General Meeting Minutes
May 12, 2010
Lincoln Library


Meeting called to order: 12:15

April 14, 2010 meeting minutes approved.

Next PTA meeting will be in September.
President Lisa Pearson update: Thank you to: The Campbell family for the new Lost and Found storage container.
Treasurer Sue Fritts update: Sue presented everyone with 1 handout of financial reports for the period ending April 29, 2010. Sue made a motion that the warrants of $93,275.47 be ratified. Motion approved. Sue presented the Lincoln PTA Budget for 2010/2011.

Principal Jane Holm Report: Our kids are doing a great job on testing. Tonight there is a meeting for incoming 4th and 5th grade parents about the Sacramento trip 2011. An Anderson teacher will be the Lincoln program leader.

Parliamentarian Portia Fischer update: Portia gave an update on openings for the 2010/11 PTA positions: Cynthia Strausmann, Calypso. Tea LeMay, Yearbook. Positions that still need to be filled are Lincoln Log, Spirit Run & Room Mom parent liaison.

Corresponding Secretary Dana Neiger update: The PTA Installation Dinner is Wednesday May 19th 6 pm @ The Bungalow Restaurant
Cosette Ctvrtlik reported that Teacher Appreciation Day is Monday May 17th . She and Teresa are working on the luncheon.
Talent Show 1 night only May 26th. Dress Rehearsal is 5/24.

Angie from the City of Newport Beach gave presentation on summer programs.
Guest Speakers Edie Denning and Andrea Maloney discussed ways incoming 6th
grade parents can become involved at CdM.

Meeting adjourned 12:55 pm

Respectfully submitted

Marie Pierotti
Recording Secretary

General Meeting Minutes
April 14, 2010
Lincoln Library

Meeting called to order:  12:15

Dr Jeffrey Hubbard was the guest speaker at the beginning of our PTA Meeting.

Historian Edie Denning presented Honorary Service Awards to:  Suzanne Woods & Julia Bruening.  The Awards Dinner will be May 10th.

February 10th meeting minutes approved.
Next PTA meeting May 12, 2010.

President Lisa Pearson update:  Thank you to: Edie Denning as Historian
Colleen Premer for tile installation
Laura Udkoff and Laurie Hack for producing the 6th grade play
Kathleen Miller, Karin Lombardo, Cheryl Allison for the Spirit Run
Victoria Davis and Julia Bruening for Calypso
Harbor Council report:  Suggested reading is Drive by Dan Pink and The Death and life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch.   National testing coming.

Treasurer Sue Fritts update:  Sue presented everyone with 1 handout of financial reports for the period ending March 30,2010.
Sue made a motion that the warrants of $25,780.00 be ratified.  Motion approved.
Sue made a motion to pay $3300.00 for Bill Nye the Science DVD’. Motion approved.

Principal Jane Holm Report: Lincoln is in great shape. No teachers at Lincoln received pink slips.  Main thing we will notice is class size increase up to 24 next year.    Star testing begins the first week of May. 

Parliamentarian Portia Fischer update:  Portia made a motion that we approve the slate for 2010/2011 Lincoln Executive Board……motion approved.
The Installation Dinner will be held May 19th 6pm at the Bungalow Restaurant.
Positions that still need to be filled are Lincoln Log, Spirit Run and Yearbook.

Catrina Campbell reported:   We are going back to Scholastic for our Book Fair in June.  It will be held 6/7 – 6/11.  They are setting up 6/4. 


Meeting adjourned 1:15 pm

Respectfully submitted
Marie Pierotti
Recording Secretary
 

General Meeting Minutes
February 10, 2010
Lincoln Library

Meeting called to order: 12:25
January 13th meeting minutes approved.
Next PTA meeting April 14th 2010.

President Lisa Pearson update: Thank you to: Cynthia Strasmann and Gwen Cruttenden for the science fair. Jennifer Rolfes for the 6th grade Dare Luncheon. Emma and Jenny Hogan for Soles for Souls Haiti shoe drive.
Harbor Council report: Jane will cover in her report.
Zone Pac report: Measure F plan has been changed to Plan 4.

