PTA Meeting Minutes: 9/12/23

BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE

• Renee Hartnett – Co-President
• Courtney Sievers – Co-President
• Jess Templeton – Vice President (running reflections contest)
• Michelle Nemeth – Treasurer
• Melissa Ivancevich – Co-Secretary
• Emily Robertson – Co-Secretary
• Mandy Nelson – Communications Chair
• Kiana Swearingen – Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Chair
• Glenda Elley – Fundraising Co-Chair
• Leah Lansberry Austin – Volunteer Chair & Membership Chair
• Anjean Vanden Bosch – Volunteer Chair & Membership Chair
• Meg Pietz – Family and Community Engagement – Events Chair
• Emily Schweiger – Family and Community Engagement – Outreach Chair
• Jen Foreman – Programs Co-Chair
• Laura Zingg – Programs Co-Chair; Student Directory
• Jon Overman – Legislative Representative (primary) (Zoom)
• Kathleen Donahoe – Hospitality Co-Chair
• Emily Grosse – Hospitality Co-Chair
• Members at Large
  • Nicole Kaczmarek
  • Maureen Nothum
  • Kellie Pecoraro

NON-BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE

• John Shaw – Tech Support
• Sara Lukas – Room Parent Coordinator

COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE

• Lindsay Murphy
• Brianna Mercker
• Sarah Rubin
• Shannon Blackman
• Rachel Sidles
• Esther Kooiman
• Lana Sturmer
• Emily Barbee (Zoom)
• Sridharan (Zoom)
• Megan Connors (Zoom)

Meeting Called to Order / Land Acknowledgment at 7:02 PM

PRESIDENT UPDATES
● Thank you’s:
○ Emily Grosse and Kathleen Donahoe for back to school
○ Jon Shaw for IT assistance
○ Julie Osborne for the Back-to-School event, including Jen Foreman and Mendy Minjarez
○ Kate Scher for website and Konstella updates
○ Emily Schweiger for the Kinder welcome event
● Meeting format overview
● Motion to approve co-secretaries Emily Robertson and Melissa Ivancevich
○ Kathleen Donahoe motioned, Leah Lansberry Austin seconded – Approved by the voting
members

TREASURER’S REPORT (Michelle Nemeth)
● Balance update: $243,000 in the bank account
○ No major expenses in the last month
● Four people who were signers on the HomeStreet Bank Account last year:
○ Leah Lansberry Austin (President)
○ Renee Harnett (Treasurer)
○ Jessie S Templeton (Secretary)
○ Katherine E Lindsay (Communications Chair)
● Four people who are signers on the HomeStreet Bank Account this year:
○ Renee Harnett (Co-President)
○ Courtney Sievers (Co-President)
○ Jessie S Templeton (Vice President)
○ Michelle Nemeth (Treasurer)

● Renee and Michelle gave the okay to pay the Washington State PTA and Konstella dues
electronically
● Finishing up the financial reviews
REFLECTIONS ART CONTEST
● Theme: “I Am Hopeful Because”
● Jess Templeton leading & looking for volunteers to help
PTA GOALS/FUNDRAISING 2023-24
● Goals for 2023-2024:
○ Annual Give: $80,000 ($250/student)
○ Move-A-Thon: $15,000
○ Spring Fling: $60,000
● Annual Give: October 2nd-20th
○ Asking everyone to participate in some way (donating money, volunteering, etc.)
■ A recent non-school related fundraising event asked 5 economic privilege
questions to help inform how much you should give, something to consider for
Annual Give – Kiana to share those questions

○ No tiers/thank-you gifts – if the goal is achieved, then the PTA will bring in an experience
for the whole school (i.e. bring in a band and have a dance party and popsicles)
○ John to see if we’ll be using the same platform as last year and if monthly payments that
were signed up for last year automatically roll over
■ If so, need to reach out to those folks
● Move-A-Thon will be in the Spring, student led
○ If we don’t achieve our Move-A-Thon goal of $15,000, the difference can be rolled into
the Spring Fling goal

TIMELY CHAIR UPDATES
● EVENTS CHAIR
○ Grade level happy hour events at Chuck’s starting next week (week of 9/18)
○ A movie night on October 6th?
■ Looking for a volunteer to organize
○ November 21st – Kraken ice skating event from 2:00-3:00pm
■ Looking for a volunteer to organize
○ March 8th – family dance & game night
● FALL FESTIVAL
○ Festival will be Friday, October 27th, 4:30-7:00pm
■ Similar set-up and activities as last year, with improved efficiencies
○ First planning meeting on Tuesday, September 19th
● OUTREACH CHAIR

○ Working with hospitality to do morning coffee – first one will be October 20th, with an
additional one in the Winter and one in the Spring

● ROOM REP COORDINATOR
○ Need a room rep for Richmond and for Childers
○ Need email addresses for a few of the room reps that signed up at Back to Business

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
● Spring Fling – need co-chairs to coordinate and bring everyone together
○ A lot of folks with past experience will be on the committee to help out
○ Don’t need to raise as much, less procurement

• CINDY WATTERS Q&A
  ● Open House on Thursday, 9/14, 5:30-7:00pm – students will be the leaders
  ● Author (Gary Gray Jr.) visit in October
  ○ Also sponsoring him to visit Viewlands Elementary
  ● Developed a partnership with the math agency
  ○ Four days a week: 1:15-2:15pm on M, T, Th, F
  ○ Focusing on 3rd and 4th grade classes due to the large classroom sizes
  ○ Still need volunteers to help with the math agency – can volunteer just one of the four
  days

Meeting Adjourned 7:59 pm