Pacifica National Board
Finance Committee Meeting - September 10, 2004
MINUTES
Meeting called to order 12:42 pm Pacific Time by Chair Mark Roberts.
Present: Dave Adelson, Henry Cooper, Lonnie Hicks, Mark Roberts, Carol Spooner, Paul Surovell, Sandy Weinman, LaVarn Williams.
Also present was Dan Coughlin, Executive Director.
TREASURER UPDATES
The status of budget approval at the five stations was reviewed:
WPFW -- approved,
KPFK -- approved pending adjustments on Gross Salaries line,
KPFT -- approved,
KPFA -- approved but work to be done,
WBAI -- rejected.
Discussion of WBAI budget situation.
Motion introduced by several people, which reads:
The Pacifica National Finance Committee hereby urges the WBAI LSB and management.to agree upon a budget by September 21st. Failure to do so would require the Pacifica National Board to adopt a budget for WBAI.
Motion passes 7-1.
Mark will send a copy of the motion to the Chair of the WBAI LSB and the WBAI GM.
CFO REPORT
Lonnie Hicks discusses overall Pacifica budget situation.
Discusses Governance costs.
Discussion of station budgets.
Lonnie will send the most recent FRY05 budgets.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Surovell
Secretary
National Finance Committee
These minutes were approved on 12/10/2007.
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Appendix A - Proposed Agenda
A G E N D A
1. Greetings/Review/Approve Minutes
2. Treasurer updates on FY '05 budget approvals
3. CFO Report
4. Questions on June/July trends in National Office/Consolidated numbers
(Please review June numbers. July is not out yet. June shows a
significant drop in the projected surplus for FY '04)
5. Update on legal firm billings in '05 (Squire & Crigler)
6. Update on National Programming Unit/FRSN budget impact
7. Update on Training & Apprenticeship deliverables
8. Update on election costs for '04 and '05
9. Update on National Office staff requirements narrative
10. New Business
-PNB motion for inter unit transfer policy
-Waiver policy
11. Adjourn