Urban Unrest

28 September 2006 | Pacifica | Ernesto Aguilar

Tomorrow begins this quarter’s Pacifica National Board meeting. Agenda is as follows:

Pacifica National Board Meeting
September 29 – October 1, 2006
Walnut Creek Holiday Inn

Walnut Creek, CA

Friday, September 29, 2006

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Executive session, with counsel present, to consider:
- FSRN contract negotiations
- Personnel issues
- Legal matters
- LSB-related issues

PNB Opening Session - 6 – 9 p.m.

6 – 6:30 p.m.
Welcome and roll call
Approval of agenda
Consideration of motions on meeting procedure

(i.e. speaking time agreed to by members, processing of procedural motions, etc)
Approval of available minutes

6:30 – 6:45 Network overview – Executive Director

6:45 – 7:15 Budget overview – Chief Financial Officer

7:15 – 7:50 Finance Committee Action Items

7:50 – 8:00 Break

8 – 8:15 National Elections Supervisor Report

8:15 – 9 Public Comment

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Public Session — 9 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. FY07 Budget approval process

(including breaks and public comment)

Note: Pacifica’s budget is divided into 7 sections, one for each station, one for the national office (NO), and one for the Pacifica Radio Archives (PRA). Thirty five minutes will be allotted to each section of the budget, divided as described below:

Finance committee recommendation (3 min)
CFO comment (3 min)
GM/unit manager comment (4 min)
Debate (15 min)
Public comment (5 min, 1 min per person)
Voting (5 min)

9 – 9:35 a.m. National office budget

9:35 – 10:10 Pacifica Radio Archives budget

10:10-10:20 Break

10:20-10:55 KPFA budget

10:55-11:30 KPFK budget

11:30 – 12:05 p.m. KPFT budget

12:05 – 12:15 Break

12:15 – 12:50 WBAI budget

12:50 – 1:25 WPFW budget

1:30 – 2:30 Lunch

2:30 – 4:15 Discussion

Topic: network economic model, including distribution and licensing strategies. (The discussion will include all unit managers, the national tech director, affiliates coordinator, and webmaster)

4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Public Comment

4:45 - 5:00 Break

5 – 9:30 Station and staff reports

(Note: for all reports, the manager or staff member will have 1/3 of the allotted time for presentation, 2/3 of the time will be used for discussion with the board)

5:00 – 5:40 Focus Station – WPFW

5:40 – 6:30 Focus Station – KPFA
(Note: will include a 10 min presentation by the KPFA LSB chair)

6:30 – 7 Pacifica Radio Archive

7 – 8:00 Dinner

8 – 9 Station Reports: KPFK, KPFT, WBAI

9 – 9:30 Tech staff report (Tech director & webmaster)

Sunday, October 1, 2006

9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Executive session

Public Session — 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

10 – 11 a.m. Received reports from committees, inc. LSB’s

11 – 11:15 Affiliates Coordinator report

11:15 – 12: 15 p.m. Action items from committees

12:15 –1 Lunch

1 – 2 Unfinished business

2 – 3 New business

3 Adjournment

Notes: The PNB will forego formal Committee presentations, unless a Committee informs the PNB of pressing action items. Any written reports will be received by the PNB for consideration and any necessary referrals to Committee.

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