Hi dearborn -
FYI -- You've been here for just a couple of days and every post you've made has been in the "PTO v PTA" section.
You say: "...so set up a link to have parents discuss something else thats productive and successful in their individual schools"
I guess I'd just point to:
www.PTOtoday.com/forum
-- that's this forum which now has more than 18,000 posts in it, fewer than 3% of which are on the PTO v PTA topic.
Or I'd point to:
www.PTOtoday.com
-- that's the home page for this site, which now has more than 75 articles on it as well as resource links and this forum and our Yellow Pages and the latest news page, etc., etc. Without counting, I'd guess that this site is less than 1% devoted to the PTO v PTA issue.
I hope you'll feel free to share what's worked for you and your group in the many other sections of this forum. We love to get best practices and program ideas and good opinions. It's what this site -- and PTO Today -- is all about.
Tim