Parents' Association

Parents' Association Meeting October 2009

Attendees:Hanumantha Rao, Tina Jansson, Olga knutova, John Clair, RashmiSawhney, Gema Pintor, Samille, Olajide Ogidam, Usmen, Aminat, UnaMurphy, Rahul Seth, Sofia Alberty and Tom

Minutes:*

Welcome to new members: It was good to see new parents attendanceand interest to actively involve with the Association. After shortintroduction about PA, thoughts were in the air from all corners onhow best we can improve PA. We'll see how we execute some socialevents based on our experimental experiences so far - more in nextmeeting.
* Committee members: Four new enthusiastic parents joined thecommittee. These additions bring the numbers to its capacity. So thecommittee is as follows:1. John Clair2. Rashmi Sawhney3. Olajide Ogidam4. Aminat1. Olga Knutova,2. Rahul Seth,3. Juna Rosaies4. Tina Jansson (Secretary)5. Sofia Alberty (Treasurer)6. Hanumantha Rao (Chairperson)
* Spreading the Word of PA: To meet our objectives of socializing,fund raising and fun-filled activities we need active participationfrom other parents. Suggestions were to collect as many email ids andphone numbers from parents and communicate effectively. Also,encourage parents to use school blogs for sharing constructive views
* School Calender: Tina updated the group on the latest status on thisproject. We thought it would be better to send letters to parents forinformation.
* School Logo: We decided to held the competition on 1st Nov. We needthis logo for the calender as well, and we need to make sure that Logowould be the last one to add just before going to the printer. Olgawould be sending details of the competition to parents.
* PA Constitution: Tom updated BoM feedback. We need to resubmit tothe Board with changes.
* Next meeting would be on 8th October at 7:30 pm

Actions:
1. Rao to follow on better communications
2. Tina to send letters to parents on Calender
3. Olga to send details to parents about the logo competition.
4. Rao to submit updated version to the board.

ThanksRao(Hanumantha Rao)