New District Membership Chair:
Debbie Selfridge 757-872-9624
dhselfridge@aol.com
305-B Circuit Lane
Newport News 23608
Currently all Peninsula District schools have paid their dues!
Thanks to the hard work of our Council Presidents, we have 100% into the
state office before June 30. This means if a unit's bylaws are in order,
they will be able to fully participate in ALL Virginia PTA activities! For
2009-2010, we are striving to have all dues paid ON TIME (December 1, 2010).
HOW TO STAY "IN GOOD STANDING" AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE MISSED MEMBERSHIP
DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 1?????
Make a point to mail in your dues payments at the end of each month. This
way you won't have the bother of remembering to mail that check around the
Thanksgiving holidays....
We highly recommend this procedure to all local units....Do it, you will be
glad you did.
Please don't let an "adult" mistake hurt your students....
Don't forget special OMDR training will be available at the Virginia State
Leadership Conference in July, plan to send your Membership Chair to get this
valuable training info.
Welcome to our newest PTA Board member, Debbie Selfridge. Debbie hails from
Newport News and is excited to be working as your Membership Chair this
year. Join me in welcoming her to the Distict PTA Board. Her contact info
is on the About Us Page.
Membership Dues
While the PTA collects annual dues, the real working capital of a PTA lies in
the membership, not in its treasury. The primary emphasis of PTA is promoting
the PTA Mission and Purpose. The challenge being to work with fellow members,
school administrators, parents, and teachers to find ways to improve the
lives of children, their families and the community.
Dues provide the operating expenses of the Virginia PTA/PTSA and the National
PTA. Without dues, the many services available through the state and national
PTA would be in jeopardy. The state and national portion of dues do not
belong to the local unit and are not recorded as income. Prompt payment of
dues by December 1st each year enables the Virginia PTA/PTSA and the National
PTA to continue service to the local units.
The membership dues paid by each member include the state portion,
established by the state bylaws, the national portion, established by
national bylaws, and the local portion, established by the local unit bylaws.
An individual who pays dues to a local unit automatically becomes a member of
the state and national PTAs. People belonging to more than one PTA must pay
membership dues to each local unit they join.
Note: Dues are not tax-deductible.
State Portion National Portion Total Paid Per Member/ per local unit
$0.75 $1.75 = $2.50
Membership Committee
The goal of ALL Virginia PTA Membership Committees is to build an informed,
participating membership, familiar with the purpose, policies and programs of
the National PTA and the Virginia PTA and to maintain an awareness of the
pressing concerns of the school community.
You can join PTA any time during the year. It is a year round campaign that
does not end after open house or 100% membership or on December 1st when dues
are paid to the state PTA.
For more information, contact the Virginia PTA/PTSA Membership Committee
Chair, membership@vapta.org
Visit the National PTA (www.pta.org) web site for detailed Membership
Recruitment and Retention information. Or refer to the National PTA Annual
Resources for PTAs mailed to Local Unit Presidents or online in the National
PTA Members section.