Meeting of the Board of Directors
Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
March 8, 2005
Called to order at 6:08pm
Board in attendance: Michele Barone, Marty Durlin (ex-officio), Chip Grandits, Kit Hollingshead, Janaki LeFils, Paul Mischo, Greg O’Brien, Steven Sherman-Boemker and Michael Shuster.
Public in attendance: Clover, Joanne Cole, Jordan Davies, Joel Edelstein, Rick Fitzgerald, Denise Hetzner and Marge Taniwaki.
Minutes of previous Board meeting and Board contact list approved.
Public Participation: Jordan , Rick and Marge introduced themselves.
Station Manager’s Report: (See attached)
Committee Reports
Anti-Racism Committee: (See attached)
After some discussion the Board approved a motion to authorize a workshop with Peg Logan of the Chinook Fund. The committee will look into dates and schedule a session to take place before the end of April. The next meeting is scheduled for March 14th at 1pm.
Building Committee: The shower still needs to be completed.
Bylaws Committee: Next meeting is scheduled for March 16th. A reading of the revised Bylaws will take place at the May Board meeting, and we hope to ratify the revised Bylaws at the July Board meeting. The proposed change to the Mission Statement was deemed not substantive, but we still want input/feedback from listener members. Chip will post the proposed Mission Statement on the website and create a promo asking for comments. A motion was approved to adopt the following statement:
“KGNU is an independent non-commercial radio station
serving the Front Range of Colorado, and beyond”
Nominating Committee: Paul Mischo reported that the committee feels that it needs more direction from the Board. The question was raised as to whether the revised bylaws would make it more difficult to recruit new Board candidates out of Denver. A couple of names were floated as potential Board candidates: Chris Hall and Marge Taniwaki. The committee will meet with the Board in the first half of the April 12th meeting.
PBOG Committee: Joanne reported that the Silent Auction grossed approximately $7500. Upcoming events include: Amy Goodman in Denver, April 8th, a Yodeling Show hosted by Sam Fuqua, April 18th, a joint event with the Pacifica Archive, April 24th, The Charles in July and a Demolition Derby which Sam will be participating in, in August.
Programming Committee: Noon weekday music programming is being preempted with Metro, a KGNU produced, one hour call-in program. The show will cover current topics of concern, with an emphasis on local issues.
Next committee meeting is scheduled for March 15th.
Signal Committee: Chip reported that the Nederland town government has stalled our efforts to move our translator. He will try to meet with Will Guercio to see if we can combine the translator move with a large project he has in the works.
Equal Opportunity Policy
Marty presented an updated equal opportunity policy, suggested for KGNU to adopt through our affiliation with Community Shares, The Board approved a motion to adopt the following policy:
KGNU is committed to nondiscrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, national origin, color, disability, marital status, sexual orientation and gender variance for the purpose of service, employment, membership or leadership, including staff, volunteers, board and persons who receive our services.
Other Business:
Marge shared that the bus advertisements in Denver may be hurting KGNU more than they are helping us to increase our membership there. Marty will suggest a change in the message to encourage people to listen to KGNU.
Greg noted that a proposed date for a anti-racism workshop with CWS falls on Mother’s Day weekend.
Clover shared how amazing it is how amazing the Board has been over the past couple of years. The Board appreciates the sentiment.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:29pm
Respectfully submitted,
Steven Sherman-Boemker,
Secretary, KGNU Board of Directors