WBCR-LP 97.7FM, Great Barrington Community Radio

Board Meeting October 15, 2008

Minutes

WBCR-LP FM

Board of Directors Meeting October 15, 2008 at WBCR Studio

Meeting convened at 6:24 pm

In attendance: D. Barrett, J. Eddy, P. Rapp, N. Ring, P. Tierney, F. Tolopko

Absent: None

Guests: B. Shalles, P. Levine

Agenda adopted unanimously

Previous minutes (September, 2008) unanimously adopted with minor corrections.

Public comments: None.

Motion to appoint Peter Levine to WBCR Board until the next Board election was unanimously approved.

A slate of officers for the Board was proposed: P. Rapp, President; D. Barrett, Vice-President; J. Eddy, Treasurer; F. Tolopko, Secretary. One ballot was cast for their unanimous election to their positions.

Treasurerגs Report

Checking balance:   $993  

Report unanimously accepted.

Committee reports

Facilities: No report.

Membership: No report.

Programming: (N. Ring) A new show production manual should be available by the next training cycle (early 2009). Programmer feedback is being elicited for the recently published absentee policy. The PC is seeking solutions to the lack of a full schedule of early morning shows. The possible inclusion of a 1-hour all Spanish language edition of the Democracy Now! is being investigated. Several alarm/light violations are being dealt with.

Tech: (N. Ring) Microphones are required to initially outfit studio 2. Funds are required and will be investigated at the completion of the fund drive. There have been streaming problems and RAID (disc storage) problems. They are being investigated.

Fund Raising/Fund Drive: S. Mastrianni has volunteered to actively pursue new sources of income for WBCR. The Treasurer, with Board approval, will prepare an annual budget for submission to the Mass. Cultural Council as a requirement for receipt of our recently awarded grant. When completed a press release will announce the receipt of the award. The next fund drive, initially pegged for the second week in February, 2009 will be further discussed at upcoming Board meetings in conjunction with the Programming Committee.

Finance: No report.

Grievance: No report.

Tasks update and other agenda items

A motion to continue WBCR membership in the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, at an annual cost $103, was unanimously approved.

Suggestion to initiate a regularly scheduled meeting of Board officers on the first Wednesday of every month by phone or otherwise was adopted. Purpose of the brief meeting is to monitor outstanding Board issues and tasks.

Suggestion to change venue of the monthly Board meeting (3rd Wednesday of month) to the WBCR studio space was adopted.

Board Secretary will make necessary changes to the Board page on the WBCR website, reflecting all the current changes in membership, officers, meeting information, etc.

The Board agreed to review the handwritten minutes of the annual membership before they are published on the website.

Establishing and publishing the current version of the WBCR corporate bylaws will be handled by F. Tolopko, N. Ring and P. Rapp.

Based on the acceptance of Pacifica affiliation by the membership, a motion to authorized B. Shalles to complete the application process and forward payment was unanimously accepted.

Issue of filling 2 remaining Board positions was raised and deferred to next meeting.

Incident report involving an unwelcome home phone call from a listener to a programmer has been resolved.

Motion to adjourn was unanimously accepted at 8:07 pm.

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