I've sent you some info by email which might help. In addition to camping out here, read as many back issues of PTOToday magazine as you can find. There's tons of real-life experiences, great ideas, and advice from the trenches. And consider joining PTOToday's National PTO Network. You'll get a start-up guide which should answer many questions and give your group some direction.

Welcome to the world of PTO. Your school is lucky to have a parent group again.

I am The newly elected president of our school PTO. Our school has not had a parent organization for 11 years, so we are truely starting from scratch. If anyone has forms, advice or help please respond. Our first meeting is in 2 days. Ive got a lot of good ideas from the forum so far.