Fresno Free College Foundation Board of Directors Meeting

Feb 1998

Present: Vic Bedoian, Steve Barile, Ben Amirkhanian, Don Fisher, Catherine Campbell, Rych Withers, Rand L. Stover, Dixie Salazar, Barbara Devinney

Vice President Steve Barile called the meeting to order at 7:18 PM

1.) It was agreed that the meeting start time would be discussed at the next meeting.

2.) The election of two more board members was discussed. RL Stover moved that Barbara Devinney and Dixie Salazar be added to the board. Seconded by Catherine Campbell. Passed Unanimously.

3.) Approval of Minutes. Don Fisher noted that discusion of the Saroyan Radio Project was absent from the last minutes. It was reaffirmed that it was discussed and moved by Don Fisher and seconded by Catherine Campbell to add to the previous minutes. Unanimous.

4.) Status of Projects.

a.) Saroyan Society is doing a newsletter with the help of Woody Laughnan entitled "Saroyan's World".

b.) Vic Bedoian talked about how time intensive doing mailings for the Spectrum Gallery is, and how Dennis Kepplinger, who handles mailings for the Gallery, suggests that members shows mail first class and do their own work, with the FFCF doing only "Spectrum Gallery" shows. This was moved by Catherine Campbell, seconded by Don Fisher and approved unanimously.

c.) Vic Bedoian reported that he met with Nicole Sawaya, KPFA's new General Mananger, and was very impressed with her feelings about KFCF and Fresno. She wants to visit Fresno in April (tenative). Catherine Campbell offered to house her. The idea of a meeting with her in Berkeley to discuss KPFA/KFCF concerns was mentioned.

d.) The continuing encroachment of KFCF's and other non-commercial educational broadcasters broadcast coverage area by religious translators and stations was discussed.

e.) The San Fransisco Mime Troupe wants the Foundation to sponsor their summer show. Catherine Campbell says that the Mime Troupe is not well known here, and Rych Withers had doubts about getting a large enough audience for a summer show to pay for a $4,000 commitment. Rych Withers moved we not do the SFMT this year. Seconded by Catherine Campbell. Unanimous.

f.) Vic Bedoian told the board he had, under authority of President Doug Noll, applied for a $15,00 grant from the Gundlefinger Foundation to produce the Opera "Life of Saroyan". The show would be produced int he year 2000. Ben Amirkhanian arrived, passed out copies of "Saroyan's World" and announced the agenda for the 1998 Saroyan Festival. Barille is working on the radio version of "Sam Eagle's House".

Old Business

               a.) Vic Bedoian said progress was being made on anniversary events.

A meeting in the next week would look at sites for the annual banquet. Vic would look into slides and video that Alex Vavoulis had produced for an earlier anniversary.

b.) The Annual report would go to the printer within the next few days. It was agreed that 2000 copies would be printed.

c.) Newsletter & Fundraiser - Vic had completed writing the newsletter and was waiting to mail between marathons.

New Business

a.) Vic Bedoian discussed the problems with getting subscription

information from KPFA in a timely manner and in a usable format.

He had met with KPFA's new subscription manager Dan Albers and

discussed the idea of KPFA doing the billing for Fresno. 50% of

KFCF's income already is handled through KPFA with credit cards.

KPFA proposed a handling fee. Vic would meet with KPFA and report

at next meeting.

b.) Future of Foundation. Moved to the future- next meeting.

c.) Speaker series. Tom Quinn at Spectrum was a good show. Next two

speakers are Ernest Callenbach and Fran Peavey (April 16). Other

Board members need to offer suggestions.

Other Business

a.) Grant Application - Fresno Arts Council funding cycle is approaching with a April 3 deadline. It was suggested that Dixie Salazar's Tower Mural project, honoring Chuck Moulton and the arts be proposed.

b.) KFCF transmitter is sick. The 1965 Bauer transmitter has had a meltdown, and parts are getting hard to find. Rand Stover and Rych

Withers have installed a lower power amplifier (70 watts versus our normal 1000 watts) in the meantime. The idea of getting a new transmitter for less than $11,000 and moving the current transmitter to back-up duty was moved by Don Fisher and seconded by Catherine Campbell. Unanimous.

c.) The idea of honoring long time members of the Foundation, such as the Victors and Zumwalts at the next annual banquet was discussed and generally agreed upon.