*Electronic Voting for Board of Directors opens --- all registered and verified members by
June 4, 2021, will receive secured voting information through a 3rd party service called
Election Buddy.
Dear PTA Family,
We made it through 2020 and today we kick off the 114th annual Ohio PTA Convention!
Before we get any further, please view this welcome message from our PTA President, Ana Chapman.
So who is running this thing and how does a virtual PTA convention even work?
While you will find a convention committee list and an amazing Ohio PTA board of directors listed in the program who have all lovingly brought this convention to fruition, please contact brandy@ohiopta.org if you are having difficulty accessing materials or have questions.
Your program is going to be your everything! You will find zoom links for all of the workshops already listed under the descriptions. Additionally, you will also find zoom links under sessions. You can click the zoom links right from the pdf, but we have also provided the full link if you find you need to copy and paste it into your web browser instead. These links have been tested by multiple people and are in working order, but we all know how technology can be. If you have any issues opening zoom links please be sure to clear any cookies and possibly try an alternative web browser.
Just like at an in-person convention, business still has to take place. You will find all of this information in your program as well. If you were registered by June 4th and a verified PTA member, then you will receive communications from a 3rd party voting platform called Election Buddy. Voting will begin at 9:00 a.m. June 9 and close at 9 p.m. June 11.
One last thing to note! We do have exhibitors and they are really amazing, please head over to www.ohiopta.org and at the top menu, you will see a tab titled “Convention 2021”. The Convention 2021 tab has a drop-down menu that will take you to each exhibitor's page. Some have options to meet with them one on one and or are scheduling demonstrations. We wanted everyone to have the opportunity to connect just like you would in person, so these exhibitor pages will be left up until July 1, 2021. There is one other space under the Convention 2021 tab and that is to communicate updates that don’t have any sensitive information, such as zoom links. However, it is likely that if there is anything urgent to communicate we will do so via email.
We can’t wait to “see” everyone this weekend!
