Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Boulder
Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
July 9, 2002

Call to order at 6:35

Board members in attendance: Arleigh, Gabrielle Silva, Steven Sherman-Boemker, Chip Grandits, Paul Mischo, Phil Dougan, Liz Valles, Tracy Miller, and Marty Durlin (ex-officio)

Public and volunteers in attendance: Karl Eggert, Clover, Joy Barrett, and Davide Andrea

The minutes of the previous board meeting held on May 14 were approved with corrections.

Station Manager’s Report: (See attachment) Erik Seville has made a proposal for final compensation for his services. The staff wants Erik to sign an agreement that any payment would clear the station of any further obligation and thinks that he should be paid less than he is asking. Davide believes that Erik’s request is reasonable. After discussion it was decided that Erik will be offered $4000 with a release.

After 15 years Marty would like to at least take a break from her management responsibilities for about one year. She would like the station to continue to pay for her health insurance. Sam is willing to act as interim manager during that time but has not committed to taking  the position permanently if Marty chooses not to return. Marty would notify the board in no more than six months if she decided not to return. Karl Eggert noted that since a transition team is being formed, Marty’s proposal would determine when a potential search would occur, and that a station manager evaluation, which has not occurred in six years, would be useful in helping the search committee establish criteria for the position. Clover pointed out that if Marty chooses not to return, the search would have to be completed in the first six months of 2004, which gives us minimal time for a search.

A discussion of staff salaries followed. Marty argued that salaries should be as eqitable as possible as this contributes to team building and a motivated staff. At this time there is a $4000 differential between Marty”s salary and those of the staff. We have traditionally paid new staff members the same amount as their predecessors. Annual raises of $1000 are usually given, and vacation and insurance benefits are generous. Staff also have a small retirement plan. The board supported this arrangement. Liz Valles stated that we may have to offer a new manager a higher salary if they are especially well qualified or possibly for other reasons. Discussion followed.

Budget Committee: [See details in manager’s report.] Liz Valles anticipates a tight budget. In the fall we will be buying down the mortgage by $100,000..

Building Committee: The station sign will be installed soon. Unless weather conditions change, we will not be installing our buffalo grass sod this season because we could not water it adequately.

GNU Fund: Phil Dougan said that we need to reconstitute and re-energize the capital fund effort and that we should consider paying someone to do so. Marty agreed to approach several people with the appropriate abilities.

Internet Committee: [See attachment] Chip Grandits asked if archived material should be available at no charge.

Mosaic Committee: Work on the mosaic continues.

Nominating Committee: The committee will meet on even numbered months.

PBOG: Events are being held almost monthly, and the proceeds are being allocated to both operating expenses and the capital fund. Noam Chomsky will give a benefit speech for us on April 5, 2003.

Programming Committee: We have been talking with the program director of WMNF in Florida about their noon-time news programming and how programming changes are made there. WMNF changes their programming every two years. Here at KGNU a women’s program has been proposed, and a Hmong program continues to be discussed.

Signal Committee: We will lose our signal in Ft. Collins within six months when  PRFR [Public Radio for the Front Range] begins broadcasting. They will contribute $5000 to KGNU to help us find a new frequency. It was noted that a new frequency will be hard to find. The station remains vigilant about opportunities to broadcast in Denver, but our chances remain small.

Adjourned at 9:00

Respectfully submitted
Phil Dougan, Secretary
September 2002