GATE Parents Group of the S.M.U.H.S.D.

 

Meeting Minutes

April 21, 2004

 

 

Opening:     

The regular meeting of the GATE Parents Group was called to order at 7:06 p.m. on 4/21/04 in the Capuchino High School Library by Victor Chau.

 

Present:     

Victor Chau, Sandi Gabe, Pam Askin, Marion Kong, Virginia Gledhill (Aragon), Sharon Rodriguez (Capuchino), Harriete Berman, Roalinda Madrona (Capuchino)

 

A.    Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the previous meeting was unanimously approved as distributed.

 

B.                Approval of Agenda

 

The agenda was approved.

 

C.    Open issues/Updates

 

Treasurer report

Marion presented the financial statement which shows a balance of approximately 17K. Marion notified the group that she will finish the remainder of the year as treasurer, but will not continue in the position next year.

 

We discussed the need to create a budget at the beginning of the year and project out expenditures throughout the year.  Victor gave background on the budget process for district funds as well as GATE Parents group funds and efforts to reduce expenditures this year by using email to reduce the postage expenditures.

 

Location and Date or Gate Parents Group Kick-off night

Bob (via Victor) recommends Wednesday, September 1, 2004.  Rosalinda Madrona volunteered to coordinate the event. She will work with Victor and Bob on coordinating the event.  Since we put the GATE resource information on the website, we no longer have a binder to distribute at the kick-off meeting. Sandi will work with Sue Bernstein to put together a brochure for distribution at the meeting.

 

Road to College Series – plans for next year

Attendance at the series has been good and we agreed to continue to use Dr. Wrubel as a speaker for the event next year.

 

Discuss Volunteers needed by the GATE Parents Group

We acknowledged that our ability to utilize funds was related to having parent volunteers to coordinate activities.  Sandi presented a document that summarizes volunteer opportunities and the group agreed to use it at the Dr. Wrubel event on 4/28 to request volunteer help.

·        Pam Askin volunteered to coordinate the SAT Prep Class. Harriete offered to assist her with the distribution of books.

·        Rosalinda Madrona volunteered to coordinate the fall Kick-off meeting

·        Virgina Gledhill volunteered to be the webmaster

·        Pam Askin recommended a Dale Carnegie course and volunteered to coordinate it.

 

Report on recent seminars and field trips

Stress and Depression – Good topic, but the presentation was a little academic.

Harriete recommended a session on “Being a Parent of a Gifted Child” as a future topic.

 

D.    Agenda for Next Meeting

The next (and final) meeting of the 2003-2004 academic year will be on Wednesday, May 12th at 7pm in the Capuchino Library.  Send content requests to Victor Chau

 

E.    Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 by Victor Chau.

 

 

Minutes submitted by:      Sandi Gabe

 

Approved by:                   DRAFT