St.
Brendan’s PTO Board Meeting
February
2005 Minutes
Attendees: Margie Schmutz, Monica Carlin, Mary-Jane
Fatigati, Geetha Beauchamp, Tim Kennedy, and Maria Perez-Torkildson.
The Board and Committee Chairs met in the
teacher’s lounge. Margie and Monica
called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm.
Margie led all present in a prayer.
The meeting minutes from January were reviewed
and approved.
Principal’s Report (Mrs. Sullivan) – Mrs. Sullivan is ill so
no report was given.
Past President’s Report
(reported by M. Schmutz from J. Walters-Burns’ e-mail update) –
Discernment Process: There are two positions to fill for
next year: one from the parish community and one from the school
community. Pam Schwartz and Sandy Moran
will be leaving.
Discernment Day is May14th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Nominations are due by February 22nd.
School Commission Purpose:
We reviewed the description for School Commission and changed it as
follows: The overall purpose of the
School Commission is to advise and support the pastor and the principal as they
form policy and direct the ongoing development of the school. The Commission is advisory in nature. The
advisory process is collaborative.
School Commission President: It was discussed and agreed upon that the School Commission
President must be a school parent and have served for at least a year on the
School Commission. The school by-laws
need to be changed to reflect this.
School Commission Auction Contribution: We decided to donate the "Herb
Farm" themed dinner again this year.
Pastoral Council:
Dave reported that they met with John and it was decided that the parish
school subsidy will remain the same for next school year but hopefully can be
increased the following year.
Other: John Meyer
joined us and announced that he will be leaving St. Brendan Parish in June. He has accepted the position as the Pastoral
Assistant for Stewardship and Development at Holy Family Parish and School.
Treasurer’s Report (M.
Fatigati) – We are expecting another $2K to
come in from Sally Foster internet sales.
Reimbursement
requests from auction committee members need to be turned in ASAP so the net
proceeds can be released in a timely manner.
Word needs to be passed to the auction chairs!
COMMITTEE REPORTS
PTO Photography (Tim
Kennedy) – Tim reported that Joy has been very
busy taking pictures. Tim and Joy
reviewed the DVD from the Christmas concert.
They were not happy with the video or audio quality. They thought a better job could have been
done. They are looking at some
different ideas for fundraisers. They
are also considering whether they will be able to videotape the Spring
concert.
Auction Update– The auction chairs were
not present. Margie reported that the
auction letter worked. Donations have
really picked up. Margie also mentioned
that there are questions as to whether next year’s auction should be held at
the Hyatt.
Volunteer Agreement Form – The form was reviewed
and discussion about the form was held.
The question was raised as to why the Volunteer Coordinator and PTO
Executive Board positions are not on the form.
Geetha will try to squeeze them on to the form. The Talent Show Coordinator position will be
added to the form as well. Geetha will
check with Mrs. Carlson to see if Library Book Fair Worker still needs to be on
the form.
Reader Board Update – Margie reported that
Kate O’Brien-Rourke has been working on the reader board effort. Kate recently met with the Parish Facilities
Board because signage should be kept uniform.
Election Process for Parish Board Positions (M.
Schmutz)
– Julia will be sending the nomination forms out in the Wednesday
envelope.
New Family Information Night (M. Schmutz) – Scheduled for Thursday
2/24/05 at 7:15 p.m. in the gym.
Young Authors (M. Schmutz) – Gail Nordholm is coming
on 4/4/05 in the afternoon to talk about publishing books. She will autograph and sell her book.
Room Parents – The question was raised
as to how a person gets to be a room parent.
It seems like it is always the same parents. Others don’t get called to be a room parent and/or don’t get
called to participate in the classroom parties. The discussion spread to other volunteer positions as well.
Junior High PLay (M. Schmutz– Play practice starts next
week. The Everett PUD has been secured for
4/3/06-4/8/06 for next year’s play. The
date has changed from previous years because companies are booking the PUD in
whole month increments and St.
Brendan’s is getting squeezed in around the month-long bookings.
The March PTO Board meeting is cancelled.
Margie and Monica adjourned the meeting at 8:14
pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Monica Carlin