Meeting of the Board of Directors
Boulder Community Broadcast Association
August 10, 2004
Called to order at 6:07 p.m.
Board Members in attendance: Arleigh, Michele Barone, Marty Durlin, Chip Grandits, Janaki LeFils, Paul Mischo, Greg O’Brien, Steven Sherman-Boemker and Michael Shuster.
Public in attendance: Kris Abrams, Davide Andrea, Ron Bailer, Joy Barrett, Ben Hueftle, Chalisa Magpanthong, Neil Parker and Riox.
The minutes of the previous Board meeting and the Board contact list were approved. The order of the agenda was changed to accomodate attendees.
Denver Expansion/Capital Campaign: Kris updated the Board on the current Capital Campaign, noting that momentum was building, especially as more donors are participating in matching gifts. Vaishalee Mishra has been hired as a part-time Denver outreach coordinator. KGNU’s debut in Denver will include a live broadcast from the Mercury Cafe.
Public Participation: Ben asked the Board to consider ways to attract more youth listeners & volunteers to the station. Other stations attract younger listeners by gearing their music programming towards them. KGNU must find ways to accomplish this while maintaining quality in all aspects of programming.
Nominating Committee: Joy reported that only 3 committee members were in attendance at the last meeting. The committee had several "housekeeping" items:
• The Board needs to appoint a new board representative since Arleigh and Nile will both be leaving the board in November.
• The committee set a new regular meeting time, 6:30 p.m., 2nd Monday of each month.
• The committee may need a new staff person in the future.
• Protocol for filing - Filing system of board applications needs to be updated.
• The committee noted that Chip’s first term is set to expire in September, 2004.
• The committee will prepare a slate of candidates for the November Annual Meeting.
Station Manager’s Report: See Attached
A special meeting of the board was scheduled for August 24th, for the purpose of making final decisions regarding the purchase of an AM signal in Denver.
Committee Reports:
Budget Committee: The first draft of the FY ‘05 budget passed. The station was about $65,000 over for FY’04. Separate operating and Denver expansion budget will be set up, with all new Denver members contributing to the Denver budget. Existing members will contribute to the existing operating budget.
Digital Conversion: A vote to approve HD conversion failed to pass, with 5 board members abstaining. A special meeting will be arranged for further discussion.
Bylaws: Proposed change to Article 5.5: "If the Chairperson...the proposed action and 2/3 of the board must consent. If 2/3 of the Board consents...at a meeting of the Board of Directors."
Article 5.9 is numbered incorrectly and should read as 5.7
Article 6.1, "Committee members representing the board...by consensus of the staff."
Duties of Officers - Proposed that the Vice Chair be responsible for maintaining current list of committees, chairs, members and meeting dates. The Executive Committee should write descriptions of the duties of officers.
Changes to bylaws, through Articles 6.7 were approved pending review by legal counsel and a final board reading.
PBOG: Both the Charles and the Jim Hightower events were successful.
Internet/IT Committee: Changes are being made geared towards our expansion into Denver. A search committee will be formed to find a long-term IT/Internet consultant, as Jon Lybrook will be scaling back his duties in those areas.
Signal Committee: A plan regarding the relocation of the Nederland transmitter will be submitted to the city at the Aug. 25th meeting.
Programming: There will be some preemptions of regular programming to accomodate convention and election coverage. The 2nd hour of Democracy Now! will be aired at 4pm.
Building Committee: Remodeling of the tenant space will begin after October 1st, and the work may be completed before the Annual Meeting in November.
Other Business: None
Meeting Adjourned at 9:14 p.m.