Pacifica National Board Meeting<br />
                           Saturday, January 31,  2009<br />
                                     Minutes<br />
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The following members were present:<br />
|Grace Aaron            |Efia Nwangaza          |Bonnie Simmons         |<br />
|David Beaton           |Sean Casey O'Brien     |Andrea Turner          |<br />
|Nia Bediako            |Leslie Radford         |Joe Wanzala            |<br />
|Carolyn Birden         |Sandra Rawline         |Susan Young            |<br />
|Jim Brown              |George Reiter          |                       |<br />
|Acie Byrd              |Jamie Ross             |Dan Siegel             |<br />
|Kathryn Davis          |Rico Ross              |Donna Niemann          |<br />
|Sherry Gendelman       |Wendy Schroell         |                       |<br />
|Luzette King           |                       |                       |<br />
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The following members were absent:<br />
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   1. Approval of Agenda:<br />
      . Joe Wanzala proposed adding the question of a member's shifting status<br />
        from listener member to staff;<br />
      . Grace Aaron proposed moving public comment  to two half-hour segments<br />
        after the general managers' report and after finance report;<br />
      . Grace Aaron proposed cutting time from the general managers and the<br />
        finance reports to 1.5 each to allow for a 1.5 hour discussion of the<br />
        restructuring of the foundation from 4:30-6.  This would include<br />
        strategic planning and interim staffing.<br />
      . The finance report would be one hour, with public comment from 4-4:30<br />
      . Jamie Ross moved to start the Sunday morning session with the election<br />
        of officers and committees.<br />
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Agenda was approved as amended with no objection<br />
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   2. Brian de Shazor Director of Pacifica Radio Archives<br />
   3. Affiliates Report -Ursula Ruedenberg Pacifica Affiliates Coordinator<br />
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After a brief break, the meeting was resumed at 10:45am<br />
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   4. Approval of public portion of Minutes from January 23, 2009 meeting.<br />
   Wendy Schroell indicated an error in Section III<br />
   Nia moved to accept the minutes as corrected.<br />
   The secretary was asked to have the minutes posted on the website.<br />
   The minutes were accepted with no objection.<br />
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   Acie Byrd asked to bring up Section IV in the Executive Session.<br />
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   The confidentiality form was passed out and a discussion ensued on the<br />
   appropriateness of the document.  The chair asked that those comfortable<br />
   signing do so, and that others limit themselves to one minute.<br />
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   5. General Managers' presentation.  Brian DeShazor, Lemlem Rijio and Sean<br />
      Heitkemper began at 11:25am.  At 12:35 members gave comments and<br />
      questions.  At 12:50 the public made comments.<br />
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The board adjourned for lunch at 1:30.<br />
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The chair called the meeting to order at 3pm.<br />
   6. Auditors'  report.<br />
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Chair declared executive session for the initial portion of the auditors'<br />
report, at the suggestion of the auditor.  No objection.<br />
Dan Siegel said, on review of the material and having spoken with the auditor,<br />
that there was nothing in the material that could not be done in open session.<br />
The chair reversed his decision and declared the meeting open.<br />
Tony Pohl of Helin Donovan gave his report and circulated three documents: a<br />
letter to the Chair of the Audit Committee,  a letter to the PNB, and<br />
Financial Statements September 30, 2008 and 2007 with Report of Independent<br />
Auditors.<br />
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   7.  Financial Report<br />
Brian Edwards-Tiekert presented the financial report  at 4:38pm.<br />
At 5:55 the floor was open for public comments.<br />
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The  public session adjourned for the day at approximately 6:30 pm<br />
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