We are really struggling with this. The previous committee had been involved with the PTA for many years. They were very good at what they did, but it had become a bit stale (all the stalls had to be in precisely the same place at the fairs every year, for example). They all resigned together as most of them had Year 6 children, but a couple are still at school.
We are getting constant emails / stopped in school that are negative and touchy. 'Why are you doing this?' 'Why wasn't I informed?' 'We did it this way' etc. It is becoming very stressful for the Secretary, who bears the brunt of it.
The thing is, they do have very valuable things to say, and we may well need their help on a couple of things as and when they crop up, so I don't want to piss them off. BUT, the constant negativity (no well done after the first event, which went extremely well, just a constant litany of how we could have done it better) is placing stress upon us all. We are volunteers! We want the best for the school too! There are other ways of doing things!
How can we deal with this situation, O Wise MumsNetters? 