We will await more info from Cathy Bruggman to make a decision on this.


• Cherryl Rice suggested doing a Breakfast with Santa fundraiser, nothing decided.


• Kim Malcik suggested doing a Movie Night on the 7 on 7 field, nothing decided.


• Kim Campbell suggested renting out the Dunking Booth to others, Melissa Nix stated that it needs work before we could do that. It was decided we would table this until we knew what needed to be done with it. Kyle Kacir will look at it and let us know what we need to do to fix it or if that is even a possibility.

We will work on finalizing the ideas that were left undecided at the January meeting.

Service Goals for Spring Semester – we discussed ideas for this, the ideas and decisions are listed as follows:

• Cherryl Rice suggested having Reading under the Stars Night and a Math Night, nothing decided.


• Melissa Nix suggested having motivational speakers come in to talk to the kids. Cathy Bruggman mentioned the Jail Ministry doing something like this. Melissa Nix said she would check with Texas Youth Commission and Wendy Lesikar said she would check with the Bartlett State Jail because she knew someone who worked there. They will let us know what they find out. Everyone at the meeting also agreed to see if they could find out any other people who do motivational speaking.


• Kim Campbell suggested trying to get the school adopted by a US Army unit because they will come in and do tutoring and mentoring for the students. Cherryl Rice said she would get her husband Ken Rice to check on this for us since he worked at Fort Hood.


• Kim Campbell also suggested doing something for the students either before, during or after the TAKS test. It was suggested by Cherryl Rice to maybe do a different theme for each day of the test, for ex: Sock it to the TAKS by wearing crazy socks. Kim Campbell suggested maybe doing a TAKS Pep Rally. It was decided we would check with the teachers to see what they would suggest. This will be discussed more at the January meeting.


• Melissa Nix suggested purchasing the CPS(Classroom Performance System) for the middle school and high school to share. Genie Allison and Carol Whitley said they would love to have this for the middle school. Melissa Nix explained the system and said the cost of it is $2695.00 and we could buy an extra transmitter for $250.00, thus allowing 2 classrooms at a time to be able to use it. Although everyone was in agreement to do this we did not vote on it. Kim Malcik suggested that we ask if we can buy extra clickers because it only comes with 30 and that is not enough to split between 2 classrooms, as the number of students in each room usually exceeds 15. Cathy Bruggman suggested that we see if some businesses in Rogers would agree to do a matching donation to purchase this system. Anne Kohring said she would check with Cefco because she knew the owner. This will be discussed more at the January meeting.


• Kim Malcik suggested we do something to promote AR(Accelerated Reading) such as a fun trip for the middle school and an AR store for the elementary. She said she would check with the middle school AR teachers and Mrs. Brown in the elementary to see what they would like for the kids to do. This will be discussed more at the January meeting.

Melissa Nix asked on behalf of the executive board if we could adjust the amount of the spending approval for the executive board without a general membership vote from $200.00 to $400.00. It was decided to table this until we have a formal budget drafted.

Melissa Nix made motion to have all PTO meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Multipurpose Building that meetings are required by the by-laws. Genie Allison 2nd the motion, the motion passed. The next general membership meeting will be on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the Multipurpose Building.

The meeting was adjourned by President Melissa Nix at 8:30 PM.

Meeting Minutes for October 27, 2009

The Rogers PTO meeting was called to order by President Melissa Nix. All in attendance were asked to sign in and the sign-in sheet will be attached to the minutes and kept in the minutes binder.

The minutes from the October 15th, 2009 general membership meeting were passed out and reviewed. Anne Kohring made the motion to approve the minutes, Jennifer Chervenka seconded the motion and the motion passed.

Kim Malcik, treasurer, gave the financial report. She passed out some copies of the results from the carnival for everyone to review. The total net profit from the carnival was $5381.55. The current balance in the account is $16063.89.

