Programming Committee Meeting Minutes 12/9/09
Convened 6pm at the station, 140 Pine St., Florence MA
Next Meeting: Monday, 1/13/10, at the station
Present: Keely Malone (Chair), Jacqueline Maidana (Arts&Culture), Don Persons (Education&Social Issues), Bob Gardner (Board liason), Johanna Halbeisen (Music), Joel Saxe (News & Politics), Matt Alvey (Music)
Facilitated by Keely, Notes by Don
Schedule Changes
–Vital Health moved from Mondays 11am-11:30am, to Mondays 11:30am-12noon, to make room for an 1 ½ hour slot before, rather than hour before and half-hour after; show will start
–Valley Tango will be Wednesdays 12noon-2pm, show is starting 1/6/10
–Spirit In Action (syndicated) will be Fridays 3pm-4pm, starting 12/18
–Song of the Soul (syndicated) will be Wednesdays 2pm-3pm, starting 12/16/09
–Special Programs moved to Wednesdays 3pm-4pm
Newly Approved Shows
Earlobe Heist (Music, eclectic)—Beth Jezyk—Tuesdays 9pm-11pm alternating with Catseye Soup—started 12/16/09
Doodlebug Junction (Music, eclectic)—Saturdays 6pm-8pm, starting 12/12
New Show Proposals
A Meditative Moment (Education & Social Issues)—guided Kundalini yoga & meditation—Sia Antunes Blaser. Proposing a half-hour for now, maybe an hour later. Preferences are Mon-Thurs 6:30-8am, Tues. 5pm-6pm, 9pm-10pm. We like it, she needs training, etc. before we assign her a slot, Don will contact her
Psychotic Painter (Music)—rock/vinyl—Jeff Kielbasa, former VFR programmer, wants Sundays 8pm which is not currently available, otherwise looks good, Matt will talk to him about times
Radio Haze (Music)—local/new—Mike Dejesus, wants Saturdays 4pm-6pm; looks good, needs training; Matt will talk to him
Yard Style Show (Music)—relaxing reggae—Preacha, his 2nd show, wants Fridays 9pm-11pm. OK! Start date 12/11
New Programmer Requirements
New reqs passed by the Board—4 hours per month labor, meeting hours count. New show programmers expected to be part of Work Sundays first Sunday of the month unless they’re doing 4 hours of already-approved work (meetings are considered approved work) Programmers need to be notified. They can talk to Bob Gardner for ideas for work.
Quarterly Compliance Check
Bob Gardner says there will be proposal at next Board meeting that new shows be allowed to start only 4 times per year, i.e. quarterly, to make the quarterly new show compliance check easier; Committee expressed concerns that this would unduly restrict new shows from starting
Liasons need to check on the programmers in their collective and make sure they understand what they need to do (report hours and pay dues), when they need to do it (before their next compliance check by the Board), and what the consequences are of not doing it—i.e., losing their show.
New Committee Chair
Keely is stepping down as chair for maternity leave, we need new chair/co-chair. No one volunteered. Will put on agenda of next Membership meeting, need new chair by January.
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