VFR General Membership Meeting Minutes 1.17.07
Introductions – Meeting began at 7:15
Attendance: Eric Nash, Matthew Herschuer, Eddie
Bartok-Baratta, Noemi Valenti, Lisa DePiano, Dana
Prescott, Bill Weye, Bob Gutowski, Ed Russell, Tony
Udell, Revan Schendler, Libby Reinish, Lundy Bancroft,
Sara Jaffe, Anthony Ratcliff (clerk), Matt Dineen,
Emily Miller, Bob Gardner, Chris Tinson
Board Openings (15 minutes) – Matt D. – Due to the
resignations of four board members, we need to hold
elections for the positions in March.
-Therefore we have to organize a nominations committee
(at least three members)
-By consensus it was agreed that five non-voting
members would be appointed to the board until March
when a full election for those spots can take place.
(See discussion under volunteer coordination.)
Lawsuit Update (30 minutes) – Bob Gardner discussed
the current status of the lawsuit. VFR’s lawyer
Morneau has recently filed a point-by-point response
to the lawsuit. He also stated that there wasn’t a
serious problem with suspending Cathy Santosus for the
duration of the lawsuit, although the best thing would
have been for her to voluntarily agree to step aside.
Dana P. announced that all documents in the case are
available at www.freedom-center.org/vfr.
Volunteer Coordination (30 minutes) – Eric N. stated
that the collection of programmer’s contact
information is pretty much completed. He has placed
information in a spreadsheet and someone (Bill Weye)
will place it into a database.
-Emily made recommendation that we do formal organic
networking with people we know in VFR to get more
programmer information (we still have a volunteer
shortage)
-We need to reconstitute/reorganize our committees
-Libby made a proposal that the board appoint
non-voting replacements for vacant board spots: up to
five replacements in order to deal with the volunteer
situation and committees:
Lundy B, Tony U, Revan S, Lisa D and Eric N each
agreed to serve on the board as non-voting members
until March – approved by consensus
Code of Conduct – Emily M. introduced Code of Ethical
Conduct, which had been discussed at previous General
Membership meetings
-Draft of Valley Free Radio Working Agreement of
Ethical Conduct was approved by consensus.with minor
language alterations that will be dealt with by the
GMC.
Station Security – Tabled
Committee Reports – Tabled
Meeting Adjourned – 9:10pm
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