Our Minutes

September 6, 2005       APPROVED

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

I - Announcements/Agenda/Administrative

August 30th minutes were approved without objection

Addition of full contact information to motime site still in progress. Promotional cart requested for minutes site by PC cannot be produced until website is updated w/full contact information. To date, management has not approved cart script as written.

Listener comments are available on-line for listening by PC members through the end of July. Tracy paraphrased comments w/o personal information and made available to Joe Wanzala in the form of a wordfile for distribution to the LSB. LSB to look for a volunteer to perform this task going forward (to replace Mary Bishop).

Aileen to continue searching for most recent set of Arbitrons for planned program council presentation.

UPSO PC reps announced that the UPSO Council has extended the terms of the current PC reps until December 1st (pending the election) and will provide the PC with a written statement to that effect.

II - Evaluations

Luis and Amelia to notify late Cycle 4 evaluations.

Discussed programmer self-evaluation forms. Original model of evaluation structure provided each evaluator with a copy of programmer's completed self-evaluation form, but due to the amount of time it has taken to get the completed forms back and general administrative overload, it has not been possible to maintain that structure in this initial process. Also discussed that ideally, evaluators might meet in small group to discuss and compare notes, but this has also not been possible to coordinate in this phase. Discussed that an on-line summary of each program's goals and vision of itself would be a helpful tool for both evaluators and KPFA's audience in general.

III - On-going Programming

Draft text for apprenticeship resolution not available because Amelia was not present. Carried over to Sept 20th meeting. (Sept 13th meeting is a communications workshop).

Demo tape reviews for New Dimensions Potpurri and Work Week carried over to September 20th meeting.

Discussed program/ and programmer changes on the Early Morning Jazz program and temporary plans of music department for that slot.  Will check in on status again for that slot in a few weeks.

IV - Special Programming

Discussed difficulties with planned Power to the Peaceful broadcast on September 10th.

Discussed proposal (annually recurring) for Pilipino American History Month Special. Approved 4 hour broadcast for Sunday October, 30th  (to avoid fund drive crossover). Start time to be determined by Amelia Gonzalez-Garcia as 6:30 or 7:30pm (so as to avoid chopping Radio Chronicles in half). Amelia to confirm with Klay. Programmer also requested to confirm starting time w/music department so arrangements can be made for remaining portion of Discreet Music. Programmer to confirm engineering needs for program w/Vini Beachum.

Stan introduced a proposal for broadcast of a George Galloway speech (from a book tour). LemLem confirmed KPFA's plan to record speech and use it as a fund drive premium. Discussion of the pros and cons of using speech as a premium vis a vis broadcasting in its entirety.  LemLem to ensure that speech broadcasts in full post-fund drive.

Discussed Hurricane Katrina coverage and prescence of Pacifica reporters in the Gulf Coast.

Adjourned @ 8:12pm

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