Officer Meeting

Present: Julie Fago, Kelly Caito, Annette Kopp, Kelly Morrison, Karin Cyganovich & Kelly Lukasavich

Meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Julie

Treasurer Report:

> There is $5626.39 in the account (checks for Kindergarten & 1st grade still need to go out)

> 5th grade has $172 ($350 needs to be left in the account at the end of the year to pay for busses which are billed over the summer)

> We are shopping around for an accountant to do the taxes (cost for last year was $1200)

> Annette is in the process of creating a spreadsheet that list fundraisers with the following columns: $ in, $ out & $ made

> Annette did share how much money& what activities BEN sponsors by grade level

Other:

* All events that take place at the school require a work order. You can get these thru Linda in the office

* Target program and the Label programs are done. Box tops will still be collected

* The Fun Pasta fundraiser was approved. It will run from 11/4-11/14. Annette & Shannon agreed to chair this event. $0-$4000 in sales makes a 40% profit & over $4000 makes a 50% profit

* The Anderson coupon book fundraiser was approved. It will be chaired by Nicole Pasceri & Amy Smith. It will be sold at eventa(Fall social, spring book fair, snow-flake shop etc) for $4 (with a possible $68 in savings)

* Other possible fundraisers to research include the meat raffle & bottle junction

* The possibility of utilizing HS volunteers at events will be looked into

* It was agreed that BEN would give up the responsibility of running room moms. A letter will be sent home explaining this.

Respectfully Submitted,

Karin Cyganovich