WBCR-LP 97.7FM, Great Barrington Community Radio

Minutes January 20, 2010

Minutes
WBCR-LP FM
Board of Directors Meeting—January 20, 2010 at WBCR studio

Meeting convened at 6:04 pm

In attendance:  N. Ring, P. Rapp, F. Tolopko, P. Levine
Absent: D. Barrett, J. Eddy, Y. Skiba
Guests: A. Potter, B. Shalles

Agenda adopted unanimously
Previous minutes (12/02/09, 12/16/09) accepted unanimously
Public comments: None
Treasurer’s Report    Cash on had: $15,925
            2010 Budget presented for adoption. Tabled until January Board meeting.
            Treasurer’s report accepted unanimously.
Committee reports
Facilities: B. Shalles (via phone): Handrails work will be completed (needed for certificate of occupancy) but at additional cost.
Membership: No report
Programming: A. Timpane (via email): 1st quarter programming schedule will be completed by last week in January. Training is progressing well with additional, new trainers and should be completed by February 1. L. Bronstein has resigned from the PC and A. Potter has rejoined the committee. 6 shows have been dropped/cancelled from the new schedule. Collection of music programming data, as requested by ASCAP, is continuing with J. Silverman as the coordinator of the first, data collection, phase the project. The PC is seeking a coordinator for the final phase of the project. The PC is looking into broadcasting all or part of the Homeless Marathon in February.
Tech: N. Ring: Waiting for arrival of replacement power supply for the iMac computer. Other technical work (as described in previous minutes) is progressing.
Fund Raising: A. Potter: Tentative date set for the next on-air fund drive (May 2 through 8). Potential conflicts are being examined. Additional fund raising ideas are being discussed such as auction, events, use of performance space, eg. A WBCR 5th anniversary celebration/gala is in the planning stages.
Finance: No report.  
Grievance: No report.
Public Relations: No report.

Tasks update and other agenda items
P. Rapp discussed the public meeting of the Great Barrington Cultural Council in January. Our appeal of their rejection of our funding application was on the agenda. The net-net was that our appeal was accepted and we were awarded a grant, though less than what was requested and initially granted.
Our grant application to the Massachusetts Cultural Council is in process. Awaiting receipt of funds from a previous grant.
There was discussion of the possibility of streaming the James Taylor Haiti fund raising event at the Mahaiwe. Technology, FCC approval, WBCR studio coverage and WAMC permission would be the determining factors. The sense of the Board was to vigorously pursue the project.
The Board unanimously approved the use of our studio space by the Orion group to record a podcast using their own equipment.

The next Board meeting was scheduled for January 20, 2010.
Motion to adjourn was unanimously accepted at 7:30 pm.

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