Meeting of the Board of Directors
Boulder Community Broadcast Association
September 14, 2004
Called to order at 6:11pm
Board members in attendance: Arleigh, Michele Barone, Marty Durlin (ex-oficio), Chip Grandits, Janaki LeFils, Greg O’Brien, Steven Sherman-Boemker, Nile Southern and Liz Valles.
Public in Attendance: Kris Abrams, Jim Ciarlo, Clover and Vaishalee Mishra.
Minutes of the previous board meeting were approved, and the Board contact list was approved, with corrections. The agenda was approved and the board agreed that Kris could present her update on the Denver Outreach/Capital Campaign early to accomodate her schedule.
Denver Outreach/Capital Campaign
Kris introduced Vaishalee Mishra to the Board. On behalf of KGNU, Vaishalee has been coordinating outreach efforts in Denver, primarily by targeting key Denver activist organizations, community groups and other non-profits. Her work for KGNU will continue through the end of September.
Kris reported that the debut in Denver, with our presence at the Mercury Cafe was a good opportunity for outreach. The next phase is to continue fundraising to raise $110,000 needed for the closing on the signal purchase. She reminded the board that her contract expires December 1st, which completes her one year committment. She explained that while she would not be interested in working part-time at KGNU, she would assist with the Capital Campaign, would assist KGNU in finding someone to lead the fundraising effort, and that primarily she would like to do training, production and news reporting in Denver for KGNU.
Station Manager’s Report: (See attached)
Nominating Committee: Nile reported that Chip’s first term ends at tonights meeting. The board then voted by paper ballot on whether to renew Chip for a second term. The vote was unanimous. Chip’s second term will expire September, 2007.
Bylaws: The Board Letter of Agreement will be updated and discussed at the October meeting. Proposed changes in Article VII were approved, pending legal review and final Board reading.
Budget: The FM FY’05 budget was approved. The Board will hold a joint Board/staff meeting on September 29 to study the AM budget in depth, and then decide at the October board meeting.
PBOG: (See attached list of recent and upcoming events)
Internet/IT Committee: It is not clear whether a redesign of the station’s website is still in the works or not. The recent loss of archived material, valued at $8000, prompted discussion of the possibility of and recovery of the lost data. A search committee will be formed to find a qualified IT lead as John Lybrook has scaled back the scope of his work for KGNU. The need for an offsite back up was emphasized to prevent the loss of data in the future.
Signal Committee: Chip reported that the Nederland translator relocation is making some progress.
Programming Committee: Some regular programming will be exempted in order to accomdate election topic programming, especially in the noon time slot.
Other Business: None
Meeting adjourned at 9:55pm