A. INTRODUCTION:
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The 1st PTA executive committee meeting with the new PTA board in
2006 was held in the Principal's chamber on Dec 11, 2006.  It commenced
at 1:45 pm and ended at 3:15PM.  The new committee thanked the
outgoing parent members (Shyama Iyer and Alok Goyal).

B. DECISION ITEMS:
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1. For the future, "Open Day" to be held on Saturdays to enable working
   parents to attend. As an experimental measure, primary school
   students will be let off and will not be present when the parents
   meet the teacher.  This reduces chaos and gives a chance to discuss
   sensitive information about the child without other children
   listening in. This does not apply to secondary school students.

2. A sub-committee of class parents was formed comprising of the parent
   members of the PTA Exec Council, the list of parents who had
   volunteered earlier, and thus given by VMC Chairman, as well as a set
   of parents that the Principal will suggest (primarily parents living
   outside the IIT campus)

3. Class parents meeting will be held on the 4th Saturday of every
   month. The last period will be suitably modified to facilitate this.


C. INFORMATION ITEMS:
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1. Chairman (i.e. the Principal) of the PTA Executive Committee read out
   the PTA rules and duties from the KVS Rule Book for the benefit of
   the incoming 

2. New members were introduced and the contact information was exchanged.

3. Identification of the office bearers.

   Secretary  -  Sharat Chandran - proposed by  B.K. Mohan and
   seconded by Sumana Srinivasan.
   Vice Chairman - Ms. Jayaa Khillar - proposed by Sumana Srinivasan and
   seconded by  B.K. Mohan.
   Teacher Members - Ms. L. C. Rani (Secondary) and
   Ms. Indira Tiwari (Primary).
   Parent Members -  B.K.Mohan and Sumana Srinivasan

4. Secretary described the formation of a PTA sub-committee of class
   parents (as per Rule 7a(iii)) to help out the PTA exec comm in the
   following manner.

    a. Class parents, one per class, will work on a rotating basis.

    b. Class parents will be in routine touch with at least one parent
       from each section.  Needless to say, the parent is representing
       all sections.

    c. Proactive collection of feedback (academic, infrastructure,
       discipline) from parents and teachers of the class.  Teachers
       should have the parent's phone numbers and should feel free to
       call.

    d. Commitment for once a month meeting with teachers related to your
       class. The meeting will be held just after open day whenever open
       days are held. 

    e. Conducting Teacher Appreciation Days and Nominations for meritorious
       teachers

5. Principal and teachers expressed their distress over some of the
   offending messages in the KVPTA mailing list.

6. Mr. Udakeri, a maths teacher from secondary has left the school on
   transfer.


D. ACTION ITEMS:
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1. Principal to identify non-IIT members for participation as class
   parents.

2. Volunteers (especially faculty from IIT) please come forward to teach
   Maths to 11th and 12th standard students till the school recruits a
   substitute. (see point 6 above).

3. Principal and Secretary agreed to hold the first class parent meeting
   on December 22nd in the school premises between 11.30A - 12.00 noon.

4. PTA needs to adapt an alternate model for KVPTA mailing lists so as to
   filter out offending messages without curtailing the ability to use the
   mailing list as a place to vocalize genuine concerns.