Montgomery Blair High School PTSA

Minutes of PTSA Board of Directors Meeting --- August 18, 2008

Blair PTSA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Monday, August 18, 2008, 7:30 pm
Location: Staff Lounge

Facilitator: Bob Gillette
Recorder: Sudha Murthy

Attendees: Bob Gillette, Dave Ottalini, Terry Fischer, Jeanne Philbin, Debra Reed-Gillette, Carol Smalls, Sudha Murthy

- Bob called the meeting to order around 7:40 pm.

- July 21 Meeting minutes approved with a couple of corrections from Carol Smalls.

Membership Form

- Membership form approved. Debra is getting the translation in Spanish by Tuesday and have copies done for Thursday 9th grade Welcome picnic.

Painless Fundraising

- Debra will be the contact for Escrip/Giant/Safeway fundraising till Carol makes a decision if she would be doing it for next year. Carol suggested that if the Giant representatives are contacted and can make a showing at Back to school night, it would help. Dave was going to contact Carol to follow-up on this. The school should have passwords for Escrip and Giant. Donna Franklin should have the information.

9th grade picnic on Thursday 8/21.

- It starts at 6:30. Volunteers for PTA table needed at 6. Dave has some Spanish flyers that can be reused.

Back to School Night on 9/9

- It starts at 7. Organizers need to be there at 6.

- We would have the same campaign like last year. 800-1000 forms needed. 400-500 on each side of the building.

- PTA Welcome in Spanish. Bob would be trying to find a person to do that.

PTA Directory

- This is still being investigated. If posted on Edline, there can be no advertisements and there should be no revenue/charges associated with it. The other option is to print at minimal cost and use some revenue from advertising in the directory.

Budget

- There were 2 line items. – Money towards T Shirts for Blair Ambassadors. These are upperclassmen students who would be assisting transfer students. They would serve as a resource for the new students to make the transition in the middle of the high school year easier. Another line item is a minigrant to help Hispanic students.

- Terry announced that deadline for Blazer Newsletter submission is September 10th.

Next BOD Meeting

- Since several people could not make it to the meeting, Bob would be scheduling another meeting before the next General PTA meeting.

- Meeting adjourned at 8:20pm.