Meeting of the Board of Directors
Boulder Community Broadcast Association
October 2004
Called to order at 6:13pm
Board members in attendance: Arleigh, Michele Barone, Marty Durlin (ex-oficio), Chip Grandits, Janaki LeFils, Paul Mischo, Steven Sherman-Boemker, Michael Shuster and Nile Southern.
Public in attendance: Clover, Denise Hetzner.
The agenda for this meeting and the minutes of the previous Board meeting were approved. The Board contact list was approved, with corrections.
Public participation: None
Station Manager’s Report: (See attached) The board approved a provisional budget which will be reconsidered following the fall pledge drive.
Committee Reports
Nominating: Nile is resigning one month ahead of the end of his term due to personal reasons, and Arleigh’s last Board meeting will be the annual meeting in November. The committee needs to recruit new Board members, especially people new to the KGNU community, and it also needs more Board members on the committee. The committee’s next meeting is December 13, 2004.
Bylaws: The Board continued review of revised bylaws draft with Article VIII, Duties of Officers. In 8.1, "chairs" of committees should be lower case; add "In the case of co-chairpersons, the duties of the Chair will be shared." In 8.5, The Station Manager should be Station Manager; delete "(non-voting)." In Article IX, 9.1, Contracts, The Board...any officer or agent "age 18 or older" to enter into any contract...on behalf of the Corporation. In 9.3, All checks, drafts, or other orders...shall be signed or endorsed by such "Officer(s)"...by resolution of the Board of Directors. Article X, (CPB) should be added after the first mention of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Similarly, (CPA) should be added after the first mention of a certified public accountant. In Article XIII, the word "gender" should be used instead of the word "sex." In Article XIV: These bylaws my be amended... "not less than thirty days prior to the meeting and at a regularly scheduled Board meeting."
Capital Campaign/Denver Outreach: The current committee, which meets Thursdays at 9 a.m., is made up of Marty, Sam Fuqua, Kris Abrams, Michael Shuster, Janaki and Phil Dougan, and is looking for new members to assist in fundraising for the Denver signal. The committee is awaiting a report from Vaishallee.
IT/Internet: The reinstallation of the CapCov project is dragging, Chip will inquire. The job description for the IT position is ready. Insurance will cover approximately $5000 of the loss of data and archive files loss. The Internet committee is working on a redesign of the station’s website over the next month and should be ready for elections coverage.
Building: The committee met to discuss plans for the remodel of the new office space.
PBOG: The Book and Record Sale netted nearly $6,000. It’s still unclear how much money KGNU will receive from the Mountain Sun anniversary bash. The Will Durst event was a financial flop, but was fun as outreach. The Women’s Blues looks strong but to date ticket sales have been slow.
Programming: The committee approved airing "Swing State," a special one-hour election issue coverage which will be produced and hosted by Sam and Kris.
Signal: The committee has been authorized to purchase materials for the Nederland transmitter.
Other Business: None
Meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.