LAKE TRAVIS ELEMENTARY PTA

General Meeting
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Lake Travis Elementary School

Call to Order - 6:00 p.m.

MEETING AGENDA

•	Welcome – Jeff Linn
•	Call to Order – Jeff Linn
•	Confirmation of Quorum – Erin Leon
•	Pledge of Allegiance – Jeff Linn
•	Acceptance of Minutes from 9 November 2010 – Lisa Berneburg
•	Report of the Treasurer – Tina Berrum
•	Report of the Executive Board – Jeff Linn
•	Report of the Vice Presidents
–	 Membership – Erin Leon
–	 Fundraising – Shannon Blacklock
•	Report of Standing Committees - Committee Chairpersons 
•	Principals Report – Karen Miller-Kopp
•	Announcements – Jeff Linn
•	Adjournment – Jeff Linn

ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
- Lisa Berneburg, Secretary
•	Minutes of LTE PTA General Meeting
–	11 January 2011 - on-line  
–	lte.my-pta.org 	=> files 	=> minutes
•	Motion
–	Motion required to approve the minutes of the Lake Travis Elementary PTA meeting held on January 11, 2011.
–	Second
–	Questions/Discussion
–	Vote
•	All minutes are being posted on the web at 
lte.my-pta.org
TREASURER’s Report – Tina Berrum
Financial Summary – 31 Jan, Q3 FY 2010-2011
–	Q1:  01 Jul 2010  initial balance	$ 51,300
–	Q1   Grant  $13,900	Expense  $17,200	Income  $15,200
–	Q1:  30 Sep 2010 balance		$ 49,300
–	Q2   Grant  $ 6,000	Expense  $22,100	Income  $18,600
–	Q2:  31 Dec 2010 balance		$ 45,800
–	Jan   Grant  $ 2,900	Expense  $ 4,400	Income  $ 3,900
–	Q3 (partial):  31 Jan 2011 balance	$ 45,300
–	Funds Allocated, pending Disbursement
–	Mini-grants Approved, unfunded		$ 2,500
–	Spring Carnival expenses		$ 1,000
–	Misc. Field Trip, Grade Level		$ 1,500
Available Funds = $ 40,300
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
- Jeff Linn, President
•	Executive Board met on January 25th with quorum present at the meeting.

•	Actions Take not requiring further action of PTA
–	Voted volunteer and staff of the month – Mar 2011

•	25 Jan. meeting:
–	Reviewed Spring Carnival Chairs planning, execution, status
–	Sponsors already committed for all but $2k in expense

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
- Jeff Linn, President
•	Actions Requiring Approval of General PTA

–	The Board approved the following   Mini-grant   on 25 Jan:

•	Smart-Boards, to equip all LTE classrooms		$ 24,000.00

–	Motion required to approve above Mini-grant approved by the Board.
–	Second
–	Questions/Discussion
–	Vote 

Report of Vice President, Membership
- Erin Leon
•	2010-2011 Fall Membership Totals:
–	Total Members:   11/30/2010    552
–	Record Year :
•	Early Bird Achievement Award
•	Golden Apple Award
•	MARS (Men Are Really Super) Award
•	500 Club Achievement Award
•	44 subsequent members count in Spring Total
–	PTA Dues -- $12 per family;		$6 individual
–	Membership Open to Parents, Grandparents, Friends, Neighbors -- Anyone with an Interest in the Education and Welfare of our Children!!! 
REPORT OF VICE PRESIDENT, FUNDRAISING
- Shannon Blacklock
•	Fall Catalog Sales Event – Elishia Vandehey, Chair 
–	Income $ 10,600, plus $ 2,000 on-line, Fri 15 Oct: $ 12,400
–	Net Profit for LTE:  $ 6,800

•	Chick-fil-A Spirit Night – Alysis Transou – 10/6,  11/3,  1/26: $630
•	Fuss Free – Shannon Blacklock – On-going, 30 Nov – $1,650
•	Box Tops – Maria Turner –  $ 670 ; Randall’s - $ 80
•	Fundraising Total YTD:  $ 9,900

WANTED:  CARNIVAL & SILENT AUCTION VOLUNTEERS!!!
•	Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough Sale – 25 Jan  thru  8 Feb 2011
•	Spring Carnival – Sponsorship Team – begin mid-Jan 2011
•	Spring Carnival – Shannon Blacklock, Chair – Saturday, April 9th 
•	Silent Auction – Kim Cook, Chair – Sat., April 9th 

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES
•	Volunteers Chair – Oneida Gonzalez
–	Total volunteer hours for January:  856
–	Year to Date Volunteer Hours:  8,738
–	Total volunteers registered (via forms):  195
•	Volunteers of the Month for January 2011
–	Michelle Dent		Shonda Harding	
•	Staff of the Month for January 2011
–	Deana Locklear
•	NEW Best Club Members (100 hours total):
–	LoAna Lopez		Pamela Lawrence
–	Sabine Hauptmeir		Stephanie Searle
•	IMPORTANT:  Log your volunteer hours ! ! !
–	 v-volunteer.com	 -or- lte.my-pta.org
–	or e-mail Oneida Gonzalez	oniegonzalez@austin.rr.com
–	Nominations for Volunteer and Staff of the Month – to Oneida Gonzalez

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES
•	Communications – Ashley Wade and Paloma  Rodriguez-Valencia
–	Register on-line at:	www.lte.my-pta.org
–	You will be able to view more information than the general public 
–	We are asking everyone to sign up for events online
–	Paper responses are being manually entered onto the website by the event chair.   
–	Current on-line sign-up for events & opportunities
•	Challenge Lab
•	Teacher Friday Feast; Fri 25 Feb; ?? Grade Parents
–	You can sign-up with your friends, Log in to sign-up; web-site will send reminder e-mails 
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES
•	Hospitality – Holly Dobson
–	Teacher/Staff Friday Feast		Fri. 25 Feb.
•	Hosted by ?? Grade Parents & PTA
•	NEED ?? Grade Parents to bring SIDE DISHES
•	PTA will provide barbeque  &  drinks
–	Sign up on-line:    lte.my-pta.org
•	Squire Booster Club – Karina Machnacki
–	Spirit Wear:  Red-and-Black tie dye t-shirts are in; will be delivered to classes this week
–	Fridays are SPIRIT DAYS at LTE!!  Wear your spirit shirts to show your school pride!

REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL
- Karen Miller-Kopp
ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 2011
–	Wed 2nd – Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night 
–	Tue 8th – PTA General meeting at 6:00p
•	3rd Grade Music Performance
–	Mon 21st – ?? Holiday Bad Weather Make-up day
–	Tue 22nd – Math Night at LTE
–	Fri 25th – Teacher/Staff Friday Feast
March
–	Tu-F 1st- 4th – TAKS testing
–	Tue 8th – PTA General meeting at 6:00p
•	Kindergarten Music Performance
–	Wed 9th – Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night  3:00p – 11:00p
–	M-F 15th-19th  – SPRING BREAK
–	Fri 25th – Teacher/Staff Friday Feast

ADJOURNMENT