Pacifica National Board In-Person Meeting (Open Session)

Hotel Angeleno, Los Angles, CA

Monday, January 30, 2012

10:00 AM PST, 12:00 Noon CST, 1:00 PM EST (scheduled)

Meeting Minutes

Call to Order and Opening Business

The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 1:23 PM Pacific Standard Time.
The board met in executive session prior to this meeting.

Roll Call / Establish Quorum

Twenty members were present, constituting a quorum: Ken Aaron (KPFK), Ivon
Alcime (WPFW), Teresa Allen (KPFT), Nia Bediako (WBAI), Wesley Bethune (KPFT),
Carolyn Birden (WBAI), Lydia Brazon (KPFK), Bill Crosier (Vice-Chair KPFT),
Kathy Davis (WBAI), Revalyn Gold (WPFW), Heather Gray (Affiliates), Campbell
Johnson (WPFW), Ali Lexa (KPFK), Efia Nwangaza (Affiliates, Secretary), Laura
Prives (KPFA), Summer Reese (Chair, KPFK), Marcel Reid (WPFW), Tracy Rosenberg
(KPFA),
Alex Steinberg (WBAI), Andrea Turner (KPFA).

Two members were excused: George Reiter (KPFT), Dan Siegel (KPFA).

Also present: Arlene Engelhardt (Pacifica Executive Director), Jon Almeleh
(Pacifica National Technical Director), Otis Maclay (Pacifica Web
Administrator), and members of the public.

The audio for this meeting was live-streamed from, and can be accessed at,
KPFTX.org.
The agenda for the entire in-person meeting is available at KPFTX.org

[Audio: Call to Order - Roll Call pnb120130a.mp3]

Proposed Agenda
Executive Session Report-Out by the Chair
Committee Population Issue
Affiliates Task Force

Brazon moved to amend the proposed agenda: After the executive session report-
out there shall be a vote on the committee election issue. Amended without
objection. Aaron moved approval of the agenda. Passed without objection.

Report-Out on Executive Session

The Chair reported on executive sessions.

[Audio: Committee Elections - Motion pnb120130b.mp3]

Committee Population/Elections

There was a discussion of the Pacifica By-laws regarding committee composition.

Aaron moved to proceed with the population of committees, with one director
only from each station per committee, with an election to be held if needed
(inapplicable to the Finance Committee). Bethune called the question.

Bethune's motion to close debate passed by a roll call vote: Yes-15, No-2,
Abstain-2.

Yes-Aaron, Alcime, Allen, Bediako, Bethune, Birden, Brazon, Gold, Gray, Lexa,
Nwangaza, Prives, Reid, Steinberg, Turner.
No-Crosier, Davis.
Present not voting-Reese.
Abstain-Johnson.

Aaron's main motion failed by a roll call vote: Yes-8, No-9, Abstain-2.

Yes-Aaron, Allen, Birden, Crosier, Davis, Gray, Rosenberg, Steinberg.
No-Alcime, Bediako, Bethune, Brazon, Gold, Johnson, Prives, Reid, Turner.
Present not voting-Reese.
Abstain-Lexa, Nwangaza.

Crosier gave notice to reconsider this issue.

[Audio: Affiliate Report - Efia Nwangaza pnb120130c.mp3]

Affiliates Task Force

Nwangaza gave a report and made comments on Affiliate matters, followed by
discussion.

The meeting adjourned due to expiration of time at 2:20 PM.

Respectfully submitted by Efia Nwangaza, Secretary
John P. Garry III, Recording Secretary
(these minutes were approved on May 10, 2012)