Treasurer Sue Fritts update: Sue presented everyone with 1 handout of financial reports for the period ending January 28th, 2010. Portia made a motion that the warrants of $76,667.27 be ratified. Motion approved. Bretta made a motion to approve the Treasurers Report. Motion approved.

As Underwriting Chair for Calypso Sue Reports: Underwriting has received 10k to date. It will be a great party, invites have gone out to former donors.

Principal Jane Holm Report: The District is cutting 13.5 million from the budget. The plan the board approved was balanced and kept the cuts as far away from the students as possible. Not cutting PE, music, high school sports, science. Not having furlough days for teachers. There is going to be an increase in class size at Lincoln. The district posted all cuts on the website.
Congratulations to many members of the staff: Holly Rauch is the Lincoln Teacher of the Year!
Grant writers: Amber Norquist, Chandra Prough, Holly Rauch, Sue Lemke, Julie Duddridge. Susie Jacobson brought in lots of money for programs for the school.

Parliamentarian Portia Fischer update: The nominating committee met. The PTA slated Executive Board positions have been posted in the front office. They will be voted on at the April meeting.
Here is the proposed board:
President: Lisa Pearson
Executive Vice President: Moira Finear
1st VP‐ TLC: Debra Buxton
2nd VP‐TLC Treasurer: Robin Nasser
3rd VP‐Communications: Bretta Wiemann
4th VP‐ Programs: Dana Neiger
5th VP‐Community: Carolyn Shaw
Treasurer: Sue Fritts
Recording Secretary: Marie Pierotti
Corresponding Secretary: Carolyn Hurray
Parliamentarian: Portia Fischer
Historian: Dandy O’Shea
Financial Secretary: Leslie Jenkins

The Installation Dinner will be held May 19th 6pm.
Historian Edie Denning update: Honorary Service Awards dinner is May 10th
Vice President of Programs Colleen Premer update: We have been taking recyclables at the bin every Friday. We have filled the bin again. Organic garden is going in front of Duys office. With the grant money we are trying a pilot program of buying party packs for classrooms so we won’t have paper goods at class parties. The room mom would be in charge of the storage/cleaning of the packs.
Committee Reports:
Calypso Auction: Julia Bruening reports that all is going well. Bring in any last minute donations. The online auction will start 2/24. It will close the night of the party. No live auction planned for this event.
Calypso: Victoria Davis reports that the party is at the Sports Museum. Wear sports attire. There will be a rolling buffet, entertainment, a few auction items, bar with inexpensive drinks. Teacher tickets are $50.
Science Fair: Gwen Cruttenden reports there were 250 participants this year.
Talent Show: Victoria Davis reports it will be in May after STAR testing. Kids can be in only 1 act.

Meeting adjourned 1:15 pm
Respectfully submitted
Marie Pierotti
Recording Secretary

General Meeting Minutes
October 14, 200 11:15 am
Lincoln Library

Meeting called to order:  11:25 am
September 9th meeting minutes approved.

Principal Jane Holm update:  Things are going well here at school. There are children out sick with flu-like symptoms but no one has reported having H1N1 virus.   A letter has been posted on school loop and will go home today.
Red Ribbon Week and Cyber Safety Week are next week, each grade will have age appropriate discussions about both of these topics.
We have amazing teachers! Each grade level team works together.  Jane gave the example  of 2nd grade teachers who met and put together a plan of action for this year. They discussed goals and the action steps needed to get from where the kids are now to meeting those goals.  This year the teacher training focus is on writing.
The in service day will be about Voice/Organization and writing.

President Lisa Pearson update:  Thank you to:
 Deborah Polsinelli-Thompson for taking on the e-mail job
Lavina Daswani for doing the wrapping paper
Victoria Davis and Julia Bruening for working on Calypso
Kathleen Miller, Karin Lombardo and Cheryl Allison our Spirit Run Team
We are taking on some new fundraisers:  Ruby’s, Cookie Dough, Jamba Juice Fridays.
Reflections projects are due 11/3 the showcase will be 11/10.

