Meeting of the Board of Directors
Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
May 10, 2005
Called to order at 6:06pm
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, Ann Colcord, Joel Edelstein, Denise Hetzner.
The agenda, Board list and minutes of the previous Board meeting were all approved.
Public Participation: None
Station Manager’s Report: (See attached)
Latest numbers for the Spring pledge drive put us at about $154,000, with April/May AFT rollovers expected to be around $14,500. This still leaves us about $56,000 short of the drive goal. Some factors thought to have affected the drive: sluggish economy, tsunami relief efforts, post-election burn out and proximity of the drive to the tax filing deadline. Discussion of ways to improve pledge drives included developing a streamlined premium process, special compilation cd’s and better promotion of special drive shows. Other ideas are a committee or task force to help coordinate, support and promote pledge drives, utilizing a 12 week count down.
The Executive Committee agreed in general to hold their meetings on the Wednesday prior to the Board meeting each month at 5pm.
Committee Reports
Nominating Committee: (See attached) Met May 4th, next meeting is June 7th.
Steven’s first term expires at tonight’s meeting. The committee has polled Board members and recommended Steven for a second term. The Board voted unanimously to approve Steven for a second term, which will expire May, 2008.
Marge Taniwaki and Jordan Davies are both in the process of applying for Board membership.
Internet Committee: (See attached)
Diversity and Anti-Racism Committee: Joel Edelstein presented a proposal for further inclusiveness training which would be conducted by Peg Logan, of the Chinook Fund. Tabled until discussion of budget.
Budget Committee: Met May 4th, next meeting is scheduled for June 9th, 4pm.
Signal Appraisal: there is a range of values for the AM signal, will use the lowest value.
Bonds: we need to start taking a serious look at bonds.
MemSys: Current version is very out of date, but initial quote didn’t include the client server database, so actual quote is closer to $10,000. There were questions about how much training we would receive and how long we would have telephone support. A motion to purchase the upgrade was approved contingent on the support package.
Reconsideration of Inclusiveness Proposal: A motion to invest $1500 in inclusiveness training was passed with an amendment to have the focus of the training defined and tailored to KGNU’s needs.
PBOG Committee: Ann Colcord presented a list of upcoming events and a proposal from Andy Bardwell for a series of concerts in Denver.
Building Committee: Next meeting is May 16th, 5pm.
Getting bids for doors, parking lot repairs.
Feasibility study for addition of solar cells.
Electrical work at the AM site could be quite expensive, Michael will talk with Mike Pappas. Still no contract on the transmitter site.
Bylaws Committee: Reviewed and accepted revised Articles IV and V. Minor changes regarding PBOG were ok’d by Greg.
Mission Statement: The consensus of the Bylaws committee is that geographical areas don’t need to be specified.
Programming Committee: Feedback has been mostly positive for Metro.
Voted to reinstate E-Town, though not sure yet where it will fit in to the schedule. There is a possibility it will displace either This American Life or AfroPop Worldwide.
IT Committee: Currently has no Chair, but someone has to be responsible for reporting to the Board.
Marty is drawing up a letter of agreement for the IT consultants.
Signal Committee: No report.
Other Business: Anne Bermingham, a former Board member, is undergoing treatment for cancer again.
Meeting adjourned at 10:27pm
Respectfully submitted,
Steven Sherman-Boemker
Secretary, KGNU Board of Directors