or can we go with an approach more like that of a team?

Our problem is that year after year there always seems to be drama associated with the PTO. I have never heard of a good PTO year yet (this is my first year at the school). It seems the power of the title seems to go to someone's head.

Now for the coming year, there is nobody that wants to serve on the board for the fear of getting in the middle of all of the drama or the fear of losing good friends as a result of being on a board together and something going badly (it always seems to go badly).

So my idea/question is this....do we have to have an Exec. board? Can we have a Treas. and Sec. and then have the different Committee Chairs who would oversee their committee (as we do now) but would understand they were all part of the Team PTO and all paying PTO Teams Members would have a vote in all voting matters if they were at the monthly meetings (right now the current board says only Exec. board and Committee chairs have a vote).

I feel that the main problem is parents feeling belittled by the Exec. Board or the thought of it. The comment was made that there was no reason to go to the PTO meetings as the Exec. Board had always made the decisions ahead of time and there was no discussing it (and no voting it down since they didn't have a vote). Even past Exec. members said they weren't contacted about some decisions. So for these reasons and many more I am sure, nobody wants to be a part of the PTO in our school.

But if we did more of a "team" approach and made everyone equal. Nobody had more power than another. We all have 1 vote and discuss things and vote on them.

Would this work in your opinion?? Thank you in advance for your thoughts.