2007-08-24 Approved Minutes for PNB Public Teleconference Meeting

Absent: Acie Byrd (AB), Chandra Hauptman (CH), Berthold Reimers (BR), Thomas Ruffin (TR).

8:48pm: Approval of agenda.

Proposed Agenda:

1) Roll Call and Agenda (15 min)

2) ED Report, incl. update on elections progress and issues (20 min)

3) Finance cmte report (public portion) (20 min)

4) Motions postponed from the PNB meeting in Los Angeles based on the need for a financial impact consideration by the National Finance Committee

- Brazon motion to increase N.E.S. Hours from 120 to 160. (15 min)

• Brazon motion to increase the advertised salary for the ED position to $100,000. (15 min)

LD: Add item to discuss donation solicition by Sreve Brown. No 2^nd. Not added.

LB: Add venue of next in-person meeting. 2^nd.

DA: Add scheduling next teleconference meeting .

MP: Add motion sent 8/14 by CH in support of SF 8. MB 2^nd.

8:57 pm. Agenda approved as amended (see Appendix 1 below):.

8:57 pm. ED report.

9:13 pm. Finance cmte report (public portion) (20 min) NFC report-LW.

9:20 pm. DA has question re issue of holding FTE to FY 07 levels. yields chair to Sarv for remainder of this item.

9:21 pm. LH: NFC had discussion, will continue to work on it at next NFC meeting.

9:27 pm: Brazon motion to increase N.E.S. Hours from 120 to 160. (15 min

MB moves to table for ½ hr at CP's request. Without objection.

9:34 pm. Brazon motion to increase the advertised salary for the ED position to $100,000. (15 min)

DA asks if any objection to addressing this n public session. There was none. LB motivates motion.

9:36 pm. BL moves to amend to increase to $90,000. RLF 2^nd. BL motivates his amendment.

9:58 pm. AL makes substitute motion for statring salary of $90,000, not to exceed $100.000. 2^nd.

10:01 pm. LB Moves to postpone till next teleconference to allow time to consult with HR Director; to add cap now might be problematic as there are now eight people ready to be interviewed.

1004 pm. Item postponed w/oo.

10:05 pm. Motion to increase N.E.S. Hours from 120 to 160. Casey Peters joined call till 10:17.

10:19 pm. Motion passed without objection.

10:19 pm. Venue of next in-person meeting.

DA: Rotation of venues for in-person meetings is a special order, so sequence can be changed by a 2/3 majority vote. New York could be exchanged with Berkeley. But no venue can be omitted.

GG: A possibility of using St. John the Divine (cost $750) plus a near-by hostel (cost range $28-$85 per night). Hostel not wheelchair-accessible.

10:32 pm. LB moves to reverse the order of in-person meeting venues between Nwy York and Berkeley, so that the winter meeting would be in New York; and to waive the union requirement for the upcoming Berkeley 9/28-30 meeting if necessary. 2^nd by several.

During discussion BL reports that St John bathrooms are not wheelchair accessible.

10:40 pm. WS makes substitute motion that Coordinating Committee hold an emergency meeting next week to select either Berkeley or New York, and that it be authorized to make the decision. MP 2^nd.

10:56 pm. At time, no motion to extend. Vote on WS amendment fails 4Y, 9N with 3A.

Y: MP,Sarv, WS, LW.

N: MB, EB, LB, RLF, AL, BL, LT, DW, MW.

A: LD, SR, Rip.

11:00 pm. LB motion divided without objection.

11:03 pm. Vote to switch venues for September '07 meeting passes 6Y, 4N, 6A.

Y: MB, LB, LD, RLF, BL, MW.

N: EB, Rip, WS, LW.

A: AL, MP, Sarv, SR, LT, DW.

11:07 pm. Vote to waive union requirement for September “07 venue passes 7Y, 6N, 3A.

Y: MB, EB, LB, AL, SR, WS, MW.
N: LD, RLF, BL, Sarv, LT, LW.
A: MP, Rip, DW.

11:14 pm. Next teleconference meeting set for 9/7/07 without objection. First order of business is vote on proposed bylaws amendment.

11:16 pm. MP motion on behalf of CH to support the SF 8 (full text is in Appendix 2).

11:17 pm. Motion passed without objection.

Public Session adjourned at 11:18 pm.

Appendix 1: Agenda Approved as Amended:

1) Roll Call and Agenda (15 min)

2) ED Report, incl. update on elections progress and issues (20 min)

3) Finance cmte report (public portion) (20 min)

4) Motions postponed from the PNB meeting in Los Angeles based on the need for a financial impact consideration by the National Finance Committee

- Brazon motion to increase N.E.S. Hours from 120 to 160. (15 min)

- Brazon motion to increase the advertised salary for the ED position to $100,000. (15 min)

5) Venue of next in-person meeting (LB).

6) Scheduling next teleconference meeting (DA).

7) Motion sent 8/14 by CH in support of SF 8. (Full text is in Appendix 2)

Appendix 2: CH Proposed Resolution for Pacifica National Board Opposing U.S. Government Efforts to Legalize Torture:

August 13, 2007

Whereas, Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Article 7 of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights state: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”; and,

Whereas, U.S. federal and state laws prohibit torture by the police or U.S. military; and,

Whereas, evidence gained by coercion has been ruled inadmissible in a court of law as violating the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which protects against involuntary self-incrimination, as well as the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and

Whereas, the Bush administration is attempting to overturn this fundamental human right, both by permitting its agents to use torture around the world and inside the U.S., and by attempting to use evidence gathered by torture to support criminal charges; and

Whereas, Richard Brown, Richard O’Neal, Ray Boudreaux, Hank Jones, Francisco Torres, Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim, and Harold Taylor, former members of the Black Panther Party, are being held in the San Francisco County Jail charged with crimes based on testimony gained through torture in 1973 as part of the FBI’s infamous Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO); and

Whereas, these charges were thrown out of court in 1975 because the state’s case was built on testimony gained through torture in New Orleans in 1973;

Therefore, be it resolved that the Pacifica National Board strongly opposes the US government’s efforts to bring any charges in a case tainted by torture, and urges that charges against these 8 men be dismissed.

Attached:

SF8brochure.pdf and SF8facts0415.pdf

For more information go to www.freethesf8.org