Plano ISD Council of PTAs

This year’s event was bigger than last year’s with over 600 guests in attendance. In addition to the honorees and their supporters, members of the superintendent’s cabinet, school board members, administrators, teachers and staff, and past PTA Council presidents attended.

Among the many recipients that evening, the Plano ISD Council of PTAs honored Dana Bilbray, Plano ISD Council of PTAs Volunteers Chairman, with the Texas PTA Extended Service Award (for being a Texas PTA Life Member with over ten years of service in the Texas PTA) and Mark Wellborn, PISD Director of Professional Learning & Advanced Academics, with the Texas PTA Life Membership for outstanding service to Plano ISD’s youth.

Extended Service Awards were also given to Beth Brown by the Jasper High School PTSA, Laura Dolan and Carolyn Keeter by the Shepton High School PTSA, and Pam Griffitts by the Plano Senior High School PTSA. The National Life Achievement Award, the highest award given in PTA, was conferred upon Mary Alice Skaggs (who was unable to attend) by the Skaggs Elementary PTA.

Happy New Year!

Are you ready for the second wave of PTA Membership Chairman duties? You said yes, right??

There are two main things going on. First, there is the Spring Membership Campaign. There is a new National PTA initiative for Spring Membership called “New Year - New Opportunities” that should be coming to the local presidents in a mailer. Be on the lookout for the program, but in the meantime, please remember to keep recruiting new members. Second, the Life Member Banquet (LMB) is coming up soon. Here is more information on that:

LIFE MEMBER BANQUET

THEME: Passport To Achievement

INVITATIONS: (they look like travel tickets)

The invitations for the Life Member Banquet (LMB) went in the interoffice mail today(Tuesday). You will receive one invitation addressed to your PTA President, one addressed to you (the Membership Chairman) and two that are not addressed. Each invitation has 2 invitation/tickets inside - one to keep and one to mail back to me with payment and names of folks attending from your PTA. The extra invitation/ticket can serve as documentation for your treasurer as you make your check request, as a reminder of the essential information (time/date/location) or for your PTA scrapbook. RSVPs and checks are due by February 15. All the information you need is on the invitation/ticket (I hope!), but if you have questions, please let me know. I do have some extra invitations if anyone needs more.

CERTIFICATES/PINS

Just a reminder that certificates and pins (or charms) need to be ordered through Texas PTA. I would suggest ordering them ASAP in order to receive them by the LMB. You can do it online at www.txpta.org. You must sign in as a member, then go to the tab for awards, then you will see the link for life membership application.

SET-UP:

Anyone interested in helping with set-up for the event?? I’m looking for a bit of help and if you’ve got an hour or two you can spare on February 26th, please say YES! We’ll be putting out the centerpieces, programs and other decorations. It is a good chance to get to meet some other great volunteers. If you (or anyone from your PTA) can volunteer for the 10-12 or 12-2 shift, please let me know. We will recognize the PTAs who send members to help!

HONOREES:

Hopefully everybody has already selected their honorees or is doing so in the next week or so. The write ups about the honorees are due by January 31, but are welcome as soon as you have it ready. The write ups are different this year. To complete a write up about the honoree, we ask you to answer a set of questions as we will have the program set up more like a passport.

The questions are:

1. Name of Honoree as you would like it printed
2. Which honor is being bestowed? (Texas Life Member, Extended Life Member, or National Life Member)
3. List positions currently/previously held in PTA, or at your school or other role related to this honor
4. How many years at your school? (if applicable)
5. How many years supporting PTA/PISD?
6. Why is this person being honored?
7. List 5 words that describe the honoree
8. People who share this honoree’s life (if applicable & honoree wishes to include)

QUESTIONS I’VE HAD LATELY ABOUT LMB:

Is there a limit to the number of honorees?

No. Becoming a Texas PTA Life Member is a big honor and we hope careful consideration will be given to the process. Many PTAs have procedures for selecting honorees (including who should be honored -staff/volunteers) and you should check your by-laws/standing rules to make sure you adhere to that process, along with your budget. Most PTAs select one or two honorees, but some schools select several. Please remember the cost associated with naming someone a Life Member - the fee for the certificate, the pin and the ticket cost of the banquet.

Does our honoree need to be a PTA member?

No. Many PTAs have given awards to community members or leaders that have made a difference in the lives of PISD students. But, if you are giving it to someone that is a staff member at your school that chose not to join PTA, I would have the committee consider that fact and make that a part of their decision process.

