Valley Free Radio Board of Directors Meeting
Jan 6, 2009
Present: Tony Udell (chair), Bob Gutowski, Arjuna Griest, Shawn Smith, Charles Marchand, Tony Shannon, Preacha, Dana Prescott, Steve Cutting, Kathryn Reason, Bob Gardner (notetaker)
What’s The Scents In This?
Remember,
Valley Free Radio is a
You may think, Oh, I don’t wear cologne or perfume.
However allot of deodorants, hair products, aftershave, hand lotion, soap, etc, etc,
Things you wouldn’t normally think about, contain fragrance.
Sometimes they can linger for days.
Some folks at VFR have serious reactions to these products.
Asthma, sinus disorders repeated infections, and some learning disabilities, to mention a few, can be triggered by the chemicals used in an effort to smell “good”. We buy into the advertising, without consideration to potential health risks.
Those that oppose fragrance restrictions feel their rights are being violated, what about the violation of personal air space for the person who has sensitivities? Wearing fragrances is no different than smoking; it should remain a personal choice used in personal air space, but not at the cost of someone else’s health.
We all share the same air space at VFR.
Please keep this in mind when coming to the studio.
Alert any guests coming in as well.
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 Compliance Checkup
Taken from the last board notes:
Quarterly compliance checkup [all shows]: first review period—Oct thru Dec, Shows will be reviewed at January meeting.
Thank You,
Tony Shannon
1/6/10 VFR Board Meeting Change Of Usual Space
This weeks, Wed 1/6/10 VFR Board Meeting is being held at:
Friends Meeting House
43 Center St.
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
In the Social Room. 7pm – 9pm
Read more on 1/6/10 VFR Board Meeting Change Of Usual Space…
Since the vote on the new programming policy, there is now a NEW Programming Off-Air Volunteer Hours Reporting Form to go with that.
It’s available here: http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/resources/programmer-documents/
Click on the sentence that says, Programmers Off-Air Volunteer Hours Reporting Form.
It will open up to the correct form.
Under current policy, 4 hours in one month or a minimum of 12 hours in 3 months is required.
Remember meetings count as work now.
The show will feature clips from Award Winning Producer/ Director Lexy Lovell’s new documentary “The Good Soldier” which tracks the progress of 3 Veteran’s returning home from three Wars: WWII, Vietnam and Gulf War One as they attempt to assimilate in to society. The excerpt was presented on Bill Moyer’s Journal this past Friday 11/6. It packs a powerful antiwar message. The film itself will be released to the general public Wed 11/11 Veterans’s day. Hear clips here first. Our show will also feature excerpts from a Bill Moyers editorial in which he challenges a Washington Post editorial of 10/30/09 that calls the US presence in Afhanistan a “neccesary war.”
Moyers calls for institution of a draft to make the military call up which Obama will inevitably announce soon more equitable.
Hear it here first on the Rock Folk, Press Issues Show Tues 11/10 – 2:00 -4:00 WXOJ-LP 103.3 Northampton,MA
Read more on Rock, Folk, Press Veteran’s Day Commeration Special…
In Attendance: Derek Godwin, Don Persons, Keely Malone, Tony Shannon, Warren Odess-Gillett, Bob Gardner, Jaqueline Maidana, Ed Russell
Next Meeting will be Wednesday December 9th from 6-8pm at VFR
Scheduling Updates
A proposal to remove the top few hundred feet of Mt. Tom in Mt. Tom State Reservation in Holyoke, MA was made public today by the Enviro Show, LLC. Mr. Glen Ayers, spokesperson for the company stated: “We are not sure exactly what important geologic materials are buried deep inside of Mt. Tom, but it could be something that is needed somewhere in the world, and who ever needs it should not be concerned about the impacts that blowing off the top of this mountain will have on our local environment.”
The proposed operation would remove the top part of the mountain with explosives to get at the deeper, economically important geologic
materials. Ayers said the Old Growth Forest and the excess overburden from the blasting could be bull-dozed and dumped into the Whiting Street Reservoir which is conveniently located down hill, providing plenty of capacity for spoil materials and any associated toxic wastes that the mining will generate. The project is seen as a boon to economic development in the region.
Read more on BREAKING NEWS: Enviro Show, LLC proposes mountaintop removal for Mt. Tom!…
October 21, 2009 General Membership Meeting (MEF Community Room – 60 Masonic Street)
Meeting began at 7:05 PM
Attending: Andy Sewell, Ed Russell, Arjuna Greist, Bob Gardner, Dana Prescott, Charles Merchand, Courtney Whitely (Preecha), Rikk Desgres, Tony Udell, Steve Cutting, Joel Saxe
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