Our Minutes

 June 14, 2005       APPROVED

Present: Roy, Luis, Dev, Aileen, Shahram, Nick, Laura, Mary, Joe, Annie, Stan, Brian, Anthony
Excused: Kris, Amelia, Sepideh, Maya
Facilitator: Tracy

I - Announcements & Agenda Items

Approved 6/7 minutes (later corrected via e-mail to add that Mary Berg was present at the June 7th meeting).

II - Evaluations

Cycle 3 - We confirmed completion of evaluation forms. Reviewed schedule and assignments for the fourth evaluation cycle currently underway.

III - Special Programming

Announced the following special broadcasts:
Thursday, June 16 - 10am - 1pm - Coverage of the John Conyers-led legislative hearing on the Downing Street  Memo.

Sunday, June 26th - 8am-6pm - Pacifica National Broadcast of gay pride-themed programming.

Discussed possible re-broadcast of East Meets West: Buddhism in America. Program Council did not endorse a prime-time broadcast .
Vote: 4 Y/4 N/3 A. Program Council did endorse proposal to offfer airtime in available overnight slot. Dev Ross to communicate, coordinate and implement broadcast.

IV - Ongoing Programming

Roy to distribute to program council members the descriptive memo regarding planning for possible differentiated programming on KPFB in the future.

Roy to bring or make available to all PC members the completed listener survey.

Grid ecology suggestions from the June 7th meeting pending further review by grid ecology workgroup of Dev, Nick, Annie and Shahram and reportback from Amelia re: 4 pm news headlines. Workgroup to review other suggestions for schedule rationalization and present to full program council in early July.  Tentative schedule for implementation of any approved suggestions is post August fund drive.

V - Spring Retreat Follow-Up

Discussed existing confidentiality policy. No changes decided at this time. Considered what kinds of further disclosure might be desirable or modifications to existing policy. Discussion to continue.

Planned Arbitron receipt and discussion session on next receipt of quarterly Arbitron report, which  was reported as mid-August. Aileen to coordinate getting reports to program council and finding someone to do a brief orientation for PC members on reading and interpreting the reports.

Adjourned @ 8:10 pm

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