Minutes for the regular National Finance Committee meeting December 15,<br />
2009.<br />
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Meeting convened at 8:38 PM (ET) a quorum being present, the Chair and<br />
Secretary being present.<br />
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Attending: Sherry Gendelman, Luzette King, Alberto Luera, Simon Pius, R.<br />
Paul Martin, Jamie Ross, Lavarn Williams, Susan Young, also attending were<br />
Executive Director Arlene Engleheart, Grigsby Hubbard interim General<br />
Manager of WPFW and Director Nia Bediako.<br />
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Agenda:<br />
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1. Budget monitoring motion<br />
2. WBAI fulfillment<br />
3. Budget adoption schedule<br />
4. WPFW budget<br />
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Motion: (Jamie Ross) "To adopt the agenda" (Passed without objection)<br />
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Budget monitoring motion 2045<br />
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Motion: (Susan Young) "The National Finance Committee recommends that the<br />
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer put in place a schedule of<br />
reporting to the Board and National Finance Committee or other appropriate<br />
committee regarding meeting budgeted cost and revenue goals for all<br />
Pacifica divisions and the implementation of contingency measures as they<br />
are needed." (Passed without objection)<br />
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WBAI fulfillment 9:00 PM (ET)<br />
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CFO Lavarn Williams reported that after its recent on-air fund raiser<br />
WBAI's fulfillment rate had not increased. Upon investigation, with the<br />
help of Susan Lee, she found that WBAI's business reply envelopes had the<br />
wrong ZIP code on them, and there were mistakes on the invoices. She<br />
reported that a new P.O. Box had been opened two years ago, but the old<br />
one had not been closed. The new P.O. Box rent had not paid, the old one<br />
had been paid. Over one thousand pieces of mail have been there sitting<br />
there since at least October 15. The old box had forwarded mail to the new<br />
box, but new P.O. Box account hadn't been paid. She wants to pay for it<br />
all. It will cost about $485. The imprint will cost about $4,000. That'll<br />
get us the mail. After that the old P.O. Box will be closed.<br />
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The committee discussed this report.<br />
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Budget adoption schedule 9:21 PM (ET)<br />
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Budgets were to have been adopted by October 1. The committee discussed<br />
the scheduling of the budgets. WPFW is the largest budget outstanding,<br />
with the National Office and Pacifica Radio Archives just waiting to drop<br />
in the numbers from the stations to complete their budgets.<br />
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The committee discussed its next meeting date. It was decided that January<br />
5, 2010, would be the next meeting date.<br />
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WPFW budget 9:32 PM (ET)<br />
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The committee discussed the WPFW FY10 budget proposal with input from WPFW<br />
interim General Manager Grigsby Hubbard. He reported that Paid Staff will<br />
be held at the same 11.38 FTEs as in FY09. The station needs to relocate<br />
its antenna. Some of the GY09 actuals were not available.<br />
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Motion: (Jamie Ross) "The NFC recommends that the National Office use the<br />
current listener support numbers in the WPFW draft budget to complete the<br />
National Office, Pacifica Radio Archives and consolidated budgets."<br />
(Passed without objection)<br />
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Motion: (Jamie Ross) "To adjourn." (passed without objection)<br />
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Adjourned 10:31 PM (ET)<br />
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Submitted by R. Paul Martin, Secretary<br />