Minutes for the regular National Finance Committee meeting April 10, 2012.<br />
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Meeting convened at 8:39 PM (ET) a quorum being present, the Chair being<br />
absent and the Secretary being present.<br />
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Attending: Ken Aaron, Jim Boyd, Bill Crosier, Marcus Jetter, Campbell<br />
Johnson, Kim Kaufman, R. Paul Martin, Tracy Rosenberg, Barbara Whipperman,<br />
Lavarn Williams,  also attending were Executive Director Arlene Englehardt,<br />
WPFW General Manager John Hughes, WPFW Development Director Tiffany Jordan<br />
and WPFW Business Manager Robert West.<br />
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Agenda:<br />
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1.	Roll Call<br />
2.	Draft Agenda<br />
3.	Minutes<br />
4.	Financial Transparency Update - Marcus and Tracy<br />
5.	WPFW - Discussion with Manager - time certain 9:00 PM (ET)<br />
6.	WPFW - Recommendations (establish workgroup  if needed or otherwise<br />
establish deadline/protocols)<br />
7.	Update on KPFK Session on 4/27<br />
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By agreement Bill Crosier assumed the Chair to start the meeting.<br />
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At 8:42 PM (ET) Tracy Rosenberg came onto the meeting and assumed the<br />
Chair.<br />
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Motion: (R. Paul Martin) "To adopt the agenda." (Passed without objection)<br />
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Amendment: (Kim Kaufman) "To add #8 for FY13 budget time line chart<br />
discussion." (Fails 0 for, 8 against, 2 abstentions)<br />
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Minutes 8:58 PM (ET)<br />
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Motion: "To approve the minutes of the March 13, 2012, meeting." (Passed<br />
without objection)<br />
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Motion: "To approve the minutes of the March 27, 2012, meeting." (Passed<br />
without objection)<br />
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WPFW - Discussion with Manager 9:02 PM (ET)<br />
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WPFW General Manager John Hughes, WPFW Development Director Tiffany Jordan<br />
and WPFW Business Manager Robert West made a report to the committee about<br />
WPFW's current financial situation. The General Manager said that over the<br />
course of FY12 they've lowered their on-air fund raiser goals, the station<br />
has not met its budgeted special events fund raising goals, the station has<br />
not met its budgeted major donor fund raising goals, and the station has<br />
not met its budgeted planned giving projected goals. The station had<br />
projected implementing four full on-air fund raisers in its FY12 budget<br />
coinciding with development and implementation of an integrated fund<br />
raising campaign themed "Campaign for Growth." The General Manager reported<br />
that some Staff had refused to participate in the full on-air fund raising<br />
efforts. This substantially reduced the number of days that the station<br />
engaged in on-air fund raising and affected the station's actual Listener<br />
Support revenue. The Listener Support revenue shortfall affected the<br />
station's ability to fund other fund raising efforts, some of which are<br />
directed at helping the radio station to move to new premises.<br />
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The General Manager said that WPFW's lease has been extended to December<br />
31, 2012, and that it's possible that it might be able to be extended<br />
beyond that deadline, but there was no agreement on such an extension yet.<br />
The previously identified location that the station had hoped to move its<br />
offices and studios to could not reach an agreement for giving the station<br />
a lease. The station now has a Relocation Committee that is actively<br />
looking for a new location for the station to move to.<br />
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The committee discussed the report. There are a number of off-air fund<br />
raisers that are currently projected to bring in substantial revenues. The<br />
station had held an on-air fund raiser in September and so had finished<br />
FY11 in good shape. The WPFW General Manager said that another goal for<br />
FY12 had been to bring all Paid Staff up to full time employment. Not<br />
everyone from WPFW agreed with Management's characterization of<br />
programmer's actions.<br />
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In closing the WPFW General Manager acknowledged that improved Listener<br />
Support was critical. He suggested a national fund  drive for WPFW.<br />
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The WPFW Management and Staff left the call and the committee discussed<br />
setting up sub-committees to come up with plans for what to do about both<br />
WPFW and KPFK.<br />
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The following committee members will be on the sub-committee to discuss<br />
WPFW: Jim Boyd, Marcus Jetter, Campbell Johnson, R. Paul Martin (when<br />
possible), Tracy Rosenberg, Alex Steinberg, Lavarn Williams.<br />
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The following committee members will be on the sub-committee to discuss<br />
KPFK: Ken Aaron, Bill Crosier, Kim Kaufman, R. Paul Martin (when possible),<br />
Tracy Rosenberg, Barbara Whipperman, Lavarn Williams.<br />
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Motion: (R. Paul Martin) "To adjourn." (Passed without objection)<br />
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Adjourned 10:22 PM (ET)<br />
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Submitted by R. Paul Martin, Secretary.<br />