Our Minutes

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

I - Announcements/Agenda/Administrative

Minutes: July 5th minutes were approved without objection.

List-Serv: Reconfiguring program council list-serv to allow e-mails from minutes sites to all PC members is still in progress. Transbay has been contacted. Brian and Mary are deciding the best way to go from two available options and will update the PC again next week. They have volunteered to be co-moderators of the list.

Demos: Demos are up for the ongoing program proposals Queer Life, Watchdog (also distributed on CD), and The Block Report. Kevin Cartwright's program is being prepped by Brian. New Dimensions Potpourri is a 13-week series of ND shows, which can be sampled at www.newdimensions.org. PC still needs demos for Work Week and Cary Silberman.

Active music proposals (already approved for broadcast when space allows) have been identified as

1. Rock en Rebelión
2. Cuba Cante w/Emiliano Echeverría
3. African music w/Henri Pierre Koubaka
4. Non-overnight time slot for Roots Kommunikations

Agenda: Regarding Democracy Now airtime, the PC agreed to continue to have the grid ecology subcommitee discuss in the meantime and for the full PC to plan a dedicated session in August on the topic. August scheduling is to clear the fund drive and have all interested members present and not out on vacation.

II - Evaluations

Cycle 5 assignments were distributed. Programs in Cycle 5 are Saturday Morning Talkies, A Musical Offering, Across The Great Divide, America's Back 40, Pig in a Pen, Panhandle Country, Radio Chronicles, The Gospel Experience, The Johnny Otis Show, Midnight Showcase, Saturday Evening News, and Hard Knock Radio. Committee assignments to be finalized at 7-19 meeting and desired completion date is by 8-31-05.

Pushing Limits was approved for a year-long contract for a 30 minute every other week show.

Full Circle and Africa Today carried over to July 19th meeting.

Over The Edge, Crack O'Dawn and Puzzling Evidence approved for year-long contracts.

III - Special programming

Announced "Community Dialogue with Sheila Johnson Lee" airing Saturday July 16th from 10am-noon.

Labor Collective AFL-CIO coverage to air Saturday, August 6th from 9-10am. Africa Today on July 25th will also feature a call-in from the Labor Collective's Carl Bryant from Chicago.

Discussed the "Seeds of Change" proposal for coverage of the rally at Laurence Livermore Labs. This is scheduled for Saturday August 6th from 5-7pm. PA department to verify time and logistics and report back at the July 19th meeting.

IV - Grid Ecology

Change of Free Speech Radio News to a 3:30pm broadcast and Cover to Cover to a 3:00pm broadcast approved. Amelia to coordinate implementation date with KFCF. Tentative date for change is the first week of September and will be confirmed after discussion with KFCF.

Change of Radio Chronicles to 6:30 pm on Sunday, Mandel/Pushing Limits to 2:00 pm Fridays, Counterspin to 2:30 pm Fridays and a Friday open edition of Cover to Cover approved. Act One would begin on Sundays at 7:30pm and Joe Frank would begin immediately following Act One, usually at 9pm and occaisionally at 9:30pm when necessary. Implmentation date is tentatively the 1st week of September and will be confirmed after discussion with KFCF.

Adjourned @ 7:55pm


 

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