Members ahoy!
Plan now to get a head start on the new school year. Your membership campaign and the first invitation
people receive will set the tone for participation in the coming year. Discuss
how you will promote your PTA and how you will invite
people
to join. Members will be the bedrock of your PTA year. For
information on planning a membership campaign and encouraging membership all
year long, consider this compilation of ideas and tips.
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You've got mail - Service Mailing
The California State
PTA Service Mailing will be on it's way to PTA presidents' mailboxes beginning
late July. Be sure to open it immediately, review it and share the contents
with your PTA board members. It's full of resources to start the year off
right.
If you receive the
mailing as the immediate past president, please give the mailing to the new
president. Then promptly advise the PTA council or district leadership of the
unit's new officers, including contact information. This information is used by
the California State PTA to provide timely information for a successful year to
every PTA in California.
If the unit president
doesn't received the mailing by mid-August contact the immediate past president
and your PTA district president immediately. If you don't know whom to contact, send an e-mail to info@capta.org.
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File tax forms now!
The
last day to file tax forms is 4½ months after the end of your fiscal year. For
PTAs that end their year June 30, that date is November 15 - but why wait? The
year-end audit gives you most of the information you need. All board members are
responsible for seeing these vital forms are filed. This is the third year all
PTAs have had to file taxes, and the year the IRS will start pulling tax-exempt
status of those that have not complied - make
sure your PTA is not in danger! For more information, click here.
For IRS information, click here.
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Save the date
October 16: 2010 Emerging Minority Leaders Conference,
Hilton Ontario Airport Hotel. Details on how to register will be provided soon.
Inclusiveness takes your PTA's commitment to diversity up
to the next level.
You
could be practicing diversity, but are you being inclusive? Read about being inclusive.
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PSA pizazz!
Take
advantage of the donation of professional public service announcements (PSAs), made in collaboration with the Pearson Foundation, to expand the outreach of your PTA or PTSA. Use them on websites of your school,
district, county office of education, on TV, at movie theaters - wherever works
to reach your target audience. Then share your campaign success! We want to
hear when these PSAs are used. E-mail info@capta.org
whenever you spot a PSA!
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Reflections gallery
The 2010-11 Reflections theme is
"Together
We Can." Rules and forms for 2010-11 Reflections will be posted soon on the California State PTA website.
To see 2010
Reflections winners, click on the categories below:
2010 California Reflections winners
2010 Reflections Dance Choreography winners
2010 Reflections Film/Video Production winners
2010 Reflections Literature winners
2010 National
Reflections winners
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From National PTA
New presidents, if
you have not yet signed up for your PTA Summer of Learning Toolkit, click here.
The PTA Urban Family
Engagement Initiative Summer of Learning Toolkit calendar features quick ideas
for student fun on almost every day of the week. Click here.
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Correction
The June "PTA Connects" had incorrect
information about filling a board vacancy. In
the case of a vacancy in elected positions named in your bylaws (Article V,
Section 2), the position is filled by the incoming board electing the new board member, not by appointment. Only appointed positions, such as
parliamentarian, are filled by presidential appointment, followed by board
ratification. For more information, check your bylaws (Article V, Sections 11
and 12).
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