Membership

Dues Increase – July 1, 2011

Effective July 1, 2011 the National PTA raised their dues by $0.50 which increases per caps to be sent to Fremont Council to $4.50 for each PTA member.

Units can increase their dues immediately by $0.50 only to cover the dues increase. If a larger increase is desired, the normal process of updating/submitting/CA State PTA approving/unit members adopting bylaws applies.

For Units NOT Passing on the $0.50 Increase
Units' exec board plans to absorb the additional cost, meaning they don't plan to increase the membership dues. On the bylaws, write in the change in section 4a & 4e. Inform association at first association meeting.

For Units That Decide to Pass on the $0.50 Increase
Units' exec board plans to pass on the additional cost to members, meaning they plan to increase the membership dues. On the Bylaws, write in the changes section 4 (where it starts "the dues of this organization are ...", 4a & 4e. Association must ratify at the next meeting. They may begin collecting the additional $0.50 as soon as exec board approves.  

Ready Set Remit

"Ready Set Remit," the new California State PTA membership award, replaces the two past awards: Early Bird and Chairman's Club. To be eligible, units must submit 30 per caps to the council financial secretary by October 1st. If you know your membership will be higher than 30, you may bring the per caps to the September 12th meeting. If you are not bringing per caps to the meetings, you may mail them to the financial secretary whose name and address is found at the top of the remittance form that should accompany every remittance to council. The remittance form can be found on the Forms page.

Council's goal is for all units to receive the Ready Set Remit award. California State PTA is challenging each unit to increase membership by 24 members over last year's total.

Envelopes and Cards

Membership envelopes and cards can be obtained from the council membership chairman. Envelopes are $10.00 for a box of 500. Cards are free. The number of cards you receive is based on last year’s membership total. If you have extra cards that you will not be distributing, please bring them to the next council meeting so that we may give them to units that need more.

Per Caps Deadline

Membership is a year-round activity. Please turn in per caps as often as possible.

Membership Card Template

Every member should get a PTA membership card. The Link to Just Between Friends, the official template for printing the contents of membership cards, is: http://www.capta.org/sections/membership/just-between-friends.cfm