[familyschool] Re: Monday meeting - 7pm at 4200 Cedar Ave
- From: don <don.deutsch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 17:41:03 -0500
Adding to Trish's reply: I have 'IT' skills, great phone persona (years of
telephone survey research and supervision experience on large
sociology/demography and public health research projects), and have
volunteered at my synagog and for community centers doing
random woodworking projects. I am happy to volunteer where needed, and
time permitting:)
Don Deutsch
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Trish Lynne Deutsch <trishlynne@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I just sent this to Ben, and wanted to copy it here just FYI for anyone!
>
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> Hi Ben,
>
> We weren't at the meeting yesterday, and I understood there was a sheet
> going around to solicit volunteers?
>
> I won't speak for Don, but cc'd him here in case he wanted to chime in.
> :-)
>
> I work full-time, so I'm not available to make phone calls, or do anything
> in person Mon-Fri 9-5. However, I'd love to make myself useful
> how/when/where I can.
>
> Here's the skills/experience I have that may be useful:
>
> Research
> Bookkeeping w/Quickbooks
> Xcel Spreadsheets
> Database work (depends on the database)
> Survey Monkey set-up
> Keeping track of sign-ups, creating e-mail lists, volunteer organization
> Event Planning
> Donor tracking/thank-you letters
>
> I currently work as an Office Manager in a law office, and do some
> paralegal work (immigration law). My previous employment was
> Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant/Event Planning for an educational
> non-profit (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America).
>
> Board work or committee chair is generally out for me, because my schedule
> is so up in the air (Don's dr. appointments, babysitting the grandbaby,
> running May and Ira all over the planet, etc.). I was on the finance
> committee for a while, but the meeting times never worked out for me. I can
> be on a committee, if the meeting times work in my crazy schedule.
>
> There had been mention of forming a PTA, and I'd be very interested in
> that. I'd also be interested in a compliance/licensing committee, if that
> came up.
>
> There is also the issue of the very litigious and high conflict
> relationship with my ex-husband and his wife. I never want to be put in
> the position of being "in charge" of anything where they would *have* to go
> through me, that's just not a good dynamic. So things like "class
> parent".....don't work. It's unfortunate, but it is what it is, and after
> 10 years, accepting it is a better position to take than expecting it to
> change.
>
> Always feel free to ask anything, I'm good at saying yes when I can, and
> no when I can't. :-)
>
> Take care, and THANK-YOU for all of your work.
> Trish
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Lola Schoenrich <lschoenrich@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Ben walked away with the sign up list. I suggest that a bit more
> organized list would be helpful. Ben obviously barely has time to take
> care of emergencies, much less sort through a list of volunteers and figure
> out how to deploy people.
>
> Let's self-organize on Monday. Perhaps someone who knows Ben could
> retrieve the list from him and we could organize ourselves into the types
> of committees we'd like. The board might choose to reorganize them, but at
> least they'd have something to start with.
>
> People who want to start a PTO can just do that and tell the board that
> you're doing it. If they want to join in, great. Some other people would
> need to be plugged into board committees or work groups.
>
> We could give Sherri and the teachers a list of people who can help over
> the summer.
>
> Another short term project would be planning the special membership
> meeting -- if we decide to go ahead. There are some people already on that
> group, but others would be welcome. We'd want to coordinate with the
> Board, but don't need them to decide on anything. We can take the lead.
>
> Lola
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> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Sabine Meyer <meye0336@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I sign up list was passed around but I agree - everyone who feels they
> have a talent that can be useful, from filing to who-knows-what, should
> send that to the board chair.
>
> -Sabine
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:12 PM, beth knoblauch <bethknoblauch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> I was thinking after the meeting last night that we should create a list
> of our talents and/or what we are willing to volunteer for and provide this
> to the board, teachers, and Sherri. This way, they can decide what is
> needed and ask for assistance where needed.
>
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> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 09:59:18 -0500
> Subject: [familyschool] Re: Monday meeting - 7pm at 4200 Cedar Ave
> From: lschoenrich@xxxxxxxxx
> To: familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I'd like to offer a suggestion of where to go from here. Let's figure out
> how to keep all this wonderful energy going and put to productive use going
> forward. Let's not be deterred by the legal mumbo-jumbo at the board
> meeting suggesting that parents couldn't be involved. As I understand it,
> there are already a few parents on board committees and it sounded as
> though the board just needed to figure out the right structures to make
> sure that their legal authority remains clear to the state, authorizer and
> MACS.
>
> Just to start the conversation, here are some specific suggestions:
>
> * *Start a PTO*. There seem to be several people interested in this.
> We don't need anyone's "permission" to do this. Put heads together,
> envision what you want, and get it going so that it is up and running by
> next fall.
> * *Volunteer in the office*. There is surely lots of work to be done
> since the office is short staffed. Sherri may not be used to coordinating
> volunteers, but perhaps a couple of parents could set up a regular schedule
> and people could volunteer and show up. Anyone with specific skills could
> perhaps take on a specific project. Maybe the math lab computers need a
> work over. Maybe the fundraising database needs an overhaul. Maybe
> teachers need help cleaning their rooms and compiling the curriculum that
> VOA suggested they'd be looking at. I have no idea what needs to be
>
>
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