Agenda:<br />
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Convene meeting - select note taker & Time keeper    5 minutes<br />
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Approve Agenda                                      10 minutes<br />
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Set Date For Next Meeting                           10 minutes<br />
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Approve minutes of March 30th meeting                5 minutes<br />
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Open nominations for committee Chair & Secretary<br />
    Establish process and time line<br />
    for election                                    15 minutes<br />
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Review Programming Policy of 11/16/09<br />
and motion passed by PNB on April 10                 20 minutes<br />
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Review Item from Program Policy of 11/16/09          20 minutes<br />
with discussion on steps to raise funds to<br />
support Pacifica national and local programming.<br />
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#3 Resolved:<br />
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The National Program Committee recommends that the PNB adopt a position on underwriting by non-profit groups.<br />
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The PNB's Programming Committee members, for the balance of this calendar year, will seek ways to work in consultation<br />
with the National Office, with LSB Program Councils/Committees, LSBs and with General Managers, Program Directors and<br />
programmers to solicit their input, and promote a collaborative process to implement programming policies, goals and<br />
plans.<br />
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Motions submitted by Leslie Radford on 6.1.09<br />
Motion to ensure the collaborative processes enshrined in National Programming Policy<br />
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derived from a motion passed by the KPFK Local Station Board without objection 4/21/09<br />
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In compliance with the letter and spirit of the collaborative process articulated in the National Programming Policy<br />
adopted in 2006, the Pacifica National Board Programming Committee shall establish and maintain a collaborative process<br />
between governance and management throughout the network “in the development of any new regular program or long-terms<br />
series that is produced nationally;” and further, in accord with the National Programming Policy, mandates that any such<br />
proposals “shall be brought to the PNB Programming Committee for review to assure that both network and local needs are<br />
met.”<br />
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Motion to initiate discussion on re-structuring and the recruitment and training of volunteer programmers<br />
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a motion passed by the KPFK Local Station Board without objection 4/21/09<br />
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In accordance with Article 5.0 of the National Program Policy, which calls on stations to train current and new<br />
volunteers in order to bring new voices to the air, every station shall initiate discussions regarding the role of paid<br />
producers and volunteer staff and initiate programs to recruit and train community volunteer programmers.<br />
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Motion on Underwriting<br />
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The Pacifica National Board does not support any form of station or program on-air announcements of corporate<br />
underwriters or sponsors, as defined by the FCC (see attached) on Pacifica's airwaves, including identification of<br />
sponsors and underwriters.<br />
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Adjourn                        10:00 PM<br />
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Please note that following are relevant documents for discussion and attached are documents pertaining to past work of<br />
this committee.<br />
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Following are notes from March 30th meeting (provided by David Beaton):<br />
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PNB Programming Committee Notes<br />
March 30th 8:11pm<br />
Rob Robinson    WPFW present<br />
David Beaton      WSLR present<br />
Kathy Davis     WBAI present<br />
Luzette King     WPFW present at 8:40pm<br />
George Reiter     KPFT present<br />
Bonnie Simmons     KPFA present at 8:27pm<br />
Lisa   Davis    WBAI present at 9:30pm<br />
Lesile Radford  KPFK present<br />
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Acting Chair Kathy Davis<br />
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Kathy-Proposes mtg Monday, May 4th at 8pm EST<br />
Passes by concensus<br />
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Presentation by Rob Robinson on past years work.<br />
He spoke of historically of 2 problems that have existed.<br />
1. No structure, no plans, no goals or policies in place for programming<br />
2. With no direction and how do we measure or evaluate programming?<br />
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He reminded us that programs are our products, what we produce to fulfill our mission. He spoke of Programming Policy<br />
adopted in 2006 and resolutions since then from the committee.<br />
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Kathy gave overview since the coup. She stated that Programming is just a piece of the networks problems.<br />
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Open discussion on Localism, nationalism, parochialism ensued.<br />
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Motion to encourage GMs to focus on programming improvement as per resolution of Nov. 14, 2008 and ask them what they<br />
might need to accomplish such goals as stated in the resolution. Put forward by David Beaton.<br />
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Rob Robinson's amendment failed<br />
