Fall Events

• Evening events
• Potluck
• School has to:

• Pick out a day
• Promote it

• 2nd week of school: week of Sep 11
• Lemonade with kids
• Fall festival?
• Coffee and tea for parents

• monthly different country teas & coffee
• informal coffee the first week
• Have sign up sheet at that

• Get a list of upcoming volunteer events to have ready to go at the first events

• What prework can we get in place for the initial events

• Gather how many unique volunteers we have had at events and share with Rebecca

Budget

• Spent almost exact same amount as last year
• Raised ~$2100 compared to ~$2400 last year
• Generally been underspending
• 14 teacher grants, ~$2K
• Audit update

• IRS audit due to paperwork and forms transitions
• Changed type from a supporting organization to general nonprofit
• Reporting is now much simpler
• Previously 85% had to be spent on programs, now it doesn’t apply
• No longer required to do an annual report
• MA state still needs total numbers but much simpler

Officer

• Continuing is current roles

• Caroline will continue as Treasurer
• Kelly will continue as secretary
• Jennifer continuing
• Erin continuing

• Roles to fill

• President
• Communications lead

• Lauren will be an informal advisor
• Recruiting for volunteers and president role

• President is the point person for family liaison and principal
• Fall recruiting

• How do we manage the interim gap lacking president?
• Reach out to potential recruits
• Find a time to connect before Fall

Brainstorm Ways to Gather Parent Emails

• Can it be part of a start of school form?
• Can we put an opt-in form in backpacks during the first week of school?
• Can we get Room Parents to share all email addresses before school year ends; ensure we have them in our own database

• Develop plan to gather email addresses at start of year