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Post by WeNeed3 on Jul 24, 2008 22:33:10 GMT -5
That's kind of funny in a way. It seems like everyone is always looking for volunteers to do things. Everyone always gets pulled into volunteering for some things because no one else will do it. Here we have a situation where all the volunteers are in place and willing to do the work on a tight schedule and then it gets squashed. It just seems strange is all. I wonder if they have another event planned instead where the schools can all come together and MV can carry on the tradition in the future. I would hope this is a priority for this organization. I would bet those scholarships will be missed.
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Post by momto4 on Jul 24, 2008 22:33:25 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. Does the IPPC membership have no say in these sort of matters then? Would they at least deserve/receive an explanation of the reasoning that this event does not align with the mission and goals of the organization?
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Post by eb204 on Jul 24, 2008 22:37:44 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. Of course, another organization could decide to run this event anytime in the future. After reading the IPPC website and researching information on Illinois PTA and National PTA, here are some excerpts: From IPPC website, goals 4 and 5: 4. To work with the District 204 Administration and Board of Education to promote district-wide pride and cohesiveness. 5. To initiate action in matters of common interest within council boundaries, when supported by a majority of local units in membership. From the IL PTA website, Charter rule #5: 5. To cooperate with the superintendent, principal, and teachers in promoting the best interest of the school and community. Also from the IL PTA website, under their Mission, 3rd bullet point: To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation. And under Objects, last bullet point: To develop between educatiors and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantage in physical, mental, social and spiritual education. On the National PTA's website, within the mission statement, second bullet point: A relevant resource for families and communities Regarding this last point, the scholarships were certainly a financial resource for the recipients and their families, were they not? Most of these bullet points focus on a main themes of unity, cohesiveness and school/parent/community involvement. I would think that this coming year especially, this game would serve to meet these PTA objectives.
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Post by eb204 on Jul 24, 2008 22:40:28 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. Does the IPPC membership have no say in these sort of matters then? Would they at least deserve/receive an explanation of the reasoning that this event does not align with the mission and goals of the organization? It would seem that IPPC's goal #5 allows for IPPC membership to have a say. 5. To initiate action in matters of common interest within council boundaries, when supported by a majority of local units in membership.
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Post by eb204 on Jul 24, 2008 22:48:43 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. I understood it the first time you said it. However, if this is the same event as last year, it apparently fell within the mission and goals of that PTA umbrella organization last year. So other than the new regime of officers, what has changed? Again, sounds like there's a different agenda or different motives in play.
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Post by specialneedsmom on Jul 24, 2008 22:51:28 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization.
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Post by Arch on Jul 25, 2008 1:22:55 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. Basically, sounds like if people don't like the decision they were within their authority to make, they could always step in at the appropriate time and become the deciders in the future.
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Post by title1parent on Jul 25, 2008 5:46:57 GMT -5
I attended the Basketball game last year, and saw the benefit to this district.
If this event does get eliminated, too bad for the KIDS [who would have benefited from the scholarships....went up from 6 to 16 scholarships, IIRC?]
Too bad that the FAMILIES OF DISTRICT 204 will not be able to COME TOGETHER and enjoy a night out SUPPORTING this district and the children of this district.
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Post by like2read on Jul 25, 2008 7:06:41 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. specialneedsmom - Your board ID here would indicate that you are the mother of a special needs child. I also read here that this game was able to provide 2 new special needs scholarships. How do you feel about that? Are you at all concerned that without this game, those scholarships might not now be available? Not to mention all the other additional scholarships.
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Post by wvhsparent on Jul 25, 2008 7:33:00 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. Does that mean you totally agree with it, or should we as parents try to lobby a change in their decision?
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Post by chicoryowl on Jul 25, 2008 8:45:48 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. I interpret this to mean either: A. specialneedsmom is encouraging us to contact our local IPPC members so they can show support for this program at the next IPPC meeting or B. specialneedsmom is posting on an endless loop and needs to be re-booted.
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Post by WeNeed3 on Jul 25, 2008 8:54:38 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. Wow, SNM, third times a charm. You definitely caught my attention. Sounds like the theme of the new IPPC board? I sure hope not. I went to my first IPPC meeting this year and was very impressed by this organization. This is a great group of women who really make things happen. It would be a shame if someone with an agenda tried to stop this from happening as some sort of retaliation for something. I sure hope people demand that they give a reason why this no longer would fall under their mission and goals.
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Post by Arch on Jul 25, 2008 9:33:07 GMT -5
It is totally up to the IPPC board to decide what activities align with their mission and goals as a PTA umbrella organization. Wow, SNM, third times a charm. You definitely caught my attention. Sounds like the theme of the new IPPC board? I sure hope not. I went to my first IPPC meeting this year and was very impressed by this organization. This is a great group of women who really make things happen. It would be a shame if someone with an agenda tried to stop this from happening as some sort of retaliation for something. I sure hope people demand that they give a reason why this no longer would fall under their mission and goals. From the officer's list I see: Steck, Young, Clow, Fry, and another from Aurora that I can't pin down easily represented so I'm not sure what 'agenda' you are talking about. It would be nice if they still have a fundraiser or some other funding source to continue the scholarships.
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Post by eb204 on Jul 25, 2008 9:46:58 GMT -5
Wow, SNM, third times a charm. You definitely caught my attention. Sounds like the theme of the new IPPC board? I sure hope not. I went to my first IPPC meeting this year and was very impressed by this organization. This is a great group of women who really make things happen. It would be a shame if someone with an agenda tried to stop this from happening as some sort of retaliation for something. I sure hope people demand that they give a reason why this no longer would fall under their mission and goals. From the officer's list I see: Steck, Young, Clow, Fry, and another from Aurora that I can't pin down easily represented so I'm not sure what 'agenda' you are talking about. It would be nice if they still have a fundraiser or some other funding source to continue the scholarships. IPPC is made up of the entire district. Perhaps some communities were able to "convince" this new board to change their tune. This Bball game was not initially designed to be a fundraiser. IPPC scholarhips are given out regardless of the game. This game was originated by the Unity Committee to do something fun for the district to bring all areas of the community together. The money charged at the door was to offset the expenses of the game. However, when the committee realized that their expenses were covered, it was then a decision of what to do with the additional money generated from this event. It was voted on and unanimously approved that the monies go to additional scholarships - and there was enough money to not only increase the monetary value of those scholarships but to increase the number of scholarships from 6 to 16! IIRC, at one of the meetings, there was additional money allocated to next year's game. So this leads me to believe that the IPPC organization as a group supported this event going forward. From my understanding, the scholarships will continue as the local PTA's contribute to this fund to support that, but how many will be offered and what the monetary value will be is the question. It helped so many before. I don't understand why this can't continue so that we can continue to help more families and students.
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Post by WeNeed3 on Jul 25, 2008 10:00:16 GMT -5
I'm not sure what 'agenda' you are talking about. Yep, I can't believe they would have an agenda either. But something strange is going on. It's been planned, the school has been chosen, the people are in place, the kids are depending on the scholarships, the event has been a success in the past, the district needs some event to unify it......I can go on and on. The "Pluses" in this category far outweigh the "Minuses." If the only reason to not have it is what SNM has been saying then I just have to wonder if it's political.
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