2B. Election of officers.

President: Sue nominated Rych who was approved by unanimous consent.

VP: Gerry nominated Ali who was approved by unanimous consent.

Secretary: Gerry nominated Sue who was approved by unanimous consent

Treasurer: Sue nominated Diane who was approved by unanimous consent.

Reports:

3. President’s Report: Rych reported that our website had been hacked by kids. It’s been temporarily replaced with the old website while we work on replacing it. Tim Pozar is concerned that the program used (Mambo) is not sufficiently secure. Vic noted that no one had told Vic about security concerns. Rych discussed several options, including returning to the old program. Mark reported that he’s been looking at alternative website software; can use a CD (which is most secure, but would require re-doing the CD every time website is updated), or through command drive, but both of these options are time consuming. He offered to look into options. Alex suggested that this be a top priority as the old website that’s currently up is not updated and is static.

4. Executive Director/Program Director Report: See written financial report. Vic reports that he has forwarded financial information to our accountant for the end-of-year report and hopes to have it by next meeting. Got another KFCF check from October marathon. Once budget committee meets can discuss setting aside some funds for the new transmitter. Have been working since vacation on filing and cleaning up the office.

Programming: Realized after trying to use the new form for evaluating existing programs that the numeric system of rating doesn’t work, so decided to eliminate this system and replace it with a brief narrative and/or “yes/no” response. Need Board to OK it since it’s a change of a board approved form. Stan expounded on reasons for the change. Vic will e-mail the new form to Board members, but summary is deletion of numeric rating system and on page 1, under opinion (2nd question) “does the opinion or point of view readily available through mass media,” should read “is the opinion or point of view…” Ali moved and Gerry 2nded approval of these changes. Motion carried. Stan also noted that a question came up about how to evaluate programs that have more than one format (e.g. Street Heat, where the hosts rotate weekly for four different programs per month). Committee will further discuss this question.

Vic also reports that our license has been renewed for another 8years and are moving forward with the Archive Project, organizing, cataloging and preserving materials. Have a very committed volunteer (Mariette Olson) coming in once/week to work on this. She’s a subscriber who called to volunteer. Getting software to design labels for the CDs (the program burns the label onto the CD). It’s inexpensive and comes with templates. Also have received a proposal from Ali to move the time for Nuestro Foro to Tuesday at 7 so that KFCF can air Voices of the Middle East . This is under consideration.

5. Chief Engineer’s Report: Rand reports that the problem with the ISDN seems to have been resolved. Couldn’t report it to phone company because couldn’t pinpoint source of problem. Would be good to have another unit but they’re very expensive.

Committee Reports:

A. Budget Committee: Hasn’t met since Gerry was away. Ali asked if there was a budget set aside for advertising. It was reported that Vic had committed to contributing $300 towards the $2500 cost of an ad that will run for 6 months on KQED, thanking several local progressive organizations (including KFCF/FFCF) for their work. It was noted that we’ve done ads in the past on a case by case basis, with Vic approving some small ads in local publications. The Board discussed and approved the bigger “billboard” campaign a couple of years ago. No clear guideline on what types of ads/decisions need board approval. Gerry noted that when a budget is adopted it can be amended by the Board. Vic noted that if a board member had a suggestion for an ad campaign he or she could bring it up at the board meeting or to Vic. It was generally agreed that Vic will continue to make these kinds of decisions without the need for prior approval, but will report at board meetings when an ad campaign has been approved so board members can review.

B. Outreach Committee: Ali reported that the last month was busy for the committee. It met three times with some community volunteers who have committed to working up a proposal for new programming that is currently being called “Common Ground.” It will focus on the common experience of immigrant communities living in the Valley. Program would not be limited to middle eastern communities; Committee has already identified 18 different immigrant communities and community leaders to approach for different segments. Would be working with these leaders to produce segments so could obtain a more informed statement of problems these communities are facing. Volunteers working with the committee on this include Vida Samiian, Maribel Valencia Castillo, Naomi Martinez and Zua Vang. Will be submitting a proposal, for a half hour show to run twice a month, to Vic and the Programming Committee. Also proposing the program switch Vic referred to so that Middle Eastern programming currently available on KPFA (Voices of the Middle East) can be heard in Fresno. Also still working on coordinating with Campus Peace & Civil Liberties group for tabling on Fridays on CSUF campus.

C. Elections Committee: Debbie not present to report.

D. Fundraising Committee: Sue reported that committee didn’t meet in December. Vic noted that Chris Milar, blues musician who made a film about West Fresno blues history, has proposed doing something with us, possibly at Fagan’s Pub. Vic will send e- mail to fundraising committee so it can include this in plan for coming year.

E. Governance Committee: Mark reported that the committee didn’t meet, but Bruce Kennedy has agreed to help with review of bylaws.

F. Programming Committee. Stan reported that committee will next be evaluating Earth First, Earth Beat and It’s a Queer Thing, but committee is waiting for board approval of changes to evaluation form. The first three programs (Street Heat, Valley Politics and Wasteland of the Free) have been evaluated but Committee hasn’t met to discuss recommendations.

G. KPFA report: Mark said there was nothing much to report. Rych noted that he’d heard there was discussion of replacing Roy Campanella as general manager. Greg Guma has been appointed to replace Dan Coughlin as Pacifica’s executive director.

Old Business:

Board tabled discussion of two Governance proposals (re: Consent Agenda and Committee Membership). Also tabled discussion of staff job descriptions. Executive Committee needs to meet on those and present to board for approval.

New Business:

A. Angela’s proposal re: ad on KVPT (see discussion under Executive Director report). There was discussion of whether there should be a limit on the amount Vic could commit to an ad campaign without board approval, but others felt that would be unnecessary micromanagement. Rych noted that Vic regular consults him as board president before making any significant purchases. It was agreed that Vic would continue to make these decisions and report to board, but that board members were free to propose additional campaigns and/or discuss campaigns or other management decisions about which they had questions.

B. Committee Appointments: The following individuals are on the existing committees:

1. Programming Committee: Dave G. (chair), Rych, Rand, Vic, Leni, Stan

2. Budget Committee: Gerry B. (chair), Rych, Diane (will be calling a meeting after year end financial report is complete)

3. Governance Committee: Mark H. (chair), Gerry, Debbie S., Bruce K.

4. Fundraising Committee: Sue K. (chair), Diane, Cathy L

5. Elections Committee: Debbie S. (except when her board seat is up for election)

6. Outreach Committee: Ali R. (chair), Sue, Debbie, Wally (and several volunteers)

C. Other New Business: Valley Politics has proposed changing programming time from Monday, 3:30 (1/2 hour) and 1 Monday/month for 2 hours, to 2 hours every Monday night (to cover Transitions on Traditions from 8-10 p.m.). Programming committee has just evaluated Valley Politics and will consider this proposal. Wally reports that they’ve been working with local organizations that require more time to present their issues, such as Common Agenda Network and SCLC.

Announcements: Stan noted that on 2/10/06 Fresno Filmworks will be showing a new film on Emmet Till. January’s show was “Paradise Now” about the Palestinians. Stan encouraged members to support Filmworks programs by attending.