We discussed any changes that could make the carnival better, the main discussion was about having a haunted house next year and possibly teaming with the drama department to get this done. Everyone agreed that the carnival as a whole was a success for everyone involved.

Melissa Nix volunteered to write personal thank you cards to all those businesses that donated to the carnival. Cathy Bruggman will check with the Temple Daily Telegram regarding prices for placing an add in the paper. Melissa Nix also stated that she would type up a PTO Carnival Update Newsletter and get that distributed to all the campuses.

Melissa Nix stated that all the raffle items were delivered. The raffle winners were Sippy Montalbo – TV, IPOD Touch – Steve Vasek, Kenneth Schexnayider – Digital Camera, DVD Player – Michael Massar, Michael Elliot – Welcome Mat.

Melissa Nix checked into getting AR online for the school, it was determined it was very costly and we would not pursue this at this time.

Melissa Nix will type the PTO directory and get it out to everyone who ordered one.

Melissa Nix checked on white boards for all the elementary classrooms, it was decided in discussion that we would purchase 10 for each classroom.

Teresa Andel gave us all the information to fill out for the Tax ID number. Anne Kohring made the motion to get this done by January 1st , 2010, Wendy Lesikar seconded this motion and it passed.

Cathy Bruggman made motion to start getting all the $5.00 birthday presents for the teachers and Anne Kohring seconded the motion and it passed.

Melissa Nix will let everyone know in the newsletter that we are still selling A+ cards and necklaces and who to contact for this.

Kim Malcik will check with Joe’s Italian Grill for prices for teachers lunch pick-up on November 6th, 2009 and get back to everyone on that.

Mrs. Molly Goodson said that her brothers are tree farmers and will see if they will donate some trees to plant at the elementary school, she called them and they said they would. Teresa Andel made the motion to spend $500.00 additional dollars on trees in addition to those being donated, Anne Kohring seconded the motion and the motion passed.

It was discussed to do a luncheon for the teachers and staff on their workday on January 4th, 2010. Cathy Bruggman will check with Robyn at the cafeteria to see if she minded letting us do this since she usually does.

Kim Campbell stated that we have spent a lot of money on elementary and we should not overlook middle school and high school.


By-Laws – Melissa Nix read the by-laws and these were approved as follows:

Article IV – Anne Kohring made motion, Wendy Lesikar 2nd, motion passed
Article V – Cathy Bruggman made motion, Teresa Andel 2nd , motion passed
Article VI – Jennifer Chervenka made motion, Anne Kohring 2nd, motion passed
Article VII – Kim Campbell made motion, Wendy Lesikar 2nd , motion passed
The following changes were approved by this vote regarding Article VII: Two signatures required on monthly reconciliation, Authority to sign contracts is limited to the President or the President’s designee as approved by the executive board, and proper forms and receipts must be submitted for reimbursement.
Article VIII – Kim Campbell made motion, Kim Malcik 2nd , motion passed
Article IX – Kim Campbell made motion, Kim Malcik 2nd , motion passed
The following change was approved by this vote regarding Article IX: The by-laws shall be amended at any time by a 2/3 vote of the general membership.

Melissa Nix stated that she would type the by-laws and get them to Teresa Andel to post on the Blog and to Lynne Wilde to post on our link on the school website.

The next meeting date was set for Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:30pm in the Middle School Building.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:07pm by President, Melissa Nix.

Veteran's Day Celebration 2009

Please Join
Rogers Middle School
In Celebration of

Veterans Day

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
at 9:00 A.M.
Dr. Carol A. Bonds Building
(cafeteria)
Rogers ISD
Rogers, Texas

The PTO will be providing refreshments and cookies.

