{"id":637,"date":"2015-05-26T01:15:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T01:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=637"},"modified":"2015-07-12T14:56:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T14:56:16","slug":"incoming-board-start-the-new-term-off-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Board: Start the New Term Off Right!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Getting ready for a new PTA year and want to get things going correctly, right from the start? Here are some ideas to make that happen:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure the contact information for the 2015-16 board has been submitted. (<a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5265AD8&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a> about our Online <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/kona.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Team-Building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" \/>Officer Contact system through PTAEZ.)<\/li>\n<li>Find out who your council and district PTA counterparts are.<\/li>\n<li>Ask for the council and district calendar of due dates so you can plan your PTA activities.<\/li>\n<li>Fill officer vacancies with an election by the board.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure everyone on the board is in agreement about what it means to be a PTA leader.<\/li>\n<li>Plan team-building activities and participate in goal-setting as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5290222&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a> about how to start your term off right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A successful term begins with summer basics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We know that you have earned some time off this summer, but the responsibilities for a new president and board <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/montclairkarate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Summer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"165\" \/>officially begin July 1 when most PTA officers take office. By devoting just a little of your summertime to some basic PTA tasks, your PTA can start off the term successfully. Important summertime tasks include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5265ADC&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">Visiting the bank<\/a> to establish check-signing authority.<\/li>\n<li>Receiving and reviewing the year-end <a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5265AD5&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">annual financial reports<\/a> and final year-end <a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5265AD6&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">audit.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beginning work on <a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5265AD4&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">tax filing.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Preparing an <a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5265ADD&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">annual budget<\/a> for 2015-2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capta.bmetrack.com\/c\/l?u=5290223&amp;e=746CEF&amp;c=4592C&amp;t=0&amp;l=1361FC37&amp;email=NNiFvJu34mqxHqwGQ5aSWmMiO%2BCm8QpT12b5MzMs2IQ%3D\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a> about specifics of these summertime tasks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready for a new PTA year and want to get things going correctly, right from the start? Here are some ideas to make that happen: Make sure the contact information for the 2015-16 board has been submitted. (Learn more about our Online Officer Contact system through PTAEZ.) Find out who your council and district&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=637\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Incoming Board: Start the New Term Off Right!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}