Meeting of the Board of Directors
Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
August 9, 2005
Called to order at 6:03 pm
Board in attendance: Michele Barone, Marty Durlin (ex-officio), Chip Grandits, Kit Hollingshead, Janaki LeFils, Paul Mischo, Greg O’Brien, Steven Sherman-Boemker, Michael Shuster and Marge Taniwaki.
Public in attendance: Kris Abrams, Davide Andrea, Michael & Mouse Bradshaw, Stephanie Brown, Clover, Joel Edelstein, Denise Hetzner, Blake Jones, David Kane, Evan Perkins and Ray Tuomey.
The agenda of this meeting and the minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
Namaste Solar Proposal: Blake Jones and Ray Tuomey of Namaste Solar Electric were present to discuss their proposal to install a photovoltaic solar electric power system on the KGNU building. The proposal was originally introduced to the Board at the July meeting and has been recommended for approval by the KGNU Building Committee. After further discussion with Blake and Ray, the proposal was approved unanimously.
Denver Campaign: Kris Abrams reported that she continues to make progress towards securing personal loans to pay off the purchase of 1390 AM. She feels we have better than 80% probability of getting all 3 loans which she is pursuing, and she continues to approach other prospects. She also reported having met recently with a representative of Tim Gill, who sees KGNU as a way to mobilize people. Kit Hollingshead has joined the 1390 Committee.
Station Manager’s Report: (See attached)
Staffing Reorganization: There was general agreement among the Board that a full-time Volunteer Coordinator is the next highest staffing priority. There are questions about whether this would be one person dividing time between Boulder and Denver, or two half-time people, one in Denver, one in Boulder. The Follow Up Committee will meet September 8th to continue work on this issue.
Committee Reports
Bylaws: The revised bylaws are scheduled for a vote at the September Board meeting.
The Board approved to adopt the first revision of the KGNU Mission Statement. The Board also approved a motion to change Article 4.2 to specify that prospective Board candidates must attend two different committee meetings.
PBOG: (See attached)
IT Committee: Neal McBurnett was appointed as its committee chair.
Other Business:
Inclusiveness/Anti-Racism Training: As it stands now, KGNU has anti-racism training with Peg Logan of the Chinook Fund scheduled for two dates, October 3rd and October 24th. Marge Taniwaki expressed that she is not in favor of pursuing this and that we should rethink the necessity of such training. She feels we could use the funds earmarked for this training in better ways and is asking the Board to reconsider. A motion to table discussion this until the September Board meeting passed.
Michele Barone submitted her letter of resignation, effective immediately.
Meeting Adjourned, 9:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Steven Sherman-Boemker
Secretary, KGNU Board of Directors