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November 2009 Newsletter

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By-Laws - Revised 10/29/2009

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Teacher Questionnaire

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Birthday Form

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Carnival Booth Space Form

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Subway Order Form

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Reimbursement Request Form

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Cash Box Request Form

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Check Request Form

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Deposit Notice Form

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Meeting Minutes for October 15, 2009

The Rogers PTO meeting was called to order by VP Cathy Bruggmann. President, Melissa Nix, was unable to attend due to illness. All in attendance were asked to sign in and the sign-in sheet will be attached to the minutes and kept in the minutes binder.

The minutes from the September 29th general membership meeting were passed out and reviewed. Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to approve the minutes and Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed by a general membership vote.

We discussed the Subway sandwich delivery, it went over well with the teachers. Kristen Parker suggested doing Chic-fil-a next time or ordering from Brenda Patterson’s sister and to possibly have the delivery on a Friday. It was decided we would do the lunch delivery on again on Friday, November 6th.

Bosses Day – it was decided not to do anything for Bosses Day.

By-Laws – this discussion was tabled due to our President not being there and all the preparation that needed to be done for the carnival.

Tax ID# and 501(3c) - Keith Andel will check on this for us, it was tabled until we hear back from Keith Andel.

A+ Cards and Jewelry – it was decided we would sell these items at the carnival along with raffle tickets.

Birthday Forms – Kristen Parker will send out a mass email to all staff and teachers to please return these by November 1st. We will discuss how we want to proceed with these at the next meeting.

Teacher Questionaire – several teachers stated that it would be nice to have some trees at the elementary school, now is the time to plant those. Kristen Parker stated that she would talk to Elaine and Doug Parker, grounds dept., and ask what sort of trees they would suggest for us to possibly get.

Volunteer Sign-up for Carnival – this was passed around for people to sign up, Kim Malcik will get it to Melissa Nix.

Bingo Booth – Tim New, chair, was unable to attend the meeting. Kim Malcik will email Tim to ask where he would like us to put donated Bingo Items.

Booth Building – Kim Campbell will contact Kenneth Schneider to check on our materials and make sure they are all there. Cathy Bruggman will email Melissa Nix and ask her to confirm with Bob Green that he will set up the electricity.

Advertising – Jennifer Chervenka will make flyers and place them around town in local businesses.

Concessions – Jennifer Chervenka and Lindsey Schiller stated that everything is taken care of.

Raffle - Wendy Lesikar said everthing is going well.

Clean-up – Jennifer Chervenka will ask Robyn in the cafeteria to set that up for us.

PTO Blog – Teresa Andel has set up the Blog(URL: risd-pto.blogspot.com) Kim Campbell will get the URL to Lynne Wilde at the school and she will get this on the website. Teresa also explained to us how we could post on the blog.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Malcik stated that we had a balance of $10,397.23 in our account. She also stated the deposits she has made and the outstanding checks that were written.

The next meeting was set for October 27, 2009 at 6:30pm in the Elementary Cafeteria.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:10pm.

Meeting Minutes for September 29, 2009

The Rogers PTO meeting was called to order at 6:08pm on September 29, 2009 by President Melissa Nix. All in attendance were asked to sign in and the sign-in sheet will be attached to the minutes and kept in the minutes binder.

The minutes from the September 15, 2009 PTO general membership meeting and the minutes from the September 22, 2009 carnival chairperson meeting were handed out by Kim Campbell, reporting secretary. Kim Malcik made a motion to skip reading the minutes and approve them as written, Cathy Bruggman seconded the motion. Kim Campbell will get them to Lynn Wilde and have them posted on the PTO website.

Treasurer, Kim Malcik gave the financial report. The account balance was $9949.19 when the account was turned over. There was $529.07 in outstanding checks, which left the balance at $9420.12.

President, Melissa Nix reported that the Raffle Chairperson is still available for anyone who would like to volunteer. Melissa reported that she had the raffle tickets and the letter to go along with them ready for distribution. Wendy Lesikar volunteered to chair the raffle. Melissa Nix said she would ask if the elementary silent auction booth would be willing to sell raffle tickets for us at the carnival.

