LSB November 2015 meeting records

		KPFA LSB regular in-person meeting Agenda November 14, 2015 11am-4pm North Berkeley Senior Center 1901 Hearst Ave., Berkeley, CA
Item #	Time*	Item	Est start time
1		Call to Order	11:00 AM
2	5	Roll Call and Excusing of Absent Members	11:00 AM
3	5	Approve Agenda	11:05 AM
4	5	Approve Minutes	11:10 AM
5	5	Announcements	11:15 AM
6	30	PUBLIC COMMENTS	11:20 AM
7	20	General manager’s report	11:50 AM
8	20	GM evaluation	12:10 PM
9	20	Treasurer’s Report	12:30 PM
10	10	Break	12:50 PM
11	20	Pacifica by-laws amendments	1:00 PM
12	15	PNB report	1:20 PM
13	5	CAB report	1:35 PM
14	5	KFCF Report	1:40 PM
15		Old Business
	10	A. Local community news & public affairs (A. Prichett)	1:45 PM
	10	B. LSB subcommittees (J. Kobren)	1:55 PM
	5	C. Feature Story News (V. Browning)	2:05 PM
	10	D. Livestreaming (A. Prichett)	2:10 PM
16		New Business
	20	A. KPFA bequests	2:20 PM
17		Adjourn	2:40 PM

	*Times are advisory.

MINUTES

[Approved]
KPFA Local Station Board
Regular in-person meeting
November 14, 2015, 11am-4:00pm
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave., Berkeley, CA

Note: An audio archive of this meeting is available at www.kpftx.org/archive.php

Present: Craig Alderson, Virginia Browning, Mal Burnstein, José Luis Fuentes, Donald Goldmacher, Cynthia Johnson, Janet Kobren, Jack Kurzweil, Joy Moore, Andrea Prichett, Lewis Sawyer, Frank Sterling, Kate Tanaka, Barbara Whipperman, Burton White, Margy Wilkinson, Rych Withers, Quincy McCoy (ex officio).
*Arrived after roll call.

Absent: Brian Edwards-Tiekert, David Gans, Kate Gowen, Mark Hernandez, David Landau, Samsarah Morgan, Ramsés Teón-Nichols, Carole Travis.

1. Call to order
Meeting called to order by secretary, Craig Alderson, at 11:25 am. Proposed B. White as pro-tem chair. Approved without objection.

2. Roll call and excusing of members
Moved (B. White) to excuse all absent members. Approved without objection.

3. Approve agenda
Moved (M. Wilkinson) to adopt agenda as drafted.

Moved amendment (J. Moore) to move item 16 (KPFA bequests) to follow break as 10.5 at time certain of 1pm.

Moved substitute (J. Kobren): “Move a time certain executive session at 11:50 for 60 minutes to carry out the PNB’s November 5 motion regarding Kobren’s October 2015 director’s inspection on the Hall Trust bequest as Kobren noticed to the LSB list on Monday.”

Moved as amendment (J.L. Fuentes): “Kobren motion be addressed after GM and treasurer’s report at 1:30pm but not before GM and treasurer report.” Approved: 15Y, 0N.

Following amendments, motion stood as: move item 16 to time certain of 1:30 and not before GM and treasurer reports, and insert new item as 60-minute executive session.

Moved (C. Alderson) to divide question.

On part 1 (time certain): approved without objection.

On part 2 (executive session): moved (A. Prichett) to end debate Approved without objection. On part 2, failed 1Y, 13N, 0A.

4. Minutes
Consideration of minutes of July, August and September meetings was postponed to December meeting.

5. Announcements
M. Wilkinson, V. Browning, J. Moore, C. Johnson

6. Public comments
Mickey Mayes, J.C. Howard, Daniel Borgstrom, Vila Aronson, Joseph Luis Aldereta.

Moved (A. Prichett) to give speaker two additional minutes to finish. Approved by show of hands, 1N.

7. General manager’s report (Quincy McCoy)
GM and business manager Maria Negret spoke about budget issues, fund drive.

8. General manager evaluation
J. Moore reported that the committee had not met yet.

9. Treasurer’s report (B. Whipperman)
B. Whipperman and business manager Maria Negret addressed concerns about bequest.

10. Bequest
Chair proposed speaking time of 6 minutes, extendable. Approved without objection.

J. Kobren offered documents about bequest pursuant to director’s inspection. The board discussed concerns relating to the bequest.

11. PNB bylaws
J. Kobren moved to table to next meeting. Approved without objection.