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## Nursery

Cathy Dreyer 972-394-6766
Michelle Skowronski 972-492-1998
Nursery reservations should be made by Monday February 9th. Please call Cathy Dreyer at 972-394-6766 or email at crdreyer@comcast.net to make your reservation. Payments will be accepted at the January general meeting. Please feel free to call or email with any questions.

## January Minutes

Carrollton Early Childhood PTA January 2004 General Meeting Minutes
President Shannon Croft called the January General Meeting of the Carrollton Early Childhood PTA to order at 9:56 a.m. with a quorum present on Friday, January 9, 2004, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. The minutes for the December General Meeting were approved as printed in the January newsletter. Shannon asked everyone to fill out an Officer Interest Form Today and reminded everyone of events listed on the agenda and in the newsletter. Treasurer Lisa Rowell gave the Treasurer’s Report: beginning balance on December 12, 2003, $2,392.84; deposits, $151.71; disbursements, $295.54; ending balance as of January 8, 2004, $2,249.01. The Executive Board recommended that the following budget revisions be made: increase Newsletter Ads income by $15; increase Silent Auction income by $215.50; decrease Grocery Store Rebates by $200; decrease Monthly Vendors income by $50; decrease President’s expenses by $30; increase 1st Vice President’s expenses by $10; decrease 2nd Vice President’s expenses by $50; decrease Historian’s expenses by $50; increase Fundraising expenses by $7; decrease Hospitality expenses by $80; decrease Babysitters expenses by $200; decrease Yearbook expenses by $35; decrease Officer Training expenses by $36; increase Carryover to 2004/2005 year by $294.50; add an expense of Web Site Renewal Fee of $30. The revisions were approved unanimously. Hospitality Chairperson Victoria Hubbard thanked everyone who helped with food, set-up or clean-up for today’s meeting. There was not a vendor for the meeting, but a gift certificate donated by Chuck’s for two adult’s meals and two kids’ meals was raffled off, and April Menelly was the winner of the raffle. President Shannon Croft explained the purpose of the Nominating Committee, and Parliamentarian Geraldine Leondike read the portion of the bylaws pertaining to the election of the Nominating Committee. Nominations were then taken, and ballots were cast. Programs Chairperson Karen Christiansen announced that the North Carrollton Early Childhood PTA will be hosting a speaker from the Texas PTA on the "40 Developmental Assets" next Tuesday, January 13. She then introduced the speaker, Debi Sementelli, who spoke on "What You See is What You Get.". Following the speaker’s presentation, Parliamentarian Geraldine Leondike announced that the following members were elected to the Nominating Committee: Lora Domingue; Cathy Dreyer; Elizabeth Howell; Kerri Lindsey; Amy Turner. Doreen Norris and Michelle Skowronski will serve as alternates. The meeting was adjourned at 11:28 a.m.
Minutes Respectfully Submitted,
Dianna Talkington, CECPTA Secretary
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