Anne Kohring, Corresponding Secretary, passed around a list for everyone to check their information. She also had some prizes for the bingo booth that she got donated.

Jennifer Chervenka, Concession Stand Chairperson reported that Slovacek Sausage will sell us sausage for the wraps for $1.00/lb., in exchange they would like us to display one of their banners for advertising, everyone at the meeting thought this would be ok, but we will have more discussion on that topic for future fundraisers. PFG is donating soda for us to sell. She also contacted Robyn at the cafeteria about serving baked potatoes but has not heard back from her.

Tim New, Bingo Chairperson was unable to attend the meeting but updated Melissa Nix on his progress. Melissa relayed to us that if anyone was able to get donations for bingo, please do so and let him know. He did get 2 bicycles donated by the Belton Wal-Mart and Lori Matthews Elliot volunteered to pick them up for Tim.

Melinda Stojanek, Costume Contest Chairperson, reported that everything was in place for that contest.

By-Laws were discussed, Melissa Nix had a preliminary set of by-laws that she passed out to everyone in attendance at the meeting. Articles I, II and III were approved by a general membership vote. Kim Malcik made the motion to table approving the rest of the minutes until the next meeting as this was making the meeting very long. Kristen Parker seconded the motion and the motion passed.

A teacher questionnaire was made up by Melissa Nix asking for opinions on what was needed and wanted by the teachers and staff from the PTO. Cathy Bruggman, Vice-President said she would get them distributed to the Elementary and Carol Whitley will get them to Middle School and High School.

We have several fundraising projects that we are planning to start. Anne Kohring made the motion to try and do the Bumblebee fundraiser to promote school spirit and Kim Malcik seconded the motion and the motion passed. Cathy Bruggman will check with Mr. Callaghan to see if this is possible for us to move forward with it. Wendy Lesikar said she would check with her mom to see if she could make a bumblebee for us. Kim Malcik made the motion to start making necklaces to sell for a fundraiser, Melinda Stojanek seconded the motion and it passed. Jennifer Chervenka made motion to sell them for $5.00 each, Debbie Mucha seconded the motion, motion passed. Melissa Nix said that she was able to get some A+ cards for us to sell and Wendy Lesikar made the motion to sell the A+ cards, Kim Malcik seconded, motion passed.

Teacher appreciation ideas were discussed, it was reported by Kim Campbell and Anne Kohring that the candy bags that were handed out seemed very appreciated by the teachers and staff. The motion was made by Anne Kohring and seconded by Cathy Bruggman to pass out order forms for Subway sandwiches for the teachers and staff to order and pay for and the PTO would go and pick them up and deliver them, the motion passed. Debbie Mucha, Melinda Stojanek, Anne Kohring and Cathy Bruggman all volunteered to make this happen.

The previous PTO officers had promised to buy the Elementary a new laminator and we will honor this as well as some scholarships that still need to be paid out for the 2008-2009 school year.

Cathy Bruggman discussed a grant opportunity from Heart of Texas Electric Coop that the PTO could apply for. However, like almost all grants, we must have a 501c non-profit status. Scott Nix will contact Drew Popelka, CPA/Attorney, to see if he can advise us on this matter.

The meeting was adjourned by President Melissa Nix at 7:56 pm.

Minutes recorded by Kim Campbell, Recording Secretary.

WELCOME to the Rogers ISD PTO!!

Dear Parents, Grandparents, Teachers & Staff,

Welcome to the Rogers PTO!! You are a very important part of Rogers’ educational team. It takes an exceptional person to give his or her time and energy to help make our school stronger. Your caring enables us to work better and more productively, and your involvement brings our students extra time and personal contact that are vital to their overall success. For the children of Rogers High, Middle and Elementary Schools to reach their full educational, physical, emotional and social potential requires the commitment and involvement of all the members of the school community: students, teachers, staff, parents, grandparents & guardians.

