Meeting of the Board of Directors
Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
July 12, 2005
Called to order 6:05 pm
Board in attendance: Michele Barone, Marty Durlin (ex-officio), Chip Grandits, Janaki LeFils, Paul Mischo, Greg O’Brien, Steven Sherman-Boemker, Michael Shuster and Marge Taniwaki.
Public in attendance: Kris Abrams, Davide Andrea, Arleigh, Andy Bardwell, Clover, Ann Colcord, Jordan Davies, Joel Edelstein, Elaine Erb, Sam Fuqua, Denise Hetzner, David Kane, Tom Lenk, Richard Male, Evan Perkins, Alison Reder, Remate, and Yafa Napadensky.
The minutes of the previous Board meeting and the agenda of this meeting were approved.
Denver Campaign: (See attached)
Kris Abrams presented a detailed report of the Denver campaign, covering progress on loans, recent Denver Friends of KGNU benefit concerts, major donor fundraising, membership database upgrade, the 1390 committee and a potential candidate for a Denver point person.
Report from Richard Male and Associates (RMA): (Addendum attached)
Rich Male and Alison Reder have conducted an organizational assessment of KGNU, and presented their initial findings to the Board. The report covers staffing, executive director/station manager, Board, lifestyle/culture, infrastructure/internal systems, Denver expansion and resource development issues, noting both positive aspects as well as areas of concern. A summary of recommendations for each category is included.
Discussion of the report focused primarily on the consensus model KGNU uses in decision making, core values, realignment of staffing with a Denver infrastructure in mind, and Board fundraising. Marty suggested creating a working committee made up of the Executive Committee and other KGNU volunteers, including Joel Edelstein, Marge Taniwaki, and Sam Fuqua. This committee, tentatively called the Follow-Up committee, will meet to work on staffing recommendations made by RMA.
Committee Reports
Nominating Committee: Paul Mischo presented for the committee, noting recent Board candidate activity: Mary Romero, not available at this time; Ann Campbell, interested in Board, but not as Treasurer; Jordan Davies, current Board applicant. Also, David Kane, Andy Bardwell, and Yafa Napadensky were in attendance at tonight’s meeting as interested Board candidates. Janaki LeFils has offered to serve as Interim Treasurer after Michele Barone leaves in August.
Budget Committee: Next meeting is Thursday, July21st, 5pm.
Building Committee: Namaste Solar Proposal - Board members are asked to call or email Michael Shuster with questions or comments. Next meeting is August 8th, 5pm.
Bylaws Committee: All Board members have or will receive a final draft of revised Bylaws to review prior to the August Board meeting.
Signal Committee: Marty has approved the shut down of the Fort Collins translator.
Inclusiveness Committee: Next meeting is Monday, July 17th, 6pm.
Other Business:
Transmitter site lease: Still waiting a reply from owner of Denver Drywall, property owner.
Meeting adjourned 9:21pm
Respectfully submitted,
Steven Sherman-Boemker
Secretary, KGNU Board of Directors