Minutes for the regular National Finance Committee meeting July 6, 2010.<br />
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Meeting convened at 8:40 PM (ET) a quorum being present, the Chair and<br />
Secretary being present.<br />
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Attending: Alonzo Brown, Mike Jones, Alberto Luera, R. Paul Martin, Summer<br />
Reece, Alex Steinberg, John Wenger, Lavarn Williams, Bruce Wolf, Director<br />
of the Pacifica Radio Archives Brian DeShazor also participated in the<br />
meeting.<br />
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Agenda:<br />
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1. PRA budget<br />
2. PNB meeting discussion<br />
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Motion: (Summer Reece) "To approve the agenda." (Passed without objection)<br />
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PRA budget 8:47 PM (ET)<br />
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The committee discussed the proposed FY11 budget for the Pacifica Radio<br />
Archives (PRA) with its director Brian DeShazor. Mr. DeShazor said that<br />
this year is the best opportunity to get the archives digitized and<br />
preserved. He said that the PRA is keeping its head above water, but that<br />
we need to do more than that or tapes may be lost. He said that PRA needs<br />
to be part of the American Archives organization. He explained that the<br />
CPB had initiated the American Archives to preserve the legacy of public<br />
broadcasting. Mr. DeShazor is now on the board of the American Archives.<br />
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Year to date listener support for PRA was $166,000, which was better than<br />
last year. The two days of pitching per year on each station for the PRA<br />
was discussed. The fact that some stations are not paying their central<br />
services fees, which cuts into the PRA income, was also discussed.<br />
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Mr. DeShazor discussed some future plans for PRA.<br />
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PNB meeting discussion 9:53 PM (ET)<br />
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CFO Lavarn Williams said that for FY 11 the PNB needed to get its meetings<br />
back on schedule. She said that at some point a motion would probably come<br />
forth regarding the schedule of PNB meetings in the future, and that one<br />
meeting per year might be eliminated. She said that we needed to project<br />
beyond one year's cash flow.<br />
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It was suggested that seasonal weather conditions be taken into account<br />
for some PNB meeting locations.<br />
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The issue of two stations, WBAI and WPFW, needing to move by the end of<br />
2012, was brought up. It was noted that Pacifica needs to plan for the<br />
next two years or else it will be very hard to deal with the combined<br />
expenses of what could possibly be two nearly simultaneous moves in<br />
expensive metropolitan areas. Moving options were discussed.<br />
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The Chair asked the Secretary to give notice on KPFTX.ORG that there would<br />
be an executive session at the next NFC meeting. This was done.<br />
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Motion: (R. Paul Martin) "To adjourn." (Passed without objection)<br />
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Adjourned 10:32 PM (ET)<br />
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Submitted by R. Paul Martin, Secretary<br />