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<p>David, you're my dream come true! What you've done is just the
kind of thing I've had in mind. It may seem all a bit daunting
now, but like anything, with a little practice… Our stresses
will be relieved, there will be high-fives from passing parents,
and future Sagamore volunteers will reflect upon the wisdom of
their predecessors with great reverence. ☺<br>
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On 02/27/2014 05:23 PM, David E.F. Klein wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dave (and anyone else interested),
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<div>I just spent an hour testing the future of the PTA using
Math Fact Mountains as an example. A brief summary is below:</div>
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<div>I created a new page on the PTA test website with a general
description of what the mountains are, what the process for
completing them is, the mountain names, contact information,
etc. I made all of this information up because I couldn't find
it anywhere on the current school or PTA sites. It would be
great to also have a link to the forms themselves so people
could print them out at home and maybe a pretty picture of a
happy kid pointing at his/her name on the wall. This is the
basic stuff that all parents should know but don't until they
painfully piece it together over the years.</div>
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<div>I also created a link at the bottom of this web page to a
second web page called "workspace". This page has the
background information for the PTA Chair and other volunteers
about what the heck they are supposed to do and how. This page
also has a direct link to the PTA Google drive (discussed
next) so that all the relevant information can be found in one
place. If you are logged into the website as a PTA member you
can see it. If you are just a random Joe Blow you can't.</div>
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<div>I then created a new folder on the PTA Google drive. This
folder contains the word template for printing the names to
post on the wall. It also contains a subfolder of all of the
word lists sent to me each week by Judy of the names of the
students that passed the tests. It could also have budget info
or any other random stuff.</div>
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<div>The thought behind all of this is that with a little bit of
up front effort, this particular task is good to go in the
future if I get hit by a bus. Anyone in the PTA can get to the
info and now knows what to do with it. We should be able to
the same for any other PTA events or activities.</div>
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<div>Thoughts?</div>
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<div>David</div>
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