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Board Meeting Minutes>
May 07, 2008
Sep 7, 2008 --
General Membership Meeting Minutes
May 07, 2008
Tables Outside of Music Room
8:15am
President, Margueritte Ramos, called the meeting to order at 5:46pm. All Board Members were present. Principal Carmen Garcia and Assistant Principal Barbara Garcia were present.
Welcome/Approval of Minutes – Margueritte Ramos
-Margueritte welcomed and opened the meeting
-A single copy of previous General Board Meeting minutes was circulated.
Agenda item #1 – Treasurer’s Report – Doug Labrozzi
- 4 years on Board. He is leaving, won’t be on the Board, but will be a member.
Old Business
Agenda item # 2 – Ball and Silent Auction Report – Floriana Martinez
- ~21K profit / cashed in 32K – spent 10K
- Floriana prepared a package guide with all the info and step-by-step outline for gala prep.
Agenda item # 3 - Catalog Sales – Guest Speaker – Nelson Varona
- AM K-8 made more money than last year
- Next year the merchandise will arrive directly to homes.
- Helping Hands Program with Great America
Agenda item # 4 - Funds for Musical Instruments and After-school Strings Program
- $6000 for musical instruments (from Gala profit)
- A portion of it will go to aftercare music enhancement
- Bruce Barham: Possibility to hire another music teacher to run strings program?
- Principal Garcia: Don’t know allocation for next year yet.
- Children’s Trust? We don’t meet the criteria for free and reduced lunch.
Agenda item # 5 - Earth Day Report – Suzie Sponder
- Thanks to Leda Barham and Amanda Kleidemacher
- Shred It Program up and running in school
- Electronic recycling program funded it.
- Miss Padierne’s class won the electronic recycling race
- Collection of gently used, re-usable gift items for recycling to be sold at the garage sale during Festa Junina.
New Business
Agenda item # 6 – Nominating Committee Report / Election of Officers – Amelia Goudy
- New Slate was approved – Lisa Kauffman new PTA President
- Carmen Partridge: motion to add Jackie Roach as co-chair of Garden Committee
- Motion approved
Agenda Item #7 – Festa Junina – Nely Martinez
- The whole event will be outside
- There will be vendors this time
- Same DJ as the Gala (to become the official AM K-8 DJ)
- Book is Portuguese will be available during Festa
Agenda Item #8 – Vote on Expenditure of Funds for Security Machine – Nely Martinez
- $7,500.00 to set up
- No apparent consensus
- Lisa Kauffman: motion to postpone security until more info is researched
- Motion approved
Agenda Item #9 – Summer Trip to Guatemala for Middle School Students – Carmen Partridge
- $1,500 = two scholarships funded by PTA
- Full scholarship = $1,100 / Partial Scholarship = $400
Agenda Item #10 – Presentation of Travel Website to benefit AM PTA – Deanna Christensen
- Vendor Commission will be paid to AM K-8 PTA
- $450 starting cost / $50 a month
- 60% sales commission to PTA
- Suzie Sponder presents motion to vote – Nely Martinez seconds
- Motion approved
Agenda Item #11 – President’s Report - Margueritte Ramos
- Teresa Pinto – Go Green Initiative
- Philanthropy Events – Dress Up days to benefit Peruvian Disaster
- Pennies for Peace
- High School Committee continues working
- Special T-shirts to members and committee volunteers
-Thank you
Agenda Item #12 – Principal’s Report - Carmen Garcia
- Thank you for everything you’ve done for the children
- Contests:
- Math Bowl – AM K-8 First Place in Miami-Dade County on 5/03/08
- Superintendent Music Festival – 5th and 6th grade (6 children) performed on 5/12/08
- Art on display during Youth Fair and contest
- Field Day
- Visiting Authors
- No class size yet
- 7th grade curriculum being written
Motion to Adjourn by Margueritte Ramos. Monica Duran seconds.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:36am
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