Are you saying that no one is willing to serve on the board unless they're paid?? I suppose if the parents are so uninterested in being involved in the school then perhaps you should just dissolve and see what happens when parents don't get involved. Someone will eventually step up if that is the only option. If they don't, how very, very sad.
As for paying an officer, if you are a 501c3 you can't pay any officer with funds from your PTA per IRS regulations and unless the grant is being paid directly (and I don't think a grant would be awarded to an individual anyway) then it would be the PTA's money, so, no.
I am not sure if i agree with you. I am torn, We all know how important the work that we do is, does it make more sense to disolve a pta than to find outside money for a stipend. Keep in mind this money would not come from the school or funds raised by the organization?
No. I could write a book on how opposed I am to even thinking about paying an officer (but I won't do it here LOL).
There are so many, many reasons why it would NOT be a good idea.
If you are having a problem finding officers and/or a president, then the group must do more to find someone who will step up or the group should disolve. Starting to pay officers opens up a Huge can of worms!. Why not pay all the officers then, How much would you pay? I could go on and on... In another post there is a debate going on about spending a tiny bit of funds on a thank you gift for outgoing officers.... and in another about thanking volunteers by providing some form of gathering with food that would cost money... the idea of paying officers should really spark a good debate here on these forums.
do it here LOL).