I share your thoughts on getting together before the chaos begins...we have a lot of newly involved (I'm so thrilled) people on our board this year and I want to break the ice and get everyone working as a team right away, so everyone will feel free to speak up, ask for help, share ideas, etc. Last year, we meet at the President's house, so we could get comfortable and kick off our shoes. She had a list of questions, kind of like an personal interview, like where you were born, how many kids you have, your initials, favorite book, Tv show, hobbies, etc and you had to go around the group to find as many matches with another person that you could, and whoever matched the most, got some little trinket prize, but we all got to know each other. We also shared our favorite thing about our school and our least favorite thing. by the end of the meeting, we had all made new friends.