Fresno Free College Foundation Board of Directors
June 27, 2000
Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 7:20 p.m. by Vice President Sari Dworkin at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Fresno, Calif.
Determination of Quorum: Present: Ben Amirkhanian, Catherine Campbell, Sari Dworkin, Bruce Kennedy, Robert Munce, Dixie Salazar, Rand Stover, Alex Vavoulis. Absent: Deborah Speer, Kent Stratford, Rych Withers. Speer and Withers arrived by 7:30 p.m.
Approval of Minutes: MOVED/SECONDED to accept minutes.PASSED
President’s report: No report.
Executive Director’s report: Vic Bedoian handed out most recent P&L statements, and a proposed calendar for new programming to replace PNN.
Program Director’s report: MOVED (Vavoulis) /SECONDED to accept report . PASSED.
Board of Directors recall / mediation offer:
Background: Letter from Tim
Pozar of San Francisco explaining his involvement in an attempt, with Mike
Rhodes of Fresno Labor/Community
Alliance, to facilitate mediation was read.
Rhodes spoke briefly of his involvement in the effort and introduced Dr.
Su Kapoor (CSU Prof., Peace and Conflict Resolution studies) to give a
presentation regarding mediation and offering his services as a mediator if
agreed to by the Board. MOVED (Dworkin) / SECONDED
to accept mediation with Dr. Kapoor . FAILED
MOVED (Munce) / SECONDED to set adjournment at 9:30 p.m.
Broadcast of recall debate:
Background: It was reported
that the League of Women Voters declined to moderate a public debate on the
recall issue. Withers proposed
pre-recorded segments of 14 minutes each per
side, with 2 minutes for introduction, for a total of a 30-minute program to be
aired six times, with each presentation alternating from first to last.
MOVED(Munce) / SECONDED
to accept Withers’ proposal. PASSED.
Coin toss determined that anti-recall statement will be aired first on the first broadcast, and segments will alternate thereafter.
As per previous motion to adjourn at 9:30 p.m., all remaining agenda items are held over. Consensus to meet August 15, at location to be determined.
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.