Ring, ring. Hi Pam, it’s Kim. How are you and the boys? Yes, we are all fine. I am just trying to get next year’s committees in place. So listen I was thinking that you would be the perfect Directory Chair. You are so organized and– wait, hear me out. It’s really not that difficult **(No, just incredibly time consuming)**. Let me tell you what it entails, ok? **(Please say yes. You are the fourth person I have called)**.

Ok, so you really don’t have to start until the summer and it’s completely at your leisure **(It’s September that’s the nightmare)**. All you have to do is take last year’s directory and make any necessary updates **(Technically, this is true)** and voila a new directory **(Why do we work so hard every year to print a directory that is outdated the second it goes to print???)**. No, really it’s that simple **(But crazy right?)**.

Our Communications Chair **(I hope she is around this summer)** can help you post announcements **(of which only 40% of our parents open)** in our newsletter asking parents to send you their updated contact information or you can use snail mail.  It’s completely up to you how you want to do it **(because either way there is a lot of work that goes into both tracking down parents who don’t respond and apologizing to parents upset about missed birthday parties due to typos and omissions).**

When do we actually need the directory? Good question- In time for Back to School Night, which turns out to be the week after school starts **(How in the world are we going to pull this off?)**.

Pam? Pam? Dial Tone.