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2008-04-11 PNB Houston Draft Minutes

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Draft Minutes, Pending Approval

Submitted by Mary Berg, Secretary


PNB Houston Meeting

Public Session

Friday, April 11, 2008

6:30 pm Central Time


Public Session convened at ca 7:03 pm CT. [audio a -65:27]


Present for all or part of public session: Grace Aaron (GA), Nia Bediako (NB), Evelyn Bethune (EB), Carolyn Birden (CB), Acie Byrd (AB), Lisa Davis (LD), Sherry Gendelman, Chair, (SG), Ambrose Lane (AL), Bob Lederer (BL), Mike Martin (MM), Efia Nwangaza (EN), Margaret Prescod (MP), Sarv Randhawa (Sarv), George Reiter (GR), Rob Robinson (RR), Thomas Ruffin (TR), Wendy Schroell (WS), ,Bonnie Simmons (BS), Lori Taguma (LT), Jack VanAken (JVA), Joseph Wanzala (JW), Yosh Yamanaka (YY). Mary Berg , Secretary (MB) Nicole Sawaya, ED (NS), Dan Siegel, Corporate Counsel.


Absent: Lonnie Hicks, CFO (LH).


Agenda as Amended:


6:30 pm CT. Welcome and Introductions (15")


WBAI Directors issue and whether WBAI Delegates' meeting was properly noticed (30").


6:45 Station Reports (45")


7:30. Public Comment (30")


8:00. Adjourn to Station Visit- KPFT Meet & Greet.


No objections to agenda.


7:05 pm CT. [a -65 :27] Welcome and Introductions


7:07. [-63:00] WBAI Directors issue and whether WBAI Delegates' meeting was properly noticed (30").


SG: Have 2 persons, 1 selected by each side, to debate the issue.


7:15. [-56:15] CB: have 3 people from each side, alternating.

[-55:45] TR amends to 2 people on each side, alternating.

CB: Moves to extend 30". 2nd. No objections were made to either proposal.

-54:30-46:09] DS Legal opinion: Notice of WBAI Delegates' meeting not in conformity to bylaws.

7:27. BL asked permission to play audio clip from meeting. Passed 10 Y, 5N. [clip played]

Discussion.


8:03. [-3:41] Sarv calls Q.


8:07. [a -2:25-00:16]. Vote to uphold ruling of Chair and advice of Counsel that delegates' meeting 4/9/08. was not properly called. Chair upheld 13Y- 4N.


Y: EB, AB, AL, MM, EN, MP, Sarv, RR, TR, BS, LT, JVA, YY.

N: GA, GR, WS, JW.


8:08 [b -6:53]: Introduction of board members.


8:12 [-2. 41] KPFT REPORT - Dwayne Bradley, GM: Asked the board to consider a motion to go to public comment, as people have been waiting for over 40 minutes already; no problem for him to give his report on Sunday.


8:13. [-1:16] BS moves to have public comment before report as requested. Passed without objection.


8:14. [c -14:39]. Public comment


8:28: [-00:14 ] EN. 14 more minutes of Public Comment. SG: will go to KPFT report, come back to it.


8:29 [d -52:50-14:40] Duane Bradley, GM, & Ernesto Aguilar, PD: KPFT Report.


9:07 [-14:40] Q&A.


9:22 pm. ADJOURNED to reception at KPFT.




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