General Membership Meeting Minutes 12-16-09
Valley Free Radio
Dec 16, 2009
General Membership
Present: Tony Shannon (chair), Ed Russell, Preacha, Chris Elliott, Bob
Gutowski, Dana Prescott, Bob Gardner (notetaker).
Announcements: next board meeting at Friends Meeting House, first
Wednesday in January.
Quarterly Meetings of General Membership: proposal was to amend
bylaws, which previously mandated monthly general membership meetings,
to require at least quarterly meetings. Board will set the date and
time. Dollar limit for board spending stays the same, except for
emergencies, such as replacement of critical equipment. Target
months: Oct, Jan, April, July. Approved.
Membership definition (bylaw change): A member in good standing is any
volunteer or programmer who has performed four hours of work in the
previous month, or 12 hours of work in the quarter, and has paid
membership dues, as approved by the organization. Passes.
Committee Reports: Tech Comm- automation computer is “crappy”, or the
sound card is bad. Democracy Now did not play on Thursday—problem
with the automated loading from Juice. We will try putting in the
soundcard from old STL computer into automation computer to address
distortions. The STL computer will also be setup to try running
automation. Fundraising Committee (no member present) but we set the
next two pledge drives: 1st- April 25th Sunday thru May 1st; 2nd-
first week in September. Promotion & Marketing: third weds of January
20th first meeting. Finance Committee: We have 6190.95 in our three
accounts combined [Paypal, checking & savings]; Programming Committee:
needs one or two coordinators. Chris Elliott was elected as
programmer coordinator. Underwriting: see separate minutes. Ideas at
meeting: if shows want to line up their own, they should communicate
with underwriting committee, so that 10 shows don’t walk into Turn it
Up to ask about underwriting. Also, Tony is suggesting having a
generic underwriting message that actually doesn’t mention the show
“the following hour is sponsored. by_____.” Board Report: next board
meeting will begin reviewing old and new shows, addressing compliance
issues All members are urged to post their work hours. We also are
planning a tour of other low power community stations; interested, non-
board members are welcome to join us.
Pay to Play: shows approved for pay to play may now either pay in
advance quarterly or bi-annually [$125/qtr, $225/half-year] or can
subscribe weekly or monthly via Paypal [$10/week, or $40/month].
LPFM mini-conference: postponed till later meeting.
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