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Lexington Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) Lexington Special Education Parent Teacher Association (SEPTA) Business Meeting Minutes December 7, 2015 Attendees: Bettina McGimsey, Justine Neely, Lisa O'Brien, Barbara White, Ann Wolf, Jennifer Yaar Location: Lexington High School, Room 147 CaII to order: 9:30 am Adjourned: 10:53 am Reports of Officers Treasurer Report • Current balance is 3119.49 • No outstanding balances or expenses • Barbara White to follow up with Justine Neely regarding charitable donations documentation. Membership Chair Report • 85 members currently, with about 7 -8 duplicates that will need to be resolved. • Attendees discussed idea of adding a registration confirmation page to the Membership Form on the Web site, along with charitable donation information. • Lisa O'Brien has sent out membership drive information to all liaisons. • Attendees discussed the idea of a newsletter to help drive membership. Lisa O'Brien to work on a draft for January. • Attendees discussed outreach to preschool population for upcoming meetings. • Attendees discussed adding checkboxes to meeting sign -in sheets to allow people to opt -in to announcements listserv. Upcoming Meetings • December 17 —Mike Law meeting regarding guardianship, 7:00 pm • January 14— Sibling Support • March 3— Occupational Therapy /Speech and Language Therapy Panel. Ellen Sugita working on finding an in- district presenter. Lexington SEPTA By -Laws Update • Attendees agreed that updated by -laws will specify an Executive Committee (vs. Executive Board) consisting of two co- presidents, secretary, treasurer, and membership chair. • Attendees agreed that executive committee will be responsible for recruiting co- presidents if one or more co- presidents resign during their term.