July Board Meeting Minutes (July 1, 2009)
July 1 Board Meeting Notes
Meeting start: 7:05 pm
Introductions
-
VFR Audioport account use by ACLU lawyer Bill Newman. Newman has been producing First Amendment Minutes for a while and we have been airing them as PSAs. Newman would like to use a sub-account from our Audioport (Pacifica repository for audio share content) to wider distribute his First Amendment Minutes. The board voted 4 for and none against (2 board members absent). Eric N. will facilitate the sub-account.
-
Nominations Committee Update
No update – but all are encouraged to canvas candidates for the board.
-
Tech Committee Update
Sunday July 5 will be a tech general work day; the substitute show recording process will be installed; issues with CD player 2 will be explored
-
Web Committee Update
Re-application process as passed by the General Membership at the last GM meeting will be implemented by July 6th – please look for an email announcement of web forms early the week of July 5. Programming will be the point people for explaining any questions about the new process. The next Programming Committee meeting is Monday, July 6 at 7 pm at the station.
-
Programming Committee Update
Going forward, Prog. Comm. Meetings will be the first Mondays of the month, 7 pm at the station; the process for new programmers is going well.
-
Financial Report
Generally in good health; some donations have come in; the Pulaski Park Memorial Day reimbursement check has been received. There are a few outstanding programmer fees: Treasurer (Tony Shannon) to circulate list of outstanding programmer fees, Board to dedcide next steps to collect outstanding fees.
-
Pulaski Park Reflections
The question was asked if more support was needed to raise VFR visibility. Bush-I commented that he could have used more station support.
Steve C. asked why donations could not have been requested. (City does not allow this with this kind of permitted event)
Tony U. asked if permit could have been requested to have table of information. Bush-I commented that City authorities told him he could not have such a table.
Tony U. commented that there were no promotion of VFR visible other than a few MC announcements.
Bush-I commented that the City needs to be more involved in our process to promote station. He also encouraged VFR to collaborate with the community group Poverty is Not a Crime folks towards the goal of promoting the station.
Bush-I spoke about his sense of an undercurrent that he is acting as a maverick. He reiterates that his intentions and efforts are for the promotion of awareness of the station. He asked for comment.
Generally people commented that his efforts are appreciated. Also agreed that if VFR commits resources to events, there should be more checks and balances.
-
NEW PROGRAMMER POLICY
Bob G. introduced putting policy into practice. VFR has 4 months to fully implement.
The ‘renewal week’ will be the last week of October, with the new station schedule being launched on November 1, 2009.
Re-Application process can be done now (and programmers are encouraged to do so); but must complete their re-application by the Programming Committee meeting in October (first Monday in October).
Tony S. displayed and demonstrated steps for:
-
Re-Application form
-
Off-Air time reporting form
-
Change of contact information form
-
Meeting attendance form
-
All forms can be filled out online and will be available under the ‘Resources’ tab on the web page. The completed forms from each programmer will be forwarded to Programming, who will review them at each meeting. The Programming Committee will send approvals to the Board, who will then approve all shows who meet the VFR programming policy requirements. During October, programming will make any schedule arrangements as requested by programmers. The new schedule will then be launched November 1, 2009.
Tony U. commented that Liaisons and Programming will flesh out the steps to help programmers understand the new process. He also commented that Liaisons should act to encourage collective participation and help out any collective members confused by the new process.
Bob G. proposed setting a “Work Day” – a Board responsibility under the new policy.
Tony U. agreed that the Work Day could work out as part of the monthly Training Days.
For July, the VFR Work Day will the Third Sunday (July 19).
After that, it will be on the First Sunday (along side the Training Days).
Meeting adjourned at 9:10 pm
Tags: Board of Directors, Latest Station News, Meetings, Minutes, vfr
