KPFA Local Station Board Meeting minutes April 22nd, 2006: Approved Minutes
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KPFA Local Station Board
Meeting is called to order at 1:00 PM. Richard Phelps (RP), Chair. Present are: Absent: Motion to divide vote on absences; passes on unanimous consent. LR excused/UC. Roll Call Vote: Vote is 10-9, Chair casts vote to make tie, vote fails. EP not excused. ========================================================== Agenda: JW moves to “Time Sensitive” NB4,NB8,NB9, but then NB3, now NB4 again. MyB moves to divide the question. NB4: Urgent to fill vacancy, question on who it is: 16-1 passes NB9: Close debate fails, 12-8; Second attempt fails 10-7; Enteen Y Wanzala Y Woods Y Khosrowjah Y Tattersall Y Blanchet Y Hauptman Y Nagy Y Berg N Phelps Y Simmons N Gendelman N Beeman A Jackson Y Palacios N Randhawa N Speer N Edwards-Tiekert N Walker N Hernandez N Williams Y NB8: Enteen Y Wanzala Y Woods Y Khosrowjah Y Tattersall Y Blanchet Y Hauptman Y Nagy Y Berg N Phelps Simmons N Gendelman N Beeman N Jackson Y Palacios N Randhawa N Speer N Edwards-Tiekert N Walker N Hernandez N Williams Y Making By-Laws Amendment time-sensitive; Unanimous consent. Order of the day: Adjourn at 4:20PM DS moves to consolidate OB1d, OBie, OBif, NB7 and postpone indefinitely Roll Call vote requested: Enteen N Wanzala N Woods N Khosrowjah N Tattersall N Blanchet N Hauptman N Nagy N Berg Y Phelps N Simmons Y Gendelman Y Beeman Y Jackson A Palacios Y Randhawa Y Speer Y Edwards-Tiekert Y Walker Y Hernandez Y Williams N 10-10-1, motion fails. Agenda approved/UC. Rules suspended to allow Public Comment before any other business. ====================================================== Public Comment. ====================================================== RE moves to change her vote, change the orders of the day. RP rules it requires majority vote to reconsider. MH indicates that issue is an Order of the Day, which requires 2/3 vote. Challenged as RROO (Page 215) requires 2/3 vote, RMP rules RROO is incorrect. WW appeals decision of chair. Upheld 10-7. Motion to reconsider on floor, debate. Question called. 12-1 Closed. Motion to reconsider 12-5. Orders of the Day moved to 5PM. Unanimous consent. ========================================================== Consent Calendar: Approved by unanimous consent. Immediate vote to establish Fundraising Committee: BET HB RP SR Elected by acclamation, no vote needed. ========================================================== iGM REPORT: As provided (written report). =============================== TREASURER REPORT: As provided (written report). PROGRAM DIRECTOR HIRE COMMITTEE: No written report provided. GM HIRE COMMITTEE: No written report provided. ======================================= By-Law Amendment: LW: CPB would cost Pacifica money due to not enough minority (women don’t count for CPB consideration). Substitute motion by BET, second by SR. “We urge the members of the national board and other LSBs to explore alternative means of meeting the CPB’s diversity criteria, including the voluntary resignations of board members and the reshuffling of national board delegates that do not reflect the diversity of their listening areas by their respective LSBs. “We furthermore state our opposition to any use of KPFAs cash reserves or annual surplus to meet shortfalls at other stations cause by loss of CPB funding due to lack of diversity in pacifica’s governance system.” CH proposes amendment to be placed at start of para 2: “We do not support adding further appointment to the PNB as remedy to the diversity issue.” Passed as amended w/o objection. Meeting adjourned by Orders of the Day at 5:00 PM. |