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Valley Free Radio Board
December 6 Meeting
Minutes
MEF, 7:45-10pm
Board Members
Present: Adam Hurter, Anthony Ratcliff, Cheryl
Alexander, Chris Tinson, Jane Braaten, Jose Tolson,
Matt Dineen, and Patty McGill
Absent: Alex Peterson and Jessica Levy
Community: Bill Baue, Bob Gardner, Ed Russell, and
Eric Nash
Executive Session - 7:45-8:45pm
-Discussed Legal Affairs
Regular Session - 8:45-10pm
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 Check-in and Introductions
o In attendance: annalise fonza (facilitator), Gershon Gurin-Podlish, Paolo Mastrangelo , Michelle LeBlanc, Alex Peterson, Chris Woodman, Chris Tinson, Lila Wolan, Adam Hurter, Julia Botero, Cathy Santosus, Ed Russell, Marla BB, Steve Harris, Mary Wheelan, Tony Udell (notetaker)
 Old Biz/New Biz
o DJ additions to Indie music collective and African American collective; no new programs
o Collectives seeking changes and/or additional time deferred to the newly elected Subcommittee on Scheduling (Issue regarding Friday evening Indie program deferred to Subcommittee on Scheduling)
 New Proposals
o Baking with Gershon; presented by Gershon
A show about baking, sharing recipes, story-telling about baking experiences, with a focus on children, etc. (…)

1. CFSC announcement (5 minutes)
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The following was Jay Deacon’s presentation on a VFR Working Agreement (or Code of Conduct) given at the November general meeting. (…)

Board Meeting Minutes 11.1.06
Friends Meeting House
Attending: Cheryl Alexander, Jane Braaten, Matt Dineen, Adam Hurter, Patty McGill, Alex Peterson, Anthony Ratcliff, Chris Tinson, Jose Tolson
Absent: Jessica Levy
Agenda & Decisions:
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Minutes from 18 Sep06
VFR Programming Meeting
Attendance:
Erika Marquez, Alex Peterson, Laura Minnick, Dan Koiodzinski, Aaron Archambeault, Emma Rose Silverman, Cathy Santosus, Don Blair, Jake Wheeler, Mary Wheelan, Chris Tinson, Lila Wolan, Carson Cistulli, annalise fonza (Minutes submitted by Carson Cistulli). (…)

Programming Committee Meeting
October 3, 2006
Attendance: Erika Marquez, Anthony Ratcliff, Sara Jaffe, Lila Wolan, BushI Harvey Ahmai, Cathy Santosus, Strong Oak, Alex Peterson, Christopher Tinson, annalise fonza, Carson Cistulli, Mary Wheelan, Andrew Jilani, Eric Nash (Sara Jaffe volunteered to take and transcribe minutes). (…)

Minutes for October 2006 Board Meeting. Friends Meeting House, Northampton
Minutes

Store Ed Charla’s records at the studio in the closet. (…)

VFR General Meeting Minutes 9.20.06
Agenda
Minutes

In no particular order, nominations for board candidates (apologies for any misspellings):

Matt Dineen
Sarah Jaffe (declined)
Annalise Fonza (declined)
Ed Russell
Francesca Rheanon (declined)
Erica Marquez
Anthony Ratcliffe
Chris Tinson
Seth Jackson
Raul Matta
Jose Tolson (declined)
Lisa Dipiano
Cheryl Alexander (accepted)
Jessica Levy
Emily Miller (declined)
Tim Scott
Chris Fisichilla
Mike Griffin
Eric Nash (declined)
Alan Vogel
Alisa Klein (declined)
Judith Moman (declined)
Bill Weye (declined)
Adam Hurter
Will Hall
Mike Dumont

The nominations committee will contact all nominees to see if they accept or decline. (…)

The VFR Board of Director’s Meeting Minutes, September 2006
Agenda
Executive Session 6 - 7

Public Meeting 7 - 9

Follow-up on VWB incident
Facilitation of Code of Conduct
Check in on accessibility and transportation
Fundraising Help
Emergency phone number exchange
African American Affairs Collective Challenges (8.2.06)
Cheryl & Noemi’s strike letter (9.20.05)
Letter from the group of 11 women (10.5.05)
Are documents submitted to the board public? (…)