10/19/05 WPFW LSB Meeting - Minutes
WPFW Local Station Board Meeting
October 19, 2005, 7:00 p.m.
The New Bethel Church, Washington, DC

Call to Order: 7:35 p.m.
1. Board members in attendance:

Billy Ray Edwards
Jim Brown
Carol Wolfe
Gloria Turner
Kalonji Olusegun
Joni Eisenberg Joe Chiara
Rob Robinson
Zarinah Shakir
Norberto Martinez
Acie Byrd Luzette King
Thomas Ruffin
Mark Berman
Sarah Bittle
Ayo Handy Kendi
Jane Gatewood
Ron Pinchback, WPFW General Manager and non-voting LSB member, was also in
attendance.
Excused: Ambrose Lane, Katea Stitt, Dan Logan, Hakam Takash
Unexecused: Cade Campbell, Mark Roberts
Resignation of Steve Hoffman. 9 ayes. 1 opposed. Resignation is accepted.
Steve was a programmer. Donnie McKethan is the programmer alternate who is the
next in line. He was contacted and accepted. Donnie is officially seated on the
board.
2. Approval of Agenda
Mark B moves that following review of minutes an item be added: the stadium
issue. Joe seconds. 5 ayes. 6 opposed. 2 abstentions. Motion is defeated.
Jane moves that number 4 be retitled old business and that we deal with the
item on the MASC committee proposal under old business. Joe seconds. 7 ayes.
None opposed. 2 abstentions. Motion carries.
Jane moves to rename item item 8 New business and move the original 4b (Fair
access to WPFW air time by LSB members) to New business. Joe seconds 10 ayes.
Motion carries.
Mark B. moves to place stadium issue under old business. Joe seconds. 5 ayes. 4
nays 1 abstention. Motion carries.
Ron requests that GM's report be moved up to #5 and that he be excused at 9 pm.
9 ayes. 2 abstentions Motion carries. Joe seconds. .
Jim moves to accept agenda. Sarah seconds. 10 ayes. 1 abstention. Motion
carries and revised agenda is approved.

3. Review and Approval of Minutes
Mark moves B moves to approve minutes. Sarah seconds. 7 ayes. None opposed.
Motion carries.
4. Old Business
a. MASC committee proposed evaluation forms for General Manager and Program
Director and proposed job description for Program Director.
Carol moves that we postpone further discussion and action on evaluation of the
general manager and job description and evaluation of the program director
until we have a chance to review standardized forms and process that the
national office is preparing. Those are expected to be presented to the PNB
directors on the October 27 meeting. The purpose is to make our process as fair
and efficient as possible.
Sarah seconds.
Ayo moves to amend the motion that we also review MASC committee work and see
if we can take the best of both.
Mark moves that the motion be amended so that we can proceed with the job
description for the program director. There is no second.
Billy ray calls the question.
Luzette seconds. 9 ayes. 4 opposed. 1 abstention. Discussion ends.
Vote on Ayo's amendment: 9 ayes. 2 opposed. 3 abstentions. Amendment is
accepted.
Full motion as amended:
We will postpone further discussion and action on evaluation of the general
manager and job description and evaluation of the program director until we
have a chance to review standardized forms and process that the national office
is preparing. Those are expected to be presented to the PNB directors on the
October 27 meeting. The purpose is to make our process as fair and efficient as
possible. We will also review the MASC committee work and see if we can take
the best of both.
10 ayes. 3 opposed. 2 abstentions. Amended motion carries.
Kalonji moves that the MASC committee proposals be sent to the PNB as
information on the work that we have done here on the evaluations and job
description. Mark B. seconded.
Chair calls the motion out of order.
Kalonji's motion is ruled out of order.
Thomas moves that the GM's report not be accepted since it was not distributed
a week in advance. Billy Ray seconds.
Luzette calls the question.
In favor of ending debate: 7 ayes. 4 opposed. 2 abstentions. Debate closes.
The motion is voted on. 4 ayes, 9 opposed, 2 abstentions. The motion is
defeated.
5. The General Managers Report
Luzette moves that in the future the General Managers report will not be
accepted if it is not distributed 2 days in advance. Joe seconds
Mark B calls the question.
All in favor of ending debate 11 ayes. 1 nay. 2 abstentions. Debate closes.
The LSB votes on the motion. 7 ayes, 5 opposed 1 abstention. Motion carries.
6. Motion to adjourn from Luzette, Joe Chiara seconds. Meeting adjourned at
9:50 pm.