Who should attend? How many people should our PTA send?

It is different for every school. Some schools just pay to send one honoree. Some purchase a seat for the honoree + 1 guest. Some buy a table or two for the PTA and fill it with the honorees, PTA president, principal, etc… I would recommend sending at least one person who is a representative of your PTA that is not an honoree, so they can give the certificate and pin to the honorees on the stage. There is no limit on the number of honorees or guests that can attend, as we have a HUGE room, but, it does cost money. You should have a budget item for this event in your PTA budget, so that will let you know what is available. Most PTAs allow guests to purchase tickets on their own if they would like to bring additional guests beyond what has been budgeted for by their PTA. If you are unsure how to proceed, please talk to your PTA president.

Can kids attend?

Usually we have over 600+ people in attendance and nearly 200 honorees. We do ask that everyone stay for the whole program and not leave after their school has been acknowledged. The event is scheduled to end by 8:30 and last year was over at 8:20. In PTA, we’re all about “every child” but at the Life Member Banquet, we’re celebrating the volunteers who make that happen. There is a lot of sitting, listening and clapping. The event is going to be great and I hope it will be really a terrific and inspiring tribute to our finest volunteers, but it is not an event that would be considered fun by most children. So the answer is, it depends on the nature of the child. My experience is that most elementary school-aged children are not capable of sitting quietly at an evening event for 2 hours, which is why so few usually attend this event. We do want this to be a meaningful event for all honorees (that means both the ones that really want to have their kids there and the ones that don’t want to have the event disrupted by kids), so please make sure to pass along the expectations to anyone who is planning to bring a child.

If I order the pin and certificate online, how do I get a receipt to get reimbursed?

Texas PTA will send the receipt with the certificate and pin if you order it online using a personal credit card. Another option is to print the Life Member Application and mail it with a PTA check.

If you have more questions, please email me!

Thanks, Cara Mendelsohn

GOOD NEWS! Many of you have asked about getting the Texas PTA member discounts in Spanish. We had the document translated and it is attached to this email. The version in English is on the Texas PTA website. This is very useful to your members as it gives the instructions on how to get the discounts and the promotional codes needed. You may want to consider putting an article in your newsletter reminding your members about the discounts and that they need to access ALL of them online - you can’t just show up at Sea World and get a discount.

How are you coming along with selection of your Texas PTA Life Members?

One of the most frequent questions I’ve been asked is if the honoree needs to be a PTA member? The answer is no. Certainly the bulk of honorees are PTA members, but the main criteria should be outstanding service to children and youth. Several of you have expressed concerns about honorees who are staff members and who have not joined PTA. I would certainly let the selection committee know who is/isn’t a PTA member and let them make a decision based on all the facts.

Don’t forget that I’ll need the write ups by the end of January (1/31) if they are to be included in the keepsake program. The format has changed this year and it is more of a Q & A than a big paragraph. I have previously sent out the questions to which we want you to supply the answers about your honorees. You can find them on the PTA Council website. I WILL be reminding you about this as it gets closer and closer!

Your invitations to the Life Member Banquet will be at your school the first week back from winter break. It is going to be a blast!!!

Don’t forget to order your pins/certificates from Texas PTA by the first week or two in January in order to have them by the banquet. You can download the form and mail in the check or order online at http://www.txpta.org/members/awardforms.html and Texas PTA will send you a receipt to submit for reimbursement from your local PTA.

DMV-Diversity/Membership/Volunteers, our Plano Council 2007-08 theme

Have you ever participated in the series of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) events sponsored by the City of Plano or PISD? There are two in particular that I’d like to invite you to attend with me. They are:

Date: Saturday, Jan 19 Time: Noon-4 p.m. What: MLK Health Fair at the Douglass Community Center after the MLK parade. I am planning to have a PTA membership table and would love to have you, or anyone in your PTA that would be interested, hang out and talk to folks about PTA.
Location: Douglass Community Center in Downtown/East Plano Attire: your local PTA shirt, jeans RSVP: Please let me know if you are interested/able to attend and what shift you would like (12-2 or 2-4)

Date: Monday, Jan 21 (school holiday but this is an adult-only event) Time: 7:45 a.m. What: FREE Leadership Breakfast. They have had terrific speakers in the past from all parts of Plano and Texas civic life and the focus is on cooperation, high expectations and building community in Plano. And you get a free breakfast! Location: CCCC-Spring Creek Conference Center Attire: Business Casual RSVP: Not needed, but if you let me know, I will save you a seat

You can check out all the MLK events at http://www.planomlk.org/index.html

If you have any questions, please email me at membership@planopta.org

Thank you to all of our PTAs that participated in the Council Fall 2007 Membership Awards. You are doing a great job recruiting PTA members! We will share your creative ideas at PTA Officer & Chairman training in May.

