KGNU Board of Directors Minutes for 1/9/01 meeting

Present: BOARD: Arleigh - Chair, Greg O'Brien - Vice Chair, Victoria Zhang - Secretary, Liz Valles - Treasurer, Marty Durlin - Station Manager, Anne Burmingham, Joel Davis, Phil Dougan, Nile Southern, Jennifer Woodhull PUBLIC: John Kadlecek, Diane Mahn-Sing, Neil McBurnett, Paul Mischo, Gabrielle Silva

6:39pm Call to order; November minutes approved; agenda approved.

6:40pm Public Participation: Introductions - John Kadlecek and Gabrielle Silva interested in joining the board; Neil McBurnett representing Boulder Community Network; Paul Mischo up for election to board; Diane Mahn-Sing present as voting member of nominating committee.

6:41pm Nominating Committee. Arleigh, chair, presented Paul Mischo, contingent upon his writing a letter of intent (done). Board members interviewed him, then he and other members of public were asked to leave. Marty explained why she recruited Paul. Greg made a motion, seconded by Nile, to elect Paul Mischo to the Board. Motion passed unanimously.

6:55pm Station Manager's Report: Marty; see attached handout. Addendum: Gnu building fund now has $208K (up $20K from when report was written). Greg - Do we have a building budget? Marty's estimate $200K-$350K ($200K is expected; $350K accounts for possible cost overruns). The architects and contractors are doing their best to keep costs down. Although we don't have a contract, Marty trusts they will keep within our budget as closely as possible.

7:05pm Building Committee (report moved up to coincide with building topic in Marty's report) Phil: We are 3 months behind (some delay expected). The architectural and blueprint costs so far are $0. Bids are now coming in, so $250K seems pretty reasonable estimate of costs. There was some bad landscaping which caused some structural damage due to water. That problem has been fixed, but now we know we will have to do more extensive landscaping changes than originally expected. The contractors welcome visitors, but call the jobsite first. Contact Phil for details.

7:10pm Back to Station Manager's Report. Building budget will be readily available soon. Jennifer inquired how the art project was going. Arleigh: there are 4-7 people working on it, and the groups is working well together so far. Tile project with flatirons motif, about the size of a double bed to go on the wall in the central hallway. Arleigh plans to get some help (Evan?) to send out postcards to all gnu building fund donors to ask what they want to say for their allotted space. Accountant Mike Massa has been paid the same for many years, but he's now managing additional accounts so Marty wanted to give him a raise. Board supported idea. Discussion of Pacifica situation.

7:41pm: Committee Reports Budget: Liz. Nothing to report. Next meeting 1-10-01. Nile: do we have an annual report? Marty - not at present, but one can be prepared if needed. Gnu Building Fund: Marty: Met last Wednesday (1-3-01) with guest Michael Ellers from Environmental Defense Fund and Dan. Gave good advice, but nothing specifically new. Stressed that we go back to our major donor list and write letters, make phone calls, schedule appointments and ask for donations. EDF is currently doing a multi-million $ campaign (fyi, gives 60K/year to E-Town). Nile's wife Theodosia is a fundraising coach and has offered to help fill in the missing pieces and with how to ask and follow-up procedures. Internet: See handout. Nile offered to help contact people at Indrasnet. Marty suggested talking with Jon Lybrook first. Comment was made that some information on website is outdated. Nominating Committee: Arleigh. Nothing to report. Greg: what about self-selecting board issues? Arleigh - NomCom has begun discussing this issue and will give a report at the March or May meeting. The board minutes are on the website, but there is no information about how to attend meetings or be nominated. We will look into getting that information on the website. PBOG: Greg O'Brien. Next meeting is 1-15-01. PBOG will take over the practical aspects of Gnu Building Fund events. Upcoming events include Silent Auction (2/12), Bed & Breakfast Auction (ongoing), Bluegrass (3/16), Tim O'Brien (end of March), Paul Pena movie at Boulder Theater, The Charles, and Dining on Air. Liz asked for donation of goods/services for the Silent Auction. Programming: Marty. Next meeting 1/16/01. They will be reviewing all talk show hosts (Connections, Thursday evening call-in show, etc. Plan to critique a show by each host, feels constructive criticism will be useful. Joel: what about evaluating music programmers? Marty: not this year.

8:05 pm Other business: Jennifer asked members to contribute for flowers given to Joanne after her Women's Blues event. Nile asked for referrals of video production people. Arleigh: when will the retreat be this year? Marty: not January; maybe May?

8:14pm Adjourn.