Friday, October 16, 2009

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.