Treasurer Sue Fritts update:  Sue presented everyone with 1 handout of financial reports for the period ending September 29th , 2009.
Dana made a motion that the warrants of $79,193 be ratified.  Motion approved
Portia made a motion to approve the 2009/10 Budget.  Motion approved

TLC Update by Bretta Weimann and Carolyn Hurray:  We are going into the last 2 weeks of our TLC campaign.  We have 155k with a 40% family participation rate.
Pizza party for the class with 100% participation at the end of the month.


Vice President of Programs Colleen Premer update:   The Recycling program is underway. They have a $1000.00 grant to use this year.  They have created an upper grade Green Team. Water bottles are for sale.  11/5 is district wide recycling event.
Tile update: a site modification form was sent to the district and they are waiting for approval.   Need a person to install the tiles.

Calypso update:  Calypso will be held 3/6 chair is Victoria Davis. On-line Auction will be the week before and the chairman is Julia Bruening.   Still need a chair and a date for the underwriting party.  The party will be held at the Thabits.

Haunted House:  4-8 pm on the 29th

Public Input:  Gwen Cruttenden discussed getting the 5th and 6th grade classes involved in putting together the Lincoln Log. 

President Suzanne made the following announcements about the 6th grade play:
6th grade Parent Orientation meeting  will be Thursday 10/22 12:30 in the MPR, please note the change in meeting time.
Audition sign-ups for the kids will be 10/23 during lunch.
Auditions will be November 9th, 10th and 12th after school.
Performance date for the play are now March 24th thru 27th 2010.

Meeting adjourned 12:15

Respectfully submitted



Marie Pierotti
Recording Secretary
 

PTA General Meeting Minutes
September 9, 2009

Meeting called to order: 12:20 pm
Introduction of PTA presidents and everyone in attendance.
May 6th meeting minutes approved.

Principal Jane Holm update: Welcome back and thank you for patience on first day of school with school loop. Next year will be better. We received great news that we did well in our test scores last year. New teachers and speech therapist were identified.  Parents are welcome at the school. Pam at the front office is a great resource. Anything we want approved to be sent out needs to go through her.
Flyers and notices that go out through school loop need to be seen by Pam.
Duy the custodian is another great resource but please put things in writing for him.
Highlights of the parent survey from last year will be in the Lincoln Log and online.
President Obama’s speech will be shown in the classroom depending on grade level.

Cynthia Straussman discussed Mothers Advocating Prevention program.

President Suzanne Woods update: Thank you to all of the people attending.
Review of the names of the PTA V.P.’s and who reports to them.  Please check black box in the PTA lounge for mail. 

President Lisa Pearson update: We are working on filling Spirit Run Chair and Calypso Chair. Discussion about how important these positions are to the school.

Treasurer Sue Fritts update: Sue presented everyone with 3 handouts
1.Review of Budget from 2008 to 2009. Motion by Sue to ratify last years budget. 2nd Carolyn  motion approved
2.Review of Lincoln PTA budget from 2009 to 2010, changes made to carry forward amount and enrichment amounts in 4th and 6th grades. Motion to approve budget Bretta, 2nd Leslie motion approved
3.Review of current analysis of financial reports Motion to approve PTA treasurer report Portia, Dana 2nd  motion approved

TLC Update by Bretta Weimann and Carolyn Hurray: TLC is just getting started they will report more next month.

Vice President of Communications Dandy O’Shea update: Thank you to Robin Nasser for working on the directory. Your membership forms/directory info will be going home in the backpacks.

PTA/Teacher liaison Carol Perkins update: Carol introduced herself. If anyone has any questions or would like her to update the teachers with any information please let her know.  

Nutrition Coordinator Linda Alva update: Produce cart will begin again next week.
Healthy recipes are included in the Lincoln Log. She is interested in starting an after school fitness program including children’s pilates.

Motion was made by Susan Thabit to continue the after school art program. 2nd Portia  motion approved

Meeting adjourned 1:15 p.m.


Respectfully submitted by
Marie Pierotti
Recording secretary