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Friday, November 20, 2015 | 1:00 PM ET |
KPFT Development Committee | Teleconference |
Purpose: general working meeting | Committee Members |
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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. Directorâs 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. Directorâs 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 Electroâs 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 ⢠KPFTâs Facebook page has 14,877 likes, up 1% over the previous monthâs figure, and a total weekly reach of 16,181, down 37% compared to last monthâs report. ⢠KPFTâs Twitter account has 3,607 followers, up 1% over the previous month. V. End of year fundraising efforts: Staff on board for âUn-Driveâ 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"âProgrammer voice of your choiceâ 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 âtravel or entertainment-relatedâ gifts for2nd, 3rd, 4th⦠10th prizes for the raffle (T. Allen will approach Houston Symphony for tickets, for example). Ask LSB to âshareâ info. on KPFT âUn-Driveâ 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 | Posted: 11/13/2015 - 11:35 AM | Updated :05/05/2022 - 2:22 PM |
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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 |
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John Riley | jr273@outfm.org | Posted: 11/10/2015 - 9:23 PM | Updated :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 PM | Updated :10/23/2015 - 9:57 PM |