PTO Today

Is the Treasurer responsible for purchasing everything for every event? There is more than one person on the PTO checking account yet our treasurer insists that everyone else work around her schedule to make shopping trips for supplies for all of our events. This causes problems because we are not always available to go at her convience, yet she will not go alone. Just wondering how other groups handle shopping for thing such as supper with santa and movie nights.

Why do you have to "shop" with your treasurer? Can't you go do the shopping and turn in your receipts for reimbursement? That is what most parent groups do I'm sure...ours does.

Yikes! Our treasure has given officers a copy of our state tax exempt certificate and just has us turn in our receipts.

no one is allowed any info and she has to approve every purchase before it is made or no reimbursments are made.

While being responsible with others money is a good thing if the way the finances are handled are covered in the by-laws, there are budgeted line items and approved events then she needs to get over it and someone needs to sit her down and have a serious conversation with her to see why she is operating this way. Otherwise, we do it as everyone else has all ready mentioned!

She's creating a bottle neck situation. Appeal to the president and the rest of the board.