KPFT Local Station Board Agenda February 13, 2019 Midtown Bar and Grill 415 W. Gray, Houston, TX 77098 I. Call to Order 7pm. II. Staff Recognition III. Roll Call 1. Alán Alán Apurim 2. Wesley Bethune 3. Adriana Casenave 4. Bill Crosier 5. Joseph Davis 6. Elayne Duncan 7. Anisa Faruqi 8. Don Freeman (Non Voting) 9. Robert Gartner 10. Wally James 11. Jim Krafka 12. DeWayne Lark 13. Adrienne LaViolette 14. Mike Lewis 15. Matthew Moore 16. Susie Moreno 17. Vinisha Patel-Adams 18. Ben Perodeau 19. Rick Pothoff 20. Nancy Saibara-Naritomi 21. KC Sinclair 22. Rita Washington 23. Ted Weisgal 24. Vaniecia Williams 25. Egberto Willies IV. Agenda Approval. V. Minutes: Additions and Corrections VI. Consent Items A. Suspension of Standing Rule to Consider Report from the EEOC and B. Membership in the Houston Peace and Justice Center VII. Standing and Special Committee Reports. A. CAB Update B. Committee Reports Question and Answer VIII. Public Comment. [Time Certain: 8-8:30pm] IX. Interim General Manager’s Report. (Don Freeman) X. Pacifica National Board Report XI. LSB Committee Reports A. Anti-Racism and Diversity B. Budget and Financial Oversight* (also referred to in the Standing and Special Rules as Budget and Finance Oversight) C. Development D. Election E. Facilities Management and Planning F. Governance G. Management Selection and Review* H. Outreach I. Program Council Committee J. Program Policy K. Technology * Designated as “Fiduciary Committees;” voting membership limited to LSB Members. XII. Reports: Old Business A. Community Calendar PSAs [Bob, DeWayne]: Record and air them in accordance with the motion approved by this body. B. Program Council subcommittee [Joseph, DeWayne, Deb]: DeWayne Lark to host LSB member meeting C. LSB Fundraising Committee [DeWayne] D. Volunteer PSAs [Vaniecia]: Get them recorded and on air F. Int’l Youth Programming [Nancy]: Reach out to HISD communications department G. Bill Crosier Investigation [Nancy, DeWayne, Rick, Wesley, Alán Alán] H. Writing Contest [K.C. Sinclair I. Happy Hour [K.C. Sinclair/Ben Perodeau] XIII. Unfinished Business A. Report from the Pacifica Foundation’s counsel to explain our individual liabilities as LSB members. XIII. New Business. A. Saibara-Naritomi: Whereas the KPFT LSB has had almost two decades or more history of not being given access of financial documents such as: 1) bank accounts' statements; 2) actual expense bills; 3) contracts; 4) donations; 5) grants' copies of checks, deposit slips; 6) bequests' copies of checks, deposit slips; 7) commissions; 8) premiums unsent; 9) premiums sent; 10) sustainer-ship deposits; and 11) salaries, the KPFT LSB recommends that the above information be made available to the LSB, blackening out of donors', sustainers', companies (if requested by the companies or a signed agreement to allow or not), for financial transparency. B. Saibara-Naritomi: The KPFT LSB moves that the donations and expenses be posted with : 1) date pledged 2) date processed 3) amount 4) premium 5) name of show given credit 6) date of sustainer ship 7) expense description 8) snap shot of bill 9) date of payment. C. Saibara-Naritomi: The LSB moves to have an intermission after Public Comment or if there is no public comment, at 8:30 pm, the approximate half point of the meeting, IN ORDER TO USE THE REST ROOM WITHOUT MISSING THE MEETING, and to be able to CONVERSE, with the Public and with each other, dance, sing and share snacks TOGETHER. Saibara-Naritomi: The KPFT LSB moves to change the Public Comment time which may be more convenient for the Public, who may want to return home sooner to prepare for the next days' work, and may take advantage of the sky light in driving home. D. Saibara-Naritomi: Motion for amendment to the KPFT Standing Rules: 1. Article IV , section 1, Limits to on-air Appearances Addition: The exception to this rule is participation in the KPFT LSB REPORT TO THE LISTENERS SHOW. 2. Article 3, sec. 6, LSB Members' Required Participation in one local KPFT LSB Committee: Add: The failure to do so is removal from the LSB, since the work of the LSB is dependent on committee work. Note: As is the chair’s prerogative, this motion will be sent to the Governance Committee for review. E. Crosier: Motion on Bullying, Harassment, Slander, and Intimidation of LSB members: Whereas, we have experienced repeated and serious bullying, insults, harassment, name-calling, slander, other abuse, and attempts to intimidate KPFT Local Station Board members, both in LSB meetings and committee meetings, and Whereas, such egregious behavior often uses lies and misleading information in attempts to defame and/or insult LSB members, sometimes in attempts to provoke reactions which are then seized upon to further attack the victims of the abuse, and Whereas, such behavior has resulted in resignations of good LSB members who have been working effectively to help KPFT, a number of whom were not even the targets of the bullying tactics but who did not want to be part of a board that tolerated or encouraged this, and Whereas, in addition to LSB members, members of the public have also been allowed, if not encouraged, to similarly engage in this behavior during public comment, with few or no limitations, and Whereas, neither free speech principles nor Roberts Rules of Order allow such despicable actions, and in fact violations of decorum are prohibited by Roberts Rules for all attendees at meetings, whether they are taken by board members or the public, and Whereas, the LSB Secretary has chosen to ignore Roberts Rules concerning what should go into minutes, even though LSB members have pointed out that the minutes should only reflect actions taken by the LSB and not details of debate and certainly not public comment, and even the PNB Parliamentarian has confirmed that only actions taken by the board belong in the minutes, and Whereas, putting defamatory comments about individuals into the minutes, which are posted publicly on the Internet, and which are inappropriate in the minutes, is an additional act of defamation, leading to additional legal and financial liability, and Whereas, such behavior opens us up to lawsuits for allowing these actions to continue with only occasional mild admonishments, but without any effective measures to stop them, and Whereas, these aggressive, unethical (and perhaps illegal) and anti-Pacifican actions have given the KPFT LSB a very bad reputation, have run off donors, and have made it even more difficult to establish or continue effective working relationships on the LSB, making the LSB even less effective in doing things to help the station, and Whereas, these actions have contributed to the distrust and overall dysfunction of the KPFT LSB, therefore Be it Resolved, that: 1. Such actions will not be tolerated, whether initiated by LSB members or others, including those participating during public comment. 2. Such actions will be grounds for immediate ejection from the meeting, for the duration of the entire meeting, of any person engaging in such actions. 3. Derogatory comments about individuals will not be included in the minutes of any public meeting, nor in executive session. 4. Comments made during public comment, and all personal attacks made during other times will be removed from past minutes, including those posted online, and shall be removed within one week from the date of this motion. F. To encourage more active LSB participation, and a better quality of work, and to decrease the absence of LSB members, be it required that the number offences within a year be limited to four (4). Note: As is the chair’s prerogative, this motion will be sent to the Governance Committee for review. --Nancy Saibara-Naritomi XIV. Adjournment