Attendance:
Wendy Feuer, Jenny Redick, Karen Grey-Levine, Colleen Leibert, Lisa Bulkow, Janice Torres, Alicia de la Cruz, Sven Gustafson, Valerie Marks, Chiquita Cothron

Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 6:55 p.m. A quorum of the PTSA membership was present. Introductions were made.

Approval of Minutes:
There were no minutes to approve.

Resolution to Create a Vice-President of Facilities:
Wendy Feuer, outgoing PTSA president, is a member of the steering committee for the Romig/West remodel. As such, Wendy proposed the following regarding the formation of an additional vice-president position on the PTSA board: "Be it resolved that the Romig PTSA board currently consists of a President, Vice-President of Membership, Secretary, and Treasurer. The membership desires to create another vice-president position on the board, Vice-President of Facilities, in recognition of the long-term renewal project upon which Romig and West High are embarking. The Vice-President of Facilities shall be considered the second vice-president and the Vice-President of Membership shall be considered the first vice-president. The Vice-President of Facilities shall serve as the Romig representative on the West/Romig renewal project steering committee and serve as liaison between the Romig PTSA, Romig Middle School, and the steering committee." This resolution was seconded by Valerie Marks and passed unanimously.

Call for Nominations/Introductions:
Valerie Marks was nominated for the position of PTSA President and Wendy Feuer was nominated for the position of Vice-President of Facilities. At Wendy's suggestion, the other meeting attendees (excluding Principal Gustafson) introduced themselves briefly. Karen Grey-Levine moved to approve the slate of officers, which was seconded by Alicia de la Cruz. This motion passed unanimously.

Treasurer's Report:
PTSA currently has $8,930 in its checking account. However, approximately half of these funds are still owed for the magazine fundraiser.

eScrip Update:
Romig currently has approximately 500 eScrip members. Our members do not need to renew on a yearly basis. However, given past organizational challenges with the eScrip program, the board needs to pay attention both to the regularity of eScrip bank deposits and to any potential changes in the membership requirements.

Principal's Report:
o Romig was given additional funds for supplies because of the addition of students from Clark this year. Principal Gustafson will budget a general amount for equipment without earmarking these funds until next year, after the implementation of the Zangle computer program (a program that will allow parents to access student information in one place).
o Two smart boards and six projectors have been ordered for the building.
o Six volleyball matches are approaching. Student groups going to Seward, Puerto Rico, etc., have been offered an opportunity to fundraise by running the concessions at these matches. PTSA will not need to be involved in this process.
o There will be a dance this Thursday, and there are enough chaperones.
o Students were put on stay-put alert due to the presence of what was found to be a BB gun at school. The school's emergency action plan was effective, and the response from parents was generally positive.
o Suspensions/ISS are lower this quarter than last year.
o Hire papers have been submitted for a new Business Ed/Family Consumer Science teacher and a new library aide. Principal Gustafson is still looking for Indian Education and Special Education aides.
o Student-led conferences are coming up on November 7 and 8. Principal Gustafson requested $400 to provide teachers with meals during conferences, which last most of the day. This request was unanimously approved.

Old Business:
o Jenny Redick apologized for not having the minutes from the last meeting typed and ready for approval. Also, she has not contacted Ms. Grib about the website. She will take care of those issues this week.

New Business:
o Alicia presented the results of her audit. She reminded the board that next year someone else will need to perform an audit of her work as treasurer this year. The audit was approved unanimously.
o Alicia presented the proposed budget. Wendy mentioned that a fund to send PTSA members to conferences was not present in the budget. She proposed changing the title of the line item "PTSA Luncheons" to "PTSA Expenses" and raising the budget amount by $300. This line item would include expenditures for lunches at board meetings, which have been purchased by Romig Middle School in the past. Approval of the new budget, including the change in line item title and the new budgeted amount of $800 for PTSA Expenses, was moved by Colleen Leibert and seconded by Jenny Redick. This motion passed unanimously.
o PTSA grant criteria were reviewed and grant applications were considered.
o The board declined to consider the blanket application for $3000 for gym equipment from the P.E. department. Wendy will provide feedback to the P.E. teachers that their requests for funds need to be specific. The board will be pleased to consider a more specific request for funds, particularly later in the year when the amount of PTSA income is more certain. Principal Gustafson explained that the P.E. department gets funds from the sale of spirit wear as well as 50% of second-semester school pictures. As a physical therapist, Janice Torres reminded the board of the importance of indoor opportunities for exercise during the winter months.
o Principal Gustafson explained that the HUG program is already being funded through his office.

The following grant applications were approved unanimously:
o $540 to Micky Schruf (librarian) for the purchase of six DVD/VCR combination units.
o $600 to Principal Gustafson to have the author of Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelsen, come to Romig to conduct assemblies for the entire school.

o A table will be set up during parent-teacher conferences to recruit new members to the eScrip program. Computers will be set up to immediately process applications. Colleen will email the PTSA membership to request volunteers to work this table.
o The Alaska Injury and Prevention Center is providing free reflective tape to the first ten schools that apply for it. It will sell reflective tape for student coats and backpacks at 40¢/student until the supply is gone. A motion was made to spend $420 to purchase reflective tape for 850 students and an iPod shuffle as a motivator/reward for using the tape. This motion passed unanimously. The tape will be distributed at parent-teacher conferences. Details of how the iPod will be given away (including a possible drawing) are to be determined later.
o There was no interest among the general membership in attending the upcoming Alaska PTA 2007 Legislative Issues Conference.
o The bank signature cards need to be updated to reflect the current officers as check signers on the PTSA account. Wendy moved to resolve that the following members of the Romig PTSA be authorized as check signers on account #11012116344 at Wells Fargo Bank: Wendy Feuer as Vice-President of Facilities and Valerie Marks as President. This resolution was passed unanimously.

Announcements:
o A meeting entitled "Highschools of the 21st Century" will take place on Nov. 14 from 7-9 p.m. in the West High cafeteria.
o www.21stcenturyskills.org for more information.
o A meeting on the West/Romig renewal and its role as a community center will take place November 27 or 28.
o www.edfacilities.org/pubs/scc_publication.pdf
o www.kwfdn.org/schools%5Fcommunities/schools%5Fcenters/
o www.archfoundation.org/aaf/aaf

Meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
Submitted by: Jenny Redick, PTSA Secretary