Here are Minutes from our October Meeting: For a hard-copy of minutes with account balances, contact the PTA at woolwichptc@yahoo.com
Meeting
Minutes-Woolwich PTA October 8, 2015
Meeting called to order-6:05PM
In
attendance-Mona, Leslie, Dena, Romy, Leanne,
Melissa, Kristen, Alane, Deb, Stacey, Erica, Sarah, Amy, Lorna.
Close
Buy Sales- As of Oct. 4, our online
sales were around $4200. This is down
40% from last year’s numbers. The online
ordering has been extended through the holidays with 20% of sales coming back
to us. Lorna will give feedback to Close
Buy about the catalogue having less variety this year with the omission of the
Winter Kid Pass and the Maine Magazines.
The online portal is no longer a feature, making it more difficult to
track orders and running to Falmouth for catalogs and samples another step
requiring volunteer time and gas etc.
We
will all be brainstorming about other ideas for next year. KIVA.COM, Gift Card
Fundraiser or return of Genevieve. Amy
will be looking into details on another Paint Night opportunity at a local
restaurant – Melissa will look into Scripts.
Treasurers
Report-
Our checking account balance is at XXXXXX. We will be
paying out money to Math Team, Maine PTA, Bug mobile and 7-8th grade Math team.
Funding
Requests- The Civil Rights Team would like $285.00
to cover transportation costs for students to attend the Maine Civil Rights
Training Program. Mr. Beaton talked
about what the Civil Rights team is and what they accomplished last year. VOTE-ALL IN FAVOR-UNANIMOUS
Logo
Wear- We will be doing the traditional logo
wear order forms and Stacey has designed a long sleeve T-Shirt on
Boosters.com. This is online only and
will run for two weeks. The shirt is
$15.
Book Fair Update,
Dena
A special thank you
to all volunteers!
Fall 2015 Book Fair results
Total Gross Sales
fall 2015 = 3,618.41
Total Gross Sales fall 2014 = 3,755.00
Very similar in total sales year over year.
34% of total sales
were made the first day
24% of total scholastic dollars were redeemed the first day
Sales dipped drastically after day 4. Is our fair too long?
Typical fair according to scholastic is 5 days, ours is 7.
Total scholastic
dollars spent = $1,506.98 (total amount of new books in the hands of Wildcats)
Profit from sale was taken in the form of $1,809.21
scholastic dollars.
Next fair (December)
we will take the profit in cash.
Lessons learned:
- During open
house set up two registers
- Move book fair into Gym to avoid congestion? (Mrs.
Harrington's suggestion)
Top selling books:
- A Night Divided
- Woof
- The House of the Scorpion
- Body in the Woods
- The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
Shop
Til U Drop Craft Fair- Romy
The Craft
Fair will be held December 5 from 9-1.
We currently have 23 requests and 7 confirmed
and paid.
The Fee is
$20 per table $25 for table with electricity.
5 tables
will be available for the 8th graders.
Kristen will
get signage from Karen Madden
The fair
will be advertised through Maine Street Bath
Spooktacular
Dance-
The dance
will be held Friday, October 30 from 6-8.
Deb will
have 8 games set up to keep the kids occupied.
Prizes will
be given for costumes, pumpkin carvings.
50/50 raffle
E-mail will
be sent out looking for volunteers with a link to the volunteer site and a
reminder and link to fill out volunteer paperwork for RSU 1.
Families
attending will be asked to bring a food item for the Woolwich Backpack program.
Setup will
begin on Friday at 2:15
Meeting
adjourned- 7:15
