PRELIM

KPFA Local Station Board & Delegates’ Meeting

8/9/2008

11 AM to 4 PM

Café de la Paz

1600 Shattuck St.

Berkeley, CA

Type of meeting:

Regular

ITEM #

# MIN.

Agenda Topic

1

1

Call to Order

Chair

2

5

Introductions & Announcements

Chair/LSB

3

5

Excusing Absent Members

LSB

4

5

Agenda Review and Approval

LSB

5

5

Minutes Review and Approval

LSB

6

5

Consent Calendar

LSB

7

30 minimum

Public Comment

Public

8

30

General Manager’s Report

iGM

9

15

Treasurer’s Report (BET)

LSB

10

30

Committee Reports: Outreach, Governance, Fundraising, GM Hire, PNB Report & Motion

LSB

11

60

Report on LSB Self Evaluation

LSB

12

2

KFCF Report

LSB

Time Certain

3pm

15

Motion re: FSRN (AF & CH)

LSB

13

15

New Business

LSB

4:00PM

Adjourn

LSB

THIS AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Times shown are for guidance only, except for special orders

1

Call to Order

LSB

2

Introductions & Announcements

LSB

3

Excusing Absent Members

LSB

4

Agenda Review and Approval

LSB

5

Minutes Review and Approval

LSB

6

Consent Calendar:

I. Next Meeting:

LSB

7

Public Comment

LSB

8

General Manager’s Report

LSB

9

Treasurer’s Report (BET)

LSB

10

Committee Reports:

Outreach Review two Town hall Meetings, September, 2008 in Richmond.

Governance

Fundraising

GM Hire

PNB Motion from Warren Mar

KPFA Board Resolution: On running an efficient board election in 2009.

Where as: The KPFA fall 2007 elections for new board members was run very ineffectively by the national elections supervisor.

Where as: Historically KPFA listeners and staff have a strong culture of political activism and elections have been contested and hard fought requiring that the elections be managed in a professional, non-partisan way and the results should be above scrutiny.

Where as: There seems to be unanimous agreement among all slates and individuals who ran for open KPFA board seats last year, whether they won the election or not that the election process should have been handled in a more non-partisan, transparent and professional way and,

Where as: The current elected board feels that many of the errors committed by the election supervisor could have been avoided

Therefore be it resolved that:

The KPFA board recommends to the Pacific National Board and the Executive Director contract with a reputable outside firm, such as the American Arbitration Association, the California Mediation & Conciliation Services or TruBallot, to manage and run the elections for 2009. The above organizations are mentioned solely as examples of professional organizations that have managed contested elections in unions and for non-profit community based organizations. The Executive Director should put a contract out to bid listing the required services for our election and make the most cost effective decision with a reputable firm.

LSB

11

LSB Self Evaluation Report

LSB

12

KFCF Report

LSB

Time

Certain

3pm

Motion re: FSRN (AF & CH)

Chandra reintroduces Anthony Fest’s motion from July LSB.

WHEREAS, Free-Speech Radio News (FSRN) began producing newscasts during the 1999 Pacifica crisis, and

WHEREAS, FSRN now provides a half-hour five-day-a-week newscast to KPFA and more than 100 other community radio stations, and

WHEREAS, FSRN is heard on KPFA Monday through Friday at 3:30, and

WHEREAS, FSRN stories also form the backbone of the weekday KPFA-Evening-News coverage of national and international events, and

WHEREAS, FSRN is produced by a network of reporters based around the U.S. and the world, including crisis zones such as the Gaza Strip, and

WHEREAS, the FSRN workers’ cooperative structure is a noteworthy example of a participatory, non-hierarchical organization, and

WHEREAS the Pacifica Network and its stations provide essential financial and operational support for FSRN, and

WHEREAS, the Pacifica Network National Office recently informed FSRN that Pacifica will cut its financial support to FSRN by more than $13,500 a month, effective immediately, and

WHEREAS, according to FSRN, “A massive cut in funding from Pacifica on a moment’s notice will make it impossible for Free Speech Radio News to produce a daily half-hour newscast,”

WHEREAS, a reduced broadcast schedule for FSRN, or the complete cessation of FSRN newscasts, will inevitably impair the quality of national and international news coverage on KPFA and other stations,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the KPFA Local Station Board (LSB), that

• the LSB urges the Pacifica National Office to rescind the above-described funding cut to FSRN, and instead maintain funding to FSRN at a level that will allow FSRN to continue its important work, and

• the LSB urges the Pacifica National Office to carry out spending reductions in a manner that minimizes the impact on vital programming such as FSRN, and

• the LSB urges the Pacifica National Office to provide advance notice of spending reductions to those affected, and

• the LSB urges community-radio supporters everywhere to maintain, or, where possible, increase their support of FSRN.

LSB

13

New Business

LSB

Adjourn

LSB