Minutes from May 14, 2007

Present:
Wandajune Bishop-Towle, Andrew Budson, Ann Edwards, Carolyn Ferris Gombosi, Jeanette Gould, Alain Grenier, Justin Grenier, Marcia Grenier, Anne Kelley, Joe Kelley, Annette Lazili, Rich Martin, Angela Masiello, Andrew Selinger, Tammy Selinger, Peg Thompson, Jonathan Towle

Meeting Agenda:
Meeting convened at 7:07pm (there was no presentation this month).

The minutes of the April 9th meeting were approved.

Treasurer's Report (Annette Lazili):
A balance of $1702.17 of the PO's $12K budget remains. The fiscal year ends 6/30, so it appears that we will stay within budget this year.

Activities Committee (Marcia Grenier):
Kite Day was discussed as a potential family event for April 2008. The possibility of having a siblings-only event was also discussed.

Staff Appreciation Committee (Ann Edwards):
The Staff Appreciation Dinner May 9 was "the smoothest event we ever had." It was catered by Ziti's. 422 gift cards were donated and raffled off before the event. 50 thank you cards from parents were posted for staff to read. Ways to get more parents involved were discussed.

Fundraising Committee (Angela Masiello):
The 2007 Night of Music will be on Friday October 26. More corporate sponsors are expected this year.

Membership Committee:
No Report

Legislative Committee (Andrew Budson):
The state house issued a report on autism in MA, which has an incidence of 1/122 children vs. 1/150 nationwaide. Barbara L'Italien, who has a child with ASD, has introduced a bill that calls for increasing autism funding by $15M. See the ARC website for details of the finalization of the state budget.

Miscellaneous (Rich Martin):
The NECC Parents' Resource Manual is being revised. Rich and Jeanette solicited contributions from PO members. The manual covers area resources for hotel rooms and recreation, as well as a bibliography and list of websites.

There will be a Mothers' Discussion Group on June 23rd Saturday morning. The recent Fathers' Discussion Group consisted mostly of parents of younger children in home based, pre-school, and day programs. The 5K race raised 115K. 700 people registered. Special Friends Day will be held on June 14th from 10-12.

Next meeting:
Next month's meeting will be June 11th at 7pm.

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