Spicewood Elementary PTA Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

Board members

Tammy Dendy, President | Satish Santhakumar, Treasurer | Sarah Yeager, VP Programs | Jenny Larsen, VP Communications | Natalie Fellows, VP Fundraising | Nidhi Parashar, VP Educational Competitions &Clubs | Caroline Williams, VP Service and Outreach | Kitty Woo Ham, VP Diversity and Inclusion | Melanie Solis, SWE Principal | Karlotta DesJarlais, Pres-Elect

1. Call to Order at 6:07pm

   1. Motion to open by Tammy (22 members present)

   2. Quorum confirmed

      Parliamentarian Meagan Zellner Secretary Lina Clendennen

   3. RRIST Council PTA members Mellissa Hoskin, Deana Tollerton, Melissa Waelchi

      Minutes Review Committee has been appointed _Annie Livingston, Kate Upchurch, Caroline Williams

Agenda:

• Treasurer’s Report-total assets $188,568 would like to propose increase in annual handover amount

  Budgeted earning are at 105% while expenses are currently at 55%

  	Budgeted	Actual	Percentage
  Income	$118,750	$132,021	105%
  Expenses	$153,770*	$84,899.45	55%

   

  Officer Reports

  VP Comms-Jenny Larsen emphasis on needing a social media and web admin person

  VP Programs-Sarah Yeager summer help with the garden, PTA sanctioned benefits PTA offers staff & students

  VP Fundraising -report of all fundraising initiative throughout the year. Pad the Den is still going on.

  
  Marathon kids to return. Gala raised $73,000!!
  
  
  

  VP Membership – Emily Campbell

  
  

  Total PTA Membership Dues: $3,998.50
  
  

  Great year for membership! 

  We are 90% of the way to being awarded “Voice for Every Child” by the Texas PTA. We need 65 more new members to achieve this goal!

  VP Clubs & Competitions – Nidhi Parashar

  
  Discussed success of each club, number of students participating, awards granted, all covered by PTA budget

  
   

  Club/Competitions	Lead	School Level	Level Up
  Destination Imagination	Bhargavi R.	NA	NA
  Reflections	Adam M.	30 entries	5 Bronze Medal, 2 Silver Medal, 4 Gold Medal 2 OAE, State level advance, Award of Merit
  Spelling Bee	Garima M.	51 participant	2 SCRIPPS Regional qualifiers
  Science Fair	Priya G./Kim C./Lucas	130 participant	16 Greater Austin Regional Science Fair 15 1st place, 1 2nd Place, 1 Special award from Austin Parks Foundation’s for Environmentalism
  Math Superstars	Nidhi P.	114 participant	NA
  Math Olympiad	Nidhi P.	14 participant	5 contests, cumulative score 24/25

  
  VP Service & Outreach- Caroline Williams

  Donuts with grownups will be May 8^th.

  PTA supported WWHS by choosing 2 scholarship recipients and donating $150 to project graduation

  VP DE&I – Kitty Woo Ham

  Will be working towards creating benchmarks , use survey results to guide goals, working with RRISD DE&I leader to set goals

   

  Nominating Committee Report & Elections (Vote)

  President Elect - Natalie Fellows

   

  1st Vice President of Communications - Jenny Larsen

  2nd VP of Programs - Sarah Yeager

  3rd VP of Fundraising - OPEN

  4th VP of Membership - Emily Campbell

  5th VP of Clubs & Competitions - Nidhi Parashar

  6th VP Service & Outreach - An-ni Chang

  7th VP of Diversity Equity & Inclusion - OPEN

   

  Secretary - Crista Batt

   

  Treasurer - Kai Oeffner

   

  Passed -President Elect - Natalie Fellows

  Passed -1st Vice President of Communications - Jenny Larsen

  Passed 3rd VP of Fundraising – OPEN Pauline (Lina) Clendennen self nominated

  4th VP of Membership - Emily Campbell nominated by nominating committee

  Priscilla Guttoski self nominated

  Tellers Committee appointed Lacey Ramos, Padma Vinta, Rong Qiao

  1^st vote results 60 votes 30 Emily Campbell 30 Priscilla Guttoski

  2^nd vote results 63 votes 32 Emily Campbell 31 Priscilla Guttoski

  Passed 4th VP of Membership - Emily Campbell

  Passed -5th VP of Clubs & Competitions - Nidhi Parashar

  Passed - 6th VP Service & Outreach - An-ni Chang

  7th VP of Diversity Equity & Inclusion - OPEN

  Priya Girinathan nominated by Nidhi Parashar

  Lorraine Vargas-Townsend self nominated  

  Tellers Committee appointed Lacey Ramos, Padma Vinta, Rong Qiao

  1^st vote results 46 votes 15 Priya Girinathan 32 Lorraine Vargas-Townsend

  Passed 7th VP of Diversity Equity & Inclusion - Lorraine Vargas-Townsend

  Passed Secretary - Crista Batt

  Passed Treasurer - Kai Oeffner

   

  Principals Report – Melanie Solis

  Discussed importance of PTA support on campus amid expected budget cuts in district

  Officer Ron Cole -mentioned safety presentations available to campus and parents

  RRPTA Council Pres Mellissa Hoskin promoted LAUNCH PTA training & planning

  Melanie Solis – motion to rename $2500 budget item Handwriting without tears” to “Decodable Readers for Dyslexia Team”

  motion 2^nd by Joy Kling

  motion passes with 30 for and 0 against

   

  Next Meeting is Wed May 8^th on zoom

  Meeting Adjourned 7:52pm

(FYI that Meetings need to follow Robert’s Rules of Order per Texas PTA: http://www.rulesonline.com/index.html)

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