WBCR-LP 97.7FM, Great Barrington Community Radio

Minutes

Programming Committee Meeting
September 18, 2007
Present:
Voting Members:
Frank Tolopko, Ben Shalles, Ananda Timpane, Dan White, Deborah Alecson,

Public/Guests:
Judy Rosley, Larry Bronstein, Robert Pelicotti, Ina & Esu
Agenda:
1. CLOSED SESSION: Programming Committee list serve (15 min.)
Emails are considered to be working documents and the property of the station. It was agreed that they should be considered semi-privateӔ. Before sharing them with non-list members, the authors permission should be sought.
2.  House-keeping (20 min.)
    Minutes - Approved
    Agenda - Approved
    Online Program Listing Edits/Program Descriptions Җ Forwarded to proper people
    Communication Flow Chart Approved. ֓A for effort for Ananda
3. Programs/Programmers (30 min.)
    Healers Connect (8/7/07)
No violation but closeness to the line raised concern. Advice given on avoiding commercial speech.
    Studio Trashed 9.3.07 Ԗ Todd will follow up.
    Jumping Off with Ina & Esu 9.4.07
Committee voted 4-0 (with 2 abstentions) to assign 3 warning points for the discussion of Barka (their foundation) on the air. Ananda will work with Ina & Esu to mention Barka and sort out the gray areas.
    DN! Shade v. Sit 9.5.07 No violation. The sound ֓shit is not the word ԓshit.
    I-Bob Ԗ
The Programming Committee does not have the authority to censure its members. Complaints regarding members should be taken up with the Grievance Committee. Deborah apologized to I-Bob for statements she had made regarding him. He accepted.
Ananda asked that the animosity between Deborah and I-Bob not take up any more committee time.
4. Self Promotion Policy, (Todd, 6/5/07)
Programming Committee to ask Membership Committee to host a membership meeting on self-promotion.
Bob Balough wants clear guidelines on self-promotion.
Ananda & Nick to research whether board members (members of boards other than WBCR-LP) can announce events they are involved in.
5. Policy Comprehension Quiz Review (Nick, 6/19/07)  Tabled.
6. New Schedule Wrap-up ֖ Day Captain Tasks?
Ananada will contact programmers who requested changes, but didnt get them.
Todd and Ananda will go over the schedule and check for changes. They will then pass these along to the respective Day Captains. Day Captains will then create Audio Hijack profiles for new/changed programs.
7. Listener Comment Line, 10 min. (Ananda, 7/17/07) Җ Tabled.
8. Anonymity v. Accountability, 20 min. (7/17/07)
Motion on the table for discussion: Change station policy to require all programmers or program sponsors to provide their real name in a manner accessible by the community.
Motion was not seconded. Valuable discussion ensued. It was agreed to continue the discussion at Oct. 16 meeting. Motion is removed.
9. Accuracy in Reporting/Opinion Programs, 45 min. (Jan Seward, 8/7/07)  Tabled.
10. Blast Email Protocol, 10 min. (8/10/07) ֖ Tabled.
11. Peer Review, 15 min. (Ananda, 8/21/07)  Tabled.
12. Policy Reminder (Ananda, 8/21/07) ֖ Tabled.

→ Posted by atimpane on 09/18/2007 at 06:14 PM. Filed under "minutes".