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[quote=Anonymous]I am a PTA member (lowest level of board member too) outside the DMV.

PTA volunteers tend to be thinly stretched.  A lot of people get drafted for officer roles because nobody steps up right away.  I was drafted by e-mail last year and nobody even informed me to show up at the meeting where I was supposed to be inducted.  Typically the moms who get most involved are highly social but also tend to rely only on friends they know pretty well.  Because it does take time to coordinate people and sometimes there's a hosting issue.  A very helpful thing is to have a place to meet to plan activities that's not someone's home (school, library, restaurant).

As I write now, still no e-mail reminder meeting notice has gone out for tonight's monthly meeting at my high school. I'm anti-Facebook so that makes it difficult to keep up with the limited communications that do happen.

As a businessperson, I don't find PTAs highly-effective but they do add some value and can be a useful interface for the principal to have with some conscientious parents.

I highly, highly doubt you are being intentionally frozen out.  I would say to keep trying and that your efforts will be appreciated.  Consider your extra effort part of what you are volunteering.  Find a PTA activity you like and own the running of it.  When I look back, in retrospect over 12 years, participating/volunteering has been worth it.  Both for creating a positive social environment at the elementary level and for communicating my POV on school issues with middle and high school level administrators.

If nobody else thanks you for trying, let me be that person for you.[/quote]

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