Originally posted by Wens:
I'm not sure just having people attend meetings is important. What's important is getting people to volunteer. Don't you think??
I agree wholeheartedly Wens.
We have never had much attendance and until this year, our volunteers consisted of the same people. But we started the Three for Me program this year and what a difference!!
www.three4me.com
Our principal just commented this week that she has never seen so many parents in the school.
So what if 6 or 7 of us make all the decisions? We put ourselves out there and if parents and teachers don't want to come to meetings, then there isn't a thing we can do about it. Like our President says, we'll only run the programs we can do them well. If I have a parent comment to me about how they would like to see this or that, or why wasn't this done, I remind them of our next meeting date and tell them we would love to hear what they have to say. I agree with another poster who said, if you aren't there making the decisions and to vote, then you can't complain.
I can also tell you this. Our first year, we had the board and at most three other people in attendance. But we just kept plugging along, doing what we do best, and letting people know through newsletters, programs, events, and newspaper articles. This year, we are averaging about 10 people, not including the board. So, if in my last year (three years away [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) our attendance shoots to 25 people, then all is good.
[ 12-04-2005, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: Debbie Ball-Odeh ]