That Pacifica shall use as a guideline the endeavor to hold expenditures in all major categories in FY '08 budgets to FY '07 levels;

That Pacifica shall accumulate a small contingency fund for potential use by stations in case drives do not perform;

That Pacifica shall focus on revenue producing activiies in FY '08; and

That the ED and CFO shall continue to monitor WBAI revenue shortfall or recovery in FY '08 and its impact on the 2008 budget.

Motion as amended PASSED 7/29 without objection.

Resolution on Oaxaca put forward at the Pacifica National Board meeting by Director, Margaret Prescod of KPFK – 28 July 2007:

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITIES IN OAXACA FROM PACIFICA NATIONAL BOARD

Whereas, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz is accused of being responsible for human rights abuses against a mainly Indigenous population, against teachers on strike and against anyone who speaks out against this repression;

Whereas, Amnesty International in 2005, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in October 2006 and the International Civil Commission for Human Rights Observation in December 2006, have reported extensive and systematic human rights violations, including assassinations, torture, rapes (of women and men) and arbitrary detention in Oaxaca state;

Whereas, Mexico's Supreme Court, June 2007, ordered an investigation into Ulises Ruiz's human rights abuses;

Whereas, one and a half million people, of a population of under four million, have marched to ask for the removal and prosecution of Ulises Ruiz, and in support of the teachers' demands for food, shoes and school supplies for pupils and higher wages;

Whereas, in August 2006, women occupied the public TV and radio stations to broadcast news of their involvement in the struggle of the Oaxaca people, as well as the repression they were being subjected to;

Whereas, radio occupations by the community have been central to the protection of the population from police and paramilitary assassinations;

Whereas, more than 60 people have been murdered by police and paramilitaries, including US Indymedia cameraman Brad Will in October 2006, and more recently on July 16, 2007 during the traditional harvest festival; 50 people have been disappeared, many more are still in jail and over 500 activists are being hounded with arrest warrants;

Whereas, 32 Members of the UK Parliament have signed Early Day Motion 1828 Human Rights Situation in Oaxaca, Mexico, to press for investigations into human rights abuses to be carried out, and for the protection of those who have brought human rights violations to public attention, in particular Jaqueline Lopez Almazán, Leyla Centeno, Alejandro Cruz López, Samuel Hernández Morales and Ulises Reynosa Guerrero;

Whereas, APPO (Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca - Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, a broad based coalition of human rights and grassroots networks and organizations) is holding a Public Trial to protest repression in Oaxaca on August 3 & 4, 2007, in the Zocalo of Mexico City;

Whereas, APPO has called for international support for their trial;

Therefore be it Resolved that the National Board of Pacifica Radio will send this resolution to the Public Trial on human rights abuses in Oaxaca on August 3 & 4 in a show of support; encourage all Pacifica stations and affiliates to educate its listeners about the Trial and its outcome and APPO’s ongoing campaign for justice.

PASSED without objection by PNB Sunday, 7/29/07

 

 

 

MOTION Re SUPPORT FOR LABOR IN LOCKOUT PASSED BY KPFA LSB 7/21/07, BROUGHT TO PNB 7/29/07:

Resolved, that the Pacifica Foundation supports the KPFA LSB resolution that calls for an end to the lockout of Amaleda County members of Local 70 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and for good faith negotiations with Local 70; and further, that there be no retaliation against members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and International Machinists Union.

PASSED 7/29/07 without objection.

 

 

RESOLUTION BY THE PACIFICA NATIONAL BOARD

IN APPRECIATION OF KPFK GENERAL MANAGER EVA GEORGIA

WHEREAS, Eva Georgia has served as the general manager of Pacifica Station KPFK in Los Angeles for approximately five years and has demonstrated innovative leadership and dedicated commitment to the mission of the Pacifica Foundation;

WHEREAS, under Eva Georgia’s leadership KPFK’s paid and unpaid staff has become more diverse and its programming has become more relevant to the needs of the Los Angeles area’s diverse communities;

WHEREAS, under Eva Georgia’s leadership KPFK has provided strong leadership to the Pacifica Foundation and the radio broadcasting industry in the development of Spanish language programming;

WHEREAS, Eva Georgia has led KPFK’s staff and volunteers in successful fundraising efforts throughout her tenure at KPFK, which has substantially increased its membership;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Pacifica National Board expresses its full and sincere support for Eva Georgia and its appreciation for her responsible leadership and dedication to the Pacifica Foundation and its mission.

Signed by

Greg Guma, Executive Director of the Pacifica Foundation

David Adelson, Chair, of the Pacifica National Board

Pacifica National Board Directors.

PASSED without objection by PNB Sunday 7/29/07.

 

Acie Byrd moved that the ED put the foregoing motion out as a press release and cause to be posted on the Pacifica website.

PASSED without objection.

 

 

 

 

MOTION  Re LPFM From Directors, Robbins, White and Hauptman of the Affiliates Task Force:

Move that The Pacifica Foundation supports the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 – House Bill 2802/S, and Senate Bill 1675 – introduced by Senators John McCain and Maria Cantwell, and Congressman Doyle and Congressman Terry – to expand Low Power FM radio to more communities and to many of America's biggest cities.

We encourage everyone to contact and ask their own senators to co-sponsor this bill to help provide access for people to more local media to support workers, families, and communities across the country.

Reference:

Local Community radio Act of 2007 :

<http://www.senateseeker.com/bills.php?id=1859>

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./temp/~c11060gsmh::

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:1:./temp/~c1101zbp93::

http://www.senateseeker.com/bills.php?id=1859

PASSED without objection Sundaqy, 7/29/07

 

Public Session adjourned at 2:45 pm.