Approved Minutes

PNB In-Person Los Angeles Meeting

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Public Session convened at 12:47 pm PT.

Present for all or part of public session: Dave Adelson (DA), Mary Berg (MB), Evelyn Bethune (EB), Acie Byrd (AB), Lydia Brazon (Lydia), Lisa Davis (LD), Chandra Hauptman (CH), Ray LaForest (RLF), Bob Lederer (BL), Margaret Prescod (MP), Sarv Randhawa (Sarv), Sandra Rawline (SR), Berthold Reimers (BR), Rip Robbins (Rip), Rob Robinson (RR), Thomas Ruffin (TR), Wendy Schroell (WS), Lori Taguma (LT), LaVarn Williams (LW), Michael Woodson (MW). Greg Guma, ED (GG); Lonnie Hicks, CFO (LH). Dan Siegel, corporate counsel.

Absent: Ambrose Lane (AL), Don White (DW).

12:50—1:12 pm. Public Comment: 11 speakers.

1:12 pm. Technology Report. Jon Almeleh.

1:22 pm. Questions/comments from board members.

1:35 pm. NFC Resolution, postponed from Saturday (full text is in minutes 7/28/07, Appendix 2).

DA yielded chair to Sarv.

DA moved to amend a) to read “That Pacifica shall use as a guideline the endeavor to hold expenditures in all major categories in FY '08 budget to FY '07 levels;”

1:48 pm. DA moved to divide out b) “That Pacifica shall not hire any new staff in FY '08, holding salary expenses to FY '07 levels.” and to postpone b) to be reconsidered at next NFC teleconference meeting.

LW moved to amend that proposed language shall not supersede existing procedures for budget adjustment.

LW amendment failed, 5Y-6N.

DA amendment passed 13Y-1N.

NFC motion as amended: “Whereas , the operating expenses of the PF are increasing annually qt a rate faster than is being matched by increases in income:

Therefore, be it resolved:

That Pacifica shall use as a guideline the endeavor to hold expenditures in all major categories in FY '08 budget 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 activities 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 without objection.

DA resumed chair.

2:00 pm. New Business.

Next PNB teleconference meeting: 8/15/07 failed, 6Y-6N. 8/14/07 passed, 11Y-1N.

2:02 pm LB motion: to increase N.E.S. Hours from 120 to 160. Financial impact approx. $1,000. WS 2^nd. Motion passed without objection.

2:03 pm. LB motion to increase the advertised salary for the ED position to $100,000. BL amended t0 $90,000, due to financial situation. RLF 2^nd.

2:07 pm. LB moved to close debate on all pending questions.

BL amendment failed, 5Y-6N

LB motion passed 9Y-4N.

LH: If you advertise a specified salary amount, must go to NFC for approval. DA ruled point was well taken and that motion must be referred to NFC. Can't obligate ourselves to an expenditure without NFC approval.

2:15 pm. LB challenged chair's ruling. Chair's ruling upheld 11Y-2N. Motion to increase posted ED salary to $100,000 referred to NFC.

2:22---2:35 pm. Motions passed 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 Alameda 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 without objection.

MOTION TO SUPPORT THE 2007 LOCAL COMMUNIITY RADIO ACT TO EXPAND LPFM:

PNB Directors Robbins, White, Hauptman of the Affiliate Task Force Motion

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 our area and to many of America's biggest cities. We encourage everyone to ask their 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.

MOTION IN SUPPORT OF KPFK GM EVA GEORGIA BROUGHT BY ACIE BYRD:

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.

2:35 pm. LD: change format of in-person meetings. Referred to Coordinating Cmte.

2:38 pm. MW. Request re PNB meeting lodgings to seek alternative, inexpensive venues.

Referred to Coordinating Cmte.

2:37 pm. RLF motion to investigate letter under KPFK Program Director door. RLF to provide written motion subsequently. Approved without objection.

Public Session adjourned at 2:45 pm.

Minutes submitted by Mary Berg, PNB secretary

Appendix 1: Agenda for Public Session 7/29/07:

Public Session

10:30 – 11:30 Action items (60 minutes)

11:30 – 12:00 Public Comment (30 minutes)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 Unfinished business (45 minutes)

1:45 – 3:00 New business (1 hour & 15 minutes)

Adjourn at 3 p.m.