ROSSER PAC AGM MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, Sept 30th, 2015
Time: 6:30pm Meeting Commencement; 8:10pm Adjournment
Place: Rosser Elementary School - Library
Present: Nicole Li; Susan Tang; Harmeet Bahia; Anthony Ng; Debbie Gojevic; Carmine
Annunziata; Brad Lica; Nancy Nagy; Carol Akasaka
AGENDA:
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PRINCIPAL’S UPDATE
 Burnaby Parks & Rec ‘After School Program’ offerings: Only the Nov. 4th workshop
will go ahead; the other workshops were cancelled. Not enough enrollment.
 PAC advised Debbie that we just received the ‘After School Programs’ form today.
Parents need more lead time to respond. Debbie to speak to Burnaby Parks and Rec.
and provide that feedback.
 Debbie confirmed if Pass Soccer was agreed to be funded for this year by PAC – and it
was for the amount of $600.
 Lunch lady not doing well so she won’t continue with hot lunches.
 Kahn academy - you can sign up for free on your own at Kahnacademy.org. Parents
have the option to check with respective teacher if he/she will be using this approach
to math.
 Debbie mentioned the Teacher’s ‘wish list’ with the top 5 items being: $100 per
teacher for consumables (10 X $100 = $1,000); $200 per Division to subsidize a bus
to go on a field trip (6 Divisions X $200 = $1200); money towards Pass Soccer lessons
– confirmed above for $600); money towards Hip Hop Lessons; $1200 to pay for VSO
buses.
 Burnaby DPAC meetings are usually held on the last Monday of each month. Oct. 6th
is the upcoming DPAC Meeting: Harmeet volunteered to register & attend on Oct. 6th
to see Vendors and get ideas for fundraising. Debbie will also be attending. Carol
may attend PAC 101 but will confirm. Susan mentioned that we won’t need to attend
the PAC Finance Workshop being held that day as she has already attended it as
Treasurer.
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PAC CHAIR VACANCY; OTHER ROLES ON PAC
 PAC vacancies discussed/confirmed as follows:
 Carmine Annunziata – PAC Chair;
 Nancy Nagy and Carol Akasaka– Fundraising;
 Anthony Ng and Brad Lica – Member at Large;
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Susan Tang – Treasurer;
Harmeet Bahia – Secretary;
Nicole Li – Volunteer Coordinator (& Fundraising)
Cecilia Alves – Fundraising (but won’t be able to attend PAC meetings);
Christina Wiesbrod - Fruit & Veggie Program – (but won’t be able to attend PAC
meetings).
 DPAC Representatives: All PAC Members take turns attending Workshops
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PAC MEETING DATES FOR 2015/2016 SCHOOL YEAR
 PAC Meeting dates were confirmed to be the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm
in the School Library – with the remaining dates to be as follows:
 November 4th, 2105
 December 2nd, 2015
 January 6th, 2016
 February 3rd, 2016
 March 2nd, 2016
 April 6th, 2016
 May 4th, 2016
 June 1st, 2016
4.
TREASURER’S UPDATE
 Susan walked through the budget projections for 2015/2016 School Year.
 See Appendix A attached for a detailed breakdown.
5.
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET & ALLOCATION (IE. FOR FIELD TRIPS)
 This agenda items was put on the table to discuss the Pumpkin Patch field trip and a
need for a bus for Ms.Nazaruk and Mrs. Temple’s class.
 During the meeting, Debbie received an email from Ms. Nazaruk that they had enough
parent drivers so a bus was no longer needed.
 PAC generally discussed the need to be fair and consistent across the Divisions on
how much money is allocated for the transportation coverage for field trips
6.
PAC SURVEY
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Anthony summarized and discussed the results from the last PAC survey conducted in
late June 2015. Results showed that the top 3 areas that parents supported PAC to
fund were the following: Field Trip Transportation (ie. buses); Sports Activities (ie.
Soccer; Hip Hop; Tennis Lessons, etc.); and School Events ie. Year-end School Picnic
& Pancake Breakfast.
PAC discussed sending out another PAC Survey sometime in October 2015.
Harmeet to provide Anthony with the word version of the PAC Survey that was already
conducted so that Anthony can update and have it sent to parents again. PAC
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members discussed giving parents options with completing it manually (by hand) or
on-line. Anthony to look into providing these options.
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FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES FOR 2015/2016
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Hot lunch options needed as Lunch Lady is no longer available
Nicole interested to do Hot Dog days and Sushi lunches. First Hot Dog day will be on
October 8th, 2015, with Nancy’s assistance.
Nicole hopes to lead two hot lunches per month. Nicole to provide Harmeet with
dates of when these lunches will be held ie. at least to the end of Dec. 2015.
Nicole mentioned that they need a Grade 7 Parent to assist with Popcorn this year.
Cecilia looking into sending out the notice for Pie Sales (Pita Bread Factory). Cookie
Dough may also be offered.
Carmine mentioned that he would explore other local options, ie. Stan’s Pizza;
Panago; Fresh Slice Pizza, etc. and report back at next PAC meeting.
OPEN FORM
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No additional items discussed as PAC needed to vacate the library for the custodian to
lock the building.
ACTION ITEMS
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Debbie to speak to Burnaby Parks and Rec. and provide feedback that parents need
more lead time in determining interest for ‘After School Programs’.
DPAC Meeting: Harmeet volunteered to register & attend on Oct. 6th to see Vendors
and get ideas for fundraising. Debbie will also be attending. Carol may attend PAC
101 but will confirm.
Harmeet to provide Anthony with the word version of the PAC Survey. Anthony to
update Survey and have it sent out to parents again – provide parents with option to
complete manually or on-line.
Nicole interested to do Hot Dog days and Sushi lunches. First Hot Dog day will be on
October 8th, 2015, with Nancy’s assistance.
Nicole hopes to lead two hot lunches per month. Nicole to provide Harmeet with
dates of when these lunches will be held ie. at least to the end of Dec. 2015.
PAC to explore having a new parent of the Grade 7 class to assist with Popcorn this
year.
Cecilia looking into sending out the notice for Pie Sales (Pita Bread Factory). Cookie
Dough may also be offered.
Carmine mentioned that he would explore other local options, ie. Stan’s Pizza;
Panago; Fresh Slice Pizza, etc. and report back at next PAC meeting.
NEXT MEETING: November 4th, 2015 @ 6:30PM
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Appendix A
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