You are giving our students the powerful message that people care about them, while also teaching them the joy and obligation we all have in giving some of our precious time back to our school and community for worthwhile causes. On Tuesday, September 15, 2009, the Rogers PTO had a meeting which included amending some by-laws and electing officers. By amending the by-laws, our general membership will be allowed to help manage all aspects of the PTO. It is our hope that we as an organization will be able to do more within the school, such as volunteering in the classrooms or offices and doing more for the students, teachers and staff.

Giving our kids the best education possible is an investment in the future of our community and nation. Thank you for recognizing this need and reaching out to help. We are glad you are here and we look forward to working with you for the benefit of our children.

Because we want you to get the most out of the PTO, we want to make sure that everyone is informed. It is our intention to get a newsletter out once a month, so that all are aware of what is going on with your PTO!

The PTO will operate on an annual budget, which will be approved by a PTO membership vote. The money used to sponsor PTO activities is raised through PTO dues and annual fundraising events. We are asking that every family who would like to be a member of the Rogers PTO donate $5.00 per household. Our membership chairman is Cherryl Rice, she can be reached by email cherryl_rice@farm-market.net or at 254-983-9171.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 6:00 pm at the Rogers Middle School Synthesis Lab, please come and join us!! Once again, thank you for helping make a difference in the lives of students at Rogers ISD!

For the success of all,

Melissa Nix – President
– melissa.nix@killeenisd.org or 254-913-0557

Cathy Bruggman – Vice President
– cathyjb2002@yahoo.com or 254-493-7039

Kim Malcik – Treasurer
– k_malcik@yahoo.com or 254-718-6833

Anne Kohring – Corresponding Secretary
– annekohring@gmail.com or 254-931-1474

Kim Campbell – Recording Secretary
– kcampbell@embarqmail.com or 254-721-0586

2009-2010 Membership Form

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Meeting Minutes for September 22, 2009 - Carnival Chairperson Meeting

The Rogers PTO meeting for the carnival chairpersons was called to order at 6:30 pm by president, Melissa Nix. All attendants were ask to sign in and the sign-in sheet is attached to the minutes.

First item of business discussed was the raffle, Heather Webster was not present at the meeting and we were unable to contact her. Anne Kohring stated that she received a donation of a 32in flat screen TV, digital camera and portable DVD player for the raffle. It was decided that the PTO would purchase an IPOD Touch to go in the raffle as well. Wendy Lesikar volunteered to go to Best Buy to see if they would donate one and if not Cherryl Rice said she could purchase it for us at the PX on Fort Hood which would save us some money. The cost of the tickets will be $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. We will draw for the prizes at the multipurpose building at 8:30pm on the night of the carnival. The top selling class in Elementary will receive $50.00 to have a class party of their choice. There will be a $25.00 cash prize for the top seller in Middle School and in High School. Melissa Nix will print up the tickets and get them ready to sell. Kim Campbell will check to see if we can borrow the hopper from Seaton Star Hall to use for the raffle.

Lindsey Schiller was present and gave a report on the progress of the concession stand for the carnival menu items and prices will be as follows: Nachos, Frito Pie - $2.00, Drinks, Pizza, Frozen Icees - $1.00, Sausage Wraps - $1.50, Pickles - $0.50, Candy – $0.25. Kim Campbell suggested having baked potatoes since we have cheese and chili for the other items. Lindsey will check with Robyn at the cafeteria and see if that is a possibility. Robyn will have LaVerne Marshall work in the cafeteria with us for $10.00 per hour and she will set up the cleaning crew for us as well, it will take 2 people at $10.00 per hour for about 3 hours.

Tim New is the chairperson for bingo and is in the process of getting items for it. We will check the storage closet on the stage of the multipurpose building to see if the bingo cards are there.

