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Friday, November 20, 2015 1:00 PM ET
KPFT Development Committee Teleconference
Purpose: general working meeting Committee Members
Agenda
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2015-11-20 KPFT Development Cmte. Draft Minutes
Draft agenda:
I. Call to order; roll call
II. Approve Agenda
lll. Approve minutes: 2015-09-08
IV. Director’s Report: Robin Lewis
V. End of year fundraising efforts
VI. New business
VII. Set next meeting
VIII. Adjourn
2015-11-20 KPFT Development Cmte. Draft Minutes
I. Meeting called to order at 12:08 CST; Present: Teresa Allen, Robin Lewis; Excused: Bill Crosier
II. Agenda approved without objection.
lll. Minutes: 2015-09-08 approved without objection.
IV. Director’s Report: Robin Lewis
Monthly Development Report to General Manager â€" 11/10/15 (FY16 report)
Listener Support Revenue Goals:
• Membership count on 11/10/15 = 7,211 (4% of estimated listening audience of 155,000/week (December 2013 weekly cumulative Arbitron number)
• Renewal Rate = 43% in FY15; 12% in so far in FY16
• Average annual gift = $197.09 in FY14; $145.28 so far in FY16

LISTENER SUPPORT CURRENT $$$ TOTALS for FY15 and FY16(as of 10/12/15): $1,181,245 of income has been collected in-house in FY15, 104% of the listener-support revenue goal for FY15 of $1,134,138.
$164,976 has been collected in so far in FY16, 13% of the FY16 yearly goal of $1,252,445

Pledge Drives:
The Winter on-air drive was conducted from January 15 through January 31 and brought in $212,130 in pledges, 76% of the monetary goal of $280,000. The Winter drive currently has a fulfillment rate of 85%.
The Spring Fund Drive ran from April 24 thru May 14 and brought in $268,344 in pledges, 84% of the monetary goal of $320,000. The Spring drive currently has a fulfillment rate of 84%.

The Summer Sizzle ran from August 2 through August 9 and brought in $118,438, 85% of the monetary goal of $140,000. The Summer Sizzle currently has a fulfillment rate of 79%.

The Fall 2015 fund drive ran from from September 17 thru October 8, and raised $255,861, 80% of the monetary goal of $320,000. The Fall 2015 drive currently has a fulfillment rate of 75%.

A Quiet Campaign for the end of the year is being planned and has a monetary goal of $150,000. The major difference is that on-air pitching will be via recorded pitches and strictly scheduled live pitches from the programmers, and urging donors to do so on line and in a special online crowdfunding campaign with unique premium offers.

Capital Campaign for New Transmitter:
Currently, $94,373 has been raised towards antenna repairs and transmitter replacement, mainly from on-line donations, from pledges at the event with Amy Goodman in March 2012 and the Kemah Crawfish Festival in 2012, donations at the Ray Hill Roast in April 2015, and $20,720 raised in an Indiegogo campaign.

Direct mail and Telemarketing:
o FY16 renewal mail has brought in $6,345 in revenue and 55 returning members.

Community Relations/Events:
• Electroluv Music Fest on November 7 at Last Concert Café netted $ 2,300 for the station
• KPFT will bring Dr. Richard Wolff to Houston at HCC South Loop on Friday, November 13, in a fundraiser for the station
• Irish Aires will be holding a backyard party fundraiser for KPFT on Saturday, November 21
• Nightsounds will be holding a concert fundraiser for KPFT at Dan Electro’s on Sunday, November 22
• KPFT will be a media sponsor of Day for Night, an art/music festival being held at Spring Street Studios

Web Presence:
o The following statistics are for the period November 2015 and taken from a new source, Wordpress.
1. 15,036 page views
• KPFT’s Facebook page has 14,877 likes, up 1% over the previous month’s figure, and a total weekly reach of 16,181, down 37% compared to last month’s report.
• KPFT’s Twitter account has 3,607 followers, up 1% over the previous month.

V. End of year fundraising efforts: Staff on board for “Un-Drive” starting soon through end of year, with specific logs for programmers to putch. Raffle tickets available @ Nov. 24, 2015 (drawing on Jan. 4, 2016); buy tickets on-line through Raffle River with links on the website; Board members may want to sell tickets- Dinner & Show to DN! T. Allen will ask LSB members if they anyone knows how to get tickets to Broadway Play. Different premiums includeâ€"“Programmer voice of your choice” on your voicemail; individual announcements repeatedly on one day for high dollar donation; unique T-Shirts; T. Allen suggests collaboration with Pacifica Archives; foodie card; podcast content from various shows downloadable.
T. Allen will ask LSB if they can donate any “travel or entertainment-related” gifts for2nd, 3rd, 4th… 10th prizes for the raffle (T. Allen will approach Houston Symphony for tickets, for example).
Ask LSB to “share” info. on KPFT “Un-Drive” on Facebook and social media.
VI. New business: none
VII. Next meeting: Dec. 17 at 5:30pm CST; 6:30pm EST meeting at the station. T. Allen will bring holiday refreshments.
VIII. Meeting adjourned at 12:47pm CST.
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa J. Allen
2015-11-21; approved 2015-12-17

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Teresa Allen teresajallen3@gmail.com
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Friday, November 20, 2015 7:30 PM ET
WBAI Management Evaluation Committee Teleconference
Purpose: Continue work of preparing the WBAI General Manager evaluation Committee Members
Agenda
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John Riley jr273@outfm.org
Posted: 11/10/2015 - 9:23 PMUpdated :11/12/2015 - 6:48 PM

Friday, November 20, 2015 8:30 PM ET
Programming Committee Teleconference
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Adriana Casenave adrianakpft@hotmail.com
Posted: 10/23/2015 - 9:57 PMUpdated :10/23/2015 - 9:57 PM

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