We were pleased to announce the winners at the Plano ISD Council of PTAs November Regular Meeting. Our special guest, Amber Fuller, Texas PTA Membership Chairman, gave out certificates to our winners.

They are:

Hand-in-Hand Award

Aldridge PTA, Bethany PTA, Boggess PTA, Huffman PTA, Plano Sr. HS PTA, Skaggs PTA

100% Participation Award:

Barksdale PTA, Bethany PTA, Boggess PTA, Brinker PTA, Daffron PTA, Renner PTA, Schimelpfenig PTA and Skaggs PTA

Creative Membership Campaign - Elementary

1st Place: Boggess PTA
2nd Place: Haggar PTA
3rd Place: Skaggs PTA

Creative Membership Campaign - Secondary

1st Place: Plano Sr. PTA
2nd Place: Vines HS PTA
3rd Place: Shepton HS PTA

Hi folks, GREAT JOB on your membership campaigns! I hope you’ve had at least 5 minutes to relax, because now we’ve got more things to talk about! Below you will find information on our membership drive as a Council, the local PTA award winners for Texas PTA Fall membership awards and NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIFE MEMBER BANQUET!!

What is missing is the results of the membership awards by Council because we’re going to announce those at the November 27th Regular Council meeting. You are welcome to attend - it is at 10 a.m. in the PISD Administration building, room 311. If you don’t have a representative from your school there and you win an award, know that we cheered for your PTA and that I’ll interoffice the award to you the next day. If you have any questions, please let me know! Regards, Cara Mendelsohn, VP Membership, Plano ISD Council of PTAs

PTA Membership Update

Thank you to all the local Membership chairman who have worked so hard this year to encourage our parents to join PTA! You have had wonderful ideas and made great strides to reach out to all PISD parents. The fall membership campaign ended October 15 and we just got back our membership report from Texas PTA. Here are the statistics that show your hard work:

• We have 36,611 PTA members in PISD Council of PTAs

• We have 10 PTAs with an increase in membership of over 10%

• We won 45% of the membership awards for our area

• Our PTAs will receive a total of 124 Texas membership awards!

GREAT JOB EVERYBODY & THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS!!

Texas PTA Fall Membership Award Winners Announced

There are six kinds of Fall Texas PTA membership awards for which local PTAs can apply. Congratulations to the winners from our Council:

Early Bird (43)

Aldridge, Barksdale, Bethany, Bettye Haun, Beverly, Boggess, Bowman, Carpenter, Clark, Daffron, Frankford, Gulledge, Haggar, Haggard, Harrington, Hedgcoxe, Hendrick, Hickey, Hightower, Hughston, Jackson, Mathews, McCall, Mendenhall, Mitchell, Murphy, Plano Sr, Plano West, Rasor, Renner, Rice, Robinson, Saigling, Schimelpfenig, Shepard, Shepton, Skaggs, Stinson, Thomas, Vines, Wells, Williams, Wyatt

Early Childhood award (2)

Beaty, Pearson

500+ award (28)

Barksdale, Bethany, Bettye Haun, Boggess, Brinker, Centennial, Daffron, Frankford, Gulledge, Hendrick, Haggard, Hightower, Jasper, Mathews, Murphy, Plano Sr., Plano West, Clark, Renner, Rice, Robinson, Schimelpfenig, Shepton, Skaggs, Vines, Williams, Wilson, Wyatt

Golden Apple award (34)

Andrews, Barksdale, Bethany, Bettye Haun, Beverly, Boggess, Bowman, Carlisle, Centennial, Daffron, Gulledge, Haggard, Hedgcoxe, Hightower, Huffman, Jackson, McCall, Meadows, Mendenhall, Mitchell, Murphy, Pearson, Plano West, Rasor, Rice, Robinson, Haggar, Saigling, Schimelpfenig, Sigler, Skaggs, Wells, Weatherford, Wilson

