Call to order at 6:15pm
Board members in attendance: Arleigh, Anne Bermingham, Phil Dougan, Chip Grandits, Tracy Miller, Paul Mischo, Greg OíBrien, Steven Sherman-Boemker, Gabrielle Silva, Nile Southern, Liz Valles, and Marty Durlin (ex-officio).
Public and volunteers in attendance: Sam Fuqua, Joanne Cole, Elaine Erb, Mouse, Kris Abrams, Evan Perkins, Ursula Scriba, Joel Davis, Joy Barrett, Bill Hogrewe, Davide Andrea, Robin Claire, Reeves MacDonald, Frank Lambrick, Michele Barone, Jim Ciarlo, Jee Juhasz, Jordan Davies, Eric Patterson, Jill Rosenbloom, Mike Massa, Brad Rosenwer, Kevin Kowalcyzk, Clover, Cheri Stevenson, Neil Parker, Michael Bradshaw, Thomas Boddie, Stephen Whitehead, Selena, Michael Schuster, John Schaefer, Shelley Schlender, and Leslie Lomas.
The agenda was approved as were the minutes of the previous board meeting held September 9, 2003. Everyone present was asked to introduce themselves.
Public Participation: None
Staff Reports
News and Public Affairs Department Report: (See attachment) Sam Fuqua noted that plans for a survey of listener members is in the works.
Music Department Report: (See attachment)
Engineering Report: (See attachment)
Membership Director/Volunteer Coordinator Report: (See attachment)
Assistant Membership Director: (See attachment)
Development Director: Joanne Cole spoke about the Prairie Dog Art project, which netted more than $15,000 towards the building fund. While it was a success, in terms of fundraising, visibility and outreach, it also consumed 8 months of her time. Joanne also presented information regarding underwriting, noting that overall there has been little change in the past year. Also presented were comparison charts showing Fund Drive Membership and Dollar changes dating back to Fall, 1996.
Station Managerís Report: (See attachment) Marty presented her report following the Budget Committee Report, presented by Liz Valles, who had a prior commitment.
Committee Reports
Budget Committee: (See attachment)
Bylaws Committee: (See attachment) Arleigh explained that, subsequent to the recent events at Pacifica Network News (PNN), KGNUís own Bylaws had been reviewed and revised over the past year. In particular, the recall provision and nominating process had undergone important revisions. The bylaws will be presented to the Board at their January 2004 meeting for their approval.
Nominating Committee: (See attachment) The committee presented the following slate of Board officers for the next year: Arleigh, Board Chair; Greg OíBrien, Vice Chair; Steven Sherman-Boemker, Secretary; and Liz Valles, Treasurer. The full board cast ballots and there was unanimous approval of the candidates.
Programming Committee: Covered by New/Public Affairs and Music Dept. reports
Internet & IT Committee: Covered by Davide in his Engineering Report
Promotions and Benefits Oversight Group (PBOG): (See attachment)
Building Committee: (See attachment)
Denver Signal Expansion Committee: (See attachment) Marty introduced Kris Abrams, a former producer at Democracy Now! who will be spearheading the Denver signal fund-raising efforts and drafting a case statement for this monumental project.
Signal Committee: (See attachment)
Other Business
Chip suggested that we continue to make inquiries regarding the broadcast license for the FM frequency held by Educational Media Corp., a Christian organization.
Davide noted that our signal in Fort Collins had been violated by a pirate FM broadcast, and this has now been resolved.
Marty noted that KGNU is in the seed market for digital FM conversion.
Joanne noted that we are looking into the possibility of locating a translator that would broadcast KGNUís signal into the Fraser area.
Mouse reminded everyone that the annual KGNU Holiday Party would be held on Dec 5th, 2003.