May 2022 Meeting

FOM 2021 - 2022 Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Attendance:
AL HABER - Treasurer
JULIE SCHULHOF - President
JACKI VAN HOUT - Secretary/Welcome Committee
MILLIE FRANK - Room Parent Communication
NELL KOLPIN - VP, Social
NICKI MCNAIR - Director, Sponsorship/Spirit Wear
RHYAN SPERLING – Walkathon
ROONA SHAH - VP, Communications
ROWENA DUMES - VP, Social/Website
SANDY BACCAM - Assistant Treasurer/Teacher Appreciation
STACEY KAPLAN - Director, Benefit/Auction
DANIELLE DRAYTON – Principal
SARAH ROCHE – Assistant Principal

Not in Attendance:
ROHIT CHANDRA – LSC President
SARAH POLACHEK - VP, Community/Outreach
JEN JONES - Director, Walkathon

Introduction – Julie Schulhof

  • Thank you for your hard work….

    • Thank you to Nell and Rowena for the awesome Mom’s night out!

    • Thank you Sandy for the Conference lunch!

    • Thank you Sarah for supporting the Earth Day clean-up!

    • Thank you Al for supporting the sign up pages and links!

  • 2022-23 Board Positions

    • Need to meet in the next week to determine next year board positions.

    • Thought is to have less board positions and reach out for support with volunteers on committees.

    • Odd number of committee members are needed to vote.

April Minutes Approved – Jacki Van Hout

Financials

  • Budget – Al Haber

    • FOM costs remain steady, regular monthly fees and teacher appreciation

  • Funding Ask – Principal Danielle Drayton

    • Costs from last year have exceeded budget as unanticipated invoices occurred after the school year and are rolling over into current budget.

    • Updated ask is for additional funding to support the Wellness & Sustainability for this school year. Costs are tied to 8 th grade graduation.

    • Voting to occur during the meetings.

Communications – Roona Shah

  • Announcements to increase towards the last 6 weeks of the year really focusing on the Benefit

and Walkathon.

Benefit – Stacey Kaplan/Julie Schulhof

  • Event Date: May 20 th at the Carter (https://thecarterchicago.com/).

  • Tickets on sale now, about 150 tickets sold but we’re still looking to increase the amount of ticket sold.

  • Need volunteers for the night of the event where 10 volunteers are needed for 30 minute increments. Nell Kolpin to help with volunteer sign ups.

    • Check IN

    • Raffles

    • Auctions

    • Spotters

  • Roona Shah is leading the sign-up parties where people can reach out if they are looking for ideas.

  • Looking for additional restaurants and live auction events.

  • OPEN POINT: Should we look at extending the Benefit to the community as well as Mayer familieS and teachers?

Social – Rowena Dumes/Nell Kolpin

  • Mom’s Night Event

    • Pinot’s Palette in Logan Square on April 28 th – 49 Moms signed up.

    • Ticket price was $50 and encouraged Moms to bring a bottle of wine for the auction.

    • Dad’s Night Event at Birch Road Cellar – Tacos and Trivia

    • Current sign-ups are at 25.

Community/Outreach – Sarah Polachek

  • Juneteenth event being discussed tomorrow with Roona Shah and Sarah Roche. Teachers support having an event.

Walkathon – Jen Jones/Rhyan Sperling/Melissa Herman

  • Date – June 3 rd

  • Spirit week to occur that same week.

  • T-shirt design competition occurring now where they need to be submitted by Friday, 5/6.

  • Received permit approval to block the road for the day of Walkathon with the course utilizing Clifton.

  • Student website – GiveSmart used a platform to students to get donations

  • OPEN POINT: Looking for a dedicated committee to help with tasks and event volunteers.

Sponsorship/Fundraising – Nicki McNair

  • Focusing on partnerships through the Benefit.

Teacher Appreciation – Sandy Baccam

  • Special Red Carpet appreciation being done for Friday, 5/6.

Miscellaneous

  • OPEN POINT: Can we have FOM put up a table after school to highlight the Benefit and Walkathon, including volunteers? Tentative planned for next Friday, 5/13.

  • School Supplies – Roona Shah/Nicki McNair

  • Sales to start as soon as the Benefit occurs.

  • Board Gathering – More to come!

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Next FOM Meeting: June 8 th

Rowena Dumes