Rob y<br />
George y<br />
David n<br />
Lisa n<br />
Kathy n<br />
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David Beaton's Motion passed<br />
David y<br />
George y<br />
Rob n<br />
Lisa n<br />
Kathy y<br />
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adjourned 9:45pm<br />
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Motion Passed by PNB 4/10/09<br />
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1.    Motion that the PNB ask the Executive Director (IED) to encourage the General Managers to focus on programming<br />
improvement as per resolution of Nov. 14, 2008 and ask them what they might need to accomplish such goals as stated in<br />
the resolution.<br />
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Referenced Policy:<br />
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Programming Polcy Adopted by the PNB on Nov. 16, 2008<br />
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Pacifica must increase its audience dramatically so that stations can survive, maintain quality programming, and not be<br />
vulnerable to fluctuations in pledge revenue, recessions and unforeseen events. Therefore, our programming must have<br />
impact and be mission-driven and our stations must strive for audiences worthy of full-power, major-market and<br />
prime-time exposure. The Programming Committee emphasizes that mission fulfillment, should be as significant as audience<br />
and revenue generation in determining what gets and stays on local station airwaves. Clearly, local stations need to<br />
balance their allocation of programming between the airwaves, the internet and HD sidebands.<br />
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The Programming Committee supports the principle that local station program schedules must include national programming<br />
and network broadcasts, in addition to local programming, to sustain growing, broad-based audiences. However, network<br />
access to local station airwaves is key to any network recovery plan, so, we feel the terms of such a policy would best<br />
be negotiated by Pacifica’s next ED with station managers and program directors, and submitted to the PNB for approval,<br />
so that the ED will have the capacity to impact the long-term health of the local stations.<br />
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In order to further these aims, we propose the following resolutions:<br />
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#1 Resolved:  The development of national programming, in concert with the local GMs, PDs and appropriate National<br />
Office Staff shall be part of the job description of the Executive Director. The ED is authorized to pursue foundation<br />
and grant funding as a significant revenue source capable of developing local and national programming and production<br />
assets.<br />
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Pacifica shall develop internet and digital platforms, in conjunction with innovative licensing technologies, to create<br />
worldwide exposure for local station programming, Pacifica Radio Archives (“PRA”) and affiliates programs, by creating<br />
access for audiences beyond local station signal areas to local station programming. National Office staff shall be<br />
responsible for implementing this, in conjunction with GMs, PDs and paid and unpaid staff.<br />
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#2 Resolved:  GMs and PDs at all stations will be responsible for developing quantifiable program goals as part of an<br />
overall national strategy for audience growth, designed specifically to:<br />
     - reach listeners who are not currently listening;<br />
     - convert more listeners to members; and,<br />
     - reach-out to nonrenewing and inactive members.<br />
In order to achieve such goals, including those requiring changes in programming, all stations will develop objective<br />
measures to assess mission fulfillment, review program schedules and evaluate individual programs. These<br />
review/evaluation processes and procedures will be developed in consultation with national staff and local station paid<br />
and unpaid staff. Public concerns and needs of non-listeners, listeners and members shall be included in these review &<br />
evaluation processes.<br />
Local stations are encouraged to allocate budgetary and staffing resources to improve the production of existing<br />
programs, in order to reach larger, more diverse audiences and develop new programming capable of reaching new listeners<br />
with new voices.<br />
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Plans for reaching the agreed-upon goals should include but are not limited to:<br />
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- increasing stations’ presence during, and coverage of, local events;<br />
- cross-promoting programs with other local nonprofit media;<br />
- taking advantage of grants available from community foundations, governmental  entities and private foundations;<br />
- working with nonprofit organizations to enhance and promote their local programming; and,<br />
- encouraging programmers to place articles about their programming in free media, including online outlets.<br />
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Requests for these plans will be submitted by the Programming Committee through the PNB to the ED. Such plans will be<br />
submitted in writing by local station GMs and PDs through the ED to the Programming Committee and on or about December<br />
31, 2008 and formally presented to the PNB at its January 2009 meeting.<br />
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#3 Resolved:<br />
The National Program Committee recommends that the PNB adopt a position on underwriting by non-profit groups.<br />
<br />
The PNB's Programming Committee members, for the balance of this calendar year, will seek ways to work in consultation<br />
with the National Office, with LSB Program Councils/Committees, LSBs and with General Managers, Program Directors and<br />
programmers to solicit their input, and promote a collaborative process to implement programming policies, goals and<br />
plans.