CPA Board Meeting 1/12/10, 6:30 p.m. –  9:00 p.m. – Megan Hicks’ House
Attending: Ginger Everhart, Sue Wilson-Schmitz, Tracy Hannuksela, Tania Klippert, Megan
Hicks, Tina Marohn
*Approved September 12th meeting minutes.
Treasurer’s report: (Tracy)
• $6790 in donations received so far. Also, received two checks from GoodShop/
Search (Oct & Nov. for previous year) and this reflects two years worth at $271. Our
legal name is updated too.
• We are close to our total income for the year already.
• CPA is not budgeting for scholarships anymore. PTA handles this now for the entire
school.
• IRS – Tracy discovered they listed us as a private foundation – but it’s resolved and
Tracy was able to submit the taxes and matching form.
• Winter pledge drive – need a statement about matching funds being accepted and
also a message to disregard if they’ve paid for the year vs. quarterly. We will post
online and also for the electronic Thursday packet. We need paper forms for for eve-
ryone just to make sure they don’t get missed. Timing is week after Gifted Ed Day.
*Maybe include info on latest legislative info. – Tracy and Tina to create a 1st draft.
Sue to send original file to Tina.
Monthly Coffee Chats (Ginger & Sue)
This Saturday Coffee Corner 10:00. Expecting maybe 10 people – maybe alternating Saturday
and Sundays to accommodate other parents. Sue suggested email/number exchange. Tina to
bring a sheet for folks to sign up and share contact info with other parents.

Levy Awareness Calls – January 26th – still recruiting parents to make calls to target residents.
Gifted Education Day- 4th Graders are all taking a field trip down. Buses are not allowed on
campus. Bus cost $370 for one bus. Need to survey and find out exact student count to budget
for the bus. Possibly 41. Need shirts and permission slips. Ask families to purchase shirts & pay
maybe $10 total to help cover the bus expense. Provide scholarships for those who need the
cost covered. Ginger to discuss all field trip aspects with Brett Hagen and Pam Gaspers (rec-
ommendations on chaperons for Mrs. Hall’s class)
No tours are currently being offered. But Sue is waiting to hear from Barbara to see if she can
get a tour set up for us as a group.
*** Need to link to the information provided by the Coalition on the website***
Letters – Ginger is placing envelopes in teacher mailboxes to collect letters from students to leg-
islators. We are looking at sharing as many student letters as we can. We will look at Costco for
printing services (double sided) and simple binding. Will provide a cover letter from the CPA as
well. Deadline is the 27th to collect letters and we will need to set up a time to review letters and
process.
Plan is to meet at school for carpooling.
T-Shirts – Megan is working on ordering these. We will add t-shirt sizes to sign up sheet to get
an idea on the amount to order. They need a week turn around time for t-shirt orders.
Recap of Past Events:
WAETAG  was very successful. Problems: wanted more vendors, rooms were ice cold, needed
more chairs. Otherwise – phenomenal. Tracy will send emails to teachers she didn’t receive re-
ceipts from in order to reimburse them.
Bio Lyle – 11 people attended. He was great and presented very understandable hands-on info
to the students.
Beyond Challenge – Nice turnout, good presentations and great feedback. We would like to
bring this event back every year. *Maybe link to the video/presentation a followup post from the
event on our website.
Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide – Sue has not heard back. (Spring – TBD)
CPA/Communications/Outreach Efforts:
Websites – District launched new site which encompasses all schools in the district. Becky at
Terrace Park has access to update the Terrace Park site for us.
We want to provide a flyer about Challenge Association to parents who had their kids tested for
Challenge placement in the 2010-2011 school year. Sue to contact Nancy Gilbertson about the
plan and logistics for including our flyer. Makeup test is this month.. Makeup test is this month.
March 9th General Meeting – 7:00 Tony Byrd will be there
Discussion on looking for new people to be on board next year. Megan will be leaving us and we
need her replacement. Tania is not sure about returning as VP.
Next meeting agenda items:
Reviews of job descriptions and bylaws
Invite new potentials to next board meeting.
Adjourn: 9:00 p.m.
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Recorded by: Tina Marohn , CPA Secretary