Our Minutes

December 13, 2005 APPROVED

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

 I - Announcements/Agenda/Administrative

Approved December 6, 2005 minutes without objection

Checked in on program council elections in process with UPSO, the LSB and to fill the soon-to-be vacant community rep position. UPSO announced that the election has not yet occurred as they are still vetting eligible voters. LSB announced that they hope to make their new selections at the Jan 7th LSB meeting, and Annie announced that the community rep position will be filled by the next available candidate according to the 2004 election.

II - Evaluations

Checked in on status of pending evaluations for Cycles 5 and 6

Hard Knock Radio was approved for a one year contract.

Living Room was approved for a one year contract.

III - Special Programming

Discussed usage of staff talent (especially unpaid) in developing and consulting on special events coverage (and regular programming, too) when it is in their field of knowledge. What kind of coordination is needed to make sure that producers know about and access the human resources that are available at KPFA? Discussed regular editorial meetings as a tool to help do this better. Discussed the role of a program director in this regard. Discussed 9/24 Iraq/Katrina coverage and Sunday Salon on education standards as examples of places where more could have been done with time and better coordination. Program council willing to help on specials, but  isn't usually receiving proposals soon enough to make meaningful suggestions on sources.

 
IV – GM agreed to look into whether CD mixes used as premiums have copyright infringement issues.

Adjourned @ 8:18pm

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