1000+ award (7)

Jasper, Plano Sr., Plano West, Renner, Rice, Schimelpfenig, Shepton

10% increase award (10)

Bowman, Carpenter, Christie, Daffron, Hunt, Mitchell, Murphy, Pearson, Vines, Williams

Life Member Banquet

Every year local PTAs have the opportunity to honor extraordinary volunteers, staff or community partners that have made a significant impact on their PTA at the Texas Life Member Banquet. The banquet is coordinated by the Plano ISD Council of PTAs and we are proud to have returning sponsor AXA Advisors and new sponsor Class Act School Packs. We are also pleased to announce that The Honorable Brian McCall, Texas State Representative and Texas PTA Life Member (awarded by Plano Council) will give our opening remarks.

This is a big affair and we expect over 600 guests! Invitations will go out to all the PTAs by the first week of January. Many PTAs purchase a whole table for honorees and guests (often spouses and principals), while others purchase one or two tickets per honoree. Our theme this year is Passport To Achievement.

Time to Get Started!

Many PTAs have specific guidelines on how they select their Texas PTA Life Members. Please check your bylaws or contact your local PTA president to get the process started. You will need to know who your honorees are by the beginning of January!

Invitations

Invitations to the banquet will be sent out the first week of January. Please make sure you get your RSVPs and checks in ASAP after receiving the invitation!

Banquet Details

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

6:30 p.m. @ Plano Centre (just east of Spring Creek & Central Expwy)

$25.00 per person, dinner included

RSVP needed by the end of January – see details on invitation!

Certificates & Pins

Most PTAs present a Texas Life Member Certificate and pin (or charm) to their honorees at the banquet. To ensure you have these items in time, you must order them on the Texas PTA website ( www.txpta.org) by the first week of January.

What Do I Need To Submit to Council?

By the end of January you must submit information on your honorees to have them included in the keepsake program. Of course, we’d love to get this information as early as possible. This year, we have changed the format and are asking for the following information:

1. Name of Honoree as you would like it printed

2. Which honor is being bestowed? (Texas Life Member, Extended Life Member, or National Life Member)

3. List positions currently/previously held in PTA, or at your school or other role related to this honor

4. How many years at your school? (if applicable)

5. How many years supporting PTA/PISD?

6. Why is this person being honored?

7. List 5 words that describe the honoree

8. People who share this honoree’s life (if applicable & honoree wishes to include)

Please send the information to membership@planopta.org.

Questions? Need Help? Contact me at membership@planopta.org

Thank you to everybody that was able to attend the Fall Membership Coffee on Friday. We had a great turnout and I really enjoyed meeting everybody. Hopefully we covered everything everybody wanted to know about PTA membership - and more! If you have suggestions on how we can improve the training, I would love to hear from you.

If you were not able to attend, I have posted the Powerpoint we used at the session on the Council website. Here is the link:

http://www.planopta.org/files/membership_ppt.pdf

It has important information and I hope you will take a few minutes to go through it. After you have looked it over, please email me if you have any questions and I will do my best to help you.

I’ve received a wide variety of questions in the past month. I’m working on a Q & A section for the Council membership webpage. It should be ready soon. When it is, I will send an email out to everyone with the link. The Council website has many resources for membership information. The address is www.planopta.org, then click on council board & chair info, then click on membership. Another great resource is the Texas PTA website, although the information is scattered around. If you are looking for something and can’t find it, please email me and I’ll get a link on the Council website to make it easier for all the membership chairs.

If you have not received your membership and benefit cards and your school is listed below, that is because I have them! Please email me and we’ll figure out the best way to get them to you.

Aldridge, Barron, Beaty, Centennial, Daffron, Davis, Haggard, Memorial, Mendenhall, Shepton, Williams, Wyatt

If you have not received your membership and benefit cards and your school was not listed above, please call Texas PTA at 1-800-TALK-PTA and let them know the situation so they can get them to you ASAP.

I’ll be sending out more information to you about the Life Member Banquet after the fall membership drive is over (10/15). Until then, know that plans are in the works and everything that needs to happen for that event is still a few months away.

If there is anything I can do to make your job a bit easier or help you find the information you need, please let me know. If you are able to attend any of the PTA Council regular meetings (see schedule on www.planopta.org, please come say hello to me! I look forward to working with you this year!