Melinda Stojanek said she would do the costume contest at 6:00pm and we would see if we could do it in the commons area of the high school gym. It will be broken down by age group as follows: 0-4, 5-8 and 9-12. We will give 1st and 2nd place prizes of $10.00 and $5.00 respectively. Melinda will take care of the sinage and Melissa Nix will send out a flyer.

Cherryl Rice, membership chair, stated we had approximately 20 members sign up so far. She is going to have a table at the High School Open House on September 24th. We will have a drawing for a chance to win a $10.00 gas card for those who sign up that night.

Melissa will check with the high school to see if we can put anything on the marquee at the school and will also ask if there can be a sign up sheet for any students that would volunteer to help set up everything on the Saturday morning of the carnival.

Melissa will also check with Tammy Pechal to see where all the decorations for the carnival are located.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm.

Meeting Minutes for September 15, 2009 - Election of Officers

The Rogers PTO meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by Rogers ISD Superintendent Bob Callaghan. President Shelly McNeill and Vice President Tammy Pechal were present. Mr. Callaghan stated that on our agenda was to elect new officers and to amend the current by-laws. In order to elect new officers, we had to amend the current by-laws. There was a motion made by Kim Campbell and seconded by Melinda Stojanik to change the by-laws to state that there would be five officer/executive board members elected, these included a President, VP, Treasurer, Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary. The next motion made by Cathy Bruggman and 2nd by Cherryl Rice was to change the rules of voting for these positions and to have 1 year terms with a 2 year term limit on each individual office and that the general membership have voting rights and the officer elections be held at the May meeting. A motion was made by Kim Malcik and 2nd by Anne Kohring that parents, staff, teachers, guardians and grandparents are allowed to be members for a donation of $5.00 per househould. Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to allow the executive board/officers to meet and come up with some additional by-laws and that the general membership could vote on those at the next meeting, this was 2nd by Teresa Andel. All the above motions passed by oral voting of the people attending the meeting with no objections. The officers were then elected by acclamation as follows: President Melissa Nix, VP Cathy Bruggman, Treasurer Kim Malcik, Corresponding Secretary Anne Kohring, Recording Secretary Kim Campbell. Cherryl Rice will be the membership chairman and will develop a membership form to get out to all the school campuses.

President Melissa Nix opened our discussion of the carnival by asking for volunteers to head up the different areas of the carnival. There was a motion made by Melinda Stojanek to open up the carnival to all RISD organizations and allow them to have booths, this was 2nd by Anne Kohring and approved by the membership. Cathy Bruggman made motion to not charge for the booths, Melinda Stojanek 2nd and it passed. Teresa Andel made motion to have a raffle, Melinda Stojanek 2nd and it passed. Heather Webster volunteered to head up the raffle and get the tickets printed. Her contact info is 421-2042 or heather.webster@tisd.org. Jennifer Chervenka and Lindsey Schiller will head up the concession stand. Tim New will head up Bingo. Melinda Stojanek will do the costume contest and Mrs. Genie Allison volunteered the Drama Department to do the Haunted House. Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to let officers decide what booths are approved and how and who builds them, this was 2nd by Cathy Bruggman.

Next item of discussion was to find liasions for each campus, Kristian Parker volunteered to be for the elementary, Mrs. Allison will talk to Cindy Smith for middle school and Misti Jecemenek will be the liaison for high school.

Kim Campbell made the motion to let the executive board spend $200.00 or less without the general population vote and this was 2nd by Jennifer Chervenka and passed. Bob Callaghan made motion to have the treasure report read at every meeting and this was 2nd by Anne Kohring and it passed.

Melissa Nix asked that everyone email her with ideas for the by-laws and the next meeting date for the general membership was set for Sept. 29, 2009 at 6:00 pm at the Synthesis Lab in the Middle School. A meeting for the officers and carnival chairmen was set up for September 22, 2009 at 6:30 pm in the Rogers Elementary Cafeteria.

Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:44 pm, this was 2nd by Brandi Tamplen and passed.

Minutes recorded by Kim Campbell, recording secretary.