OFFICIAL
20060311 Minutes
KPFA Local Station Board
Regular Meeting Minutes
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison
Berkeley, CA
March 11, 2006
Meeting is called to order at 11:12 AM.
ze="2" FACE="Lucida Console, sans-serif">Sepideh
Khosrowjah (SK)
Max
Blanchet (MxB)
Mary
Berg (MyB)
Richard
Phelps (RP)
Bonnie
Simmons (BS)
Lisa
Rothman (LR)
Rosalinda Palacios (RMP)
Sarv
Randhawa (SR)
Sherry
Gendelman (SG)
William
Walker (WW)
Mark
Hernandez (MH)
Willie
Ratcliff (WR)
Debbie
Speer (DS)
Marnie
Tattersall (MT)
Absent/Excused:
Howard
Beeman (HB)
Attila
Nagy (AN)
Eric
Park (EP)
Fadi
Saba (FS)
Late:
Stan
Woods (SW)
Riva
Enteen (RE)
Lavarn
Williams (LW)
Following
introduction of LSB members, it was announced that Fadi Saba has resigned from the LSB. Per Pacifica By-Laws, Jane Jackson is seated as next in line of succession from the previous election pool of candidates.
AGENDA:
The
agenda was approved as amended; MSC/UC BET/MyB.
CONSENT
CALENDAR:
Of
eight items, four were pulled by members for later consideration.
Items
approved by unanimous consent are:
I)
Confirm KPFA LSB meeting in San Jose for April 22, 2006.
II)
Seat Jane Jackson to Fadi Saba's vacated seat on the LSB and LSB
Committees
V)
KPFA LSB MEETING 2006 SCHEDULE
VI)
KPFA LSB MEETING LOCATIONS
Remaining
items to be placed under New Business:
III.
BERKELEY HONDA RESOLUTION [CH] <= SR
IV.
PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A KPFA LSB DISABILITY ACCESS COMMITTEE [CH] <= SR
VII.
DISTRIBUTION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION RECORDS FOR APPROVAL [MyB] <= JJ
VIII.
DISPOSITION OF PREVIOUS UNRESOLVED AGENDA ITEMS [MyB] <= SG
Page
1
MINUTES:
Approval
of minutes was postponed; MSC/UC BET/RPM
OFFICIAL
20060311 Minutes, p. 2:
GENERAL
MANAGER'S REPORT:
Greg
Guma, Pacifica National Executive Director, proceeded to report in
light of the vacant General Manager position at KPFA. Guma introduced
himself to the KPFA members, staff and listeners.
Comments
from LSB members and responses.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
MOTION:
A
motion by RE was made to open the agenda for revision, JJ seconds.
Roll
Call vote taken:
Yes:
No: Abstain:
MxB
MyB
RE
BET
SW
SG
CH
AH
SK
MH
WR
RMP
JJ
SR
MT
LR
JW
BS
LW
DS
WW
10
11 0
The
motion fails.
COMMITTEE/OFFICER
REPORTS (up to four):
I.
Treasurer: Financial Report
BET
provides written report
II.
Program Director Hiring Committee
SG
provided report
III.
GM Hiring Committee:
Committee
convened by RP, LW elected chair, CH is vice-chair, RP is secretary.
Action
items and administrivia engaged, next meeting 3/14.
Break
I.
Personnel Issues:
The
Personnel Committee recommends that as a matter of policy, should staff reductions
become necessary, before making any reductions, management shall make available to all employees the option of voluntarily reducing their hours
and seeking partial compensation through California's work-sharing program,
(http://www.edd.ca.gov/uirep/de8714bb.pdf ) and do its best to accommodate
their desires.
BET
presents to board as committee spokesperson.
MT
moves to table, WR seconds. 7-12, motion fails.
AH
moves to accept the committee report as a policy for KPFA.
Substitute
Motion: BET/AH The LSB recommends that as a matter of policy, should staff reductions be necessary, before making such reduction, shall ask
employees if they will voluntarily reduce their hours and seek partial compensation
through California’s work sharing program, and shall do its best to accommodate their desires without compromising operations.
15-6
to close debate on substitute motion.
Amendment accepted by unanimous consent.
12-9
to approve.
II.
Operations and Fundraising Issues:
Motion
regarding on-air appeals for funds [LW]:
Whereas, the Pacifica Foundation is one of the last bastions of free speech
and that the first purpose of the Pacifica Foundation as stated in
the bylaws is as follows: “To establish a Foundation organized and operated
exclusively for educational purposes no part of the net earnings of
which inures to the benefit of any member of the Foundation”; We
resolve that all on air appeals to the community and listeners for funds
by individuals or groups shall be voluntary and/or part of normal Pacifica
job responsibilities whether paid or unpaid staff, volunteers, or
board members. The Pacifica Foundation shall practice what is written in
the bylaws and shall not allow members to benefit or inure from earnings of
the Foundation and that the practice of paying to pitch or exchanging cash
or other assets that may include airtime, premiums, or equipment is a violation
of the bylaws of the Foundation.
Substitute
motion proposed by MH
In
further compliance with the Pacifica By-laws, all Local Station Board
members shall submit to the LSB Secretary and the Executive Director
of Pacifica a Disclaimer of Interest that details any and all
funds received from any source that are paid, granted or gifted in
relation to the Delegate's association with KPFA and Pacifica for the
past five years, over and above the information requested in compliance
with Article 5, Section 10. A failure to comply will be grounds
for removal from the LSB for reasons under Article 5, Section 7, Subsections
D and E."
Chair
rules substitute motion is out of order without explanation and before
second can be made.
Appealling
the decision of the Chair by MH/WW. Roll Call vote called:
MyB
N MxB Y
BET
N RE Y
SW
Y AH N
CH
Y SK Y
RMP
N RP Y
SR
N WR Y
LR
N JJ Y
BS
N DS N
MT
Y WW N
JW
Y LW Y
MH
N
Decision
of the Chair upheld 11-10.
Question
is called. Original motion passes 10-9.
III.
Procedural Issues:
A.
Meeting Rotation Schedule [FS]:
MH
speaking for FS in his absence.
MyB
indicates GovComm has submitted but not acted.
14-2
table MyB/BS.
B.
Selection of LSB Program Council Reps [AH]:
Nominations:
AH SK JW SW SR
Chair
rules that staff LSB members are ineligible to be members of the Program Council as LSB representatives.
Appeal
the decision of the Chair. Vote is 11-8-1 to sustain the ruling of Chair. STV of nominees commences.
[In
21 ballots:
AH/JW
won in Round 1
SW
eliminated in Round 3
SR
eliminated in Round 4
electing
SK in Round 4.
Verified
by MH and listeners
Signe
Mattson and Sureya Samoni]
Discussion
of terms of PC members; UNRESOLVED.
Motion
to suspend the rules for BET/LR. Trumped by Motion to adjourn by WR/RE
12-9.
Meeting
adjourned 4:33PM.
