Texas PTA will kick off its 115th Annual Meeting of the membership on Friday, July 19, 2024, at 3:00 pm. The Annual Meeting will be held during LAUNCH, our annual training and leadership conference, at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. LAUNCH pre-registration is required.
This promises to be the best summer event yet, as we LAUNCH into our 115th year of growing membership, engaging and educating families, and advocating for all children. The General Session schedule is below.
General Session Schedule
*session schedules subject to change
SESSION ONE: Annual Meeting
Friday, July 19, 3:00-4:30 pm
Featuring Visiting Our Past, Embracing Our Present: a special Past State Presidents panel, followed by Council PTA awards and Local PTA membership awards.
SESSION TWO
Saturday, July 20, 9:15-10:15 am
Celebrate the Outstanding Council and Local PTA Advocacy Award winners, Lead Like Marni Award recipients, followed by PTA Connected: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Digital Life.
SESSION THREE
Sunday, July 21, 9:15-10:15 am
Help us recognize Texas PTA Scholarship winners, Outstanding DEI Impact Award winners, Full Circle Leadership and Emerging Leaders Academy graduates, and Shirley Igo Award winners.
Proposed Annual Meeting Rules
Admission
- Badges are required for admittance to all meetings.
- During a vote, the doors will be closed. No one will be allowed to enter or leave the meeting until the chair announces the vote results.
General
- The president shall appoint a committee of members to review the annual meeting minutes. The board of directors shall approve the annual meeting minutes.
- The president shall determine and adjust the agenda as required for the smooth operation of the assembly.
- The printed agenda is for guidance only and shall not be considered either general or special orders.
- All messages and announcements shall be given to a page. No message may be presented directly to the chair.
- All electronic devices shall be silenced during all meetings.
- Members are prohibited from recording or live-streaming the meeting.
Speaking and Voting
- Only voting delegates shall have the privilege of making motions, debating, and voting.
- Delegates wishing to speak shall go to the nearest appropriate microphone and present their voting badge to the microphone attendant.
- All motions and amendments shall be presented in writing on forms obtained from microphone attendants. Forms must be completed, signed, and sent to the chair to receive consideration.
- Delegates may speak for two minutes at one time on the question under discussion and twice on the same question. No delegate may speak for a second time until all delegates wishing to speak a first time have had an opportunity to speak.
- Debate shall be limited to 30 minutes for each main motion.
- The clock will run uninterrupted unless ordered stopped by the chair.
- To extend debate time, a delegate must move to extend debate, which requires a second, is amendable, is not debatable, and requires a 2/3 vote.
- Votes may be taken by general consent, as determined by the president. Should an objection be made, the vote shall be taken by another method.