DRAFT AGENDA<br />
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1. Election of committee secretary.<br />
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2. Motion referred from PNB regarding programming on events of national interest.<br />
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""That the ED is requested to put in place the means of moving quickly to broadcast simultaneously on all five stations<br />
and as many affiliates as are willing to carry them, events of national interest consistent with our mission, Additional<br />
resources as needed should be put into stations that require them to make this possible."<br />
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5/22/10 referred to PNB programming committee<br />
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3. On-air whistle-blower policy (see two attachments - one from ED, one from PNB member Jennifer Jager. We discussed<br />
this during last month's non-quorum "meeting," so hopefully we don't need to spend too much time on it.<br />
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4. Follow up on 12/08 PNB motion calling for plans to increase listenership (this motion came from the programming<br />
committee at that time).<br />
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Here is the relevant text passed by the PNB:<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 />
Plans for reaching the agreed-upon goals should include but are not limited to: <br />
    •    - 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<br />
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<br />
outlets. &#8232;<br />
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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5) Motion re absences and committee membership (Kim Kaufman)<br />
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6) Our committee's report to the PNB<br />