APRIL 29 MEETING

Attended by LaChon Richardson, Cindy Philapil, Peggy Daley, Richard Conway, Elizabeth Ristaino, Monique Perez-Jones, Carmen Lopez, Lisa Twaronite, Lynda Tashek

First topic: BUDGET.

Peggy goes over copies of the financial statement -- she still hasn't received budget from school.
Summary: PARENTS' CLUB HAS MET ITS GOAL for the 2008-2009 school year.

LaChon: Is there money for NEW CHAIRS, for the upper grades, since the old ones are cracking? Elizabeth says she'll send a Web site with a good selection of reasonably-priced chairs.

Lynda: SCRIP is still going well, but we need to get more parents enrolled in eScrip.
-- When you enroll your Safeway card in scrip, the actual card number is needed,
not just your phone number.
-- EScrip enrollment requires an email address.
-- It's important to register credit cards and debit cards, so that the school can get
money every time you use them.

LaChon: The TUITION RAFFLE is the only fundraising event left this year. The winner will receive either free tuition for one student (if the winner has a child enrolling) OR $4,500 cash (if the winner has no children enrolling). The prize for the student who sells the most tickets will be a Nintendo DS-i.

PARENT HOURS -- If parents don't meet their requirement, they will be charged full tuition as "non-participating" families.

BOARD NOMINATIONS for next year -- Rich, Monique and Carmen agree to stay on.

CENTER PLATE brought in enough money, despite glitches, to make it worth continuing in 2009-2010. Next year's schedule will include a few night games.

2009-2010 (tentative) CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Welcome Back Dinner/Family BBQ ---- Sept. 18
Parents' Meeting ----------------------- Sept. 24
Movie Night (fall) ----------------------- Oct. 2
Winetasting (fall) ----------------------- Nov. 6
Christmas Faire ------------------------ first weekend in December, as usual
Zydeco Dance (parish) ------------------ last weekend in January, as usual
Parents' Meeting ----------------------- Feb 11
Movie Night (spring) ------------------- Feb. 12 or 19
Crab Feed (with parish) ---------------- March
Winetasting (spring) -------------------- sometime before Easter break
Parents' Meeting ----------------------- April 22

Cindy says Movie Night is a bit difficult to set up because of a lack of equipment. Elizabeth notes that BOX TOPS made about $300, and proposes Box Tops proceeds be used to by a NEW PROJECTOR.

FUNDRAISING IDEAS for next year:

PANCAKE BREAKFAST/LUNCH after family mass --- Board agrees to ask Tom to schedule family masses farther in advance, to make planning such events possible.

Elizabeth says that St. John's used to have a CASINO NIGHT at which the parents did training and got certified to be dealers -- which would greatly reduce costs of using professional dealers, and could make such an event feasible.

CHAMPAGNE BINGO!

Lisa is returning to Tokyo in a few weeks and will greatly miss St. Finn Barr -- she is sorry she won't be around for Champagne Bingo, which sounds like a winning idea. [Thanks, everyone!]