I had absolutely no intention in getting into ANY of this but at the same time, those of you who know me fairly well by now, KNOW I can't resist a good debate. I'd probably stop breathing before I walked away from one. But my only intention was to rectify the story (at 1st) about Coke and the PTA, and a brief comment on I know this isn't a PTA site, and I don't care! I choose to come here anyway.
Then Tim responded (and still stinging from a deleted post that PALS eluded to...) I lashed out at because he downplayed a valid concern (to me, in my opinion) He responded, I responded, yada yada, then it was done. Enter lurking...and the comment that the PTA people were just being petty and that we have nothing to offer because we are PTA to anyone who's PTO.
It's been hard to be a non-dissolving PTA poster here from time to time. I get posts and topics deleted more frequently than non-PTA people do, (things that I think are very relavent to us as parents) but I get to hear about Metzy's wonderful ideas, or pals leading the way to parent involvement in her district, or the terrific idea of a hot dog dinner membership drive or KMA's constant work to blend her two groups and it's worth it. But sometimes I think some people forget that even though we are PTA, we are here for the same reasons, we care just as much and we work our butts off with the same common goals. We have the same problems, embezzelment, power struggles, administration, cliques, etc. We deserve just as much respect as anyone else and we don't always agree with the negative picture of PTA that occasionally gets painted. And if you don't think I am "vocal" with PTA people, think again. You can only imagine what our state meetings are like. Some agree, some disagree. Often times I'm on the opposing side and I am a challenge to the "that's the way we've always done it" crowd.
So bottom line, we are all concerned individuals, even those of us who proudly wear the PTA nametag.