Gorman Fort Banks PTO

Meeting Agenda for September 23rd, 2014

• Welcome
• Introduction of Board
• Co Presidents Kristen Buonopane and Christa Shea
• Co Vice Presidents Mariana Babine and Jennifer Gorman
• Co Secretaries Lauren Capasso and Crystal DeMayo
• Co Treasurers Reena Cash and Gillian Teixeira
• According to our PTO Handbook: If any member of the PTO would like to have an item added to the agenda, they can submit a written request to the secretary at least seven (7) days before a meeting.
• Principal’s Report (Mrs. Pearson)
• Treasurer Report (Gillian Teixeira)  
• Summary Report of Disbursements and Balance
• Room parent drawing will take place directly following today’s meeting (Kristen Buonopane/Jennifer Gorman)
• Whether you are or are not a room parent, you can still volunteer in your child’s classroom or in the school
• Room Parents will be notified via email on Wednesday
• Volunteer Update (Mariana Babine)
• Loop (Sarah Pettee)
• School Volunteer  help please contact Mariana at  mbabine@winthrop.k12.ma.us
• Walk to school day (Dawn Sullivan)
• Meadow Farms Fundraiser  (Lauren Capasso)
• Starting October 1 and running until October 15
• 40%-50% profit margin
• Running with the gift collection and tumblers at the same time
• Online ordering option available to help expand our contacts
• All items will be boxed by child and the company sorts them by homeroom for us
• We are still working on a location on delivery as we can not use anywhere at the Fort Banks
• The company will provide us a tablet to raffle off
• Updates (Gillian Teixeira)
• Kindergarten Social
• Kindergarten tea
• Ice Cream Social
• T-Shirt Sales
• Affiliate programs (Crystal DeMayo)
• Box Tops
• Labels for Education
• Target
• Stop & Shop A+ Rewards  
• In-school Enrichment Activities (Kristen Buonopane/Jennifer Gorman)
• Upcoming Events (Gillian Teixeira)
• Spooky Bingo October 26
• Adult only Paint Nite November 7
• Poster Enlargement Printer (Christa Shea)
• Total cost of the printer is $6,694
• Includes: Printer, Printer stand and media bin, Scanning system, Computer with poster design software, Educational templates, 2 sets of ink cartridges, 2 rolls of coated paper, 5 rolls of standard paper, one year next day on site service, $500 supply credit.
• For an additional $2,400 we could purchase 4 years of additional coverage.  This would start after the 1 year coverage with HP.  During that first year they would still give us the discounts on supplies that is issued to people with a warranty service.
• The total with the warranty would be $9,094.  However Viking Pride is willing to give us a $2,000 donation towards the purchase of the printer.  Therefore it would be costing us $7,094.  
• This printer has many benefits and it is something Mrs. Pearson has asked us to look into.  I met with Mrs. Pearson over the summer and we did a conference call with the company.  Each roll of paper will cover 50 posters.  I don’t foresee the school going through those rather quickly as they will be given enough to cover the first 350 posters.  The $500 credit will help he purchase additional ink as needed.  
• In June we mentioned using the money left over from the teacher grant fund and the money raised at the paint nite.  I am hoping we are still willing to do this.  Our students would truly benefit from this tool and I would hate to let Mrs. Pearson down as she asked about this a year ago.
• The prices provided are only valid if ordered by September 30 so we have to act on this and take a vote now.
• Open Forum