KPFA Local Station Board Meeting

Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA

December 16, 2006

The meeting was convened at 12:23PM by

Chairman Richard Phelps

In attendance:

Max Blanchet (MxB) Sepideh Khosrowjah (SK)

LaVarn Williams (LW) Stan Woods (SW)

Joseph Wanzala (JW) Annie Hallat (AH)

Attila Nagy (AN) Chandra Hauptman (CH)

Mary Berg (MB) Richard Phelps (RP)

Bonnie Simmons (BS) Sherry Gendelman (SG)

Mark Hernandez (MH) Sarv Randhawa (SR)

Brian Edwards-Tiekert (BET)

Rosalinda Palacios (RMP)

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Excuse absent members:

Willie Ratcliff - Flu

Marnie Tattersall - Ecological Needs

Miguel Molina - Attending Performance

Excused by unanimous consent (UC).

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Minutes:

October 21: MxB moves to approve minutes as presented.

Seconded, but an objection is raised by JW over Program

Council item. JW withdraws objection. Approved by UC.

November 18: BET moves to approve. Seconded, but an

objection by LW that minutes are incomplete. LW doesn't

have notes available, withdraws objection. Approved 9-6.

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Consent Calendar: No items.

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Public Comment:

Henry Norr

Mike Raines (?)

Steve Zeltzer

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Meeting of the Local Station Board adjourns at 12:46PM.

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New Local Station Board as elected November 2006 is

convened by acclamation at 12:47PM.

Richard Phelps convenes by acclamation.

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Introduction of new members:

Andrea Turner (AT)

Conn Hallinan (CnH)

Lewis Sawyer (LS)

Sarv Randhawa (SR)

Mark Hernandez (MH) [interim KFCF representative]

Ernesto "Tico" Chacin (TC)

Rosalinda Montez Palacios (RMP)

Brian Edwards-Tiekert (BET)

Sherry Gendelman (SG)

Bonnie Simmons (BS)

Richard Phelps (RP)

Mary Berg (MB)

Phoebe Ann Sorgen (PS/PA)

Annie Hallatt (AH)

Chandra Hauptman (ChH)

Attila Nagy (AN)

Henry Norr (HN)

Joseph Wanzala (JW)

Sasha Futran (SF)

Stan Woods (SW)

LaVarn Williams (LW)

Noelle Hanrahan (NH)

Anthony Fest (AF)

Absent:

Vida Samiian

Miguel Molina

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Agenda

RP raises objection to lack of proper notice

to meeting, indicating that he feels that no

required four announcements per the by-laws.

MB: Move to proceed with the meeting.

22-0-0 Close debate.

20-0-2 Motion approved.

BET: Moves to approve agenda. MB seconds.

Unanimous Consent.

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Excuse Absent Members:

VS/MM by UC.

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Election of officers:

Nomination for Chair:

Bonnie Simmons 14

Richard Phelps 9

Nomination for Vice-Chair:

Conn Hallinan 12

Attila Nagy 11

Nomination for Secretary:

Henry Norr 11

Ernesto "Tico" Chacin 12

Nomination for Treasurer:

Brian Edwards-Tiekert 13

Sasha Futran 10

Ballots and ballot count presented to Secetary

for recording.

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BET moves to suspend the rules to place the

iGM report after Public Comment. SR seconds.

ChH moves to amend to place the report before

Public Comment. MB seconds.

Amendment 19-1, passes.

Motion 22-0. Motion passes.

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BET moves to make Executive Session an Order

of the Day at 3:00PM. MB Seconds.

UC.

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BREAK 2:07PM for five minutes: Reconvene by 2:15PM.

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Reconvene at 2:16PM.

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Consent Calendar: Approved without objection or amendment.

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iGM Report:

As submitted to the LSB.

BET moves to table remainder of iGM report/Q&A in order

to comply with by-laws requirements for public comment

minimum of 30 minutes, resumes on completion of public

comment. LS seconds.

10-11 fails.

ChH offers to meet with iGM to facilitate communications.

MH raises issue that By-Laws mandate a minimum of 30 minutes

for public comment and that any remaining time can be used

at the discretion of the Board.

12-8 to go to public comment.

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Public Comment:

Jim Weber

Fadi Saba

David O'Connell

Daniel Borgstrom

Maxine Dugan

Steve Zeltzer

Virginia Browning (cedes time)

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Questioning of iGM resumes following Public Comment.

Meeting adjourns to Executive Session per Orders of the Day

at 3:05PM.

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Executive Session: Convened at 3:17PM.

The subject of the Local Station Board Executive Session

concerned legal advice and matters concerning the Local

Station Board and its relation to the Pacifica Foundation.

Adjourn Executive Session at 4:44PM

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