Parents' Association

Parents' Association Committee Meeting September 2009

Minutes of meeting held on 10th from 7:30-8:45 p.m.
Attendees: Sofia,Olga, Richel, Rahul, Rao, Tina, Tom

* PA constitution: Discussed and approved by all present. Aftergetting feedback from BoM it will be published

* Committee: We elected the following 6 members of the committee,which would be active for 1 year. 1. Olga Knntora, 2. Rahul Seth, 3. Juna Rosaies 4. Tina Brescanu (Secretary) 5. Sofia Alberty (Treasurer) 6. Hanumantha Rao (Chairperson)In addition, following 3 from BoM would be on the committee as well: 1. Tom Moriarty 2. Meena 3. KazbekWe have few places open, which would be filled in due course.

* Bank account: Sofia briefed problems in opening account for PA withPermanent TSB. We'll try with AIB next before approaching TSB again.

* Renting hall for private parties: We felt it is important to havethis option open for parents and discussed on various operationalissues. Since BoM rejected our 1st proposal we decided to go back tothe Board with new proposal including terms and possible actions tocounter any issues associated with this.
* School Uniform policy: Since BoM suggested to PA to think onintroducing tracksuit we discussed briefly on the feasibility of it.We went over the cost associated with it, and the color/design. Thediscussion was inconclusive and we decided to revisit this once newparents join the committee

* Class meetings for new parents: Tom informed that there will beclass meetings for new parents in coming days. PA would like to usethat as platform to welcome new parents. Once we know the schedule,some of us would go to such meetings.

* Calendar: We want to design a Calendar for Adamstown school, whichwill be used to raise funds. PA will write to the BoM on this idea,and also to parents to solicit their active participation.

* School Logo competition: We discussed on options available for PA tosuggest a Logo for the school. We thought the best way to involveparents is to run a competition with a prize for the winner. We asknominations from parents and the competition day would be a socialmorning/evening/night on one of the weekends in October. More detailssoon.

Actions:
1. Sofia/Rao to follow on opening Bank account
2. Rao to write to BoM on renting school hall
3. Rao to follow with Tom on class meetings and inform othersaccordingly
4. Tina to lead the efforts on Calendar5. Olga to lead the Logo competition.

Thanks and RegardsHanumantha (Rao)