LAKE TRAVIS ELEMENTARY PTA

General Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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 12 October 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
◦	14 September 2010 - on-line  
◦	lte.my-pta.org 	=> files 	=> minutes
•	Motion 
◦	Motion made to approve the minutes of the Lake Travis Elementary PTA meeting held on October 12, 2010-Karina Machnacki
◦	Second-KMK
◦	Questions/Discussion
◦	Motion carries
•	All minutes are being posted on the web at 
lte.my-pta.org
TREASURER’s Report – Tina Berrum
Financial Summary - Q1 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
◦	Oct    Grant  $ 1,500	Expense  $ 6,600	Income  $14,000
◦	Q2 (partial) Oct 31 2010 balance	$ 57,600
◦	Funds Allocated, pending Disbursement
◦	Uncleared checks (LTISD, TXPTA, misc.)	$ 1,700
◦	Class T-Shirts inventory		$ 4,300
◦	Mini-grants Approved, unfunded		$ 4,100
◦	SpiritWear, SchStore inventory		$ 2,000
◦	Fall Catalog Sale inventory		$ 5,600
Available Funds = $ 40,000

Detail Summary –  FY 2010-11 Mini-grants
◦	Total Grants funded YTD		$ 18,000

◦	Podcast Audio/Video Equipment & Cart
◦	Scholastic News – English/Spanish
◦	Weekly Reader News & Science
◦	Math Manipulatives & Visual Aids
◦	The Trait Crates; Sort & Check Learning
◦	Corkboard & Whiteboards
◦	TI-15 Calculators
◦	Audio Listening Centers
◦	Spanish Dictionaries
◦	Book Boxes

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
- Jeff Linn, President
•	Executive Board met on October 25th with quorum present at the meeting.

•	Actions Taken not Requiring Further Action of PTA:
◦	Voted volunteer and staff of the month (Dec-10) recognition
•	Actions Taken Requiring Further Action of PTA:
◦	None

•	25 Oct meeting:
◦	Reviewed Track & Field preparation
◦	Began long-range Spring Carnival planning

Report of Vice President, Membership
- Erin Leon
•	2010-2011 Fall Membership Totals:
◦	Total Members:   10/15/2010    532
◦	Record Year : Up 25% from this time last year ! !
◦	Faculty/Staff:  100% of Faculty;  90% of Staff
◦	Membership cards distributed

•	24 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: $290   11/3: $150
•	Fuss Free – Shannon Blacklock – On-going, as of Fri 8 Oct – $1,400
•	Box Tops – Maria Turner –  $ 350 
•	Fundraising Total YTD:  $ 9,000

WANTED:  CARNIVAL & SILENT AUCTION VOLUNTEERS!!!
•	Spring Carnival – Shannon Blacklock, Chair – Saturday, April 9th 
•	Silent Auction – Holly Dobson, Chair – Sat., April 9th 
•	On-line schedule to be available 7 Dec.

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES
•	Volunteers Chair – Oneida Gonzalez
◦	Total volunteer hours for September: 2.800
◦	Year to Date Volunteer Hours:  5,400
◦	Total volunteers registered (via forms):  195
•	Volunteers/Staff of the Month for November
◦	Elishia Vandehey, Jeri Smith;  Mike Villegas
•	Volunteers/Staff of the Month for December
◦	Lene Al-Rashid, Shay Rathbun;   Maria Soto-Portillo
•	NEW Best Club Members (100 hours total):
◦	Nicole Alexander	Holly Dobson	Oneida Gonzalez
◦	Erin Leon		Amy Liardon	Sam Spradling
◦	Elishia Vandehey
•	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
◦	Members can now sign up online for events! You can sign up to work with a friend or pick the job that you want to do, rather than be placed by the chair.
◦	Paper responses are being manually entered onto the website by the event chair.   
◦	Current on-line sign-up for events & opportunities
•	LTE Book Fair Week  15-19 Nov.
•	Challenge Lab
•	Friday Feast  Thu 18 Nov.
◦	PTA newsletter out sent once a month on 1st  Tuesday.
  
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES
•	Health & Welfare – Amy Liardon
◦	Track and Field Days – SUCCESSFUL!!!
•	Tuesday, 10/26 – Pre-K
•	Tuesday, 10/26 – Kinder & 1st grade
•	Wednesday, 10/27 – 2nd & 3rd grade
•	Thursday, 10/28 – 4th & 5th grade
•	Hospitality – Holly Dobson
◦	Our next “Friday Feast” will be Thu, November 18th
◦	hosted by 5th grade parents - Soup & Salad Bar Theme! 
◦	Sign up on-line:    lte.my-pta.org

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES
•	Squire Booster Club – Karina Machnacki
◦	Spirit Wear:  new shirts in stock; now taking orders for Red-and-Black tie dye t-shirts
◦	School Store open Fridays during lunch hours 11am-1pm!   Two $600 days, in October
◦	Fridays are SPIRIT DAYS at LTE!!  Wear your spirit shirts to show your school pride!

REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL
- Karen Miller-Kopp
Book fair next week
Family Reading Night-tuesday
Family Feast-wed
Purple Pinky Project-thursday
Break Reminders
ANNOUNCEMENTS
•	 November:
◦	11/3 – Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night – 3:00 – 10:00p
◦	11/8 – 2nd grade Field Trip
◦	11/9 – PTA General meeting at 6:00pm 
•	5th grade Music Performance
◦	11/12 – Kindergarten Field Trip
◦	11/15-19 – Book Fair Week
◦	11/16 – Language Arts Night at LTE
◦	11/17 – Parents & Kids Thanksgiving Lunch
◦	11/18 – Friday Feast on Thursday
◦	11/19 – Nov. Birthday Celebration 2:30p – School’s Out Thanksgiving 2:45p
◦	11/22-26 – Thanksgiving Holiday week
•	December
◦	12/7 – 3rd grade Field Trip
◦	12/10 – Holiday Breakfast for LTE Staff
◦	12/14 – PTA General meeting at 6:00p
•	Choir Holiday Concert
◦	12/15 – PTA Shop the Market
◦	12/17 – Dec. Birthday Celebration 2:30p – School’s Out for Christmas 2:45p
◦	12/20-24 – Christmas Break, week 1
◦	12/27-31 – Christmas Break, week 2

ADJOURNMENT
•	Meeting adjourns at 6:23pm