Regards, Cara Mendelsohn

Hi, I’m Cara Mendelsohn, the PTA Council Membership chairman. Just wanted to introduce myself before the school year really “takes off.” I know many of you have already been hard at work with your membership drives and I hope you are finding it easy to encourage parents (and high school students) to “come aboard.” I’ve already heard from many of you, but if you have any membership questions, I’m happy to help you find the answers you need.

Please save the date - Friday, September 7, 12:30-2:00 for our Fall Membership Coffee. We’ll go over any questions you have about membership campaigns, awards, life member banquet and more! It is a great chance to get to know some of the other membership chairs and learn from their success. If your initial membership numbers are not what you were hoping for, we’ll talk about easy and proven ways you can encourage membership. An invitation will be inter-office mailed to you the first week of school.

If you attended the Officer and Chairman’s training in May, you already have many of the starter tools you will need. The fall coffee will build on that and not be a complete repeat. If you weren’t able to make it, we sent your packet to your school’s president so you could have the materials.

Membership Cards. I was able to pick up the membership and new member benefit cards for many (but not all) schools at Summer Session. Schools that did not have a PTA president on file were retained by Texas PTA until the records are complete. I’ll bring the ones I have to the fall coffee for your convenience.

Looking for more info NOW? Your “first stop” should be the planopta.org site (smart move coming here!). Next stop, the txpta.org website. The membership information is in several places, so look at the headings carefully. If you don’t find what you need, email me and I’ll send you the link.

Please be on the look out for the PTA Council dues form, which I’ll be inter-office mailing (along with the fall coffee invite) in the first week of school.

I look forward to working with you this year and to seeing you soon!

Cara Mendelsohn, Membership VP, Plano ISD Council of PTAs

Hello Plano PTA Membership Folks!

Hope you are having a great summer and starting to think about the upcoming school year. The Texas PTA Membership theme for 07/08 is: Passport To Achievement (notice the PTA in there!) and we’ll be playing with that theme throughout the year. There are all sorts of membership resources available on the Texas PTA website and I know more are coming. If you haven’t visited the site yet, go to www.texaspta.org and sign in as a member. If you do not have the username and password (found on your membership card), please email me. Go to the Forms tab and pick Membership. Then pick Local Membership Forms. You will see there is lots of good info!

Are you going to attend Summer Session in Austin? There are many classes on membership and it is always so motivating. If you are planning to attend, please let me know. We’ll have a group dinner for the PISD PTAs on Saturday evening and it is sure to be loads of fun.

Please save the date - Friday, September 7, 12:30-2:00 for our Fall Membership Coffee. We’ll go over any questions you have about membership campaigns, awards, life member banquet and more! It is a great chance to get to know some of the other membership chairs and learn from their success.

If you attended the Officer and Chairman’s training in May, you already have many of the tools you will need. If you weren’t able to make it, we sent your packet to your school’s president so you could have the materials.

I look forward to seeing you soon! Cara Mendelsohn, Membership VP, Plano ISD Council of PTAs

How can you determine who is a Community Member of PTA, rather than a Faculty Member?

Texas PTA defines faculty as principals, assistant principals, teachers, counselors, and aides employed at the campus full time. To apply for the Golden Apple, you will need 100% of your school faculty as PTA members on your membership list, with dues paid and sent to Texas PTA by October 15. The award application will also need to be sent by October 15.

How would you classify a grandparent – a regular PTA member or a community member?

That is a great question! It depends! If the grandparent is the primary caregiver, they should be a regular member. They would probably be interested in the newsletter and directory, etc.. If the grandparent is not the primary caregiver, but is in support of the local school, a community membership would probably meet his or her needs. Each local PTA will have different standing rules that will dictate the differences in regular and community memberships. Generally, most PTAs don’t give a directory to community members but do give them to regular members.

I don’t think our PTA got an invoice from Plano PTA for Council dues. Can I get another copy? Where do I send the check for Council dues? What is the deadline?

Invoices were sent in the first week of school to each local PTA. You can print out copies on the Plano PTA website at www.planopta.org, then click on Board and Chair information, then click on Membership. Scroll down to the topic of Membership and you will see the link to download a new form. According to local by-laws, your Council dues are payable no later than 10/15. Please send your check to:

Plano ISD Council of PTAs
c/o Cara Mendelsohn
2700 W. 15th Street
Plano, TX 75024

I’m totally lost! I have never been the Membership Chairman and I was unable to come to any of the training. What should I do?

The first stop you should make on your membership journey is the Plano PTA website at www.planopta.org, then click on Board and Chair information, then click on Membership. Scroll down through the information and take a few minutes to go through the PowerPoint from our fall coffee and training. Also, a great resource is the Membership Chairman Guide from Texas PTA. You can download a FREE copy. You will see a link to it from the membership page on the Plano PTA website.

I have some parents and teachers that have filled out the PTA member forms and are requesting some of the free items from the PTA national office. How do I go about getting those?

Some PTAs use the membership form provided by National PTA. On the bottom of this form is a list of things that National PTA provides to members, like resources, training and email updates about important issues and news. To sign up for the email updates (there are several topical email newsletters), go to the National PTA website at www.pta.org. All the other items are also available on the National PTA website, including training.

What are benefit cards? I’ve been in PTA a long time and I’ve never heard of them! Is it the same as the membership card?

Texas PTA has worked hard to show its members that there are MANY benefits to being in PTA. The benefit card lists many of the vendors that offer a discount to PTA members, including Sea World. To access the benefits, you must go on the Texas PTA website (www.txpta.org) and sign in as a member. The user name and password are on the back of the PTA membership and benefit card.

Did I miss the Early Bird Award deadline or is it true that the date changed this year?

It is true that the date moved to 9/30 this year in recognition of the late start date. The Early Bird award is for local PTAs that have submitted a membership list and paid dues for at least 75% of the number of members they had on record on March 15, postmarked by September 30th. This is an automatic award, so there is no form to fill out.

Where do we get the Membership Cards?

The cards come from Texas PTA. While I was at Summer Seminar at the end of July, I picked up the cards for all the Plano units that Texas PTA would release that had not already stopped by the booth. I still have the cards for a few units, so if you are missing them, please contact me ASAP. Some unit’s cards are still in Austin because they needed a piece of information before they would release the cards. To get those, please call 1-800-TALK-PTA.

How can you check if someone is a Texas Life Member?

Each local PTA should have a list of the people they have award a Texas Life Membership to. By October 1, I will have an inexact, but fairly comprehensive Plano ISD Council of PTAs list of Texas Life Members. Originally, I was planning to post the list on the Plano PTA website. Because of privacy considerations, I will email you the list of recipients awarded from your school. If you are in a secondary school and would like to check if someone from one of the feeder schools has received the award, please email me or contact the Texas PTA office, which maintains the comprehensive list (1-800-TALK-PTA).

Once I have completed the membership list, what do I do?

Make a copy for your Secretary, Treasurer, President and your procedure book. Then send your original or a copy to Texas PTA along with your dues check. If the check is sizable, please send it return receipt requested.

Our PTA is refining our budget. Can you tell me what to expect with Life Member Banquet?

We have been able to hold our costs to the same price for the past several years. The dinner for the banquet is $25 per person. Many schools send the recipient and a guest. Other schools buy whole tables and invite their recipients, principals and PTA presidents. Check with your PTA president to understand what will work for your school. Also, you will want to budget for the certificates ($35) and pins/charms ($15) from Texas PTA. These can be ordered off the Texas PTA website, but you should make sure to do this at least one month in advance. Most PTAs give the awards and pins out at the banquet.

At our middle school registration, we had someone say they were already a Life Member, but that it was awarded at the elementary school. Can they get the Life Member discount at both schools?

You can take the Life Membership at whichever school the members choose, but it can only be taken at one school.

How much are PTA dues?

There are several kinds of dues. The local membership rate is comprised of the National dues ($1.75/per person), plus the Texas dues ($1.25/per person), plus the local portion (this is set by the by-laws of the local campus). Additionally, each local PTA pays annual dues of $75.00 to Plano ISD Council of PTAs.

I have not ordered membership envelopes for our PTA. Is that OK?

Yes, the envelopes are just one way to collect dues. Some PTAs like them because it is easy for members to fill out the envelope and stick a check inside. You can use whatever method works best on your campus. If you want to order the envelopes, you can do that on the Texas PTA website (www.txpta.org).

How do I know what our PTA number is?

Please contact your president for this information. If you still can’t get it or are unsure, please email me.

I am unsure of the number of PTA members we had last year. How can I find out?

You should have this information in the binder that was passed on to you, but if you don’t, please email me.

Have a unanswered question? Email membership@planopta.org

Contact chair: membership [at] planopta.org

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